Chapter 16: Returning Home

I woke up to a new experience. I was lying on my back with two children cuddling up on either side of me and two beautiful women lying against them. Suddenly I'd gone from a naïve kid to being surrounded by multiple women and now I was a father figure. Man, this was rough for me to comprehend. But the kids were cute and I just couldn't help but love them; and I certainly loved the women. It might be weird but life was pretty good right then. Well, aside from my problems with my sister at least.

I managed to wiggle my arm free and check my watch; it was nearly time to get up. Today was the day we were leaving New Orleans and heading home. Hopefully that would be the end of all this craziness, but I didn't really believe that. I gently shook Josh until he started to rouse.

"Time to get up, Josh. You've got school today," I told the sleepy little ragamuffin.

"Yeah, you'd better get going," Brooke instructed her child, waking up pretty quickly on her own. "Take you sister back to her room and both of you start getting ready." I hadn't realized she was awake. I'd been hoping to let her sleep in a little longer.

I felt someone hugging my side. "Thank you for letting us stay here," Suzy said. I was glad she was finally starting to speak to me. I hate that whole 'too nervous to talk' phase all these women seemed to go through. I gently kissed her forehead and returned her hug.

"Thanks for being you, it was lovely having you here," I told them both. Josh started to climb out of bed.

"Josh, were you really scared last night?" I asked. "You seem a little old to be climbing into bed with your mother."

He laughed, "Nah, I just wanted to spend more time with you. Mom said you were leaving so I figured this was the only chance I'd get." I would have tousled his hair but he was already too far away. Plus I couldn't get up because I was still naked.

"And what about you, young lady?" I asked a bleary eyed Suzy.

"I'd been wanting to watch you the whole time but I was afraid to come in. When I saw Josh get up, I figured I could come too," she sleepily explained.

"But you're not scared of me now, are you?" She quickly shook her head but still looked unsure.

"I know, he can really make you nervous, can't he?" Rebecca asked, to which she nodded. "He's kind of like sticking your finger into an electric outlet. You know it's a good energy that helps people, but it's still a lot of power." Once again, she nodded quickly at the truth of Rebecca's words.

"Well hurry up kids, you need to get ready in a hurry," Brooke instructed. "We'll be out shortly. Oh, and wake the other girls too, will you?" she called to their retreating forms.

The two women shifted over and both gave me a nice good morning kiss.

"We'd better hurry," Brooke informed us. "We might be able to finish off what we started last night, but only if we rush. I'm not about to see you leave today before I get my share of you."

"You know—" I began.

"That we aren't allowed to have intercourse?" she asked. "Yeah, Shani laid down the law to all of us, and I've got to say, it actually sounds like a good idea. I'd love to have you pound me to oblivion right now, but I'll settle for some gentle, non-invasive loving."

So we quickly scrambled out of bed and rushed into the shower. While not quite as nice as the hotel's shower, it was big enough for the three of us as long as you didn't mind being close, and I didn't hear any complaints. I wasted no time and backed Brooke against the wall, where I fell to my knees and proceeded to eat her out while Rebecca kissed her and played with her breasts for me. I proceeded to give her a couple of quick cums but we were under the gun here. They both pulled me up to my feet, then changed places with me and both proceeded to give me a mutual blowjob. For never having done this together before, they worked together pretty smoothly.

"Sorry it can't be any more romantic," Brooke gasped out between turns swallowing my rod, "but if we're too long the kids will come ... looking for us again." Heeding her advice I proceeded to loosen my load shortly thereafter. I'd kind of wanted to paint their faces a little but they treated it like it was a precious commodity, not to be wasted. After that they helped me as we all stumbled out, still a little weak kneed.

Figuring they deserved at least part of what the other women got, I proceeded to pat them dry with the towel like I had done a few days earlier. I couldn't spend long at it, but it gave me a nice chance to examine them up close and personal as I familiarized myself with their natural scents and looks.

Rebecca was cleanly and recently shaven, something I thought odd for a busy nurse. Brooke still bore a full bush but it was nice and soft and fun to play with as I blew on the little curly hairs, but that was about all that I had time for.

