Gotta be Grace

You had made a promise to yourself to make it up to Emma for not spending as much time with her and although that should probably include siding with her in a case like this, you couldn’t help yourself from wanting to see how this would affect Grace.

“I’m gonna have to agree with Grace on this one. I think she looks great in that outfit. She might be showing a bit of skin but what's the problem with that?” you answered, getting a narrow-eyed look from Emma as she realised what you were doing and a look to Grace showed that she had a knowing grin on her face.

“See what did I tell you, although you should probably agree with my daughter more in the future if you want to keep her on your side” Grace replied, tussling your hair before moving past the two of you and heading to the door, picking up her car keys off the nearby counter as she walked past.

“Kiss-ass” Emma teased, a smile returning to her face now that Grace could no longer see.

The two of you followed Grace towards the door, making sure you had the right textbooks one final time before you went outside, Emma waiting for you to catch up so she could lock the door behind you.

“Oh, I almost forgot” Grace declared, moving away from the driver side door she was about to use and heading to the back of the car.

She unlocked the trunk and took a look inside, bending at the waist when she couldn’t find what she was looking for right away. You stood next to Emma and stared at her as she bent over, her ass being hugged by her lycra workout shorts in a way that you could envision her every curve. Emma gave you a nudge at first and you turned to expect her to chastise you, but the glint in her eye and the flick of her head in her mother’s direction made you turn around for another look.

You had positioned yourself directly behind Grace to avoid her seeing you stare at her but when you tilted your head to the side towards Emma, you saw that the loose tank top she was wearing had left her tits visible as the top had hung loose, giving the both of you a great view of her underboob and the occasional glimpse of her nipples as she rooted around in the trunk.

“Okay, you've really gotta explain what happened yesterday the next time we’re alone together” Emma whispered, grabbing your hand and squeezing it tightly as if to restrain herself.

“Ah found them!” Grace announced, silencing the reply you were about to give to Emma.

Grace walked up to you and held out a small plastic card. You took the card that she offered and turned it over in your hand to see the logo of Grace’s gym and the words “Guest Pass” printed on the front.

“Your actual card won't arrive for a while along with your uniform but that should get you access until then” Grace explained, turning her head to give you a smile as she closed the trunk.

“Why would he need a…Oh! You gave him the job!” Emma exclaimed, looking almost giddy before she snatched the card from your hand to take a look.

You didn’t know why she had a fascination with the card given that she probably had her own given to her by Grace but you let her have her moment while you and Grace looked at each other with a shrug. Once the excitement had seemingly worn off, you all piled into the car with Emma joining you in the back seat. Even with her being distracted with the card, she didn’t fail to notice that your bag was already on the back seat and gave you a raised eyebrow as you started putting your textbooks away.

“Too cool to be up front with your Mom are you?” teased Grace, turning Emma’s attention away from you and back towards her mother, giving you a chance to sneakily rob Emma of the id card she had previously stolen from you.

“Ugh fine” she replied, squeezing herself through the gap between the front seat and almost falling into the front passenger seat next to Grace.

You hadn’t expected to have anything happen in the backseat while Emma was with you but you did feel a little bummed that she was now up front. Seeing Grace smile now that Emma was up front with her but her line of sight turned towards you through the front view mirror.

“See, this is what you get for not siding with her earlier. You’ve got a long way to go before you can steal her from me yet” she joked, getting a poke from Emma before she turned her head to look out the window in embarrassment.

There was probably some truth to Grace’s joke but given that you wanted both of them to be with you eventually, your concerns over stealing Emma away were pretty minimal.

“I’m not planning on stealing her away from you, at least not any time soon but a few tips to stay in her good books would be appreciated” you asked, putting your hands together as if begging her.

A smile appeared on Grace’s face as she realised you were playing along with her attempt to embarrass Emma so she seemed quite happy to grab hold of the opportunity you had given her.

“Oh there's plenty I can help with there. You wanna team up in case you know some that I don’t?” she asked, ignoring the glare coming from Emma sat next to her.

“Sure!” you replied, ignoring the **** stare that Emma now directed towards you as she turned around in her seat.

With your agreement, Grace finally started the engine of her car and set off, driving past your house and down the street in the direction of the school.

“You know about her favourite ice cream right?” Grace asked.

“Yep, two scoops of strawberry but she likes to get mint-choc-chip on her birthday” you replied, listing off the fact’s you had learnt over the many years of hanging out with Emma.

“Hey can you guys sto…” Emma tried interjecting, seeing that her glare wasn’t stopping either of you and given Grace’s tone of voice, Emma’s pleading wasn’t going to stop her either.

“Oh what about the way she…” Grace continued, ignoring Emma’s attempt to stop the two of you and acting delighted that she had a chance to talk about her daughter with someone else who knew all about her, like two fans discussing their favourite celebrity.

Much to Emma’s dismay and occasional outbursts, the conversation remained focused on her as you and Grace traded facts about Emma and anything Emma related until the girl in question gave up, ignoring the two of you. You had to admit that you did get some joy out of seeing her embarrassed reactions and it seemed like Grace did as well, as the conversation petered out before Emma could start to go from embarrassed to annoyed.

You also noticed that Grace seemed to loosen up a little around you after that. She was already pretty casual but something about her attitude towards you loosened once she realised you knew and loved Emma a lot more than she had probably expected. Her new attitude might give you some leeway on your relationship with her daughter but you had to be careful to not put up any unexpected barriers between Grace and yourself in the process.

It was a concern for the future and not right now but as long as you were aware of your actions, you shouldn’t come across any issues in the short term and hopefully the long term as well if you played your cards right.