The Mother I Never Had… Or Wanted!

As soon as we were dismissed Gwen had practically disappeared out of the lab. I had wanted to try and talk to her, maybe even explain myself, but before I could say anything she was already halfway out the door. I followed quickly behind her to give Dr. Conners some privacy, seeing her struggle to even stand. She has always been such a strong, influential woman… God this killed me to watch.

On the walk back home to the dorm room I had kept my head on a swivel for Gwen, but I came up empty handed. My face was solemn, soft, as I entered the dorm building and headed up to my room.

Normally I would knock, just to make sure Harriette wasn’t in the middle of some private time, but honestly? My head was running at a thousand miles per hour and I wasn’t really in the mood. I just used my key to open the door and pushed myself in, slightly stunned by the scene in front of me.

Harriette stood at the foot of her bed in a full professional outfit. She stood straight, her face calm yet professional, her bed was still made, and overall… even I had to admit she looked beautiful. Totally unlike herself, but absolutely beautiful!

I give her a quick teasing whistle as I close the door behind me and chuckle. “You got someone coming over you’re trying to impress, babes?” I ask, putting my backpack on my desk chair, as a second voice rings out from the bathroom.

“Impress? Of course not. My darling little girl always dresses like this.” The more deeper, sultry voice rings out from the other room. My eyes widened softly as a beautiful, stunning, red-headed MILF comes sauntering out of the bathroom, drying her hands on a rag, before throwing it over her shoulder.

The woman was also dressed in more business-professional clothing, but she looked more comfortable in it than Harriette did. Her face was smiling, but somehow still seemed intimidating, as the woman radiated pure power and aura off of her skin.

“Hello… Ms. Osborne…” I say softly and awkwardly as my cheeks turn a bright red. I very quickly felt very under dressed and under prepared in only a black, skin tight, long sleeve top, blue denim jeans, and heels. “I… I didn’t know you were coming!” I say in fake excitement, giving Harriette a quick slight out of the corner of my eye as she mouthed the word sorry under her breath.

Norma didn’t seem to catch on, or at least she didn’t care, as a wide beaming smile grew across her face and she threw her hands up in the air. Next thing I know she had closed the gap between us and wrapped her arms around me tightly in a bear hug, completely towering over me in her heels, as my face practically suffocated in her chest.

“Petra! My sweet darling daughter I wish I had!” She says in a sweet, yet somehow taunting voice before finally pulling me out from between her tits and giving me a very pleasant smile as her hands grasped my shoulders. “When are you and my Harriette finally gonna tie the knot?” She asks, raising an eyebrow softly. The words were teasing but, honestly? I couldn’t tell if she was joking or not.

“We’re… um… not dating, ma’am?” I respond in a soft and awkward voice as my eyes glanced over to Harriette who looked just as confused as I was.

“What a shame… you really need to have the Osborne name next to yours. Maybe I take you for myself?” She says with a teasing wink and a chuckle before finally stepping back and away from me, sitting on Harriettes office chair. “My lovely little daughter had been showing me around… your awards in the student center are very impressive Petra. Unlike my own flesh and blood…” Norma says, giving a quick flash of a scowl towards Harriette which only made her face blush.

“Honestly ma’am… it’s nothing! Just a few lucky experiments here and there and…” I start to say, my blush only growing deeper as my eyes bounced back and forth between the two red heads as they stared me down. Before I could start to ramble though Norma raised one hand and stood up.

“Never be ashamed of being the smartest woman in the room, Petra.” She says in a stoic, yet warm tone. “I never do.” She gives me a wink before continuing, addressing the two of us again, but still it seemed her focus was on me.

“I was telling Harriette that I actually have positions open in Oscorp, if you are interested, Petra?” She asks, her focus back on me for a second as her eyes start to slit while she stares me down. “A woman of your intellect could be of great use to me… not to mention the money would be a great way for you and my darling Harriette to afford to get out of this dump of a dorm room.”

“It would help if my billionaire mother actually helped with my tuition here…” Harriette grumbled under her breath as she crossed her arms beneath her chest and stared off.

“I told you my rules Harriette!” Norma quickly snapped back, as obviously this is a conversation the two of them have had before. “A 4.0 GPA and you have a free ride to wherever you’d like!”

“I have a 3.7!” Harriette interjected.

“And that’s not good enough!” Norma screamed back, standing taller as she talked down to her own daughter like this, her eyes glaring down at my best friend, before her face softens and she turns back to me. But before she could start to speak again I already interrupted.

“I… I’m sorry Ms. Osborne.” I say softly, which causes Norma’s eyebrows to raise. “I have already accepted an internship with Dr. Kendra Conners here at the University! I’m not sure I’d have time to-“

“Conners? That old bat is still working?” Osborne interrupts with a quick chuckle that sounded a little too condescending. I knew Conners got fired from Oscorp years ago, but I didn’t think it would still bring up bad memories. “How’s your Universities Hadron Collider?” Norma casually asks me with a raised eyebrow.

“We… um…” I start to say, glancing over at Harriette whose face was in her hands as a blush quickly grew. “We don’t have one of those ma’am.” I say softly.

“No? Oh… that’s a shame. How about access to a Quantum Computer?” She asks, a smirk growing across her face now as she watches me sink down as my eyes go down to the floor. “Tell you what Parker,” she starts to say, pulling an ID badge out of her back pocket and handing it to me. “You come down to my lab tomorrow and I’ll give you a tour. If you don’t like what you see, I’ll let Conners keep you… for now.” She says with a quick wink.

As soon as the badge reaches my hands I wanted to immediately hand it back to her, but her phone started to buzz and she quickly picked it up and stared at the screen for a second before, with a grimace, she puts it back in her back pocket and sighs.

“Duty calls ladies… I have a buzzard to deal with.” She says with a quick sigh, before putting on another quick smile as she turns to me. “See you tomorrow, right Parker? I don’t take no for an answer.” She says as she puts one hand on my shoulder again and looks me in the eye lovingly, almost like a parent. “It’s so good to see you, dear.” She says, before starting to head out the door, grabbing her very expensive purse off of Harriettes desk and swinging it over her back. “Noon! Don’t be late you two!” She says, slamming the door behind her.

I quickly look over at Harriette who just stares in awe, eyes wide in pure audacity, as she promptly flips off the door her mother left from. “Love you too Mom!” She screams out after her.