Chapter 2: Throwing Up

Afterwards, David rolled off Sylvia and lay on the bed beside her.

He had been looking forward to that ever since they had arrived on board the colony ship. He'd spent the afternoon getting to know the children. Pat mostly, Mary was very shy with him. Rachel had been subdued, but had begun to emerge from her shell. She seemed to be able to cope with talking to Mary about Mister Bozo. Shortly after Sylvia had bathed the two children and put them to bed, David had sent his sister off early to bed as well. She still needed to rest and recover after her traumas during the day, and he wanted to be alone with Sylvia. Their test drive at the airport had been good, but not completely satisfactory. Being able to take more time, and the comfortable bed, had made things a lot better.

Sylvia turned to him and asked, "How many times had you done that before today?"

David flinched, embarrassed to answer, "Ermm..."

"Oh. Sorry," Sylvia realised her mistake. "Today was your first time?"

"Yes." He was rather embarrassed at his lack of sexual experience.

"Damn, that other woman you test drove at the airport was your first then. At least you came in me and not in her, so I suppose I was the first for that." Sylvia paused. "Can I be nosy and ask why you picked me and not her?"

David considered his reply. "You had the better mothering score, and she only had one kid while you had two. That got one more person off Earth."

Sylvia laughed, "You were very careful not to mention how well I did on the sex score against her."

"Well, you beat her on two out of three," he smiled. "Sex isn't everything."

She put her arms around him in an embrace, her stiff nipples pressing into his chest. "But it is fun though. Did you enjoy it?"

"Yeah, it was tremendous," David smiled. "Just not really the way I had imagined my first time; in public at an extraction. And with Rachel watching as well. Goodness knows what she thought of it."

"She's a virgin, isn't she?"

"Oh yes, she's still a virgin. I want to wait a couple of days before fu ... having sex with her, so she can settle down more first."

"That'll probably be for the best," Sylvia agreed. "You shouldn't wait too long though, she might worry that you don't find her attractive. In the meantime, I can teach you a few tricks to help you with her first time."

"That sounds like it would be useful. What do I need to know?" David asked.

"Can I be honest with you?"

"You'd probably better be. I need to learn."

"Right then," Sylvia told him. "Just now, you went at everything too quickly, like a bull at a gate. I'll still be here tomorrow and I'll still say 'yes' pretty much whenever you ask. You don't have to get your whole sex life over in one day. It's not a race."

David nodded. He knew he had been over-keen with her earlier. "Yeah, I sort of knew that as I was doing it. It was all so new and exciting that I just wanted to get stuck in." He paused and grimaced, "That pun wasn't intentional, though I suppose it was appropriate."

Sylvia laughed. "It was certainly appropriate. Anyway, you need to learn to slow down a bit. Going at things that fast with Rachel will probably frighten her off. You should hold yourself back more with her, and go slowly. Try to go at her pace. For example, tits. You maul them rather than fondle them. You might be able to maul them once she gets going, but you need to start her off gently. Us women take longer to get up to speed than men, especially young men like yourself. Try it with mine. Slowly now."

Sylvia lay back in the bed, with her arms behind her head, as David carefully began to fondle her breasts. "Mmmm, that's much better. Rachel will likely be nervous to begin with, so you'll need to build things up gradually. Her nipples will help tell you how she is feeling. Start by working all over the breast, but move more onto her nipples when they get excited." She paused, savouring the sensations of his hands on her tits. "You can go a little harder than that, but keep an eye on how she is reacting. Back off a bit and slow down if she seems unhappy."

After letting her sponsor play for a bit Sylvia moved him on. "How much do you know about pussies? Have you ever got really close to one?"

"Not so far, though I have tried," he joked.

"I'll bet you have, you randy boy. Being as I'm the only convenient model available right now, you might as well look at mine." She spread her legs and waited for him to get down between them. She pointed out the openings to her vagina and urethra. "Stay clear of her urethra, she probably won't like you touching it." She moved up to her clitoris, "Remember that a clit doesn't lubricate itself. When you first touch it you need to make sure your fingers are wet. Either lick them first or, if she's already wet, use her own pussy juice. She'll get sore if you just rub it without any lubrication. Now you try it."

