Chapter 250

July 17, 2018 (Tuesday)

Dear Ms. Diary,

On the walk home from practice, Civ said, “Let’s do the subsidiary grocery trip today, because we’ll probably not want to on Thursday with Dakota and Kanda here and might not have enough free time tomorrow.”

We decided to chance going on the grocery run before eating lunch; it was not too bad. Upon our return home we put everything away, ate lunch, then had a relaxing time in the pool.

Andy exclaimed, “It sure is nice to have this pool!”

Liya replied, “Yes. We spent a lot of time inside last year in mid- to late summer. This is incredibly pleasant and more enjoyable.” She turned to me and asked, “When will Kalina and Emma be here?”

I answered, “Her text said as soon after 2:00 as they can make it. The text seemed positive.”

About an hour later as we were lounging in the pavilion, Kalina sent a five-minute warning text.

I loudly announced, “Kalina and Emma are incoming.”

While most of the girls were lounging naked, the young girls and the two guys were wearing appropriate coverings, so no one had to dash to retrieve clothing. Rache, Lana, Liya, Meka, and I, however, donned typical skimpywear for the meeting.

A few minutes later, Emma and Katrina stepped out of what we usually called the back door, even though that wall was perpendicular to the wall facing the street.

As they walked into the pavilion, Emma said, “Are you truly okay with us having the electronic key to your doors?”

Meka replied, “Absolutely! While we don’t consider you to be fully family ... yet, you’re two of our sisters’ mothers. Additionally, we’ve added this business relationship and you’re also getting-much-closer friends in your own rights. That’s three reasons to give you the keys to our house, and you’re welcome here anytime ... so long as you give us at least a few minutes’ notice so we can curtail any debauchery going on.”

Both women grinned at us, after which we exchanged arrival hugs and kisses.

I asked, “Can I get you anything? Drinks, snacks?”

Emma asked, “What are our drink options?”

Rache replied, “Oh! You’ve got to try our homemade mango lemonade!”

“That sounds perfect.”

“Great,” I replied. “I’ll send our gofers after ... Ah. Here they are, now.”

Civ and Mare arrived, dripping wet, which caused the two mothers to reject arrival hugs and kisses with them.

Mare asked, “Is that what you’re wearing for the meeting?”

Emma furrowed her brow at her daughter, then answered, “Of course.”

“You’re meeting in our compound with us.” She turned to me and asked, “Can we take them to Armoire and get them some skimpywear that they can keep here?”

The two women looked surprised, but Meka responded, “That’s a great idea, Mare, one of many you’ve had in recent weeks. As soon as we can think of something appropriate, you’re getting your own supervisory position in the LA.”

“Could it be something to deal with clothing and/or Armoire?”

Meka stared at her for a few seconds, then looked around at us older girls; I shrugged at her.

“That might work. Why don’t you put together a list of ... duties and rationale for all of us to consider. Your doing that makes sense for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is your upcoming employment there. Yes, that may be as perfect a pairing of personnel and duties as we could find. Please also consider who you’d want for your deputy.”

That got Meka two armsful of a not-quite-so-dripping-wet girl.

While she hugged her, Meka added, “Everyone in the LA is a possibility for your deputy except Liya. She’s already got more than enough duties, assigned and self-appointed.”

Obviously trying to keep from losing it, Mare said, “Thanks, Meka ... and everyone. Every time I think my life couldn’t get any better here, something like this comes along and makes it better. Civ and I really, really appreciate you treating us as equals!”

I sidled over to Emma and whispered, “She’s becoming more and more amazing.”

Emma nodded slightly as a tear slipped out of her left eye and whispered back, “This is all you girls. Or, it’s nearly all you girls. She’s blossomed with you, and I don’t see her doing this had you not invited us for dinner that first time. This is why we do not begrudge them so much time here. We miss them, but the LA is bootstrapping them into proto-adults.” She shrugged, then added, “They’re going to find themselves being more and more different from their classmates and we’d ... the three of us ... would like to talk to some of you and, at least, Carol about their schooling. We’re becoming more and more sure that keeping them at their respective classes’ pace would do them no good. Can we set something up soon, as we’d like to come to a decision about that before the new school year.”

“I’m sure Carol would be interested, and you rightly interpreted that she’s our parents’ main school ... contact, I guess. I’m also sure you’re right about their schooling. Look what they’ve done this summer amid a reasonably busy season for us.”

