“Do you think I should buy Sawyer something?”
“With whose money? The best thing you can do is use today productively, so you have something to show her when she gets back.”
Aidan sends out some copies of his resume and fills applications for two different courses at the community college. He practices one of Sawyer’s granddad's songs on the guitar.
Aidan makes a successful attempt at vegetarian tacos. The kitchen is covered in corn flour and spice mix, but Natasha has to credit his effort. When Sawyer gets home she eats them eagerly, humming to herself as she licks sour cream off the side of her hand. The three of them clean up together; Natasha sweeps the floor and drops the contents of the dustpan into the garbage bin, covering up the paper package of broken glass that she dumped in there the previous night.
A few weeks later, they get a call from his social worker. Aidan has found a room in a shared apartment, and Social Services are willing to pay his security deposit. One of the other boys is an apprentice at a local car shop, and the mechanic at the shop has agreed to take Aidan on as well.
They help him pack up his room and do one last load of laundry for him. Natasha folds his scant collection of t-shirts and jeans and puts them in the same suitcase they came in. When Sawyer thinks Natasha can’t see, she puts $200 in an envelope and pushes it into his hands. Natasha sees, and she reminds herself to reimburse Sawyer with half of the money.
On the first night on their own they watch a film sprawled out on the sofa. Natasha tugs Sawyer’s big thighs over her own, starts massaging her muscles. Sawyer folds her hand over Natasha's and moves it up to her pussy, then snaps back quickly. Sawyer laughs at herself and puts Natasha's hand back.
“Sorry, I forgot Aidan wasn’t here for a moment,”
Sawyer pulls her old cotton t-shirt up around her neck to let Natasha take Sawyer’s breasts in her hands and knead them gently. In the warm of their house her nipples are puffy and soft, the blue veins visible under her pink skin. They’re heavy, and Natasha tries to gather them and rest them both on one of her forearms while she nuzzles into Sawyer’s cleavage. They end up fucking on the sofa and after they’re done, Sawyer pulls their blanket down over them. They fight over who sits in the wet patch and rewind the part of the film they missed.
