Chapter 14

Mom and Dad decided to take us out to dinner again. We all changed into clothing that was appropriate for a restaurant. I wore a skirt and a sleeveless top that buttoned up the front. My brother wore kaki shorts and a tee shirt. Mom wore a halter sundress and Dad had on slacks and a sports shirt.

We picked a restaurant and were seated in a booth. Mom and I sat on one side across from my dad and brother. After the server gave us our menus and took our drink orders, we all started to make out decisions for dinner. While I was looking over the selections, I purposely knocked my napkin on the floor. I asked my brother to pick it up for me and he ducked under the table.

While Eddie was reaching for the napkin, I opened my legs so he could look up my skirt. His head bumped the table hard and he came up rubbing the back of his head. My brother gave me a dirty look and then began to grin. I wasn't wearing any panties.

After dinner, we all walked down to the end of the main street and joined a growing group of people that gathered every night to watch the sunset. Mom and Dad were ahead of my brother and me holding hands as they walked. I wanted to take my brother's hand, but decided that it wouldn't be a good idea.

"I'm sorry I made you bump your head, Eddie. I just wanted to surprise you." I giggled, thinking about how much fun it was to tease me brother.

"You sure did surprise me, Jen, but that's not the half of it. Mom isn't wearing any panties either!"

I started to laugh and thought to myself, 'like mother like daughter.'

The sunset was breath taking. I stood next to Eddie, my hip touching his several times, and watched as the large orange ball sank into the ocean. When the sun was only a half a sphere, the water reflected its mirror image. I felt my brother's arm circle my waist and pull me to his side.

As the sun made its final decent, I sighed and rested my head on Eddie's shoulder. My mom was right next to my brother and me, her arm around my dad. I saw her glance at Eddie and me out of the corner on my eye, and then smile.

At that moment, I didn't care if my parents saw us or not. I felt so complete at Eddie's side and my heart was full. There was no tingle, no quivers and no sexual desires. There was only contentment. I shifted my eyes back to my parents and saw that both of them were looking our way, both of them smiling.

The large crowd was silent, almost reverent, as the moments between light and darkness passed. It wasn't until it was totally dark that the people around us began to talk and walk away.

Eddie squeezed me briefly and then removed his arm from my waist. I felt like I'd lost something as we broke contact, but knew in my heart it was only temporary. Mom and Dad turned to face us and Mom grinned.

"That was so beautiful, Mom," I said softly.

"Yes it was, Jen. It was very beautiful," Mom replied her smile widening.

We started back to the boat as the street became alive with milling people and music coming from the bars that lined it. I had never really paid attention to it in the past, but tonight I was fully aware of the couples. I noticed how they walked with one another, how they held hands or had their arms around the other's waist. I saw smiles, heard laughter and I grinned, as they would steal a kiss.

Before we reached the boat, we stopped and bought ice cream cones. The four of us sat on a bench, outside of the shop, and ate our cones. I saw Mom nudge Dad, open her mouth wide and cover her ice cream, her lips going down to the edge of the cone. She slowly pulled back her mouth; her eyes locked with my dad's, and licked her lips when they cleared the cold white ice cream.

Dad grinned and flicked his tongue at the top of his ice cream and they both laughed. I remembered when I watched them on the patio the night they made love and fought the urge to giggle. My parents went through the same display a couple more times before Dad said it was time to go.

As we meandered back to the boat, I couldn't help but wonder if they were going to make love that night.

When we arrived at the boat, Dad brought out the deckchairs and arranged them in the cockpit. We all sat and talked about the fishing we would do the next day. A slight breeze had come up and, the way I was sitting, I could feel the cool night air against my panty-less pussy and I opened my legs a little.

It was about nine o'clock when my parents announced they were going to bed. They reminded Eddie and I that we had to get up early and told us not to stay up too much longer. My brother assured them that we would go in soon and our parents went into the salon.

I watched as my dad grabbed Mom's butt and she scurried across the salon, and down to the staterooms.

"Today was really strange, wasn't it?" Eddie said.

"Yeah, it sure was."

"I would have never guessed that Mom and Dad were nudists, would you?"

"No, not really. I mean I knew they swam naked in the pool at home, but I had no idea that they did it in public."

"How did you know they swim nude, Jen?"

"I saw them once. I got up to get a drink and they were out there."