When we arrived in the kitchen we saw the other women had everything firmly in hand with both kids busily eating breakfast. "We kinda thought you might want some extra time with him," Shani told us with a smile.

"You have no idea," Brooke told her. "We spent the night with the kids."

"Yeah, they told us all about it," Patricia acknowledged.

We hurried getting ourselves and the kids ready. Brooke asked Josh to run outside and get the paper for me when I stopped her.

"Really, I think I've had enough of the local paper for now. There really isn't much more that Mr. Rodriguez can do to me, and I'd really rather not spoil this beautiful morning." So the paper remained in the box outside. The other cars pulled up about the time we were walking the kids out to their bus stop. We quickly introduced everyone, with Brooke instructing the kids they'd get a chance to get to know everyone very well in the near future, and then sent them on their way.

Leaving early accomplished several things. First, and the most obvious, was that it got us out from under outside observation. Mom also said that she and Anh could spend the extra days adjusting the house for more people. Shaniqua and the rest would have to begin looking for a new apartment as well as a new job. We knew that whatever they found, they'd be spending all their time at my house. Mom argued "Not if you want to bring someone from school over," winking at me, leading me to think she'd been talking with Shani about her 'no sex before you have a girlfriend' rule.

It had been a busy and very unusual week. I was thinking it would be nice to get away from our vacation and finally relax, but I knew the craziness wasn't likely to end with me taking a bunch of women home with me. I was also nervous about the long drive ahead of us due to the recent incident between Cate and myself. She'd hardly acknowledged me since then, other than answering questions I'd pose through an intermediary, and I knew that it would be difficult being in a confined space for a long time.

Nearly everyone called into work to take the morning off so they could see us off—everyone but Peter and his crew that is. All the women were there and they proceeded to give me very emotional and tear-filled goodbyes. Their goodbye kisses left little to the imagination. I was glad the kids had already taken off. Shani said she was going to work over the weekend to get much of her work finished early. She'd arranged with her boss to leave early if she managed to finish some ongoing projects. Natalie had a similar agreement with the hotel, so she thought she could join us in a few days. I just hoped neither was giving themselves a black mark in their careers because of me.

Anh and Allison were coming with us, of course, but Allison was driving her own car. Cate had wanted to drive in her nice convertible on the way back but Mom had put her foot down, telling us to work our problems out like 'a normal couple'. I wasn't sure what the hell she meant by that, but I didn't dwell on it too much.

Everyone was hugging. Shani told me she'd miss me and reminded me to keep a look out for a new girlfriend at school. After that we got underway, still relatively early in the morning. Cate seemed almost back to her old self. We had three people in the backseat. I sat in the middle, which is easier with my long legs, but it's still hard on the buns to sit there for a long stretch, with Cate on my left and Anh on my right. At least Cate didn't seem to be afraid of me, although she flinched a couple of times when I moved or shifted in her direction. I tried not to take it personally and chalked it up to Shani's theory. I simply assumed she'd eventually get over it, but then she took a deep breath, glanced at Anh—who nodded her head in response—and then gave me a big hug.

I was at a loss for a response, but gave her a quick hug back, as I usually do. But, instead of breaking away after only a few moments, she continued to hold me for quite a while. Although I thought it was odd, I didn't interfere, figuring she was trying to make amends and demonstrate that she was no longer angry with me. Of course, after a bit it becomes like the young man in the back of the theater, her arm must have fallen asleep by then, but when I asked her about it she told me it was the least she could do so I just accepted it and put it out of my mind as I already had enough women doing things I didn't understand.

Speaking of relaxing more, I noticed that Cate seemed to be 'packing light'. Her T-shirt seemed to fit extra nice, though it was hard to tell. Actually, given that she was so small up top, I doubted she'd normally wear much in the way of bras, as I'd never really noticed it in the past, but after the last couple of days I'd begun paying more attention to my sister's relative charms (no pun intended). I tried to subtly check for clues while we were driving, thinking I was being cool, but she suddenly covered her chest with both arms.