“Yes. The school just scheduled the tests – next Tuesday, by the way – for them to test into Geometry. Oh, they’ll need to miss practice that day.”

“That’s fine. Civ’s ahead in that vein, too, and Mare’s duties are pretty light at practice.”

I changed topics on her by saying, “We’ll be going to Armoire on Saturday. Could you meet us at the front door at 9:45?”

“They don’t open until ... Oh, right. You’re close friends with the owner and friends with the woman who opens. But we’ll buy the ... skimpywear. Would it make sense to start our Saturday visit with the LA at Armoire?”

“That sounds fine,” Meka responded as she stepped to us, then wrapped me up and kissed me hard. When she separated her mouth from mine, she added, “You three ... I assume you’re bringing your Adonis, too. You three could don your skimpywear at Armoire and wear it here.”

“Sorry, no, but it’s already...”

Emma cut off as Kalina kissed her hard like Meka had just kissed me, then said, “We’ll buy wraps there to cover the skimpywear we’ll wear on the trip here from Armoire. Yes, it’s already too tempting to simply let go and allow our mutual family attractions to rule us. However, I think we can withstand it being even more ... sexy here, but we do need to obey the two-families clothing rules, particularly about butts, so our new sexywear will not be ... like that which our shameless hussies of friends like Beth are wearing here and now.”

I glanced at Meka, her eyes shining, then responded, “Speaking of which, your guy needs appropriate skimpywear for your house for when your daughters are home, particularly for Tuesday nights. Katherine has been making Brett’s and Jim’s panties for such situations and she’d be happy to make a few for your guy. However, she would need some ... very ... umm ... personal measurements.”

Emma asked, “In what way?”

“Our need was to have a panty that allowed for a mostly bare butt, but which could also keep their ... penises corralled even at what Katherine calls max extension.”

“Ah,” Kalina remarked. “I assume that she would need to ... measure him in that max extension. Yes?”

“Not necessarily. One of you could make the measurement, but she’d have to show you precisely how to take it, perhaps with ... one of our guys.”

Emma asked, “Would our guy have to be ... wearing nothing there?”

“No, but if he wore something, it would have to be tight and ... conform to him.”

“Oh. In that case, it would be fine if she took it,” after which I could see Kalina nodding in agreement.

I cocked my head at Emma and asked, “I need to be sure. You’re not ... fussed about Katherine touching your guy in an intimate fashion?”

“Not if we’re there watching her like a hawk ... so we can enjoy it if she cops more of a feel than what she needs to take that measurement.”

I grinned at her, then quietly said, “We’re almost certainly going to be inviting her to join the LA, and probably before the month is out. She’ll be the last we add for the foreseeable future, as we’re heeding your advice.”

Kalina responded, “Oh, that’s just what we need: Yet another lovely woman in skimpywear with you girls. Our guy already has enough ... excitement around the LA!” She grinned to show she was kidding, then confirmed that by saying, “Our guy has been nearly insatiable as we’ve gotten closer to you girls. We’re loving it! While we miss having our girls with us, that they’re not there most of each week does allow for us carrying on like newlyweds ... everywhere in the house!”

I grinned at her, but she changed gears with, “Could we invite the LA to our house next Saturday? While we’d miss the pool time, we want you to visit us at least occasionally on our ... days together.”

“We could do something of a hybrid if you want.”

“Swim here, but eat at our place?” When I nodded, she smiled as she responded, “That would be good. Are you thinking that an overnight is included? If so, that would need to be here.” When I nodded, she stated, “Let’s do that. I know you’d fill our house nearly to the brim, but we could eat outside, although most would have to sit on the ground in the back yard. Kai could be naked back there, as you know. But that reminds me. Could you whistle up Heather?”

I smiled and yelled, “Heather, front and center!”

I was a bit surprised when she answered about 15 seconds later, “Yes, Kemo Sabe?”

Kalina chuckled and said, “You watch entirely too much old TV-show footage.”

“Sorry. Charlie used it and once he explained, I had to see it and, wow, was that era culturally insensitive or what?!”

Kalina replied, “Not that we’ve made huge strides, but at least that would be unacceptable today. I asked Beth to get you here to tell you that we’ve made our decision, finally. You’re welcome to be naked in our presence, here or at our house.”

That got Kalina two armsful of a cute 5’2” girl. That also got Kalina two eyesful of a cute, naked 5’2” girl once she stepped back and shucked her skimpywear.

