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 THE MEASURE OF MAN
   An Epic by Gil Gamesh
   Chapter Thirty
   As for you, Gilgamesh, fill your belly with good things; day and night,
night and day, dance and be merry, feast and rejoice.  Let your clothes be
fresh, bathe yourself in water, cherish the little child that holds your
hand, and make your wife happy in your embrace; for this too is the measure
of man.
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   CAST OF CHARACTERS: Kieran Stuart, 43 Siobhan Stuart, 42 Kavan Stuart,
16 Arial Stuart, 14 (and ½) Kerry Stuart, 11 (almost 12) Kathryn Jenssen,
17 Lauren Andersen, 51 Stuart Andersen, 28 Joanne Andersen,25 Paul
Andersen, 3 Luke Bridges, 25 Rachael Bridges, 26 Adrianna Bridges, 3
   TELLING THE STORY: Kerry Stuart Luke Bridges Rachael Bridges Arial
Stuart Kieran Stuart
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   (ARIAL)
   I didn't really believe Kathryn when she told me what she wanted to do
when we played games on Friday night.  Last night, after we'd all showered,
she'd asked me and Kerry to stay downstairs and talk with them for a while.
   Kathryn wanted Dad to fuck her.  And she wanted Kerry to do it too.  She
and Kavan had been talking about what might happen Friday night or maybe
what might not happen.  They were sort of afraid that everybody'd be too
bashful or something to do much with Stuart and Joanne.  They figured if we
could get Dad into it then we could all pretty much do whatever we wanted
while we were at the cabin.
   Last week, she'd told Kavan it was OK with her if he fucked Lauren.  But
she said she wanted Dad to do it with her and Kavan ought to be OK with
that.  He'd argued with her but she'd convinced him.  After seeing first
Kerry and then Kavan and then Dad with Lauren, she wanted Kerry and Dad to
do it with her too - at the same time.
   So Kathryn and Kavan wanted me and Kerry to help them - to make sure Dad
would go along with it.  I'd seen Kavan fucking Kathryn.  I'd even seen Dad
doing it with Lauren and then with Mom the same night.  I liked watching
them do it but I didn't want anybody watching me the first time I did it
with Luke.
   Kerry was all ready to do anything Kathryn wanted.  Men!  He'd just lost
his cherry last week and here he was hot to do it with another woman.  I
guess they really do think with their dicks most of the time.
   Kavan and Kerry spread out the mats on the deck just like before.  This
time we didn't use candles.  We tacked up some lacey drapery I'd had around
my bed when it had a canopy and then strung some Christmas lights back and
forth under the deck cover.  We rounded up all the pillows we could find
and scattered them all around.  I thought it looked nice.
   We played naked Twister first, using the large blanket with the twister
circles on it.  That way we could all nine play at once.  Stuart and Joanne
said they'd played Twister when they were kids but they'd never played it
naked.  I don't know if Stuart knew we'd been plotting against him. 
Kathryn and I had agreed we'd do out best to get him hard as quickly as
possible.  With both of us rubbing our tits all over him and accidentally
bumping up again his dick, he didn't have a chance.  Mom and Lauren saw
what we were doing and even helped us.  Joanne just kept laughing and
giggling because she knew what was going on.  Poor guy!  He didn't last but
a few minutes.  He finally gave in, stood up, and showed off.
   He had another damn nice one, about like Dad's and Kavan's.  They were
just as hard.  I wondered how men could stand to have something like that
flopping all over the place.  When I looked at Kerry, his was sticking up
at the ceiling but I'd seen it do that lots.
   After that, Kerry wanted to play Susie Says again.  I explained the
rules but said I was going to make up some new things to do.  I told them
it was going to get naughty and if they didn't want to play, they could go
to bed now.  Nobody left.  We played two or three different games I made
up. I made sure Stuart and his Mom were next to each other on one game. 
When she had to grab hold of his dick for the first time, I thought he'd
run.  When Susie said all the women had to grab hold of the nearest dick
and then we all had to sing one verse of Dixie together, I guess they
thought Susie was crazy.  Dixie's got a good marching rhythm.  Good
jack-off rhythm.  Jerk away, jerk away, jerk away, Dixieland.  We all ended
up on the floor laughing like crazy.
   I knew Kathryn was going to take over at some point so I kept watching
her.  We made eye-contact and I mouthed the word "Ready?  She understood me
and nodded.  I announced that Susie said it was free play time.  Everybody
watch somebody else or do something on their own.
   Kathryn walked over to Dad, put both hands behind his head, and pulled
his face down to hers.  He gave one quick look over at Mom and I don't know
what he saw but he shut his eyes and started kissing Kathryn.  He wrapped
his arms around her, with his hands on her ass and she did the same to him.
While we all watched, she rubbed up against him.  I could see his dick
sticking up between them, pressed against the middle of her stomach.  They
kept at it until we started cheering them on and telling them what to do
next.
   I'd already dared Kathryn to suck Dad's dick and I knew she'd do it. 
She said she wasn't going to try to deep-throat him because she couldn't do
it with Kavan.  I didn't blame her.  I'd done it with Kerry but I knew it
wasn't anything I wanted to do except maybe with Luke.