"Why didn't you tell me about it?"

"I don't know, I guess I didn't think it was important."

Eddie sat quietly for a moment and then said, "Jen, how do you feel about all this naked stuff?"

I shrugged my shoulders. The fact was, I really liked the idea of the nudity, but I still had a few reservations. I didn't know exactly how to work into it. Did I just start running around the house without anything on, or did I just wait and see what happened when we got home.

"I haven't really decided how I feel about it, Eddie. I guess it's okay, but I wouldn't want to do it all the time," I paused and then added, "I don't mind you seeing me naked, though. How about you?"

"Oh, I don't mind seeing you naked, in fact I really like it."

"Not that, you jerk! How do you feel about being naked?"

"I'm sort of embarrassed by the thought of being naked, especially in front of Mom and Dad, but mostly Mom and you I guess."

"Why me? I've seen you naked."

Eddie shifted in his chair and cleared his throat.

"It's different for girls, Jen. You can't tell when a girl is all turned on, but it's real easy to tell on a guy."

"I see what you mean, but Dad wasn't all hard when we were at the beach today. Maybe you have to get used to seeing naked girls."

"I don't know why Dad wasn't affected, I sure was! I was hard most of the time, that is until we went into the water and you, you know."

I giggled and said, "Yeah, I know! What was Mom talking about when she said she knew how teenage boys woke up in the morning?"

Eddie blushed and said, "I have a boner when I wake up."

"Every morning?"

"Just about."

"Oh, I guess I can see how that would be a little embarrassing. Maybe I should start waking you up. I like your boners!"

"That would be great! You could come into my room and jack me off every morning, that way I wouldn't get a boner at school, at least not until later," he giggled.

"You get hard at school! Why?"

"I don't know; I just do. Sometimes I'll just be sitting in class and I'll get one for no good reason."

"Oh, we could meet at lunch!"

We both started laughing and made a few nasty comments about playing around at school.

"Is that the only reason you don't want to be naked; because you get hard?"

Eddie looked down and shook his head, "I'm not very big," he said quietly.

"What difference does that make? I think you have a nice cock, even if yours is the only one I've ever seen hard."

I thought about my dad, but I wasn't going to mention anything about that.

"It just does, just like it does to girls with small boobs."

I understood what my brother was saying. I knew that I was always checking out the other girls in the locker room, comparing my tits to theirs. At that point, I didn't really know what to say so I changed the subject.

I nodded to acknowledge Eddie, and then I said, "I think we should go to bed now. We have to get up real early and I don't want to be tired all day tomorrow."

My brother and I put the chairs away, went into the cabin and down to the staterooms. While he was in the head, I changed into my nightshirt. I was going to put on a pair of panties, but changed my mind. Before Eddie returned, I climbed up into the upper berth and pulled the covers over me.

Eddie came back into the room, told me goodnight and climbed into the bed below me. I leaned over the edge, smiled at him and said, "Goodnight, Eddie. I had a really great day today."

"Me too, Jen."

Mom woke us at five o'clock the next morning and told my brother and me it was time to get ready. When she left the room, I climbed down and confirmed what my brother had said about boys and their morning hard ons. I reached under the sheet that covered Eddie, found his cock and rubbed it for a moment.

"Wow, it's like this EVERY morning?"

Eddie batted my hand away, sat up and said, "Like I said, almost every morning. Now get out of my way so I can go to the head."

I put on my underwear, a pair of shorts and a tee shirt. When my brother came back, I went to the head.

Mom and Dad were in the salon drinking coffee when I walked in. Mom had two bowls of cereal on the table and two glasses of orange juice. My brother and I ate while Dad went out and started the boat's engines. Once we were finished, Eddie and I went out to tend to the lines.

My brother and I released the dock lines from the cleats and Dad pulled the boat out of the slip. We all gathered on the flying bridge and watched as Dad maneuvered the boat out of the marina and into the ocean. When we were about a mile out, Dad set the autopilot and told me to watch where we were going. I climbed into the helmsman's seat and looked from side to side for other boats.

Dad and Eddie went down to the cockpit to get the tackle ready.

"You and your brother looked cute together last night at the sunset," Mom said as she slipped into the seat next to mine.

I grinned, not knowing what to say.