From behind, we heard Civ exclaim, “Oh. I guess our parents were fine with our cute, little girl being naked.”

“Yes,” replied Mare. “However, we need to be sure of the difference between ‘cute, little girl’ and ‘cute, young girl.’ The former is Heather, the latter is ... the four of us.”

The two pretty, young girls stepped around me and wrapped their Kalina-Mom between them.

“Thanks, Mom,” said Civ. “Heather’s happier when she can be naked.”

“Thanks, girls, but our guy will enjoy this ... as will we, as Heather is certainly cute. However, Beth, you are not allowed to be naked in our presence, ‘cause that would be the straw that breaks our guy’s willpower back.”

“I promise. I’ll never intentionally be naked in his presence until you specifically permit that.”

Emma said, “And that would occur only when we just can’t take it anymore and allow our families to merge.”

The upshot of our photography-business meeting is that we now have a state-permitted photography business. We discussed many details, including what part Garvey would play.

Rache stated, “He already has a web presence and could provide some insulation for us. We’d need to give him a cut of every photo sold through him, but we’d also have to pay for his time to set up a subsidiary page. He said it wouldn’t take him that long to do. He’s ... loved the pix I’ve shown him, and particularly loved the ones we had him print, mat, and frame. I know he very much wants to have a part, as he turned down my offer of allowing him to keep half the proceeds for any of the photos he sells that he’s already printed and framed. He insisted that 15 percent would cover his expenses and his expensive time, and still give him a good profit.”

Kalina frowned at her, then asked, “Why would he do that. Is he expecting ... other forms of payment?”

Rache shook her head rapidly, then responded, “I know you needed to ask that, but he’s not trying to get into our pants. Instead, he believes that he can make quite a load of shiny nickels with a smaller cut. As example, he suggests the initial price for the two-butts photo at the size he printed for us and in a severely limited run at that size ... probably well fewer than 100 ... would be ... more than 2500 dollars.”

Silence reigned as all of us did the mental math. I quickly figured that a run of just 50 would gross over 125,000 dollars at the minimum of 2500 dollars per framed photo.

Kalina recovered most rapidly, asking, “Who would cover the shipping costs?”

“The customer.”

Meka quietly exclaimed, “Holy fuck. At 15 percent, he’d gross at least 18,750 dollars. I see why he’s willing to take such a small cut, and that’s only one photo!”

“Exactly,” Rache responded.

Kalina jumped right back in with, “You would need to sign and number the ones he’s already printed, and the company should always, and I mean always, retain the first few prints. If the run sells out, those would have the highest resale value.

“Rache, I don’t know if your photographs would follow the same general rules of other collectibles, but I don’t see why they wouldn’t. If you ever get a truly absolutely stunning photo, a smaller run could gross you even more money if Garvey’s right about the two-butts photo, particularly if you’ve already got a name for yourself. Speaking of names, you may very well want to come up with a pseudonym to use for your photography.”

“Garvey suggested the same. However, I wanted to suggest to my sisters that some aspect of the LA should be the pseudonym for all of our photography, no matter who pushes the button.”

“No, Rache,” disagreed Lana. “You’re much better than ... I am or any of the rest of us. You should get...”

“No! If it weren’t for the LA, I might not have gotten away from Seamus. I loved him, but he really was too limiting. I love where I am ... here and now ... much more than I was loving my previous life. I really doubt that I’ll get tons of superb pix that we can sell for huge prices, but even if I do, I’m quite comfortable with helping bankroll the LA.”

Before Lana could respond, I said, “Let’s hold off on this aspect for now, as that’s beginning to sound like something we should discuss with the whole family.”

Meka gazed at me for a few moments, then slowly and minimally nodded at me, then pointed her chin at me, so I continued.

“I also think that we should hire Kalina in some capacity. If we can truly make money like that, then she should benefit from her kindness and efforts on our behalf. However, that, too, is probably something we should discuss in the family, and not today. Let’s do that right and, unfortunately, if I understand various things that Kalina has stated, suggested or intimated, we’ll need to sort out the structure and membership of the LA more ... specifically.”

“Exactly, Beth. If you’re all going to be beneficiaries of the business, then we’ll need to describe that ... officially. Given that some members are under 14, and if the ... W parents are willing to continue to support the LA while you live here, then I’d suggest managing that money to make money, but also for it to be there for even Taylor to go to college where she wants.”

