Chapter 4

“So, explain to me again why you want to be naked.” Mom said with a nasty tone.

I saw my bracelet glow again then the words that weren’t mine came out of my mouth.

“I heard those who do are more relaxed and healthier.”

“Umm.” my mom said.

The boys ate their breakfast quickly. They had a football game to get to, which left mom and me by ourselves. I felt a sort of dread while we ate. Mom was dead silent, which meant she was thinking of something to do for more punishment. When she got up to put her plate in the sink, she said, “I’ve got something for you to do, and it is right up your alley. This is my day to clean Clifford’s house, so you are going to help me.”

“Help you how?” I said, kind of knowing the answer.

“You are going to be naked while you help me.” Mom said with a vicious grin.

I tried not to show Mom that I was freaking out inside at having to clean our neighbor’s house naked. But I really was; I didn’t want to go over to his house. Sure, I was naked at home, and maybe sort of naked in my dreams, but now this was someone our family had known for a while. I ran upstairs to the bathroom to make sure it was no dream. No, it wasn’t; it was my own reflection in the mirror.

“NADIA! Are you ready?” My mom shouted.

“Yes,” I shouted back.

I took one last look at myself in the mirror and told myself, ’Come on, girl, you can do this.’

I went downstairs, and my mom grabbed my hand and walked the two doors down to Clifford’s. I was actually naked in public, which made it hard to hide my fear from my mom. The closer I got to Clifford’s, the more my fear level would rise.

“Are you ok, honey? you look kind of scared.”

Damn her! She knows, so I admitted to her I was.

“Well, this is what you wanted, right? Being naked where everyone can see you?”

I glanced quickly at the bracelet on my left wrist and answered “Yes” to her statement.

“You are not going to back out because Cliff was expecting a great surprise today.”

’Oh, she already told him!’ I began to shake as we arrived at his door. We walked right in.

“Hey, Cliff, we’re here!” My mom shouted.

Then I saw Cliff in his wheelchair come from his kitchen. The look on his face was like he never saw a naked girl before.

“Hey, Cliff, Nadia will be helping me today. As you can see, she is living as a nudist, so I hope you are good with it?” Cliff gave an enthusiastic,

“I am fine with it.” ‘I’m a nudist, Mom? When did you stop wearing a bra?’ I thought to myself when I noticed the slight jiggle of her breasts.

“You are probably wondering why she is naked. She wanted to “try” being naked since she heard one girl went to college naked, so here we are, Cliff.”

Mom and I got to cleaning. At first, I didn’t know where to begin, but she told me to set up in the kitchen while she quickly cleaned upstairs.

I could feel Cliff staring at me the whole time. It was unnerving. I guess I asked for this as I worked on cleaning the dishes. Then I looked around, and he was reading the paper, which kind of put me at ease. Then I cleaned the countertops and worked my way to the kitchen table where Cliff sat. Then Cliff actually spoke to me, “So Nadia, how is this new naked thing working for you?”

“To tell you the truth, this is my first time out of the house naked.”

“You seemed really nervous like you don’t want to be here.”

I smiled at Cliff and said

“You are right; I don’t want to be here. My mom dragged me here to; I don’t know, call my bluff or something.” Cliff chuckled and said,