David licked his fingers and started slowly playing with her clit. This was the sort of lesson that he could enjoy and, judging by her reaction, Sylvia was as well. "You don't have a hymen, obviously. What would it look like if it were there?"

The AI took the initiative and displayed a wall of gynaecology for them; a large picture of an open pussy with the hymen outlined so they could identify it. "Do I look like that?" Sylvia said. "Us girls don't normally get to see that view of it. We can't really see ourselves very well looking down from above."

David looked between the two. "Yeah, that is pretty much what it looks like. Yours is juicier than the one in the picture, but otherwise similar. I always thought that the hymen was further back inside, but it's right at the front of the vagina."

"That's where mine was, at the front. Losing it didn't hurt too much, but it did sting. Probably best to take that bit quick with your sister, and then hold still once you're through. Ask her when she's ready for you to start moving again. My first boy waited a bit, but he restarted before I was really ready, so I had to get him to stop. Put me right off him that did. I didn't let him fuck me again for two weeks."

"Hopefully it won't be that bad with Rachel," David told her. "While she was in the med-tube I told them to weaken her hymen. The less it hurts, the better it should be for her."

"Good thinking, David, that should surely help. Now lick me a bit to get me nice and juicy, so we can practice the last part. I'm looking forward to that." Sylvia smiled in anticipation.

David grinned at her, dove in and started licking. If the nanites worked on Rachel the same way they seemed to be working on Sylvia, then things were going to get interesting in a couple of days.

"Mmmm, now get up here and give me a taste of me," Sylvia sighed.

David kissed his way up Sylvia's body, with a couple of diversions to her nipples, ending at her mouth. After a tongue duel, and giving Sylvia her taste of herself, David broke their kiss, "How are we going to practice this? You aren't a virgin any more."

"We'll have to pretend, and I can tighten up a bit. There are some exercises I remember from Pre-Natal class." She reached down and positioned David at her pussy entrance. "OK, now push it in a bit. Just stretch her hymen a little, don't try to break it right away. Take things slowly, remember."

David nodded and gently eased the end of his cock into her. He could feel that she was tighter than when he'd fucked her earlier -- her pussy was gripping the head of his dick -- so it was not difficult to imagine that she still had her hymen.

"That's good, David. Just enough pressure to let her know you're there, but not enough to hurt. Since you've had the nanites weaken Rachel's hymen, you'll probably need to be even more careful with her."

David held still in Sylvia's pussy, savouring the sensations and waiting for her to give the word.

"Now, when I tell you to, go through her hymen and stop. Then wait until she's ready for you to move again. Now, go!"

David jerked his hips forward and sank a couple more inches into Sylvia's pussy. He held still waiting.

"That was good, David. Quickly through and then stopping. Like I said, when Brendan did me first, he started up again too quickly. You really need to wait until Rachel is ready for you. I know you don't want to hurt her. Just be patient."

He could feel her pussy relaxing around him. "You're not as tight as you were."

"No, I can't hold it clenched for too long," Sylvia replied, "I haven't been doing those exercises since just after Mary was born. You've been a good boy so you can start moving now. Don't go too quickly at first, so she can tell you to slow down or stop again if she wants to."

David slowly began to fuck Sylvia, moving steadily in and then pulling back with a lazy motion.

"That's nice," she told him. "Do like you were doing with my tits, speed up but keep looking for signals. Sometimes she might want you to go faster, other times she might want you to slow down. For now go faster."

David carried on fucking, speeding up as Sylvia encouraged him. "Harder, harder. Fuck me harder!"

"Unhhh. I've always, unhhh, wanted to fuck, unhhh, my teacher. Unhhh. Fuck. Yes. Yes. Yes!"

Sylvia felt him coming and managed to reach her own peak a few seconds later by rubbing herself on his pubic bone.

David rolled off her for the second time that evening and they both drifted off to sleep in the aftermath of their orgasms.

They were roused by the AI addressing Sylvia, but disturbing them both, "Concubine Sylvia Harlow! Dependant Mary Harlow is awake and crying. Sensors indicate that she has urinated in her diaper."