"I'm really happy to see you two getting along better, I didn't like it when you kids were always fighting."

"I guess we're just growing up, Mom. He isn't such a bad guy."

"Have you had a chance to think about the things we talked about yesterday?"

"Yeah, I have been thinking about it, Mom."

"Well?"

"Well what?"

"What do you think about the fact that your father and I are naturalists, now that you've had a chance to think about it?"

"I guess it's okay, if that's what you and Dad want to do. I just don't know if I'm ready for it. I like the idea of being topless, and after yesterday I guess that there's no need to be shy around the house, but I don't think I want to go to nude beaches and stuff like that, not right now anyway."

"I can understand how you feel, Jenny. I didn't go naked outside of our little group until after you and your brother were here. What does Eddie think about it? Did you two talk?"

"Yeah, we talked about it. He doesn't want to do it in front of strangers either, Mom. I think he's self conscious."

"What is your brother self conscious about?"

I giggled and said, "I think he's worried about his, you know."

"His penis? Eddie's afraid he won't measure up, so to speak?"

I laughed and nodded.

"MEN! They think that all women care about is the size of their dicks."

We both laughed for a few minutes.

"Well, don't girls care about the size of their boobs?"

"Some do, others don't. I happen to be fine with mine."

Dad came up to the bridge, reached over me and pulled back on the throttles. When he had the speed where he wanted it, he told me to watch the compass and make sure we were going north. I took the wheel, turned off the autopilot and steered the boat onto a north course. My dad went back down to the cockpit and helped my brother set the lines.

For the next hour, I kept the boat pointed north. I spent most of my time watching the compass, but also looked down at my dad and brother. They stood watching the rods, waiting for one of them to go off. Dad came back up and told me he wanted to change course. He carefully explained how to make the change, being careful not to turn to sharp.

"Okay, Jen. I want you to steer west for about a half an hour and then turn south. You have to remember that we have lines out and if you change directions too fast, you'll tangle them."

I followed my dad's instructions to a tee. He would shout up that I was doing great and I felt proud. It was great to know that my dad had enough confidence in me to drive the boat.

After another hour of fishing, without a bite, my mom left me alone at the wheel and went down to the cockpit. When she came back, she was wearing the bottoms to her tiny bikini. She settled back into the seat, put her feet up on the dash and clasped her hands behind her head.

"You know, honey, this is the life. I wish we could afford to spend all of our time out here."

Our boat's flying bridge had an enclosure around it and air conditioning. It was nice out on the water and I called down and asked my dad if he could roll up the soft clear plastic windows so my mom and I could feel the breeze. He came up, rolled the windows up and fastened them so they would be secure. He pointed to a switch on the dash and told me to turn off the air conditioner.

I decided that it was getting too warm for my tee shirt and removed it and the bra I had on. I sat back in the seat, smiled at my mom and enjoyed the feeling of the warm sea air on my bare chest. Dad came back up to give me more instructions and then left. He didn't seem to notice that I was sitting there with my boobs handing out.

Mom went down to prepare lunch and my brother joined me on the bridge. He stared at me for a few minutes and then sat down next to me. Fifteen minutes later, our mom brought lunch up to my brother and me.

Dad called up and told me I could turn on the autopilot while I ate and I flipped the switch. After looking out over the water to be sure there were no other boats around, I began to eat my sandwich and chips.

Eddie went to a hatch and opened it, he pulled out two cans of soda and handed one to me.

"It's cold," I said.

"Yeah, why wouldn't it be? I just took it out of the refrigerator," he said like I was stupid.

"I didn't know there was a refrigerator up here."

"Yup, there are a lot of great things on the boat," he giggled, "especially those!"

Eddie pointed to my boobs and I started to laugh. I put my soda down cupped my breasts and jiggled them at him. We continued to laugh and then our dad yelled up to make sure we were paying attention to where we were going.

"Yeah, Dad, I'm watching," I yelled down as I glanced into the cockpit.

Both of my parents were sitting in deckchairs, completely naked.

After I finished my lunch, I turned off the autopilot and went back to steering the boat. The seas were fairly calm and I could have left the autopilot on, but I felt in control when I was steering.

"Mom and Dad are at it again," I said. "They're sitting down there stark naked."

"I don't think they would ever wear clothes if they didn't have to," Eddie said.