"Hey, quit it, buddy! I didn't want to spend the next several hours tied up in a damn bra but this ain't no damn peep show."

I blushed clear down to my toes, leading to everyone laughing at me—which I thought was strange since no one commented on my behavior, simply taking it as a humorous moment instead. There was something clearly odd going on, and it wasn't just the fact that women kept approaching me. I wasn't completely convinced she didn't put it on specifically to embarrass me—the act that is, not the T-shirt. Anyway, I tried to keep my eyes forward after that. I tried at least. However, I saw a look pass between Anh and Cate while they thought I wasn't looking

"Hey, Alex," Cate said sincerely, "I'm sorry for teasing you. I really didn't mean it and the fault was all mine."

My head jerked back in surprise and I looked at her, trying to figure out which pod person replaced my sister. But she linked her arm through mine.

"You're allowed to look all you want," she assured me. "Since I know how damn good I look," she said with a smirk, showing she wasn't done teasing after all. "I mean, how could you resist?"

She laughed, which showed she was finally relaxing around me, but still, I was cautious. I figured it was one of those little traps like 'Do I look fat in this?' or 'Does that girl look pretty?' The kinds of questions designed to get you into trouble no matter what you say. So I tried not to look, once burned you know. But I was beginning to feel like Alice in Wonderland, things were just getting even stranger than they'd been this entire past week, which is pretty damn strange!

That's the thing with telepathy, when you get publicly humiliated like that, even people nowhere near you get a chance to laugh at you over it! Allison seemed to think Cate calling me on looking at her was just the funniest thing. But then, after a couple of minutes, she asked me what had happened since, making me think they all knew something I didn't. When I told her about Cate's apology she simply said, 'Ah, ' as if she had been expecting it. I thought I'd have to speak to someone about it, but I wanted to do it face to face when I could watch their reactions, since I had a feeling they'd try to doge the question, and most of all I wanted to do it when we were alone.

My parents started talking about the places we'd visited, trying to draw Cate and I into the conversation, but of course the discussion eventually drifted back to my new abilities. Our new abilities I corrected myself.

"You know," my father explained, "I'm not convinced you don't have a little mind control thing going as well." We all looked at him as if he'd suddenly sprouted horns.

"Hey, it's awfully quiet back there. Linda, look quick, are they all staring at the back of my head."

"Yep," she good naturedly humored him.

"What I mean is have you stopped to think how a bunch of women are suddenly all over you without jealousy, without concern about child abuse charges or their own futures? Are you sure you're not unwittingly exerting some sort of control over them?" he said, explaining his logic to us.

"I don't feel like I am," I replied, considering the possibility before suddenly shaking my head. Nah, it couldn't be.

"Anh says she doesn't feel controlled in any way," I told him, conveying her opinion on the subject, "and Shani specifically said the same thing a few days ago. And the girls don't go along with everything I say anyway," I stated, trying to defend myself against this newest theory.

"Have they ever told you 'No'?" Again I stopped to consider it.

"Well... , Shani... , uh..."

"Yes, Shani said she's not going to have sex with you until you lose your virginity the 'traditional way', right?" I felt myself blushing again at the fact that both my parents seemed to know all the details of my fumbling sex life so far.

"Still, they're both having sex with you with absolutely no qualms about it," he continued, pushing the issue. "When you got scared about things moving too fast, Shani backed right down and didn't pressure you about it anymore. Your sister went along with all your playing around in the room, even though it must have been uncomfortable for her. Don't you think that's a bit odd? And even your mother and I, we can rationalize that we like all the girls, but that might just be it. Rationalization. Maybe we can't help ourselves in accepting what's going on?"

"I don't know... ," I said hesitantly.

"And what about your sister? From what I hear she was more than just an unwitting participant, that certainly isn't a normal response is it?" Looking at Cate I saw she was taking in everything Dad was saying and seriously weighing it in her mind. There may be more to it than you think, I thought to myself, but I certainly didn't want to have to explain that to my parents.