Sylvia was taken aback by the AI's reference to herself, and her daughter, as Harlow, rather than O'Byrne. It was yet another indication of the real status of concubines in the Confederacy. Even their names weren't their own, but belonged to their sponsor.

"Shit," David swore, reacting to the AI.

"No, Recruit Harlow," the AI responded, taking him far too literally, "sensors do not indicate the presence of faeces."

As Sylvia got up and looked for her shift, David started laughing, "Just what we needed, an AI with a sense of humour."

As her head emerged from her shift Sylvia added, "What we need is some clean sheets and a rubber under-sheet for the bed, and a new nightie and nappy for Mary. Can you provide that, AI?"

"New bedsheets are available in the cupboard in dependent Mary Harlow's bedroom. A nightie will be delivered to the replicator on the upper level. The other two items will be delivered to the main replicator in the kitchen. I assume that a nappy is the same as a diaper?"

"Yes," answered David, "it's a difference between US and UK English." He turned to Sylvia, "You go up and see to Mary. I'll get the stuff from the kitchen."

By the time he got up there, Sylvia had stripped the bed. "She didn't like her wet nappy and tried to pull it off," Sylvia explained. "Everything needs changing, including Mary." Sylvia gave her sleepy and unhappy daughter a kiss, and took her off to the bathroom to clean her up.

David got a spare mattress from an empty bedroom and helped Sylvia remake the bed with the rubber sheet and new bedding. Sylvia managed to comfort Mary and settle her down again.

"Ah, the joys of fatherhood," David exclaimed when they got back down to the main bedroom.

"You did pretty good there, I thought," Sylvia praised him. He had coped well for a young man who wasn't yet a father.

"My parents had a late 'afterthought' baby," David told her. "Abel is two now, so I got some experience helping Mum when I was home at weekends."

"You weren't living at home all the time then?"

"No, I managed to get myself into a Sixth Form College across town, and used that as an excuse to move out during the week. At least Dad agreed to pay my rent. I think he wanted to get my bad influence away from Rachel, so he didn't make too much of a fuss."

"I'd wondered how you'd managed to escape the religious thing," Sylvia commented. "I got a bit of it back in Ireland, before Mam moved us to England. One of our parish priests told us that all the Protestants were going to hell."

David laughed. "Snap! Dad was certain all the Catholics were going there as well. Looks like God is going to be a bit lonely in heaven."

Sylvia smiled and changed the subject. "Mary was afraid in a bedroom all on her own. Back at home –- our old home that is –- she shared a room with Pat, but those rooms upstairs only have one bed in each. The beds seem to be fixed in place, you can't move them."

"The dependants' bedrooms can be reconfigured, if required," the AI interrupted.

Sylvia started at the sudden intrusion. "You can add a second bed so Mary and Pat can both be together in the one bedroom?"

"Affirmative. It could be done later this morning, while you are all at the scheduled briefings. Access to the upper level would be restricted during this operation. That would be the optimum time to redecorate the pod as well."

David looked questioningly at Sylvia, who nodded. "Do that please, AI," he confirmed, "both the redecoration and the work on the children's bedroom. Oh, and wake us in time for breakfast before the briefing."

"Affirmative."

In the morning Rachel was more relaxed, much to David's relief. Her sleep overnight had let her distance herself somewhat from the shocks of yesterday. Not being naked helped as well. The shift was a lot shorter than anything Dad had let her wear -- all the skirts he'd allowed her were ankle length –- but it covered just enough to give her some reassurance. She managed a smile for the others, and she and Mary spent their time playing with Mister Bozo while eating their breakfasts. Mary was better as well. She was talking more than she had yesterday, though she was still shy with David.

Sylvia put a large plateful in front of him. "Do I really need this much?" he asked her.

"That's what the AI suggested. You have to build up a lot of muscle if you're going to be a Marine, so it wants me to keep you well fed. Me, I'm just following orders like a good concubine should." David smiled at her and dug in. He did feel hungrier than usual this morning.

Pat pulled his head out of his cereal bowl, looked up at the ceiling and barked, "Show it!" The AI displayed the view of Earth and the stars on the wall in front of him.

