William Redman Carter: Chapter 11

Posted: October 25, 2005 - 11:37:05 am



Lucy and Ann entered the house curious as to what they were going to find. They

weren't expecting to have a screaming Tim run across the room and then jumping

into his father's arms. They both jumped at his scream of delight at having his

father return home. Holding up his son, Ken said, "Hello, sport. I'm glad to see

you too. How about we get you ready for bed and I'll read a bedtime story to

you?"

"Yeah!"

Ken carried Tim up the stairs. Lisa was waiting patiently for the males to clear

out of the way. Once they were gone, she said, "Let me show your rooms."

The three women left the living room before William even had a chance to

introduce them to each other. They managed to introduce themselves as they went

to the guestroom.

Alone, William went to his favorite chair and sat down. Pulling out his cell

phone, he called home. When Cathy answered, he said, "Tell the family that I

finally found her. Her name is Lucy."

Closing the cell phone, he sat back in his chair feeling tired. It had been a

long hard day and one that he would love to live over and over. He closed his

eyes and fell asleep thinking that he would have to tell Lisa that they would be

having a lot of company Thursday.

In the guest room, Ann said, "I'm so sorry to put you out like this. We'll be

here until we get Lucy moved into her new dorm and we don't know how long that

will take."

"Just the two of you are nothing. He's had as many as a hundred people drop in

to talk to him. He has more visitors than anyone I've ever met," said Lisa

smiling as she went over to the cabinet. She pulled out a pair of bags and said,

"In case you're missing anything, each of these bags have a toothbrush,

toothpaste, hair brush, deodorant, and tampons."

Looking at the bags, Ann asked, "He's got guest bags with tampons?"

Lisa laughed and said, "I added those after he had a female guest who needed

them."

Curious, Lucy asked, "He has female visitors?"

"His sisters, mothers, and Druids drop in with some regularity," answered Lisa

not aware of the emerging relationship between William and Lucy. She sighed and

said, "He needs a girlfriend though. I've never seen a young man who was so

lonely."

Looking at Lucy, Ann knew her daughter was probably bursting with curiosity. She

asked, "Any girls interested in him?"

"There was the girl next door who was after him, but he didn't want anything to

do with her. I don't blame him, she isn't too stable," said Lisa. Jennifer had

been taken twice to the hospital for collapsing as a result of not eating.

Returning to her role as housekeeper, she turned down the sheets on the twin

beds. While she worked, she said, "You have a private bathroom through the door

behind you. The closets and chest of drawers are empty if you want to unpack

your stuff."

"Nice," said Ann realizing that this was a real guestroom rather than a

general-purpose room that also served as guestroom. Looking around at the twin

beds, chairs, table, nightstands, chest of drawers, and television, she asked,

"How many guest rooms does he have here?"

"Three. We've had a number of occasions when we needed more. We packed some of

them into Tim's room."

"Oh."

Satisfied that everything was ready, Lisa asked, "Would you care for some hot

chocolate?"

"Sure," answered Lucy thinking that a cup of hot chocolate would be the perfect

end to a long day.

Lisa led the way to the living room. The women took one look at William sleeping

in his chair and made their way to the kitchen as quietly as possible. Once they

reached the kitchen, Lisa turned to face the other two women. Whispering so that

she wouldn't wake William, she asked, "Did he explain the rules of the house to

you?"

Puzzled at having house rules, Ann answered, "No."

"There are two rules. If it harms none, then do it. Protect the weak from the

strong. If you follow those rules, you won't have any problems staying here,"

said Lisa.

"Seem easy enough," said Lucy.

"Well, the first rule is a little complicated. You see, this is a clothing

optional house," said Lisa as she got out a kettle in which to heat the water

for the hot chocolate. Seeing the look of horror on Ann's face, she quickly

added, "I know what you're thinking. He's a fifteen-year-old boy with raging

hormones and all that. It's not that way at all."

In an icy voice, Ann asked, "What way is it?"

"It's all very innocent."

"Innocent?"