By now we had been fishing for hours without a bite. The wind began to pickup and so did the seas. The two-foot waves were now over three feet. I glanced at the radar screen, saw a blob on it and called for my dad.

Dad came up to the bridge and asked what I wanted. I pointed to the radar screen and asked what the blob was.

Dad said, "That's a storm, honey. We better head the boat back into the marina."

I got scared, but Dad was calm. He explained that the storm was ten miles away and we would be fine if we didn't waste time. Dad told my brother to start bringing in the lines and he began rolling down the enclosure windows. While he was securing the windows, Dad told me how to recall the waypoint for the marina on the chart plotter. As he explained what to do, I pushed the buttons on the plotter and then an arrow appeared, pointing in the direction we needed to go.

"Just keep on course, Jen. When I tell you to, speed up to two thousand RPMs. These are the tachometers," he said, pointing at the dash. "Move the throttles until they both indicate two thousand."

Dad went back down to help Mom and Eddie secure things below and I drove the boat. I noticed that I wasn't scared and I also noticed that I didn't know if my dad was dressed or naked when he was up on the bridge.

When Dad yelled up that everything was ready to go, I pushed the throttles forward and felt the boat pick up speed. When the tachometers neared two thousand RPMs, I adjusted the throttles individually until they were both at the same RPMs.

I looked at the radar screen and saw that the storm was much closer than it was before. I looked back and could see the dark clouds behind us, but I was still okay. Dad came back up, wearing shorts, and sat down next to me. He glanced at the radar, then behind us and tuned the radio to the weather channel.

"Take us home, honey," Dad said. "Kick her up to twenty two hundred and stay on course."

I took a deep breath, pushed the throttled forward and watched the tachometers. When we were at the correct speed, I settled back and watched the water and the chart plotter. My mom and brother came up to the bridge to be with Dad and me. Mom sat on one of the benches while Eddie stood behind me, holding onto the back of my seat.

The waves continued to grow and it began to rain. Each time the boat came down from the top of a wave, I bounced back and felt my brother's hands on my back.

"Pick the bow up a little, Jen. It will make the ride a little softer," Dad said. "The trim-tab controls are on your right, just below the controls. Watch the trim indicator and push them up at the same time. When the bow comes up, let them go. Take your time, honey; it doesn't take much of a change."

I did what my dad told me, but went too far. He calmly told my how to correct it and I did. Soon the boat was rising up the waves and the bow would settle into the next one, without the banging that was going on before.

"We're about two miles out," Eddie said from behind me. "Can you see the marina?"

I strained to see through the wet window and then spotted the marina.

"I see it!" I said.

"Good, just keep going the way you are, Jen," Dad said. "You're doing great!"

As we got closer to the entrance to the marina, Dad told me to back off on the throttles. Once we were inside the break wall, he had me slow down as much as I could. I did what I was told and guided the boat towards our slip. Dad took over and I sat next to him, watching his every move as he pulled into the slip.

"Okay kids, go tie her up," Dad said. "Jen, you might want to put your shirt back on."

It dawned on me that I was still topless. I had been so engrossed in what I was doing, that I hadn't taken the time to get completely dressed. I grabbed my tee shirt, looked out at the pouring rain and tossed it onto the seat.

"It'll only get wet," I giggled as I followed my brother down to secure the dock lines.

Once the boat was secure, I went into the cabin and grabbed a towel. I dried myself, removed my wet shorts and went to my stateroom for dry clothes. I put on a long tee shirt and a dry thong. When I got back into the salon, my parents were sitting on a settee and Eddie was taking off his shirt.

"That was really exciting," I said as I rubbed my short hair with the towel.

"You did really well, honey," Dad said. "I'm very proud of you for keeping your head."

"Thanks, Dad" I said with a big grin.

My brother came back from changing his clothes, wearing a pair of nylon running shorts and a dry tee shirt. He sat at the table, put his elbows on it and rested his chin in his hand.

"Fishing sure looked a lot easier when we took the charter," Eddie said. "We didn't do very well, did we?"

Dad laughed and said, "No, we didn't, but I still had a good time. You know there's a lot to learn about that kind of fishing, like where the fish are!"

"I'm going to learn as much as I can about it," Eddie said. "We'll be ready next time we go."

"Maybe you should hire a mate to teach you guys," Mom said. "You know; someone like Bobby. He seemed to know what to do."

