He was glad his back was to them because he was blushing. He hadn’t blushed since he was in junior high and had asked a girl out for the first time.
Slowly turning around, he noticed Marie fanning herself and starting to sway from side to side. He rushed to her. “Are you okay? Do you need to sit down?” Noah put his arm around her waist.
“Why, yes, dear, that would be nice. But I don’t think I could make it to the chair in the shade on my own.” She started to sway and her eyelids fluttered.
Noah picked her up in his arms and started walking to the shade. Marie looked back over his shoulder at the other two ladies and winked at them. She wrapped her arms tighter around his neck and leaned her head on his shoulder. He jumped when she licked all the way up his neck. He increased his pace so that he was to the chair in no time and set her down.
“Why don’t you three ladies stay here and just watch, okay?” Noah rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment.
“But I’m still feeling woozy.” Marie pressed her hands to her cheeks. “I might need mouth to mouth,” she complained, looking at him with doe eyes.
Noah took a deep breath. “Ladies, I think you’ll be fine.” He held his hands out as he slowly backed away without taking his eyes off of them until he was a safe distance away. He should have taken the stories about them a little more seriously. They were starting to make him nervous.
He turned around to go back to work when he saw Lexi doubled over laughing. Oh, he was going to find some way to pay her back, which was a sure thing.
He looked over to Rodney who wiped the tears away from his eyes from laughing so hard. “Shut up, Rodney, or I’ll tell the ladies you’re into cougars.”
*
Noah was a little worried when the ladies disappeared for a while around lunchtime. The only peace and quiet he’d gotten all morning was when he and Rodney had been running the chainsaw. Otherwise the ladies were cat-calling to him the whole time. No wonder they had such a reputation in town. He didn’t think he had ever blushed so much in such a short span of time. He shuddered at the thought of what they must have been like in their twenties.
He looked up, happy to see Lexi and the ladies bringing out trays of food and drinks for everyone. He breathed a sigh of relief and hoped they hadn’t been plotting new ways of how to get their hands on him.
As he walked toward them he took the rag out of his back pocket and wiped the sweat from his face and arms.
Leigh looked over at him and waggled her eyebrows. “Do you need some help wiping yourself down, honey?”
“No, thank you, I think I’ve got it.” He looked over at Lexi who was trying not to laugh. He narrowed his eyes at her.
“So you like to clean up after yourself, that’s good. Sometime things can get messy.” Leigh laughed.
Somehow Noah didn’t think she was talking about his housekeeping habits. He just sighed and shook his head. I think I’ll have to eat lunch quick before the comments get out of hand.
Evelyne was busy setting up the trays of food. Looking boldly up at Noah, she said, “I figured everyone liked to eat wieners, so that’s what we are having. How do you like yours, Noah? Plain or with condoms, oops, I mean condiments?” She covered her mouth with her hand.
Noah just sighed, “That’s okay, ma’am, I’ll just take care of it myself. Don’t worry about me.”
Evelyne closed her eyes, “Ohhh, a man that likes to take care of things himself. So you like to take charge? That’s okay with me.” She winked at him, “I’m more the submissive type anyway.”
Noah couldn’t believe the things that were coming out of their mouths. These women were grandmothers. He was trying not to visualize what they were saying so that the images didn’t get imprinted in his brain.
He grabbed a couple of hot dogs and started to walk away when Marie called to him. “Oh Noah, dear, would you be so kind as to pick up these plates that I dropped on the ground. I just can’t get around like I used to.”
Noah didn’t see the harm in picking up the plates since she hadn’t made the comments like the other two had, and figured he must be safe with her. But as soon as Noah bent over, he heard and felt the sting of someone slapping his ass, hard. He looked up to see Marie looking all innocent. He narrowed his eyes at her, handed her the plates, and walked away. He wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of rubbing his throbbing ass cheek.
He heard them giggling and Marie said, “Oh, my, that is one firm ass. It’s got to be one of the top three I’ve ever slapped.”
Noah walked passed Lexi who was, once again, trying not to laugh. “I told you not to encourage them, but you went ahead with your little striptease anyway. This is what you get.”
He stopped and leaned down so they were nose to nose. “Lexi, you owe me one big payment.”