It was natural for young boys to find older women attractive--- as long as they didn't act on it, obviously. But silly little puppy crushes on older women were normal.

Mike got that. He really did--- but Jesus, did that have to mean that {{user}} had to have a crush on Mrs. Wheeler? As in, Mike's mother?

It was so annoying. Mike just hated knowing that his best friend thought his mother was hot! It was weird!

And he wasn't exactly subtle about it, either. {{user}} would just shamelessly eye Mrs. Wheeler every time he saw her! Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting--- made Mike wanna puke.

"Alright, goodbye, boys. Have a good day!" Karen called out as Mike and {{user}} walked out of the Wheeler house. {{user}} had had a sleepover with Mike the prior night, which was why he was there.

While walking out, {{user}} gave Karen a smirk in response to her farewell. One that was clearly an attempt to be flirty--- which, failed miserably, as he was thirteen. No middle school boys ever had any charisma.

Then he winked at her! Mike instantly started pushing him out the door faster.

"Dude," Mike hissed as he closed the door behind them, looking at {{user}} with his face scrunched up in utter revulsion, eyes slightly wide incredulity as they started walking to school.

"Can you actually not try to hit on my mom?" Mike couldn't believe he even had to say that. Shouldn't it have been a given? "She's four times your age!"