Chapter 3 Wednesday

As Zoe stirred from her sleep, she began feeling something shaking. As her brain awakened from sleep, she realized that someone laughing beside her caused the shaking. Zoe remembered Tracy joined her in bed last night because of how she mentioned not being able to go to a sleepover when she was younger.

She thought Tracy might have felt bad or guilty about it, so she came over to sleep. As Zoe became more aware of her surroundings, the first thing she noticed was that her privates, specifically the area around her vagina, were soaked with something odd. Zoe focused on her sister, thinking an accident had occurred, but was far more concerned about her sister laughing.

Zoe blinked her eyes at her sister before speaking. “What?” She couldn’t help but ask, but Tracy just giggled, trying not to be loud. “Someone had a wet dream! That’s so adorable. Was it your first?” Tracy asked her little sister.

As the young girl processed what her sister had just told her, she began realizing that in her sleep, she had sat on Tracy’s thigh. Sitting there, on her sister’s lap, the leaking wetness had dripped on her sister’s lap.

“Wet dream?’ She asked, never having heard such a thing, though, considering what happened between her legs. She thought that must be it. “It’s a dream, where you are having sex with someone, or they were touching you down there. “Tracy replied in a kinder, less teasing tone of voice

Zoe realized in a way that was what happened, and she glanced at the clock and saw that in a few minutes she’d have woken up. Tracy noticed it too. “Alright, so go to the bathroom and wash, especially down there.” then she grabbed a Kleenex and whipped her leg as Zoe walked to the bathroom feeling very pleased that her leg wasn’t hurting.

Like Friday, she removed her pajamas, specifically her panties, and her shirt went into the laundry. As Zoe stepped into the shower, she was very careful not to get hurt. Though as she did, excitement filled her, but it wasn’t the excitement for sex but rather the excitement for the field trip she will undertake today. Though unlike on Monday, she had gotten used to the fact that as a school activity, the field trip meant she’d have to be naked. This was because already she’d gone places outside of the school and home, without clothes on.

Zoe recalled feeling that she was lesser than the other students because of the fact she didn’t have clothes. But now she’d been to at least two places where they’d gotten a discount because she was naked.

Her thoughts continued as she moved out of the shower and onto the toilet to dry off. Zoe recalled how it made her feel special, because the discount meant she helped her sister and friends be able to afford the costs for food.

She thought based on her previous feelings and specifically what Tracy had mentioned on the walk to the SUV about it being normal. She wondered if her feeling special now was normal. In all honesty, the fact that she thought her nudity was special alarmed her, so she decided she probably won’t ask about it.

She heard the door of the bathroom get knocked on three times. This brought her out of her thoughts with a startled gasp. Suddenly she heard Nicole’s voice speaking, “Hey you ready sweetie?” “Yeah! Sorry, Mom!” Zoe said and hurriedly dried herself off. “You’re going to be late if you don’t hurry!” That was their aunt Melody speaking, and Zoe didn’t want to be late so she finished and walked out.

Nicole hurried into the bathroom, and Zoe followed Melody to the dining area. “Alright, what would you like to eat? Last night I made pancakes. Would you like to have some?” Melody asked her niece, who smiled and nodded, “Yes, please!” Zoe said, putting the towel down on the chair and sat on it.

Nicole soon arrived, as did Tracy, and both were naked. “I know why she is. Why are you two naked?” Melody asked “We don’t want Zoe to feel lonely” Tracy responded, “Ahh, I see then...” Melody soon stripped herself naked and joined them at the table once the pancakes were placed before them.

Zoe felt happy that her family members were naked with her. Though loneliness was the feeling she felt, what the young girl had felt stronger was not belonging, but now that all three of her family members were naked, she felt she belonged and was a part of the group.

Zoe focused on eating her pancakes, but her mother spoke to her so it distracted her. “Are you excited about your trip?” Nicole asked, and Zoe nodded. “Yup, though it would be a new experience, I think if I think of it like when we went to the arcade or the Diner, it should be fine. Besides, I’ll have Tracy with me, and Cecilia.” She finished before taking a bite of the pancake.

