Chapter 16

The day Nathan, Kathy, and their two girls boarded the launch with Allison and Amy to head out to the ship was an emotional one. Even when people leave homes for new ones in civilization, it is no different. This was the only world this little family had ever known. So, it was not only the idea of leaving, but it was also that they were facing the unknown. That new world was a mishmash of images, stories, myths, dim memories, and whatever else the mind conjures under such circumstances.

There was no crying, just drawn and stoic expressions which both Allison and Amy could see as the family of four were stretching for one last glimpse of their lagoon beach and its surroundings as the coxswain worked the launch through the opening out to sea.

The sea was calm, so there was no problem getting aboard the ship. All other five crew members were standing at the railing to greet them. They had little baggage. Allison had left the tent and supplies in both the hut and cave as an indication to her family that they could possibly be returning. She certainly had no intention of doing that, but she new it gave them all more confidence.

The Captain had worked out the berthing arrangements with Amy who decided the simplest and least obtrusive way was for Allison and her children, Kathy and Nathan, to take one stateroom, and she and the girls would take another. That way, the crew members would not have to move out of the staterooms they were occupying. There was a crew bunk compartment where they could have moved, but that would have complicated the situation for them since three of the crew were women.

The Captain wasted no time in getting underway. The trip back to Davao would take less than a week. Each stateroom had either two single beds or one double. It meant that they would have to rig cots for the third person in the two staterooms which had previously been assigned to Allison and Amy. The Captain stayed in his own near the pilot house, and the other compartments were divided up among the crew. The crew was efficient in setting up the required cots and bedding.

The family which included Amy was served a first class meal in the wardroom. This was a first in the lives of the girls, sitting at a table with dinner ware, napkins instead of leaves, and gleaming glasses and goblets. The crew had been introduced to everybody earlier in the afternoon. The whole ship was in a celebratory mood, all having volunteered to help serve dinner to this family so long lost to civilization. The coxswain had previously told everybody on board how good looking the women were. Even the women crew members had to admit that he had not lied.

Because the ship was normally used for luxury cruises with a small group of affluent passengers, it was equipped with larger than normal reefers and freezers which allowed for a variety of fresh vegetables and frozen meats. Dinner consisted of roast duck with rice, fresh green beans, and varied side dishes of different marinated vegetables. The Nathan Sandersons were basically vegetarians having only eaten fish as far as flesh was concerned. They had never eaten anything served at this meal.

Allison saw a teaching moment to instruct them all in how to use the silverware. They had used the forks, knives, and spoons taken from the derelict vessel by Nathan and Kathy, but never had they seen such beautiful plates and shiny glasses. Even the silverware was beautiful. The wine glasses seemed so delicate and elegant that the girls were in awe. The servers were amused at how delighted their guests were about the most simple and mundane item.

Everything was, indeed, a taste treat. The cook was used to preparing meals for discriminating passengers, and spent every effort to make this one of his better ones. The crew members were intrigued by the fact that these people had been isolated for over 15 years. They knew that the older ones were the boss lady's long lost children, and that the girls were her grandchildren. So far they had not engaged in any speculation. It did not seem unusual to them for Allison to have her two children with her in her stateroom, and the girls staying with Amy. Those arrangements were minor in the light of everything else.

After the fabulous dinner, they all went topside to enjoy the night breeze. The vessel was making way at 12 knots. Fuel was not going to be a problem, and if necessary, it could churn along at 20 knots, but using much more diesel fuel. The girls kept complaining about how the clothing was chafing their skin, but Allison cautioned them that they would have to wait until they went back to their cabins before removing them.

Eventually, after discussing the dinner at length, Allison said they should probably retire since it had been a long day. The girls, and to a lesser extent, Nathan and Kathy, agreed since they wanted to get out of the confinement of their clothing. So far, Allison had been proud of their conduct in front of others, but warned herself that she should be present if the girls should be talking to any of the crew.

Back in the compartment, Allison pointed out that she could take the cot, and Nathan and Kathy could have the bed. This was an opportunity for her to show she was not trying to break them up in any way. All were quickly out of their clothes. This compartment had its own bathroom which Kathy was anxious to use simply to see what it would be like to use one again. It was small, but consisted of a toilet, sink, and small shower. Allison provided soap, shampoo, and deodorant. She said she would wait until they were finished before using the bathroom herself.

When Allison finished using the bathroom, she came into the room to see her children cuddling together in the big bed. She kissed them goodnight, turned out the light, and lay down on the cot. Before she could even get close to falling asleep, she could hear her kids making love. She felt like an intruder, and wondered why after everything that had happened on the island. It was amazing what a change in venue does to one's judgements.