   She got down on her knees in front of Dad and held his dick straight out
toward her mouth.  She didn't use hands to do anything else so I knew she
was just warming him up, not trying to make him come yet.  She was sucking
on him through because I could hear the slurp when she pulled her mouth off
the head.  Dad's big dick was already impressive when she started.  I'd
always liked the way that big artery or vein came right down the middle of
the shaft and then branched off all around near the head.  She had the head
all shiny and red and slick with her saliva and I guess she liked what
she'd done because she smiled at it and stood up.
   She put her hands on Dad's shoulders and pushed him down.  He dropped
down to his knees and Kathryn pressed up against him until he had to lean
back and her pussy was pressed up against his face.  Now I could understand
why she'd wanted to shave off most of her hair.  When Dad stuck his tongue
out and started licking between her legs, I could easily see when he got it
between her labia just where her clit was.  She held him there while he
kept licking her until we started cheering again and telling them to do
something else.
   This time, Kathryn pushed Dad down on the mats and made him stretch out.
She even got a pillow and put it under his head.  Then she straddled Dad
and squatted down over him.  She held his dick straight up and rubbed the
head back and forth between her lips.  Finally she started sliding down on
it.  She had her eyes shut and her head thrown back.  I wanted so much to
feel what she was feeling.  I made up my mind that Luke was going to do it
to me and if he didn't then I was going to do it with somebody else.
   When she had all of Dad's dick inside her, she stated rocking back and
forth and moving around and around.  I didn't see how she could take all
his dick up inside her but I could see his balls pressed up against her ass
and there was nothing separating them.
   I looked around to see what the others were doing.  Kavan had his legs
spread out in a vee-shape and Lauren was backed up between them.  Kavan had
one hand on her breast and the other down between her legs.  It looked like
his fingers were busy with something.
   Stuart and Joanne were sort of wrapped up too.  I saw Stuart glance at
his Mom and she gave him a big smile.  Joanne had one hand on Stuart's dick
and was stroking him, just slow stroking like she wasn't trying to make him
come yet.
   I wondered if Kathryn had really meant it when she'd said she wanted to
do it with Dad and Kerry at the same time.  She had.  She looked at Kerry
and motioned for him to come to her.  She made him straddle Dad, facing
her, with his dick just about in her face.  When he got in place, she
grabbed his dick and pulled him close enough so she could take it in her
mouth.  Kerry put his hands on her head and she put her hands on his cute
little ass.  I guess he knew what she wanted.  He started fucking her
mouth, moving in and out which she sucked him.
   Kerry's dick wasn't as big as Kavan's and I'd seen Kathryn try to deep
throat Kavan's.  She almost did it once but she said it was just too big
and stopped.  I wondered if she would do Kerry's like she said she was
going to.  Sure enough.  She let him fuck her mouth for a while and then
she took charge.  She put her hands on the sides of his hips and held him
still.  She started bobbing her head back and forth and taking most of his
dick in.  Finally she took a couple of deep breaths, held them, and pushed
her head down until her lips were around the base of Kerry's dick.  She
looked funny with his little pubic hair almost like a moustache around her
mouth.
   I couldn't understand why men had this crazy idea about deep-throating.
No way I could deep-throat Dad.  Or Kavan.  All I could do to just get the
head in my mouth.  It had been fun to try it once with Kerry and maybe I'd
try with Luke.  I didn't want it in my throat though; I wanted it somewhere
else.
   She must have decided to make him come because she put her right hand on
his dick and started stroking it.  She started playing with his balls with
her left.  She'd stroke down with her hand and push her mouth down on the
head of his dick.  Then she'd pull her hand up the shaft and pull her mouth
over the head of his dick.
   Shit!  She was doing it wrong.  That wasn't the way Mom told me she did
Dad when she wanted to make him come.  I wanted to tell her but I decided
it'd be quicker to show her.  I pulled Kerry to one side and got down on my
knees.  I knew everybody was watching but I didn't care.  I opened my mouth
and wrapped my lips around the head of his cock.  I used my right hand on
the shaft and my left on his balls just like Kathryn did.  But when I
pushed the skin down on the shaft of his dick, I pulled my lips in the
opposite direction and sucked on the head as hard as I could.  I did it a
couple of times and I could hear Kerry gasping each time.  I pulled my
mouth off long enough to tell Kathryn to watch how to do it.  I kept my
eyes on Kerry's dick while I was talking.  I loved to see it that way, all
hard and red and swollen almost to busting, with the head of it covered by
my spit.  I couldn't wait until I could get Luke that way.  I did it a
couple of more times before I was ready to let Kathryn have him again. 
When I pushed Kerry back over Dad, she started doing Kerry the way Mom had
told me to do it.  It worked.  I could see Kerry's balls draw up and the
muscles around his stomach get all hard.  Kerry's balls looked cute like
that, all wrinkled and smooth at the same time.
   It didn't' take long when it was done right, just like Mom said. 
Kathryn got back in rhythm again, like somebody trying to pat their head
and rub their stomach at the same time.  She started moving her hips up and
down on Dad's dick and sort of grinding around when she had it all the way
in her.  At the same time, she stretched the skin on Kerry's dick back as
far as possible and tried to suck the head off.  It was easy to tell when
he came.  He threw his head back, grabbed Kathryn by the side of her face,
and pushed his dick as far down her throat as possible.  She kept sucking
him and fucking Dad without a break until Kerry finally pulled out.