“I promise to keep her safe,” Tracy replied. “Oh, you’re going to?” Nicole asked, but Mara interjected “Yes, Tracy will be going too, she told the principal she will, and the principal agreed, thinking it would be good to have another person who understands her condition. He thought that the other students might not understand, or worse, might get distracted, or force her to do their work.”

The conversation went back to silence before Mara spoke. “Since me and the girls are going to the same place, mind if I take them to school?” She asked her sister who nodded “Yeah, sure, thanks, Mara!” Mara just smiled and then turned to the girls “once you are done, Zoe can watch tv, me and Tracy need to get dressed since we aren’t in the program.” The younger girls nodded and Zoe finished with her food and drank her milk before taking both the glass and the plate to the dishwasher and moving to the living room to watch tv.

As Zoe lounged on the floor, watching the Television, she heard movement, footsteps moving on the hard wooden floor, and the noise of dishes being placed in the dishwasher, then footsteps leaving the room. She watched the Cartoon “Esther and the Enchanted Egg” She liked the story and smiled at how innocent the character was.

She shifted her body up a little so that the cushion she pulled down could go under her head as she waited for her sister and aunt to be ready so that they could go to school and the class trip.

As Zoe watched, she felt her excitement and her impatience grow as she waited for the others. She knew she could control herself. Of course, she was a good girl. Tracy finally arrived, now dressed in a simple shirt and pants. She knelt down and tenderly lifted the lounging teen’s legs and pushed her own under them so that her legs were resting on her own.

After a while, Zoe felt her legs being stroked, causing her to glance down, moving her attention from the show. Tracy snaked her hands under her left leg to massage both legs as Zoe’s attention went back to the show.

“Alright girls, time for the field trip!” Melody said in an announcement of her arrival. Tracy moved her hands and got herself up before she helped her sister up. Zoe moved to grab her backpack, only to be stopped by her sister. “Wait, I don’t think you need that. I mean, we are going to be back in the later half of the fifth period, so not a point,” Tracy said to her sister.

Melody nodded her head, “she has a point, sweetie. From what I have been told, they provide lunch for you, so your moms and I never packed you any.”

The words her aunt and her sister were telling Zoe caused her to blink her eyes. It had felt odd to go without her backpack, but she had left her bag in the car on Monday, and her sister had taken it along with her own. She knew that indeed she wouldn’t be attending classes today, so she nodded her head and left her bag alone as she walked to the door.

Melody led the girls to her car, and almost immediately Zoe, having been used to being forced to sit in the back, moved to the back. Melody didn’t question it as she got into the driver’s seat, and once Tracy got in, the car was started and they were on their way.

In front of the school was the bus they would be taking, so Zoe headed over there, followed by Tracy. “Have fun, girls!” Melody said as she walked into the school. Zoe added her and Tracy’s names to the list, then climbed up with a wince, and Tracy held her so she wouldn’t fall. Zoe moved to one of the front seats of the bus and Tracy followed her. Tracy’s presence instantly caused an effect on her other classmates. Clueless, Zoe hadn’t noticed the change, but Tracy could see they were nervous.

Zoe had forgotten about the gossip she’d overheard on Monday. Her thoughts went to the bus ride, and the trip ahead of her.

“It’s more bouncy at the back.”Zoe said to Tracy. “That’s why I don’t want to go back there, plus I wanted to be careful.” Tracy nodded, though she knew why the bounciness was a concern for her sister.

Their teacher had handed out a pamphlet for the museum. Tracy accepted it and unfolded it. “So ... They showcased the Paleolithic era on the top floor. Want to go there first?” Zoe nodded her head. “Sure, though, would we remember what we’ve read?”

Tracy nodded and then showed her cellphone “See, it has a notes feature, we could write some things in there, and then when we’re home, we’ll get it copied down as part of your assignment for Mr. Hist next semester’s extra work.” Zoe smiled at the brilliance of Tracy’s idea. It turned out that this was another reason why she’d said that they didn’t need their backpacks.