"Pat!" Sylvia interrupted, "That's not polite. What should you have said? What's the magic word?"

"Please," he replied. "Do I need to say please, Mam? The voice thing always does it anyway."

"AI," Sylvia said, "please do not show the view of Earth for Pat unless he says 'please'."

"I cannot do that," the AI responded, "as it would contradict an instruction from your sponsor. I was instructed to show that view whenever dependent Patrick Harlow asked. No wording was specified."

David stepped in, "AI, please allow Sylvia to modify that particular instruction as it is related to childcare." He was careful to say 'please' to the AI, so Pat would get the message as well. "Sylvia..." He waved at her to carry on.

Slightly startled, she paused to think, "Ermm ... AI, can you please only show the view if Pat says 'please' and cut it off after five seconds if he doesn't say 'thank you'. Otherwise leave it showing for as long as he wants. If he asks you for anything remind him to say 'please' and 'thank you' if he does not do so on his own."

"Is that confirmed Recruit Harlow?"

"It is. Sylvia is in change of childcare and you are to assist her. This counts as part of childcare."

"Understood. What of dependent Mary Harlow?" the AI enquired.

"Better to remind her too, though please do it gently," Sylvia responded.

"Confirmed."

"Did you understand that Pat?" she asked her son, "You have to say 'please' and 'thank you' to the AI."

"Is that the voice thing?"

Yes Pat, you have to be polite to the voice thing."

"Thank you, voice thing."

"You are welcome, Patrick," the AI replied, politely.

David made a mental note that he was going to have to be careful to be polite, even to the AI, when Pat and Mary were around. Another new thing he had to learn; Sylvia was teaching him as well as teaching her children. Once again he quietly congratulated himself on picking her as his concubine.

Pat was shovelling cereal into his mouth, mostly, while gazing at the view of Earth. As soon as he had finished, he asked if he could play. Sylvia cleaned up his face and made him put his bowl in the recycler. He rushed off to play with his toy car on the kitchen floor. Mary was still eating and taking turns with Rachel at feeding Mister Bozo. Suddenly Pat burst out, "Naughty Mam. You forgot your knickers."

Sylvia blushed, while Rachel went even redder. His mother recovered quickly though, "I didn't forget them Pat, I decided not to wear any today."

"Oh. OK, Mam," and he carried on playing with his car, oblivious to the embarrassment his observation had caused.

Sylvia turned to David, "That will be a problem next week. He'll be asking why I have a piece of string dangling down."

Now it was David's turn to blush. "Oh, I'll let the AI know." He subvocalised, «AI, provide Sylvia and Rachel with panties to wear during their periods.»

«Confirmed.»

"OK, that's fixed," he told them both.

Rachel nodded, still very embarrassed. Sylvia decided to tease David a little. "Thanks, David. Lucky that the pickup wasn't next week. The test drive could have been rather messy."

"Too much information, Sylvia, too much information."

"Sorry, David, I won't tease you for the rest of breakfast," Sylvia giggled.

"Cheeky concubines. Why did I have to pick the cheeky concubines?" David complained with a grin.

"I'm not cheeky," Rachel pouted. "Though I could be if you wanted me to, David."

"Hmmm, let me think about it, Rache," David smiled. He was glad that she was acting more like her old self after a night's sleep. A good change from the way she had been yesterday.

By this time, Mary had finished her breakfast, and Sylvia started getting her and Pat ready to leave with them for the scheduled morning briefings. David took the opportunity to talk silently to the AI, «Can Sylvia be set to get pregnant on her next cycle? Will the Pill be flushed out of her system by then?»

«Affirmative, Recruit Harlow. The adjustment to her nanites can be made in the med-tubes or during sleep training.»

«The sleep trainers can do medical stuff?» David enquired. He remembered that the first medic had mentioned something about it yesterday.

«They have a limited medical capacity. They can make simple changes to the programming of existing nanites. They have a reduced capacity for medical work, so treatments will generally take longer than in a med-tube. They cannot make complex changes or add any new nanites. For those functions a med-tube is required.»