   I looked around again to check on everybody.  Mom was up on her knees
like I was, just watching.  Kavan had scooted behind Lauren.  She had one
leg thrown back over his and she had his dick inside her.  Kavan wasn't
moving, just holding still and watching.
   Stuart and Joanne were in almost a mirror position.  He was sliding his
dick in and out of her real slow and his head was almost spinning around
trying to look.  He looked at me and I gave him a smile.  He looked at his
Mom and Kavan and they both gave him smiles.  Dad was in no position to
give anybody a smile and neither was Kathryn.  They were really into what
they were doing.  Kathryn had a nice rhythm going.  Up and down on Dad with
a little pelvic twist forward when she hit bottom.  Stuart and Joanne both
looked like they were seeing something they couldn't believe.
   When Kerry pulled out, Kathryn grabbed his hands and pulled him down so
the he was facing her, sitting on Dad's stomach.  She held his face with
both hands and pulled his mouth to hers.  I couldn't see what she was doing
but, if Kerry came in her mouth like it looked, she was giving him a taste
of his own come.
   Dad had evidently been patient long enough.  He pushed Kerry to one
side, grabbed Kathryn, and pulled her down so she gave him a kiss with the
rest of Kerry's come.  He dropped his hands to her hips, lifted them up in
the air about six or eight inches, and started shoving his dick upward into
her cunt.  He was really pounding at her and I could hear her grunting each
time he shoved it in.  He kept it up and I thought he was going to come
that way.
   But that wasn't what he wanted.  He pushed her off, made her get on her
hands and knees, and got behind her.  He held his dick with one hand and
slid it into her down to the root without stopping.  It looked like they
were attached to each other.
   Then he started really giving it to her.  He'd pull out until you could
see the ridge around the head of his cock just inside her pussy lips.  Then
he'd shove it back in as hard as he could.  Kathryn was really grunting
now. I looked at Dad's face and he was dripping sweat.  He had his eyes
closed and his mouth looked like he was in pain.  His face and chest were
all red.  Mom had told me how he looked when he was about to come and I
knew he was ready.  He shoved it in one last time, so hard I think Kathryn
screamed, and then held her by the hips like a vise.  I couldn't see what
was happening but Mom had told me what it felt like when he was squirting a
load in her.  I knew Kathryn was getting her pussy fuss of come.  She
collapsed under his weight and he fell with her, his dick still in her. 
They lay there for a minute or so like they were dead and Dad finally rose
up, looked around, and rolled off her.
   He had an audience.  Everybody was looking at them.  I almost expected
everybody to break out in applause.  It had been quite a performance.  But
I got a surprise.  Kerry wasn't finished.
   He stepped over Dad, pulled Kathryn's hand until she turned over.  When
she did, he shoved her legs apart and got down between them.  I watched as
he held his dick with one hand and pushed it into Kathryn's pussy.  He was
like an expert already, knew exactly where to set the head so it slid right
in.  He fastened his mouth on Kathryn's, like he was trying to suck her
smile off her face, and started shoving his dick in just like Dad had. 
Kathryn raised her legs up and wrapped them around Kerry's cute little ass.
He wasn't satisfied with her like that.  He pulled her legs up higher, one
at a time, until she was bent in half and her ankles were around his neck.
Then he really began to give her hell.  I had a good view.  I could see
Kathryn's cunt, all white and lathered up with Dad's come, while Kerry's
little dick flew in and out so fast it was almost a blur.  Little dick,
hell, it was big enough so she was enjoying it.  They still had a lip lock
on each other's mouth.  Kerry had one hand behind her head and the other on
one of her breasts.  Kathryn's grunting turned into a sort of whining, like
it did when I'd heard her come with Kavan.  When she started coming, it
sounded like she'd gone crazy and I guess maybe she had.  Kerry must have
been coming too because his hips slowed down and he finally shoved it in so
deep I could see his balls right up against the crack of Kathryn's ass.  He
stayed like that for a minute or so, just like Dad, and then he rolled off.
And damned if everybody didn't start clapping.  Maybe he deserved a round
of applause.  I gave him a big cheer.
   I guess Kavan decided it was time to quit watching and start doing.  He
moved out from behind Lauren and knelt down between her legs.  He looked
over at Stuart and sort of nodded.  He said something but I couldn't hear
it.  Stuart moved around so that he was between Joanne's legs.  Kavan
waited until they were both in the same position and then reached down with
one hand and slid his dick into Lauren.  A split second later, Stuart did
the same thing to Joanne.  I don't know who was choreographing the moves
but Lauren's legs and Joanne's came up and wrapped around at almost the
same time.
   Kathryn crawled over near me, grabbed a towel and stuck it between her
legs, and then turned so she could watch.  Kerry was laying on his stomach,
his hands under his chin, just where he could get the best view.  Mom and
Dad were both on their knees, side by side, watching.  Dad's dick was
hanging down but it still looked good enough to eat even if it was red and
swollen.