"That's a great idea, Ellen," Dad said. "I'll look into it when we get back home."

"Is anyone hungry?" Mom asked.

We all said no.

"Well then, I think I'm going to take a nap. It's been a long day and it's only four o'clock. When I get up, we'll fix some dinner," Mom said.

Dad got up and said, "Want some company?"

Mom just smiled at him and walked toward the staterooms, my dad right behind her.

Eddie turned on the television and found an old movie. There wasn't much choice where we were, but we got a couple of channels. I stretched out on the settee and Eddie sat near my head. I scooted up, put my head on his leg and slipped my hand under his thigh.

"I'm chilly," I said.

"I'll get you a blanket if you want one," he replied.

I lifted my head and said, "Thanks, I would like that."

My brother took a blanket out of a drawer and opened it. He covered me and sat back down. I put my head back on his leg, snuggled under the warm blanket and rubbed his leg.

"Aren't you tired too?" I asked.

"A little, I'll be okay."

"I think there's enough room for you too if you want to lie down."

"You wouldn't mind."

"Not at all," I said as I lifted my head and pulled the blanket up. "Grab a couple of pillows for us, I lost mine."

"Front or back?" Eddie asked as he stood next to the settee with the pillows.

I moved to the edge and let him climb in behind me. Once he was settled, I took his arm, pulled it around my waist and held it to me.

"There, now I won't fall off," I sighed as I felt his arm tighten around me.

Eddie wiggled behind me and I felt his hard penis against my butt. I wiggled back and giggled.

"You seem to have a problem there, Eddie."

"It's no problem, not to me anyway."

I wiggled my ass against him again and said, "Me either, it feels kind of nice in fact."

Eddie kissed the back of my head and began to rub my stomach. I reached under the blanket, lifted my shirt and put his hand on my bare tummy. He rubbed me for a few minutes and we both fell asleep.

It was some time later when I heard a noise and began to wake up. I was on my back and my brother's hand was holding one of my boobs, his fingers methodically kneading my flesh. I was about half awake when I heard my mom's voice and I kept my eyes closed.

"Aren't those two cute?" Mom said.

"Yeah, they sure are," Dad replied, almost in a whisper. "Remind you of anyone?"

"Us, Harry. I wonder if Jenny knows her brother is feeling her up."

"If she's anything like her mom, she's enjoying it."

"If our son is anything like you, he is too."

I opened one eye enough to look down and see that the blanket wasn't covering my chest and that it was clear where Eddie's hand was. My mom was right about one thing; I was enjoying the feeling of my brother's hand on my tit. I wasn't feeling turned on by it, just comfortable and well, loved.

I heard my mom walking towards my brother and I, so I closed my eye. Instead of waking me up, she pulled the blanket up to my chin. I sighed and my entire body relaxed as she walked away chuckling.

"I'll wake them up when dinner is ready," Mom said. "They look so comfortable."

"Maybe we should just let them sleep," my dad said. "They can eat in the morning."

"No, I think I'll wake them. That way they can go to the stateroom where they'll be more comfortable."

"Do you think they're sleeping in the same bed, Ellen?"

"I don't think so; they've been in separate beds when I've gone in to check on them, or to wake them up."

"I wonder if they will."

"I have no idea, Harry. We'll just have to keep our eye on them. You know how we were when we were their ages. We would have jumped at the chance to sleep together, if we thought we could have gotten away with it."

"It's a little different with them, they live in the same house and we're gone a lot. I'm just afraid that they'll go too far and end up regretting it. I would hate it if my children didn't get along."

"So would I, but there's not much we can do about it. It they decide to fool around with each other, it'll happen and we won't be able to stop it. From what Jenny has said to me, she's not ready for anything like that. They may do a little touching and discovery, but I doubt that they'll go much further."

"I hope you're right Ellen, They are finally starting to get along like a brother and sister should."

"I think the infatuation will end as soon as Jen finds a boyfriend and Eddie meets a girl. I know that Jen's friend Cindy is interested in our son."

Mom's last statement made me shiver. She was right, Cindy was interested in Eddie and I was feeling jealous about it. As if it would make a difference, I rolled onto my side, facing my brother and carefully worked my hand between his legs. Eddie's hand came off my boob, but I didn't care. I wanted to touch him. I wanted to let him know that I was his, Cindy be damned.