"Let me tell you the truth. When I first came here, I was terrified to get

undressed in front of him. The first time I did it, he barely looked at me. He's

never looked at me in a way that's made me uncomfortable. I participate in the

morning exercises undressed most mornings now."

"I really don't like this," said Ann becoming convinced that she had seriously

misjudged William.

Lucy was shocked at the revelation that it was a clothing optional house. There

was no way her father would let her see William if he knew that he was a nudist.

She doubted that her mother would allow the relationship to continue. No boy had

ever seen her without her clothes on and she wanted to keep it that way.

Snorting, she said, "There's no way I'm going to get undressed in front of him

while I'm here."

Laughing at the obviously puritanical reaction, Lisa said, "He'd never ask you

to do that."

Surprised that he wouldn't want to see her naked, Lucy asked, "Why?"

Filling the kettle with water, Lisa answered, "Because I think in this

circumstance, you are weak and he will do all that he can to protect you. That

is the second rule of this house, to protect the weak from the strong. He would

never violate that rule."

Lisa nodded her head thoughtfully and said, "I doubt that you'll even see him

naked unless you are up early enough for the exercises."

"The exercises?"

"Yeah. We exercise every morning. It is called Tai Chi." She leaned over and

then, in an even softer whisper, said, "I gained weight after giving birth to

Tim. You won't believe this, but I was a pretty hefty woman. Now look at me.

I've never looked better. My stomach is flat, my breasts are firm, my ass

doesn't sag, and my legs are shapely. My husband finds me sexy again."

Intrigued, Ann examined Lisa with the intent of checking out her body. The other

woman definitely looked healthy as she went about the business of making hot

chocolate. Lisa looked over her shoulder and said, "I apologize for the instant

hot chocolate, but William really likes it."

"I like the instant kind," Lucy said.

"Good."

Filling three cups with hot water, Lisa glanced over at Lucy. Convinced that

there was a good chance that Lucy might get a crush on William, she said, "I'm

probably overstepping my bounds, but you look like a nice girl and I'd hate for

you to get hurt. I don't know if you're interested in William, but you might not

want to get your hopes up too high."

"Why?" asked Lucy. It was an interesting comment after what Happy Harry had said

earlier.

"He's real smart. The girl who gets his eye is going to have to be a

super-genius. I know you're a pretty young lady, but you'd have to be in college

before he'd look at you," said Lisa as she poured the instant hot chocolate into

the cups. Shrugging her shoulders, she said, "I think he's been waiting for

someone special."

There was an interesting correlation between what Lisa said and what Harry said.

Giving her mother a significant glance, Lucy asked, "What would you say if I

told you that I was a sophomore in college?"

"I don't know whether I'd say that you should grab him and never let go or if

you should grab a baseball bat to keep the other girls from killing you,"

answered Lisa with a chuckle. She passed out the cups of hot chocolate.

"Why do you say that about other girls?" asked Lucy.

"He's young, attractive, smart, rich, and famous. Gold-diggers are going to be

swarming all over that boy in a year or two," answered her mother thinking about

the problems that will develop later in life. She wondered if her daughter had a

chance at happiness. She still didn't like the idea that he was a nudist.

After Lucy and her mother went to bed, Lisa woke up William so that he could

sleep in his bed. He stumbled off to his bedroom forgetting to tell Lisa about

the fact that he was expecting a lot more visitors Thursday.

Unable to resist temptation, Ann and Lucy watched the group practice Tai Chi

through the back window. Ann could hardly keep her eyes off Ken and Lisa. Lisa

had not been lying about being in good shape. Her body was tight and she moved

with grace. With a sigh, she said, "She is really attractive."

It was strange to stand beside her mother while watching a bunch of naked

people, but Lucy wouldn't have been able to turn away for any amount of money.

She had never seen anything like what was happening in the backyard. When they

turned to perform certain movements she could see the private parts of William,

Ken, and Tim. She wasn't sure if it was normal for their cocks to be flaccid

when standing around a beautiful woman like Lisa. Curious, she asked, "Shouldn't

they be excited or something?"

