Chapter 3

He hugged Elena tightly. “My daughter, I am glad you returned. We have worried about you. Your mother is inside.” He looked up. “Who is the young man with you?”

“He is Josh, my man. He rescued me from the Hedons who had carried me away from my path.”

Her father clasped my arm and said, “Thank you, J-Josh. I am Tonho. Elena is my only daughter and has been slow to be interested in any of the men of the village. I’m glad to meet you. You are different with your height and dark hair.”

“It’s good to meet you, sir. I have enjoyed being with Elena and hope she will continue to tolerate me.” Elena had gone in the house but came out then with an older woman who was in good shape for her age and not bad for any age.

“Josh, this is my mother, Anna.”

“It’s good to meet you, Anna.”

“It’s good to meet you, Josh. You speak our language well.”

“Elena is a good teacher. She has worked hard to teach me.” I smiled at Elena. She had taken possession of my hand again. She smiled back.

I noticed that a few other young women had gathered around. One asked, “Where are you from?”

“I don’t know. I woke up in this world a few months ago. I am still learning about this place and its people.”

“I’ll be glad to teach you.” She moved up close to me even though Elena was still holding my hand.

I blushed. “Elena is a great teacher and I’ll stick with her. Thanks.”

I gave Elena’s hand a quick squeeze and she returned it. She walked us into her parents’ house. I exhaled in relief.

Elena grinned at me. “I warned you, Josh. You will be a target for a while. If we go swimming soon, it may turn into a riot.” She grinned even more. “We swim nude.” I blushed. “They will see your equipment and really be interested.”

“Elena, people from my world aren’t that forward. Nor do people swim naked. It’s going to be tough to go swimming knowing that I will be displayed.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you have someone close by to protect you.”

“Thanks. That makes me feel so much better.” Elena laughed and pulled me by my hand and we entered a room.

Once inside, she said, “We’ll sleep here.”

“Together?”

“Of course.” She laughed.

I was having a little trouble processing the morality that the village had and what was allowed and, what was I felt, assumed. It was different from my life experience. Kath and I hadn’t slept together when we visited her parents or mine. They knew we were “together” but we didn’t tell and they didn’t ask. Since the only thing closing off this room was a curtain, it would be hard to hide anything. Elena, I had found, was a noisy lover.

I decided that I wouldn’t participate in this battle in any way. It was her village and I would go along unless I really had objections to whatever was going on. I really enjoyed sleeping with Elena and touching her glorious body. I didn’t want that to stop. It looked like it would really be allowed here. I decided to “go with the flow.”

I hadn’t much of anything so we moved in. It was her room. It was nice to sleep in a bed though it was different since there was no mattress or box springs. The bed was a covered, solid frame on which was piled a number of thick hides. There were no pillows. I didn’t get too close to the edge because I knew I didn’t want to fall off. Elena and I slept very closely on the bed. I think she enjoyed my body and I know I enjoyed hers.

Over the next week, I learned about the customs of the tribe. Sex was permissive with consent being the only issue. About that, I found they were serious. I watched a man literally get torn apart by women when he tried to rape a young woman. Elena told me that my wishes would also be honored if I said, “No,” to an offer. I asked her if women were subject to similar violence. She told me that she only knew of one instance. In that case, the woman rejected had tried to knife the man who rejected her. I saw a lot of sex acts in the first month that we were there.

No one wore much clothing and some women carried that thought to an extreme for being in public, at least to me. As it became warmer, public nudity became more prevalent. Finally, the day came that Elena insisted that we go swimming. The village had a pool for splashing around that was fed by the river. We went over there with her parents, her brother, and his girl, Melita!

We had chamois toweling and no suits. Tomo and Melita walked out of the house with us and they were naked! I was only a little surprised. Melita lived with Tomo at the house and was very casual about wearing clothes much of the time. I had seen her naked often. Once, I walked into the living room area and she was kneeling before Tomo giving him oral sex.

We all arrived at the pool which had a normal complement of people enjoying the water and the sun today. Melita and Tomo immediately went into the water. Elena was slowly removing her bits of clothing and watching me. She was smiling knowing that this embarrassed me.

Melita, along with a few of her girlfriends, was watching from the water as I stripped. When she saw me fully exposed and slightly erect, she gasped. Elena smiled like the proverbial Cheshire cat. She took my hand and we walked down the steps and into the water. Talk resumed after we were waist deep.

Melita wasted no time in moving toward us. “Josh, is that thing normal?”

I had noticed that most men were a good inch shorter than me when erect and most were erect while in the pool. Apparently, the pool was also where a lot of sex occurred. I still wasn’t comfortable with public sex. I managed to respond, “Melita, in my world and to my knowledge, I am considered average in size everywhere. There is nothing special about me and I’m not giving samples. Elena is the only one I want.”