Back in the other stateroom, the girls had thrown off their clothes and acted like they were getting their breath again. Amy finally followed suit, although she felt a little reticent. She put this down to being in a different environment. Their bathroom was just down the passage way. Amy had already showed them how to work the faucets, and use the toilet. They were delighted with all these new gadgets. When she came back into the room after taking her shower, she found the girls turning the light switch on and off. They giggled and laughed each time.

It appeared the girls were not tiring of playing with the lights. Aside from watching the toilet flush, they were most fascinated by the lights. They had not even seen a flashlight since the batteries for the flashlights of Nathan and Kathy had gone dead long before they were born. They wanted to talk about the food they had eaten, about the record player providing music during their dinner, and about so many other magical wonders. It had never occurred to Amy that they had never heard a musical instrument before let alone a whole orchestra.

The girls were so hyped up from the onslaught of all these modern revelations that they could not go to sleep. The girls sat on one bed, and Amy sat on the other while giving extensive responses to all their questions. She found that she could not explain most of the 'how does it work' questions for even the most mundane gadget which she had always taken for granted like electricity and motors. Nevertheless, it excited her to realize that this was tantamount to watching the reaction of people from an ancient civilization being exposed to the modern world for the first time.

It had been a long day, and despite the excitement of it all, Emmeline was the first to get tired. She had begun to lean into Hannah, and finally fell into her 'tired' mode which meant nuzzling and sucking a breast. Amy had already seen this on the island, but it just seemed out of place now that they were back aboard the ship. Still, she tried not to take notice since Hannah kept listening to Amy's talk with great interest while smoothing back the nursing child's hair.

After a while as Amy talked on, Hannah shifted Emmeline's mouth over to the nipple sticking out from her other pert little breast. Hannah rolled her eyes back as if to signal that she couldn't help what the child was doing, but was giving the first nipple a rest. Then, to get more comfortable, she scooted back to align her body with the bed so that Emmeline was lying practically on top of her.

"Are you all right, Hannah?" asked Amy.

"Yeah, Aunt Amy, I was just gettin' comfertable. Emmeline's awful big and was bitin' my titty."

By this time, Emmeline was in a sleepy daze, and operating on automatic. As always, this was her way when tired and sleepy. Instead of sucking her thumb, she sucked her mommy or grand mommy's titties. Allison had already explained to Amy that she had suggested that Hannah do it too to give her own nipples a rest. However, because of Emmeline's size, it appeared to be more sexual than anything else.

"Do you need some help, Hannah?" Amy said without thinking. "I mean, do your uh, nipples hurt? Is she still biting you? She still didn't know why she was asking her that.

"Uh, it's OK right now, Aunt Amy, but if she keeps suckin' hard, I might need some help," Hannah answered, thinking her aunt meant to relieve her in nursing Emmeline. Of course, it really wasn't nursing since no milk was involved. "But, you'd hafta come over here, ya know, since I can't move 'er."

Never having had children, Amy had always wondered what it would be like to nurse a baby. Maybe she might just experiment a little. She got up, moved over to the other bed, and lay herself down so that Emmeline was between them. Hannah took this to mean she was offering. She pulled Emmeline's mouth off her breast and moved it over to her aunt Amy's titty.

Amy trembled as the mouth clasped her nipple with its wet, warm suction. She knew Emmeline was not a baby, but at the same time she WAS still a child, so this was not exactly like sex. Her actions were overriding their discussion as far as Amy's attention was concerned. Emmeline's sucking had settled into a rhythm on her right nipple, and it felt good. Hannah, who was lying on Emmeline's left side, noticed the far away expression on Amy's face, and realized that her aunt Amy liked it. She liked it!

"It feels good, hunh, Aunt Amy?"

"Hunh? Oh, well, uh, yes, it does, Hannah," Amy answered after she realized Hannah had asked her the question. "I guess I was thinking about what it would have been like to have had a baby of my own."

"Well, why don't ya?"

"Why don't I what, Hannah?"

"Why don't ya have a baby of you're own?"

"Because I'm in my early forties, and I'm too old to have a baby now," Amy said as she shifted Emmeline's mouth to her other tit.

Although Emmeline was not asleep yet, she was still in that dazed state, and Amy's bigger nipples had given her something more substantial in her mouth, motivating her to increase her sucking actions. They were all on their sides with Amy on her left side and Hannah on her right as they held Emmeline between them on the small bed. They were close enough to share the big pillow at the head of the bed.

"If you're too old, Aunt Amy, how come you take those pills like me and Mommy?" Hannah had learned the lesson about birth control very well. "Gran' Mommy said she was too old, but you could still have a baby, right?"