Zoe looked at the pamphlet again. After all, the exhibit wasn’t the only one, there were more. The top floor was a human history floor, showcasing humanity. Though she couldn’t help but think of the apps on her sister’s phone and saw how her sister had mostly jewel-based games, there was one she was interested in. It didn’t look like any jewel game app. Unfortunately, with the bus’s arrival, she got distracted.

The bus came to a complete stop at the entrance to the museum, and Tracy helped Zoe up out of her seat, and then helped her out of the bus. The other students and the teacher waited patiently for the two to make it off the bus before they got off, too. They all gathered around the teacher who began speaking.

“Ok, we’ll be splitting off into groups of three. You will each be choosing a floor and going there.” The teacher said, before adding, “oh and you had better behave,” she said. “Me, Zoe, and Cecilia are in a group,” Tracy responded before anyone could pick Zoe. The Teacher nodded. “Ok, I’m counting on you to make sure they behave” Tracy nodded with a grin, and then with her arm over their shoulders, they began going into the museum, then turning the corner and taking the elevator up.

The elevator took the girls on a quick trip up before the doors dinged open. The trio went to the seats in the middle, and after they placed the towel on it. Zoe rested on her butt, giving her feet a rest with a somewhat pained look. “Alright, rest your legs, Zee, I’m gonna look at things over there, and read out loud, ok?” Cecilia asked, and Zoe nodded, and Cecilia turned to Tracy “I’ll leave you to watch over her alright?” Tracy smiled. “Sure, she’s in good hands”

“She’s as caring as you are,” Zoe commented to her sister as she watched Cecilia move towards the wall, and the plaque with the number 1 on it. Tracy simply smiled as once again she felt how happy that Zoe had a good friend.

“Alright, let’s see here...” Cecilia said to herself and looked at the plaque

The plaque on the wall had some information for museum-goers to read.

The onset of the Paleolithic Period has traditionally coincided with the first evidence of tool construction and use by Homo some 2.58 million years ago, near the beginning of the Pleistocene Epoch (2.58 million to 11,700 years ago).

In 2015, however, researchers excavating a dry riverbed near Kenya’s Lake Turkana discovered primitive stone tools embedded in rocks dating to 3.3 million years ago—the middle of the Pliocene Epoch (some 5.3 million to 2.58 million years ago). Those tools predate the oldest confirmed specimens of Homo by almost 1 million years, which raises the possibility that tool-making originated with Australopithecus or its contemporaries and that the timing of the onset of this cultural stage should be reevaluated.

Cecilia finished reading the plaque out loud, then switched to the next plaque

The Paleolithic Period ended when the Neolithic Period began. However, this transition point is much debated, as different parts of the world achieved the Neolithic stage at different times. It is generally thought to have occurred sometime in about 10,000 BCE. During that time, humans learned to raise crops and keep domestic livestock and were thus no longer dependent on hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants. These cultures made more useful stone tools by grinding and polishing harder rocks rather than merely chipping softer ones down to the desired shape. The cultivation of cereal grains enabled people to settle in one location, build permanent dwellings, and develop villages, and the release from nomadism and a hunting-and-gathering economy gave them the time to pursue specialized crafts.

[authors note: https://www.britannica.com/event/Paleolithic-Period ]

Cecilia returned to Tracy and Zoe, and Tracy placed her cell phone down after jotting notes for Zoe’s report.

“It’s amazing to think all those years ago, the climate was warmer than it was now.”Cecilia said as Zoe nodded her head. “Yeah, I mean, if I were transported back then, I might be able to live amongst them and they won’t think it odd a naked girl was there since there had to be naked people in the beginning.” Zoe said.

Tracy nodded before speaking. “True, though I don’t know how they might react I mean our skin is likely different from theirs, and then there’s the fact you’re not as hairy as they’d be.” Cecilia nodded before adding her own observations “They might think you’re some kind of goddess or something, especially if you just appear in front of them.” Cecilia grinned. “Goddess Zoe,” Tracy smiled and hugged Zoe closer. “That would be something.”