   I could tell Kavan and Lauren were really getting into it.  Kavan had
managed somehow to bend so he could get his mouth on one of her breasts. 
She had one hand under it sort of holding it up.  I guess I hadn't thought
of doing that, that he could keep his dick in her and keep it going while
he sucked on her breasts one after another.
   Stuart was giving it to Joanne.  His face was buried in her hair beside
her neck and I could hear both of them grunting each time he shoved his
dick in.  It sure looked like they didn't need any practice.
   I don't know who came first but either Lauren or Joanne must have
because I knew it was a woman's voice saying things.  I just couldn't tell
which one it was.  With the guys, I guess you never know.  One minute Kavan
was working away like clockwork and the next thing I see is that he's sort
of jerking and breaking down and then he stopped.  Stuart was the same way
a minute or so later.  Just sort of broke down and ground to a stop without
saying a word or even making a sound.
   I looked over at Mom and she saw me looking and smiled at me.  I
realized we were the only ones who hadn't done much.  I wanted to do
something too but Luke wasn't around and I was still all mixed up with
wanting something now and wanting Luke to be the one who did it.  I guess I
got too emotional and I felt like I was going to cry.  I crawled over to
Mom, wrapped my arms around her, and buried my head in her shoulder.  I
couldn't help it.  I let the boo-hoos out.
   I don't know what Kerry thought was wrong but he got behind me and
hugged me and started asking what was wrong.  I couldn't tell him because I
didn't know what was wrong myself.  Maybe Kerry understood more than I
thought.  He pulled me away from Mom and wrapped his long arms around me
from behind.  He put one hand on my breast and curled the other down
between my legs.  When I felt his finger touch me it was like an electric
shock.  My pussy was already drenched and his finger knew right where to
go. I don't know if I started coming them but I don't think I stopped for
the next few minutes.  He twisted me around like I was a rag doll and
pushed me back on the cushions and I felt so limp I couldn't move.
   He got right down between my legs, lifted them one at a time, wrapped
them around his shoulders, and stuck his face right down at my pussy.  He
started with his tongue licking up on each side at first, without touching
my clit and I thought I'd burn up.  When he finally found my clit and
started sucking on it, I think I started coming.  When he started sliding
his finger in me and then two fingers and then curling them around and
pressing while he sucked, I knew I was dying.  I wasn't.  I wondered who
was making all those noises, almost like screaming, and I realized it was
me.
   When I opened my eyes, Kerry was on his knees looking down at me with a
big smile on his face.  He jerked his head over to one side and I looked.
Dad was doing to Mom the same thing Kerry had done to me.  She was
stretched out on her back with her knees up in the air.  Her fingers were
interlaced with Dad's on each side and her knuckles looked almost white. 
Dad's face was hidden and I couldn't see what he was doing but I knew.  I
guess Mom was pretty hot from watching too because it didn't take them much
longer.  She was pretty vocal when she came and I made a mental note to
tell her not to use the same profanity over and over.
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   All our plans about who would sleep where went out the window.  Stuart
and Joanne invited Kavan and Kathryn to sleep down in the basement with
them.  They said they'd shower downstairs.  I wondered if Stuart would do
it with Kathryn.  Or Kavan with Joanne.  I guess I didn't really care. 
They could do whatever they wanted to.
   Mom and Dad invited Lauren to have a quick soak in the Jacuzzi with them
and then spend the night in their bed.  I wondered if Dad could get it up
for Lauren.  He'd only done it once today with Kathryn and I guessed he
could.  I didn't care; I'd done enough for him lately.
   I decided I wasn't going to worry anymore about who did what with what
to whom.  I'd done enough orchestrating for a while.  They could just
figure it out for themselves for a while.
   Kerry and I were left by ourselves.  I didn't care.  Kerry's sweet.  I
took his hand and led him down the hallway to the bathroom between our
bedrooms.  He let me pee first and I adjusted the shower while he peed.  We
had a nice warm shower together and I made sure his dick was nice and
clean. I led him in my bedroom and he didn't argue about sleeping with me.
He crawled on the bed and I think he was asleep by the time he stopped
moving.  He was sprawled out sort of on his stomach, with one leg bent and
drawn up.  I curled up beside him with my right leg thrown over his left. I
like to play with his cute little butt as I go to sleep.
   I knew I'd see Luke tomorrow.
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   (KERRY)
   On Saturday morning, I went with Dad and Kavan and Stuart to pick up the
two vans dad had rented to go to The Cabin in the Woods.  There were ten
people going from our house and Luke and Rachael and Adrianna would make
thirteen there for the week.  We had so much stuff to take and so much food
for the crowd that we needed all the room we could get.
   I rode back to the house with Stuart so I could talk to him about what
we'd done last night.  I wanted to find out how he felt about stuff like
seeing Kavan doing it with his Mom.  It turned out he asked me so many
questions I ended up doing most of the talking.  He said he couldn't
believe I'd just lost my cherry to his Mom a week earlier.  He said I
looked like I'd been fucking for years.  He asked me all sorts of questions
about my family and I told him the truth.  He asked me why we'd wanted to
get his Mom to do stuff with us.  I told him it was because we wanted her
to be happy and to remember how good life can be.  He seemed satisfied. 