"Well, yes, I guess I could. But, I'd have to be married first."

"Nah, if I unnerstand ever'thing right, you just stop takin' the pills, an' you'll have a baby. That's what you an' Gran' Mommy keep tellin' me an' Mommy."

"That's because you are all sexually active, Hannah."

"What does 'sexually active' mean?"

"Well, you and Emmeline, and your mother are all fucking your daddy," she said before thinking. "I mean having intercourse with him,"

"Oh, that," chuckled Hannah. "We can't help that. It's just somethin' we do. We're just bein' nice to each other. Anyways, if you stopped takin' the pills, couldn't Daddy's stuff fix up your eggs so you could have a baby? You're doin' it with 'im too."

Hannah's last statement was like a knife through the heart. It hit her the same as if listening with the rest of the congregation to a preacher's sermon on licentiousness and venial sin. She was a sinner too. This brought her back to the present. Emmeline had finally fallen asleep with her mouth still on Amy's nipple.

"Uh, Hannah, Emmeline is asleep now. Maybe I had better get back to my cot. This bed is a little crowded. It has been a long day. We can talk some more tomorrow. We've got lots of time since the Captain says it will be several days getting to Davao."

Amy did not go to sleep quickly. She thought a lot more about what Hannah had said. She just knew she would never get married again, but the idea of having her own baby would not leave her mind.

Back in Allison's stateroom, she was listening to her children have sex in a new light. To be more correct, it was dark but she could hear them, and had not realized how vocal they were when they did it, or maybe it was the confines of the room which made it seem that way. She could certainly smell it. Slowly, the embarrassment turned to arousal. She found herself fingering herself as Nathan came with a groan into Kathy who was panting at the end. Then just silence.

After a while, she could hear them talking softly to each other, but could not catch what they were saying other than a few words from Kathy. It sounded like, "Why not?" or "she must be frustrated," or "Go do it!"

The next thing she knew was Nathan nudging her shoulder and saying, "Mommy, your cot is kinda small, an' we got this big bed. Kathy says you oughta join us, an' can if ya want."

Snuggling next to her big son was just what the doctor ordered in the state Allison was in. She didn't argue, but got up to be led over to the bed where Nathan pulled her next to him with Kathy on his other side. Allison was fully aware that this had been Kathy's work to invite her into their bed. As a result, she was not shy about playing with his penis to get him up for another round, but with her this time. She was no longer an intruder.

The next two days were an unending delight to the girls who were taken on tours of the ship from the engine room to the forecastle. To them, everything they saw was a gadget, a magical device from the future. The cook, finding out that his meals were considered masterpieces, tried to outdo himself each time. It would have been hard NOT to have pleased their passengers. The younger ones had never imagined such things let alone now see them in reality. The girls got a thrill out of talking to each other over the telephones from one part of the ship to the other. Yes, it was unending except for one thing.

After the second day at sea, Amy spoke alone with Allison to explain that despite all the excitement of their new world, they were beginning to complain that they missed their daddy's affections. She even told her about becoming a new 'wet nurse' for Emmeline. Allison, who didn't say she was sleeping regularly in the big bed with Nathan and Kathy, said, "Perhaps, I could switch with Hannah tonight, and stay in your room."

They decided to get together as a family in Allison's room that night, and then she would simply go back with Amy and Emmeline leaving Hannah behind. There was already a lot of traffic between the two rooms, so they figured nobody would think anything amiss. They were, after all, family members so nobody would have paid much attention to their comings and goings anyway. The girls were delighted and couldn't wait after Amy informed them, although Emmeline was disappointed she couldn't stay too.

The meal that night was as good as all the rest. Even Allison commented that this was the best food she had had ever since first coming on board. Both she and Amy claimed they were going to get fatter at this rate.

"I need to work it off doing you know what," Amy said jokingly to Allison.

"Well, why not?" Allison said to Amy's amazement.

Allison then confessed to what was happening in her room at night, that she was sleeping in the same bed with her kids. The Captain said they would be in port in another three to four days, so they left Hannah in the room with her parents knowing there was time for Emmeline, and maybe Amy too.

After they went through the ritual of removing their clothes, Hannah ran over to Nathan to leap up on him wrapping her arms and legs around his body. She was so big, she knocked him back onto the big double bed. She was giggling and laughing. Kathy just observed with a big grin, knowing how much they loved to play. Had they been a normal family in society, this would have been a tickling match with mother getting the camera out to record it for posterity.