As Zoe waited for her leg to stop hurting, she turned her attention to a display.

Zoe waited for her leg to stop hurting her and turned her head to the display. The first art depicted a hunter, naked as she was, but armed with a spear, or at least what seemed like a spear. There were foragers, both men and women, and they appeared naked too. Then it showed the passage of the eras, and now the humans wore fur outfits.

Once her leg stopped hurting, she stood up and walked through the exhibits, observing as the exhibits changed. She saw a plaque that mentioned that humanity’s weapons were on a lower floor, which seemed to explain why there were more tools up there.

Tracy and Cecilia caught up to her and followed along on either side of her. They made sure that they could grab her should she fall or something. Periodically she’d make sure to take a seat, and they’d find information about humanity’s development, including information about clothes. The Trio gave their best guess as to how long have humans spent naked before furs and eventually clothes were made.

Zoe’s guess was a hundred years. While Cecilia thought it was a thousand years, Tracy’s answer was a million years.

“So why did humans create clothes, anyway?” Zoe asked, honestly interested. “Perhaps because of the climate, it was getting colder so humans needed the means to stay warm,” Tracy said as she finished writing the notes they’d discovered and eventually they found they had noted everything that they could find, so they decided to move to the Space Exhibit.

When they entered the Space Exhibit’s floor, they discovered it was chilly. Cecilia and Tracy were fine because of the clothes they wore, but Zoe being naked meant she felt it much more so than the others. They also spotted their classmates here, as the six other students had chosen this area to view first. When the 6 spotted Zoe’s group, they seemed to be in a hurry out of the area. Zoe thought it was odd, but she chose not to comment on it.

This allowed the trio space to explore this exhibit. Cecilia discovered when she tripped and fell, she fell right through Júpiter’s area of the room. Turns out, all the rocky planets were solid while the gas giants were holographic. “Clever idea...” Tracy said after helping Cecilia up and the two went back to their previous activity, which was being close to Zoe and doing what they could to keep her warm.

Fortunately, they were able to make it to the next area, which they discovered was at a much more comfortable temperature.

“I’m so ready to give them a lecture! I mean, with the program, there’s a high chance for naked people. I mean, come on!” Cecilia stated out loud and pissed off on Zoe’s behalf. Zoe, now sitting and rubbing her arms, didn’t reply as Tracy rubbed her back, trying to bring warmth back to her sister’s body more than their body warmth had.

They waited until Zoe was warm and rested before they moved on to their museum field trip. “So, where do we want to go next?” Tracy asked the young girls and glanced at the pamphlet. They could go to the flower exhibit, but neither of the Dancer sisters liked flowers much. Their Mama Kelly had an allergy to pollen, so the girls were always careful about being around flowers. Of course, they understood the need for them. The flowers looked beautiful, and sometimes smelled good, but Zoe didn’t have a sense of smell, so that was likely lost to her.

“The military exhibit?” Cecilia asked “we could see how humanity military evolved over time and looks like we might see how it might develop in the future,” Tracy nodded, then glanced to the clock “sure, we have time and then we have to join the others unless that’s wrong, you two hungry?” Tracy asked her companions.

Zoe nodded her head. “I do feel a little hungry,” she said while feeling bad that they might interrupt, then jumped as a door nearby slammed open to reveal her teacher. “Hey girls, come down, it’s lunchtime!” They said.

Zoe smiled “looks like you were wrong, so let’s go get something to eat!” she finished as she got up from the seat she’d been sitting on and the trio walked to the doors and took the elevator down to the main area where they were going to eat.

Zoe ate a hamburger, as did Cecilia, while Tracy ate a hot dog, which oddly caused a reaction from a nearby group of boys looking over. As they ate their food, the teacher came by and asked about their time. Cecilia took the initiative to speak for the trio. “It was fun. We learned a lot about the Paleolithic period, and then we went to the Space exhibit, which was a bad idea.”