When I told him what Lauren had said after I'm made her come, he slugged me
on the shoulder and said, `You're a good kid, Kerry."
   When we got to the cabin, Luke and Rachael and Adrianna were already
there.  They still had their clothes on and I guessed it was because they
didn't know how Stuart and Joanne were going to be about being naked with
us.  Luke knew the hiding place for one of the keys and he'd already opened
all the doors and windows to let the place air out.  I could tell Aunt Kara
and her family were the last ones to use it because everything was so
clean. Uncle Alan didn't always leave it that way.
   Dad did the introductions.  He didn't need to introduce Adrianna to
little Paul.  She took his hand and led him around the cabin like she'd
known him all her life.  Stuart and Joanne seemed to like Luke and Rachael
a lot.  I guess it was because they had so much in common, like having a
three-year old.
   Dad was his usual bossy self and wouldn't let anybody do anything much
until we had emptied both vans.  Mom just stayed in the cabin with Joanne
and Rachael and they told us where to put everything.  Everybody else
helped carry stuff in but it still took a while.  Mom had planned meals for
eight days and there was a lot of stuff to bring in.  When we got through,
we had both refrigerators full, a lot more stuff in the big chest freezer,
and boxes full of other stuff.  She and Dad had planned for one
grocery-store run about mid week but the only close store was in a little
country town and it didn't carry much.  She'd brought six gallons of milk
and said she could get six more later.
   I was glad when we got through and Dad said, "OK, naked time." I hadn't
heard that since I was a little kid.  That was what he always said when he
decided it was OK for us to get naked.  Since I was already barefooted, it
didn't take me but a couple of seconds to strip off my shirt and shorts.  I
watched the others get naked too, to see how Stuart and Joanne would act
getting naked with Luke and Rachael for the first time.  I knew I always
checked out somebody else when I saw them for the first time.  Rachael
didn't seem to be looking at Stuart like I expected her too.  She seemed to
be looking at me.  It was like she was looking to see what my dick was like
instead of Stuart's.
   Dad told me not to go to the creek until we'd all had lunch.  I hung
around and Mom pulled out all the stuff for us to make sandwiches.  That
was what we usually had for our first meal every time we came.  I'd told
Mom to be sure and get some peanut butter and bananas because that was what
I liked on my favorite sandwich.  After everybody had eaten, Dad told me to
see if I could help Luke with the shrimp.  I didn't want to but I sure
liked fresh shrimp so I asked Luke what I could do to help.
   (LUKE)
   After lunch, I asked Stuart to help me carry the cooler full of shrimp
down the hill to the flat area near the creek.  I asked Kavan and Kerry to
see who would volunteer to help de-head the shrimp and to bring folding
chairs.  Rachael asked how she could help and I asked her to get small
knives and a roll of paper towels.  I knew she could help but I didn't want
her to.  I didn't want her throwing up and giving away the news.
   I showed Stuart how to use the edge of the knife to pull away the head
of the shrimp and at the same time, if he was lucky, to pull out the dark
sand vein.  He watched me do it a few times and then followed my example.
Kavan and Kerry knew how and they started helping.  Kieran came down the
hill with Adrianna and gave her to Arial so he could help.  Siobhan and
Lauren came down the hill with Paul and Arial took charge of him too. 
Siobhan showed Lauren how to de-head and we had all the help we needed.
   Arial was walking around under the trees with Paul and Adrianna and it
was difficult to take my eyes off her.  She was unbelievably beautiful. 
Her face was almost too perfect, skin flawless, lips red and full, eyes
always twinkling.  Her hair was almost down to her hips now and it was a
very light brown or blond, streaked with strands of almost pure gold.  Her
breasts were small virginal mounds with strawberry-colored aureoles that
formed a smaller mound and nipples smaller than the tip of my little
finger. Her belly-button was a little oval indentation in the middle of
soft skin.  Her pubic hair was the same light color as that on her head but
so sparse that it hid little of the cleft between her legs.  I shook my
head and tried to get back to cleaning shrimp.  Down boy.
   Rachael and Joanne spread a blanket in the shade under some pine trees.
They lay down and started talking.  I wondered if Rachael had told Joanne
that she was pregnant too or if she was going to keep the surprise until we
had dinner like we'd planned.
   Arial took Paul and Adrianna by the hand and led them to the smooth play
area near the creek.  She started chasing them and they turned the game
around and started chasing her.  She ran in circles around them, staying
just out of their reach.  Her long blond hair was flying behind her.  Her
breasts hardly bounced.  Her long legs and small hips were mesmerizing to
watch.  The little ones were laughing and giggling, running into each
other, and rolling in the grass.
   Kerry kept watching Arial playing with Adrianna and Paul and so I chased
him away to play with them too.  They started chasing him around in circles
and he kept running just out of their reach.  He reminded me of a gazelle,
running so effortlessly.  He started leaping into the air, landing
stiff-legged, and bouncing up again.  I remembered a nature program where
I'd seen gazelles do it - something called pronging.  I suddenly realized
I'd stopped work and I looked around at the others.  They were watching
too.