Civ announced, “The winners of an all-expenses-paid overnight trip for two to the cozy Palecek house are ... Liya and Katie!”

In keeping with Civ’s announcement style, Katie began jumping up and down and screaming, “I won! I won! I’m going to Disneyland!”

Katie’s outburst had curtailed the laughing that was response to Civ’s way of announcing the sleepover guests for tonight, but there was much grinning and chuckling in response to her reaction.

Mare slammed into Katie and hugged her tightly until Katie calmed a bit, after which Mare said, “This is why we love it here so much. Our sisters are so much fun!”

A brief conversation earlier got us thinking, and we decided to make the result of that chat happen, so various couples of us spread around the various bedrooms as a way to help keep those couples’ relationships solid. Meka and Kim, Brit and Cera, Celeste and Andy, and Rhee and I spent the night in individual bedrooms. Padme and Taylor slept in the big bed with the others.

July 18, 2018 (Wednesday)

Dear Ms. Diary,

I woke in Rhee’s arms to a brightening room, but kept my eyes closed as I mentally reveled in being precisely where I was. I thought through our relationship all the way back to meeting shortly before we turned nine, how we turned an immediate liking for each other into a solid friendship through a committed friendship and a loving friendship to what we have now. I realized that, in minor ways, I missed the ... closed-loop aspect of that relationship before Heather charmed her way into our bed and hearts. That thought led to her adorably cute butt and through the two-butts photo to the LA’s developing relationship with Belinda and Darren, and to our lives becoming ... much more adult-like than those of our classmates. We have started a business aimed at an adult audience, and all of us have more ... responsibilities and tasks ... far beyond what most 15-year-old girls have. However, I also thought about how ... satisfying our lives are, with so many incredibly close and wonderful friends. I did ponder the sex, but mostly I reveled in the love we all shared.

“I can hear you thinking.”

I snuggled my backside more completely into Rhee in response, then responded, “Fifteen months ago, could you have imagined this? The LA?”

“No way. Fifteen months ago, we were in the first blush of our sexual relationship. Fifteen months ago, we knew Gracey and Liya reasonably well, knew Heather only as a backup forward, and had met only a small percentage of our sister-wives, and Brett had talked to none of us except you.”

“Exactly. I was thinking about our ... trip through time to this point, and it’s ... it’s ... just so improbable. How can so many disparate girls ... and a couple of moms ... not only get along so well as friends, but also get along so well as ... spouses? I’ve got to believe that we’ve beaten some galactically huge odds.

“Rhee, I think this Tuesday night ... decision is a good one. At least, I feel calmer, more ... confident. I think my problem has been taking everything into me, thinking that I had to solve everything, fix ... everything. While we need a way to involve the young girls, too, I think we should have more nights in which duos and trios sleep apart from the rest and use the time to ... either affirm existing loving relationships such as ours or get closer to girls we don’t know as well as others, learn about them, and develop closer ties to them. That could involve ... talking deep into the night about the future, learning about each other’s pasts, and, perhaps, have more-personal sexual experiences with them.”

“I can see that, and it seems like it would be a good thing. As example, while she’s been with us for ... a while, now, I’ve never had one-on-one time – sexual or otherwise – with Kath. The same is true for Raven, Mia, Kim, and, I think, a few others. I also agree that we can’t leave the young girls out of this. I know Civ and Mare would appreciate such nights, but Padme and, especially, Taylor may get even more out of such. But I think those nights shouldn’t be randomly assigned. I think it’d be better if ... umm ... a girl invited one or two girls to spend a night like we had last night. Perhaps Liya could randomly assign girls to be inviters, but not their invitees.”

“Rhee, I love you. That’s a great idea. I think we’d have to ... scatter them among the various weekdays to ensure that Civ and Mare got chances on either end of an invitation. Obviously, Liya, despite her workload, is the obvious overseer considering her calendar and organization tasks ... and skills.”

Rhee responded, “Yes, and maybe she ... and we could have fun with even the very front end of all that. Perhaps, we could treat it like ... dating, sort of. Liya could select four of us, one for each main-floor and second-floor bedroom. I think we’d want to keep the attic available for the young girls in case of sex in the big bed. Anyway, each of the four girls could ask one or two of us to spend the night with her. Maybe each would have to extend a formal invitation, via a card or something.”