Chapter 1

Nancy didn't expect any particular reaction from her husband Bill when she called home from her business retreat, except for a few chuckles. But when she shared the events of the evening, she got Bill's attention in a way she had not anticipated.

"They what?" Bill said. "WHAT did you say?"

"I said a couple of the girls took their suits off in the hot tub," Nancy replied. "Why? What's the big deal, Bill?"

"Well," Bill couldn't think of an immediate response that didn't make him look like a horny, drooling male. "Uh ... well, I mean ... you were in the hot tub yourself? With naked women? You were there too?"

"Yes, Bill," Nancy said with a laugh. "So?"

"Uh ... I don't know," Bill replied. "That's kind of a big deal, I think. It's hardly something I was expecting to hear."

"It really was just for fun. Like I told you, this house we're staying at is incredible. The pool area is very private. It looks out over the mountains. It's just gorgeous."

"And there's a hot tub..."

"Yes Bill, there's a hot tub! And we all went in it after dinner. All five of us, like I told you."

"O.K., tell me again."

"Oh my ... yes dear," Nancy said, laughing again, this time quietly to herself. "We were all mentally exhausted from the plans and strategies we had worked on all day today. Our brains were fried. After dinner, the hot tub sounded great to everybody. So we all went to our rooms and put our suits on. A couple of the girls went in the pool first and Jan, Mary and I went right into the hot tub."

"Uh-huh," Bill grunted. "And um ... and the other girls ... What about them?"

"Yes, Bill. Don't worry. I'll tell you. Beth and Angela came out of the pool laughing, then the next thing we knew, they were dropping their suits and coming into the hot tub ... naked ... N-A-K-E-D. Get it? Yeesh!"

"And what did you do?"

"The rest of us just laughed along with them. We had all had a few glasses of wine by then, so we were just relaxed and having fun."

"And they came in the hot tub naked? Was uh, was that it?"

"Yes, Beth and Angela came in naked. That was pretty much it. Except that after a couple more glasses of wine, Jan took her top off."

"Jan? From your department? Is she the kind of plain looking one?"

"Yes, that's the one. She's in my department. That's why she's on the retreat! Anyway, I know she looks plain. But her body didn't. I think we were all a little shocked."

"Did she look good?"

"She has an amazing figure," Nancy said, momentarily forgetting her feelings of annoyance, which were tempered by amusement, at Bill's apparent fascination with her story. "You'd never know that under those dumpy clothes she wears, she looks like that. And she always seems so shy. I couldn't believe it when she joined in like that."

"What about your friend Mary?"

"What about her?" Nancy already knew what her husband meant. "You think she's cute, don't you?"

"You know I think she's cute. She's kind of plain too, but also really attractive. Did she uh, join in?"

"Nope," Nancy said. "Sorry to disappoint you. Well, she got in the tub, but in her suit. She's got the body for it ... she's a tight, athletic little thing. But I think she's a little too conservative for public nudity."

"So, uh... , " Bill hesitated, "Did you?"

"Did I what?" Nancy said knowingly.

"Did you, um, uhh ... join in the fun?"

"Are you asking if I dropped my suit, Honey?" She knew full well that's what Bill was getting at. "No, Dear," Nancy replied, saving him the trouble of choking out any more words. "I didn't take anything off and neither did Mary."

"Why not? Did the others want you to?"

"Well, yes, they did actually. They wanted Mary and me to at least take our tops off and join in their craziness."

"Why didn't you?"

"Bill! Do you think I would do that? I'd be too embarrassed. It was all good fun and I didn't mind that they did it. But that wasn't for me. Besides, I don't think I look so hot naked compared to any of them."