   The little ones alone would have been beautiful to watch.  Or Arial.  Or
Kerry.  Combined, they were captivating.  Laughing and squealing.  Running
in circles.  Falling down and rolling in the grass.  Beautiful naked
innocence.
   Innocence?  If she was so damned innocent why did she keep showing off
so close to me?  It was like she was trying to show me everything she had.
Every time she bent over with one of the kids, her rear was toward me and
her legs were parted.  Down boy.  No way.  It couldn't be an accident.  She
wanted me to see her little pussy.  I hadn't heard anything about her
losing her virginity.  Kavan had called to tell me about how he'd done it
with Kathryn.
   Damn, she couldn't be trying to get me interested in her, could she?  My
dick knew it was interested.  I tried to keep my legs together with it
pressed between my thighs so it wouldn't stick its head up.  Down boy.  I
figured I'd better concentrate on shrimp and not on her.  I deliberately
quit watching her and started back de-heading shrimp.
   It still took about ten minutes for my dick to forget what I'd seen so I
could spread my legs apart again.  Shit!  I'd love to get her cherry but I
can't do that.  I swore I'd never hurt Kieran and Siobhan's kids.  But
she's big enough.  If she wants it, I wouldn't hurt her.  I'd make damn
sure she'd enjoy it.  I'd love to lick that little pussy until it was all
juicy and open and ready for my dick.  Shrimp, think of shrimp, not pussy.
   First time I saw that little pussy she was just seven years old.  Just a
little slit between those fat little mounds on each side.  Still, I'd
thought about it when I went to bed that night.  I thought about Siobhan
too - her rubbing herself all over me and getting me hard.  Then sending me
to my room to jack off.  I'd done it twice, once thinking about Siobhan and
then again thinking about Arial.  Damn, what would Rachael say?  Maybe the
same thing she said when she heard Kavan's message - that she just wished
she could have been his first.  Down boy.  Shrimp, shrimp.  I wonder if
Arial wants me to do it and how we could arrange it.  Down dick, think of
shrimp.
   The others started again too.  It didn't take long for all of us to
de-head the fifty pounds of shrimp.  Stuart and I carried the cooler back
up to the cabin deck.  I asked Rachael and Joanne to come back with us and
to get soap and towels so we could all wash off in the creek.  Rachael
remembered to get a brush so we could scrub around our fingernails.  Kieran
and Kavan walked back up the hill and carried a cooler of beer and soft
drinks back down.  They even thought to bring juice for the kids.
   Arial and Kerry still wanted to run around and chase after the little
kids.  Kavan and Kathryn got into it too.  I watched as Arial whispered
something to Adrianna.  Adrianna giggled and ran over to me.  "Daddy play!
Daddy play!" I struggled up, acting like I was too tired to play and she
kept coaxing me.  "Daddy play!" I couldn't resist.  I pulled Rachael to her
feet, and then went over to Stuart.
   He got up by himself and pulled Joanne up.  Kieran and Siobhan and
Lauren decided they'd better get up too.  We ended up playing tag, trying
to get Paul and Adrianna to understand the rules.  Arial said we should
play chain tag.  I'd never heard of it.  It was simple.  The one who was it
had to tag one other person and they had to hold hands while chasing down a
third who then had to hold the hand of one of the original two.  We decided
the boundary was the flat mowed area near the creek.  Kerry was the last
one to be cornered.
   After that we all ended up in the creek.  Kavan ducked under the water
behind Kathryn and came up with her on his shoulders, her legs around his
neck.  Arial swam around behind me and, before I realized what she was
doing, had crawled up my back and had her legs around my neck.  Kerry
surprised me by pulling Lauren into the water and coaxing her onto his
shoulders.  He was growing up so fast and he was already strong enough to
lift Lauren.  Siobhan yelled that she was going to watch the little kids.
Stuart surprised me by choosing Rachael as his partner.  That left Kieran
and Joanne.  Five pairs to do battle.  Kerry charged me and I held onto
Arial's legs until we won and Lauren slid off Kerry's shoulders into the
creek.  It was general bedlam, with screaming, water splashing, yelling,
laughing, and wrestling until we were all exhausted.
   <><><>
   I'd asked everybody to save the biggest shrimp so I could l cook them on
the grill.  I'd also brought a small sack of oysters.  I knew they wouldn't
be as tasty as they are in cold weather but I wanted to have some raw ones.
I fired up the grill and spread unopened oysters around on half of it.  On
the other half I spread the big shrimp.  I knew they'd both cook together
if I just watched them.  Kieran got out a six-pack of cold beer.  I started
shucking oysters.  Kavan watched how I held the oyster in a leather glove
on my left hand and inserted the knife with my right.  After I'd done a
dozen or so, he asked if he could try.  He'd picked up the trick and I was
glad to let him do some shucking.  After he did some, Kieran took a turn.
   I got a cold beer and took my first oyster au natural.  I liked them
with any kind of sauce if it was used sparingly and didn't overpower the
oyster taste.
   I knew Rachael would stay inside the cabin and wouldn't have any
oysters. When I learned Joanne was pregnant too, I guessed she wouldn't
have any.  I didn't know whether Arial would or not.  I told her to try
one, just to imagine it was something she got from her boyfriend and she
could swallow it with no trouble.  She stuck out her tongue at me and went
in the cabin.  I started thinking how nice it would be to suck her tongue
out of her mouth but then I decided I'd better drop that if I wanted to
keep my dick under control.