Ann looked at her daughter well aware of what she had been examining. She had

spent more than a little time looking at the same things. Smiling, she said,

"Not necessarily, but I'm surprised they aren't."

Licking her lips, Lucy watched William perform a turn. As far as she was

concerned, there was nothing wrong with his body. Softly, she said, "He's

gorgeous."

"Yeah, he's a good looking young man. Don't let your hormones get the better of

you," Ann said. Looking at Ken and William, she could understand having a

biological response to the view.

"Did you notice the scars on his chest?" asked Lucy. The two horizontal scars

across his chest were the only imperfection on his body that she could see.

Ann nodded, but didn't answer. The group broke up their exercise and started

moving around. William talked to Ken and Lisa while Tim headed into the house.

The naked little boy burst through the back door, shouted a quick hello, and

raced up the stairs. Lucy said, "He's not shy about being naked."

Laughing, Ann said, "No he's not."

A minute later, Tim made the reverse route carrying a Frisbee. With a quick

goodbye he was out the door. Afraid of what she was going to hear, Lucy asked,

"What do you think about this clothing optional stuff?"

"It's not what I expected," Ann answered watching William talking with Ann and

Ken. He looked at their eyes and not the sexy bits. It was not the kind of

behavior that she expected from a teenage boy.

"I was afraid that they'd break out into an orgy or something," Lucy said giving

voice to her greatest concern. After catching her roommate the previous day, she

didn't think she could have dealt with that.

"Same here," Ann said. She thought about it for a minute and then said, "Let's

not tell your father about this yet."

The three adults dressed. Once dressed, Ken went off to play Frisbee with Tim

who was still running around naked. William went over to watch them play for a

minute while Lisa returned to the house. Entering, she looked over at Lucy and

Ann at the window. Smiling, she said, "Good morning. I see you are both early

risers."

Blushing at having been caught watching, Ann said, "Well, we went to bed a

little early last night and have a busy day today."

"That's okay. I'm going to make pancakes. Is that all right with you two?"

"That's fine," said Ann.

With everyone clothed, the group gathered around the breakfast table. As the

plate piled with pancakes made its way around the table, William said, "We can

expect about fourteen visitors to arrive Thursday night."

Lisa nearly dropped the bottle of maple syrup and looked over at William. With

Lucy and Ann there, it would make sixteen guests and William only had three

guestrooms. Concerned, she asked, "Where will we put everyone?"

"I imagine Ed, Leroy, and Dan will sleep in the backyard with me and the rest of

the kids. If the weather turns bad, we'll sleep here in the living room. My

mothers will share two rooms. Lucy and her mother will share a room. My

grandfather will sleep in my room," answered William.

"Your family is coming?" Lucy asked. The pancakes had suddenly turned to flour

in her mouth.

"Yes. I called the house and left a message that I had finally met you,"

answered William. He imagined that the phone lines had been burning all night.

His family was spread out over most of the country at the moment. He smiled and

said, "I'm sure their house is a beehive of activity about right now."

"Should I go out and get some cots, sleeping bags, or something?" Ken asked.

"No. They want to surprise me. I'm sure that if we are here with a tent city

waiting for them that it will spoil their arrival," William answered with a

grin.

Having survived the arrival of individual family members on a couple of

occasions, Lisa said, "We're going to need more towels."

Thursday afternoon arrived. Lucy had just returned from her classes when Ed,

Ling, Claire, Betsy, and Eddie arrived at the house. In five seconds it had gone

from a quiet peaceful place to complete chaos. As soon as Ken had opened the

door, Betsy shot around him and targeted Lucy. Before Lucy had a chance to

react, Betsy had thrown her arms around Lucy in a hug. Talking in rapid- fire

bursts of single sentences, she said, "He found you. You're so cute. I'm happy

to meet you. By the way, I'm Betsy. You are so cute."

When Betsy let go and dashed over to Ling, Lucy was still reeling in shock.

Betsy dashed back and said, "I'm going swimming. Talk to you later."