Just as I closed my fingers around Eddie's flaccid penis, I heard my mom call our names.

"Jenny, Eddie, dinner's ready," Mom called from the galley. "Time to get up."

I quickly withdrew my hand from Eddie's crotch and moved it to my hip. Mom called again and I rolled onto my back and sat up, stretching my arms over my head, and yawning.

"What do you want, Mom?" I said, knowing that dinner was ready.

"It's time for dinner, Jen. Wake your brother up."

I got up, leaned down and shook my brother's shoulder. He finally woke up and when I told him it was time for dinner, he got off the settee.

"Go wash up you two," Mom said. "I'm putting dinner on the table."

I followed my brother to the head and stood next to him at the sink. We washed out hands, dried them and went back to the salon. Mom had hot soup and chicken breasts with stuffing on the table and we all sat down to eat.

"If it gets any colder, I'll have to turn on the heat," Dad said between bites of food.

"I was warm," Eddie said. "Jen makes a good heater."

"We could see that, Eddie. You two looked very comfortable sleeping there," Dad said.

"It was a little cramped, but I was warm too," I told my parents, trying to conceal the fact that I had heard them talking.

"Well, you two do have beds, you could have gone to the stateroom to sleep," Mom said.

"I wasn't planning on falling asleep," Eddie said. "Jen and I were watching a movie and the next thing I knew, you were waking us up. What time is it anyway?"

"Almost eight," Dad told him. "You two slept for almost four hours, you won't want to go to bed tonight."

I will, I thought to myself, I might not want to sleep, but I definitely wanted to go to bed, and not alone. I giggled and then tried to cover it up.

"What's so funny, Jen?" Mom asked.

"I was just thinking about this afternoon when I was helping Eddie tie up the boat," I fibbed. "If you would have told me that I would be running around without a top a week ago, I'd have called you crazy."

Mom, Dad and Eddie all laughed and I was relieved, even if I did tell a little white lie. After all, I wouldn't have considered running around topless in public a week ago.

"When are we heading home?" Eddie asked.

"Well, if the weather is good, in the morning, if not, the next day," Dad said.

We finished dinner and my brother and I did the dishes while our parents watched the weather on television. As we stood at the sink, the counter blocking our parents view from our waists down, I started to pinch my brother's ass. I didn't pinch him hard, but each time I did, he jumped. Eddie started to pinch me back and within minutes, we were laughing.

Mom asked what was going on and I said, "Eddie is pinching me on the butt."

"She started it," Eddie said.

"Did not!"

"Did to!"

"Did not!"

"Did to!"

"All right you two, that's enough. Keep your hands to yourselves and do the dishes," Mom said, laughing.

My brother dried the dishes and I put them away. I knelt down and put a pan in one of the cupboards. Before I stood up, I grabbed my brother's shorts and pulled them down to his knees. He turned towards me and all of a sudden, my brother's flaccid penis was at eye level. We both stood motionless as I stared at his member. He reached down, grabbed his shorts and pulled them back up. I stood up and we both looked at our parents to be sure we hadn't been caught.

Mom and Dad were still watching television and didn't know what had happened, as far as I could tell. We finished the dishes and decided to go out and see if it was still raining.

My brother and I stood in the cockpit and looked out at the other boats in the marina. The rain had stopped, but it was still chilly.

"Why did you do that to me, Jen?" Eddie said.

"I was just fooling around, I thought you had underwear on, I'm sorry."

"Well, I don't have underwear on."

"I could see that. I could also see your cockit's beautiful."

Eddie giggled and said, "It's not very big, is it?"

"It's bigger than some of the cocks I saw at the beach yesterday, and I looked at a lot of them."

"You're bad."

"Yeah, right! Like you weren't checking out the tits and pussies on all the women. I saw you!"

"Okay, you caught me."

We went back inside to get out of the chilly air. My nipples were hard, forming two bumps in my tee shirt. Mom drew attention to my chest by asking if it was cold and I blushed.

The family sat in the salon watching television until about ten thirty. I was tired so I told everyone goodnight and went to my room. I took off my tee shirt and thong, stuck them under my pillow and crawled into bed naked. After a couple of minutes, I sat up and got a blanket to add to the sheet already on the bed.

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