   Siobhan and Lauren both wanted a couple of raw ones.  They pretended
they were arguing about which one of us guys they tasted like.  I watched
the grill and when some of the baked oysters opened, I sent a platter of
oysters and shrimp inside for the ladies.  The rest of us finished up the
rest of the baked and raw oysters and the grilled shrimp and the beer.  The
ladies rejoined us on the deck and we sat around talking for an hour or so.
   I was in charge of the shrimp boil so I found the heavy canvas apron
first thing.  I decided to boil all the shrimp at once since they'd be good
for any meal during the next few days.  I'd found fresh corn at a road-side
stand as I'd turned off the interstate so I'd put the frozen corn in the
freezer for later.  I asked for volunteers to clean the fresh corn while I
started everything else boiling.  I put half the little red potatoes and
the hot sausage in one pot and the rest of the potatoes and the mild
sausage in another.  I put a bag of spices, some Tabasco, and a sliced
lemon in one, just spices and lemon in the other.  When the two pots came
to a boil, I gave them ten minutes and put in the corn.  After ten minutes
and I put about one fourth of the shrimp in each pot for just few minutes.
I put the rest of the shrimp in a third pot, without water, and put that
one on the floor.  When I decided the shrimp in the other two pots were
ready, I used the straining lid to hold back everything but the liquid and
I poured that into the pot with the remaining shrimp.  I had one big pot of
spicy shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes.  The other was mild.  The third
pot with the rest of the shrimp would be great over the next few days,
spicy and a little picante, just from sitting in the hot water for an hour
or so while we ate.
   I carried one pot to the tables on the deck while Stuart carried the
other one.  The tables had been covered with newspaper and plastic plates
were ready.  Kieran had brought a cooler of beer and soft drinks.  I looked
around and everybody was ready to eat.
   "Before we eat," I said, "Rachael and I have something we want to share
with you." I looked at Rachael.
   "I'm pregnant too," she said.  "Adrianna will have a brother or sister
in about seven months."
   <><><>
   (RACHAEL)
   I kept one eye on Luke while Arial was running around with Kerry and the
kids.  Perhaps he thought he was hiding something but there was no way he
could conceal what he was feeling.  From the way he was sitting, I knew
what he was trying to hold down.  He could hide his hard-on but he couldn't
hide the emotions that were so clear on his face.  I knew it would work
out. He and Arial were going to be surprised tonight.  And so was Kerry.
   When Siobhan and I had talked on the telephone, I could tell she was
trying to feel me out about something.  I finally understood.  Arial wanted
Luke to make love to her.  She wanted him to be her first.  I started
crying and Siobhan thought she'd hurt me.  We talked and I told her I
wasn't crying because I was hurt; I was crying because I was happy.
   I loved Arial.  I loved Kavan and Kerry.  I loved the whole damned
Stuart family.  They were the family I'd never had.  I knew what Siobhan
had done for Luke.  She'd showed him how to love.  She'd taught him how
beautiful sex can be.  Turned him from a cripple into the loving man I
married.  It was so damned nice when Luke and I could spend the night with
Kieran and Siobhan.  Kieran and I didn't have to battle to see who was in
control anymore.  It was nice to have him in a state of truce - screwing me
half to death with that big dick of his - but still a state of truce.
   Siobhan trusted Luke and me.  Trusted us to give back the gift of love
she'd given Luke.  I wasn't hurt; I wasn't jealous.  Kieran had shared her
with Luke.  I wanted to share Luke with Arial.  I knew he was mine.  I told
Siobhan I'd help arrange it - so we could surprise Arial and Luke.
   We talked and talked and made plans and arrangements for the week at the
cabin.  I was about to hang up when another idea struck me.  Kerry.  If
Luke was busy with Arial, I'd be sleeping by myself.
   I'd found it hard to believe when Siobhan had told me what Kieran and
Kavan and Kerry had done with Lauren.  Little Kerry.  It seemed like
yesterday that he was just a little kid.  Little penis, even if it was
almost always hard every time I saw it.  Then we came for a weekend and I
saw a something else: a tall skinny boy with a dick almost too big for him
and a scrotum full of testicles hanging down between his legs.  Next time
after that, I saw a taller kid with twirls of blond pubic hair all around
the base of his dick.  Seemed like he'd changed overnight.  And now he had
a dick big enough to use it like a man.  To do it to Lauren and to do it
well enough so she had an orgasm.  What a kid!
   When I told Siobhan I wanted Kerry to sleep with me, all I got was a
minute or so of silence.  I think she was almost crying too.  But she
agreed - it was between me and Luke.  I told her I couldn't ask him without
letting him know what was being planned for him and Arial.  She agreed.  We
finally figured it out.  Once we'd surprised Luke and Arial, we'd surprise
Kerry.  I hung up the phone feeling like I was part of some sort of
conspiracy.