Betsy was out of her clothes and out the door before Lucy even had a chance to

react. Five seconds later, Betsy was back to grab a towel from the stack of

towels by the door and then was gone. Lucy looked to her mother and asked, "Who

was that?"

Before her mother had a chance to answer, Ling flowed over and gave her a hug.

Looking at the young woman, Ling said, "Welcome to the family, Lucy. That little

dynamo was William's little sister Betsy."

"She's a little hyper, isn't she?" asked Lucy still in shock. She couldn't

believe that she was meeting the formidable Ling. When Ling looked at her, it

was like being under a thousand-watt spotlight.

Ling laughed and said, "She's a lot hyper. You're going to fit in with the

family just fine."

"Thank you. This is my mother Ann," Lucy said gesturing in the direction of her

mother.

Turning to Ann, Ling said, "Welcome to the family."

"Thank you," answered Ann

"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a dip in the pond now. We'll have plenty

of chances to talk over the next few days." Ling stepped away and stripped.

Grabbing a towel, she headed out the backdoor.

Shocked at the casual manner they stripped, Ann said, "Now I know what all the

towels were for."

Ed and Eddie presented themselves to Lucy. Ed said, "Hello, Lucy. I'm Ed."

"And I'm Eddie."

"We're so happy to meet the young woman who has captured William's heart."

Lucy stared at the black robed Druid and the young kid standing beside him. He

was the second Druid she had ever met and didn't know what to say.

Eddie said, "William has been waiting..."

"... to meet you for so long," completed Ed.

"Thank you," said Lucy looking from father to son. She'd heard of twins

completing each other's sentences, but never father and son. It was definitely

eerie.

"I'm sure that we're overwhelming you, so we're going to head down..."

"... to the pond and take a dip. When things quiet down a bit, we'll talk," said

Ed. He went over to the door and pulled off his robe.

Ann watched with wide eyes as his scars were revealed. Eddie noticed her looking

at him and said, "My daddy has fought some pretty nasty bad guys. Well, I'm

going to find Tim and go swimming."

An elegantly dressed black woman gracefully stepped over to Lucy. Now that the

rest of the family had cleared out of the room, she could afford to take some

time. In a gracious voice, she said, "Welcome to the family, Lucy. I'm Claire."

Ann watched the introduction, thinking that the welcome was more like the first

meeting between the families of an engaged couple than between a couple that had

just begun dating. She didn't think she had ever met so many powerful

personalities in her entire life. Each one of them seemed larger than life. It

almost made William seem subdued.

"You are all acting like we're a married couple," said Lucy feeling overwhelmed

by the welcomes she had been given.

"William says that he has seen you in his vision and that you are his true love.

He's never wrong when he makes a prediction like that," answered Claire. She

reached out and ran a hand over Lucy's face in a gesture of affection.

Not knowing how to respond, Lucy said, "This is my mother, Ann."

"Pleased to meet you, Ann. Welcome to the family," said Claire giving the other

woman a gentle hug.

William came over to them and said, "Sorry about that. We tend to be a wild

bunch and you just met some of the more overwhelming members of the family."

Laughing at the understatement, Claire said, "I know that meeting Betsy is

always a trial. I tried to keep her back, but she's too fast. Ling can affect

the temperature in a room depending on her mood. I'm sure that meeting a black

robed Druid is intimidating no matter who you are. The fact that you got hit

with the e-clones must have been a double whammy."

"The e-clones?" asked Ann wondering if the young man was the result of some mad

science experiment.

"They are so much alike that we joke that Eddie is Ed's clone," Claire said.

Shaking her head, she added, "It really started getting strange when they

started completing each other's sentences."

"Oh," Lucy said.

"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go take a swim," Claire said with a smile.

"I'm sure that you and William have a few things to talk about now."

Lucy watched as Claire glided away and then stripped beside the door. She

watched Claire step outside. Turning to look at William, Lucy said, "Everyone in

your family is very attractive."