Instead of photography, Kathy decided to join in. Now there were three naked bodies writhing on the bed tickling, kissing, and fondling each other. Before long, the laughing had died down, and the only thing to be heard were the sounds of heavy breathing, groaning, and the wet squishing of joined sexual organs.

Back in the other room, Emmeline was delighted to have her grandmother stay with them. Once again, there was a story hour which ended up with Allison 'nursing' Emmeline to sleep.

The female crew members consisted of three women with one about Nathan's age. The other two were older, in their early forties. With the exception of the younger one, they were non-descript in terms of their bodies. None of them were stout. It would be more appropriate to say they were husky from the hard work on deck with lines, cargo, boats, and other physical tasks. The tint of their skin showed the usual mix of Spanish and Filipino native which was further darkened by long exposure to the Sun on deck.

All three of them shared the next largest stateroom across the passageway from Allison's. They had rigged the room with a double decker and one double bed. This compartment, like Allison's, had its own head (bath). The oldest of the three used the double bed. They were particularly happy when they learned the arrangements for the Sanderson family since they were worried they would have to give up the room. They may have been amazed by the beauty of the Sanderson females, but they were stunned by the tall, brown, blond, handsome Nathan. They had all, at one time or another, tried to get his attention.

The female crew members were always willing to serve dinner to Allison's family since it allowed them close up views of Nathan. At night, in their compartment, they would talk about his probable endowments, whether he might be willing to know any of them a little more intimately, and other naughty insinuations. As far as they knew, he was the single brother of Kathy, although they also speculated about their relationship after so many years on the island. Into the fourth day at sea, they had never tried to do anything regarding the object of their discussions. Then, an opportunity presented itself.

There had been a lot of drinking during and after dinner that evening. Allison had said to the captain that it was such a grand affair that the crew serving them should participate in the fun as well. They did not often get to indulge in the fine wines which were aboard for the passengers. The women crew members were well known to them by this time, so everybody was on a first name basis after dinner.

The younger female was called María, the next older, who played the guitar, was Cristina, and the oldest was Consuelo. Everybody was dressed in tropical clothes, mostly Bermuda shorts and light shirts or T-shirts. The Sanderson girls were impressed with all the music, especially the playing of Cristina. All were enjoying the evening and entertainment immensely. They did not notice how, when leaning over to pour more wine for Nathan, the female crew members would rub a breast against his shoulder, arm, or back.

Captain Sanchez remained sober as did the male crew members who were on watch. One was on the bridge, another down in the engine room, and another was sleeping to relieve one of the other two at a later time. The sea was calm, so the vessel was driving through the water without any roll and little pitch. Nevertheless, the captain, always responsible, excused himself to check conditions and the progress of the vessel. He urged them all to continue to enjoy, and for the female crew members to make sure their passengers lacked for nothing.

The party continued late. Allison finally decided it was time the girls went to bed. They had had entirely too much to drink. Kathy was now aware that their hosts, the female crew members, were paying a lot of attention to Nathan. At the same time, she needed to go to the bathroom, so offered to walk with the girls back to their stateroom. In order to end the party, Allison and Amy opted to go with them, and urged Nathan to go as well.

"I'm gonna stay up a little while longer, Mommy," Nathan said. He was enjoying the attention of the other females too much to leave right away. Interaction with people other than his family was like having a new toy. The evening had been fun, their constant attention flattering, and he was drunk.

After the others left for their cabins, the crew member trio asked Nathan if he would like to dance. When he informed them that he hadn't a clue about how to do that, they all chimed together that they would teach him. The wardroom table was pulled aside, a record put on the player, and María pulled him up out of his chair. Since Nathan towered above all these women, he felt like he was dancing with little girls. The tallest among them would have been just shorter than Emmeline.

Consuelo, the oldest decided they could have a lot more fun if they took a couple of bottles of wine and invited Nathan to their stateroom. Even though Nathan was not unused to being coddled by females, they were always his family, so his state of inebriation allowed him to wallow in this apparent adoration by strangers. He had already forgotten his mother's request to not dally.

The next thing he knew, he was in their stateroom. They were practically hanging on him, their own inhibitions long gone. They had giggled while tip toeing down the passageway so as not to bother the others, but managed to get into the room without being seen. Once inside, they had no problem getting him to fall onto the larger double bed where they sat next to him around his prone body. They began asking him what it was like living alone on the island. They knew about bringing all the clothes back with Amy, so asked what he wore on the island.

"We didn't wear anything. I don't know how you all can stand to be in these clothes all the time. They make you itch."

The women looked at each other, then Consuelo, who seemed to have taken charge, said, "Well, you don't have to wear them if you no want. We think you handsome man. Take 'em off if you want."