   I didn't tell Siobhan about the baby.  We'd planned to surprise
everybody after dinner on our first night at the camp.  I didn't see any
reason why the fact that I was pregnant should change anything.  I'd had no
problems so far, except a touch of morning sickness, and my stomach was
just beginning to show a little curve down below my navel.  Luke accused me
of being horny all the time and I guess it was true.  I suppose it was just
knowing I was pregnant and didn't have to worry anymore about getting that
way that made me want him.  Just thinking about Kerry doing it with me made
me even hornier.
   <><><> (ARIAL)
   "Oh, shit.  Oh, shit.  That's all I could think.  Rachael's pregnant
again.  All my dreaming and wanting and thinking Luke would want to be my
first just died.  I knew he'd never want me now.  Adrianna tied him to
Rachael.  Another baby would tie him even closer.  I knew she'd never agree
to let him make love to me.  It felt like my heart had turned into a heavy
lump and had settled in my stomach.
   This afternoon, when Luke told me to imagine the oyster was something my
boyfriend gave me, I couldn't believe it.  Men are so dumb sometimes.  I
didn't have a boyfriend.  Even if I did, I don't know whether I'd swallow
if he gave me a mouthful.  Maybe if Luke gave it to me, I might swallow.  I
got mad and went in the cabin with Rachael and Joanne.
   I tried to keep on a happy face while everybody ate dinner.  The shrimp
were delicious.  The corn was out of this world.  Maybe it was because it
was out of the field this morning like Luke said.  The potatoes were OK but
I didn't like the smoked sausage.
   After dinner, I saw Mom go in the cabin.  When she went to the bathroom,
she saw me following her and waited for me.  She held the door until I got
inside.  When she shut the door, I couldn't help it.  I started crying. 
She wrapped her arms around me and held me until I'd let out enough to
stop. She asked me why and I told her.  I'd been happy because I thought
it'd work out with Luke.  Now it couldn't since Rachael was pregnant.  Mom
just held me closer and kissed me on the cheek and told me everything would
work out OK.  I guess I wanted to believe her but I really didn't.
   <><><>
   (KIERAN)
   After dinner was over, Lauren and Siobhan took the two little kids to
one of the bedrooms to sleep.  We always kept some kid's books so somebody
could read to them.  When they came back out later, they were both smiling.
I asked them why and they told me little Paul and Adrianna were already
asleep and still holding hands.
   I thought it was about time for the big announcement Siobhan had asked
me to make.  I didn't know what the hell she and Lauren and Rachael were up
to but I guessed she probably did.  Some of the others were in the big hall
of the cabin and others were out on the deck.  I stuck my head out the door
and called them in.
   "Siobhan has asked me to make an announcement or two for tonight. 
Except for the Andersens, you all know the downstairs rooms are pretty
primitive.  They're small and the queen-size mattresses on the floor take
up half the room.  You have to use the two common bathrooms at the end of
the big room here in the center.  The upstairs room's the only one with a
king-size bed and its own bathroom.  Even the bathroom there's not much.  I
hear too many complaints that two people can't get in there at the same
time.  The bed's very nice though and we try to give that to somebody for a
special occasion, like first-time visitors to the cabin."
   "Tonight, the upstairs bedroom is reserved for somebody's first time.  I
understand Arial is ready to become a woman and she wants Luke to help
her." I looked over at Arial.  "Arial, Princess, the room is yours for the
night.  Luke's going to keep you company."
   I kept looking at her and I couldn't figure out what I was seeing on her
face.  I'd expected her to be happy but she seemed to be on the verge of
crying.  Siobhan had cried more than once because I'd made her so happy.  I
hoped that was what Arial was experiencing.
   I looked at Luke and all I saw was a big smile.  I knew he was happy.  I
envied him, damn it.
   "'The only problem with this arrangement is that Rachael will be
sleeping alone unless we send somebody to keep her company.  The second
announcement is that I'm asking Kerry to take care of Rachel tonight. 
Would you please fill in for Luke, Son?  Do you think you're up to the
job?"
   That got a few howls and dirty responses out of some of the others. 
When I looked at Kerry, I saw that big grin of his.  He had that "I can't
believe this is happening to me" look on his face.  He loved any sort of
double entendre with a sexual connotation.  Shit, I envied him too.
   Rachael pushed Luke toward the stairs and Kavan pushed Arial.  Luke held
out his hand to Arial.  I could tell by the way he was smiling that he was
ready to help Arial.  Who wouldn't be happy to?  The crowd was quiet while
they went up the stairs.  When Luke closed the door, everybody erupted into
cheers and more than a little bit of advice for them.
   Kerry was ready too.  He walked up to Rachael, gave her a bow with one
hand in front and the other behind.  She was smiling almost as big as Luke.
They picked one of the downstairs bedrooms and got a round of cheers when
they closed the door.
   I hadn't really tried to figure out any sleeping arrangements for anyone
else.  But somebody had been making some arrangements for me.  Siobhan took
Lauren's hand and they both came after me.  I didn't fight it.  I just
hoped I was up to it, whatever they had in mind.  I let them lead me to one
of the other bedrooms.  We really got some dirty suggestions from the four
remaining: two young couples - Stuart and Joanne, Kavan and Kathryn.  They
had their pick of the remaining three bedrooms.  I wondered whether they'd
use just one like last night.
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