"It comes from accepting who you are," William said. Seeing the look of surprise

on Ann's face, he explained, "When you accept who you are, you gain confidence

in yourself. Confidence is extremely attractive and overwhelms any physical

flaws that a person may possess."

"No, they are all physically attractive," Ann said.

"You saw my father and all of his scars. On someone less confidant they would

have been the only things you noticed. On him, they just become a small part of

the total package," William said. "I'm sure that you didn't even notice that

Betsy has to be the most muscular young woman in the world."

Ann hadn't thought about it, but she could see that William was right. He had

been correct about not noticing Betsy's build, but she had been moving so fast

that it was hard to get a good look at her.

Looking out the back window, Lucy asked, "Are they expecting me to strip and go

swimming with them?"

"No. If you want to go swimming, you can wear swimming suits. I'm sure that my

mother, Linda, has one with her that you can use if you don't have one, Mrs.

Wilkins. Of course, she'll be arriving later tonight since she's coming from Los

Angeles. My sister, Beth, may have a bikini that will fit you, Lucy," answered

William. Looking over at the door, he said, "I'm expecting her and John any

minute now."

As if on cue, there was a knock on the door. Ken went over and answered it.

Beth, followed by John, entered the house with a greeting to Ken. Looking around

the room, Beth spotted Lucy and headed directly to the young girl.

Lucy stared at the red robed Druid headed towards her with wide eyes. William

had mentioned that she was a Druid, but it hadn't registered. The reality of it

was overwhelming. Beth embraced Lucy as she said, "Welcome to the family, Lucy."

"Thank you."

Holding the younger woman's shoulders, Beth said, "My brother is so lucky to

have found you after searching for all these years."

Turning to look at William, Beth said, "I hope you've told her how lucky you are

to have found her."

Smiling at his sister, he said, "I told her that our meeting was the beginning

of a lifetime of misery for me."

She released Lucy and hugged her little brother with affection. Laughing, she

said, "I'm sure that's exactly what you told her."

Turning to Ann, Beth introduced herself and welcomed the woman to the family.

She apologized for ignoring her explaining that she had just been so excited by

the chance to meet Lucy. Numb, Ann was more than happy to take a second seat to

her daughter although she did wonder how Lucy was dealing with all of the

attention.

John disengaged from introducing himself to Ken and Lisa. Joining his wife, he

said, "William, it's good to see you again."

"I see that you have begun your service to the God," said William with a smile.

John had never believed William when he had said that he would become a Druid.

"I was called. Who knew that the God would want an automotive engineer as a

servant?" he replied. After a moment of pause, he added, "Besides you, of

course."

"Someone has to improve the safety of our automobiles," said William with a

wink. Turning to Lucy, he said, "Let me introduce you to John, Beth's wonderful

husband. They've been dating since they were two. Of course, they waited until

they were eighteen to make it official."

"Two?" asked Ann.

"It was actually earlier than that," said Beth. Looking out the back window, she

said, "I take it everyone is at the pond?"

"Yes. Before you go, would you mind getting your bathing suit for Lucy?" asked

William.

"Bathing suit?" she asked puzzled by the request. Frowning, she said, "I'm not

sure that I brought it. Oh wait, I know I did. I packed it thinking that I'd be

going onto Miami and that I'd have to wear one at the hotel."

John said, "I'll wait for you."

Beth went out the front door to get her luggage. While she was gone, William

said, "I'd be surprised if she hasn't thought about opening a chain of clothing

optional hotels."

"She's discussed that many times," replied John with a grin.

Beth returned and handed Lucy the skimpiest bikini she had ever seen. Shrugging

her shoulders at the look of shock, Beth said, "I'll see you down at the pool."

Staring at the two strings that were resting in the palm of her hand, Lucy

numbly said, "Sure."

The introductions to the rest of the family were much the same. They'd arrive,

welcome Lucy to the family, and greet Ann before striping and heading off to the

pond. After everyone except Linda had arrived, Ann told William that they'd meet

him down at the pool in a few minutes. Once he was gone, she turned to Lucy and

said, "Wow!"

Lucy burst out laughing and replied, "Wow is right."