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13 Coming Together
“COME ON, YOU TWO,” Whitney said, nudging me. “It’s time for forms.”
“What? Are we working today?” Jessica mumbled. “I thought it was our day off.”
“It’s how we start every day, honey,” I said. “Except I don’t usually wake up with Heaven cuddled naked in my arms. People are going to be ticked that I didn’t wake up to bake bread this morning.” We peed and went out to the field behind the barn where Josh had been working to create a sports field for us. Hannah fell into step beside us.
“Don’t worry,” Hannah said. “When I felt you tickling my head early, I looked up and saw that you were… incapacitated. So I went down and made bread. It will be hot when we finish forms.”
“What are forms?” Jessica asked. “And why are we outside naked? What if someone sees us?”
“No one can see us back here,” I said. “Josh has been working on this ever since he got here in May. It was too wet then to use, but now it’s perfect. It’s the lowest spot on our property and can’t be seen from off the property in any direction.”
“And it’s fun to watch the guys play flag football out here,” Hannah giggled. “You always wonder if they’ll grab the wrong flag!”
“But forms…?”
“Just follow along. We’ll warm up and then Whitney, Adam, and I will lead groups by level. You aren’t the only beginner.”
“Amy’s here!” I glanced over and was happy to see Jessica’s bodyguard/chaperone warming up with everyone else.
“Look! They got here!” Brenda called. I thought at first she was pointing at Heaven and me. But behind me, Larry and Theresa Irving were stripping off their clothes. Theresa was really big and round. I loved looking at her tummy and when I saw her she let me touch her baby. It was so cool. I found Doreen with my eyes and saw she was looking at Theresa and rubbing her own tummy. I needed to spend some time with my newest cónyuge today.
We worked out for a full hour. Whitney led the advanced group that included all her security team as well as Amy, Leonard, Louise, Liz, Hannah, and Samantha. I was surprised that the second smallest man in our group and the smallest woman, Judy, were both in the advanced forms. Leonard had a good two inches on me now. He said he wasn’t going to get any taller, though. Adam worked with the middle group, which was actually the largest. Most of them could have worked in the advanced group with a little extra coaching. But that’s what Adam was giving them.
I got the newbies and pregnant women. Jessica, Theresa, Doreen, Cathy, Dawn, Warren, Larry, Sugar, Angela, her mom, and the three from Casa del Arco Iris. We worked slowly and very deliberately. I stopped and corrected individuals. It might have looked slow and deliberate, but it was still an exhausting workout. We were all sweating in the muggy air. It was already in the 80s and I was pretty sure we’d be well into the 90s by afternoon. I was thankful we were naked.
I was especially pleased that the younger clan members had all worked their way up to the intermediate or advanced level. With most of them still having another year of high school to go, it made me feel better that they were able to protect each other. They had three openly gay or bisexual men and at least two women who were openly bisexual. I remembered how people responded to us when Geoff and Kevin both came out.
“Fresh bread will be ready in forty-five minutes!” Hannah shouted. “Shower first! You don’t have to dress yet, but bring clothes. Clan meeting at eight-thirty.”
“How do you manage to get fifty teenagers out of bed, working out naked, at six-thirty in the morning?” Theresa asked as she leaned on Larry. Doreen came up to me and I wrapped my arms around her so I could touch her tummy.
“It’s not that hard. We’ve been doing it for years now, so it’s more difficult to sleep in than it is to get up,” I said. “Of course, it’s a lot harder when you have Heaven sleeping in your arms.”
“I’ll bet,” Larry said looking at Jessica and shaking his head. “I never thought I’d see this day.”
“You never thought you’d see any of this,” Theresa laughed.
“May we touch your baby?” Doreen asked. She was definitely rounded a little now, herself, at 18 weeks. But Theresa was ready to pop. Theresa nodded and welcomed our hands on her tummy as we welcomed hers and Larry’s on Doreen.
“May I?” Jessica asked softly. Theresa reached out to her and drew her hand to the baby. “When?”
“They said Labor Day, but we’re not going to make it anywhere close to that,” Theresa answered. “I can’t wait to get this filly on the ground.”
“You must be suffering in this heat. I thought Rhiannon was crazy when she planned air conditioning for our house, but I’m so thankful now. Feel free to come over and hang out with us today,” Doreen said.
“Okay, folks,” Rose said. “We have a couple clan-wide announcements. First of all, listen for the bell today. When you hear it, we need clothes on in the big house and the grounds. Those of you who live in bunkhouses can do what you want while you’re inside, but outside and in here, clothes are mandatory. We expect the Partridge family to arrive in time for lunch.” There were snickers, outright laughter, and a few groans.
“Hey. I’m related to that family,” I complained. “In case you’ve forgotten, my sister-in-law, Addison Partridge, will be coming here to IU this fall and is living with us this summer. Her parents are delivering her to us and will be staying in our guest room until they leave on Tuesday. They will be guests on Young Cooking on Monday. So remember to respect them. Also, my sister, her husband, and baby Maddie will fly in tomorrow. They’ll be staying at Casa del Agua. Respect and kindness, people.”
“It’s an exciting day for us in other ways, too,” Rose said. “Everyone has been working so hard this week to make the production camp successful, that you might not have noticed Larry and Theresa here two or three times, or our meetings with Casa del Sol. Well, you are going to be seeing a lot more of them.” More snickers. Cheap one. “Okay, I guess we can’t see much more of them than we can see right now, but we’ll be seeing it more frequently. In September, Theresa, Larry, and their baby will be moving into the lower level of the barn duplex and will become our ranch managers. We’ve done a pretty good job of maintaining the place so far, thanks especially to the extra help this summer. But these two are professionals with the horses and with ranches that have lots of people on them. We are so thankful that they’ve decided to join us out here!” There was a lot of applause.
“I think Adam has the next announcement,” I said. Adam came up and put an arm around Heaven’s waist.
“As most of you are aware, Heaven became my girlfriend this week,” he said. Several people clapped and some looked puzzled. “Fortunately, I don’t mind that she has a boyfriend and she doesn’t mind that I have one, either. You’ve all picked up bits and pieces of how stressful Heaven’s life has been this past year, starting with the news that her brother was killed. But tabloids and skin mags don’t really care about what is going on in a person’s life. She’s not only a cover girl on Vogue, Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan, and other fashion magazines, she’s been on the front page of three different tabloids, eight different times. Four nude photos were admitted to have been her head put on someone else’s body. Jessica wants to thank you.” He turned to her.
“You have all been wonderful to me this week, even when I was placing unreasonable demands on you. I know the week was stressful enough just doing the production work that Hannah is managing so incredibly, but I just added to that stress level,” Jessica said. “Still, this has been the most peaceful and restful week in my recent memory. I love you. And I thank you.”
“That brings us to the second part of our announcement,” Adam said.
“You’re getting married?” someone shouted.
“Who let the reporter from the Star in?” Adam responded. We laughed, but everyone looked around, too. “There is a football boosters’ club dinner Wednesday night this week. They have a dinner every month, and players are invited to attend. We have to pay five dollars each to go to one. So the club is not providing free meals to us. Right? This month, Heaven has consented to be my date. That means she’s staying an extra week. We’re sorry for the inconvenience, but as you can see, Heaven and Amy have gotten a lot more comfortable around us. Brian.”
“Thanks, Adam. Jessica, we love you and you can stay here as long as you want. Forever. Understand?” She hugged me and kissed me with intent. Wow! “There is a little more to this subterfuge and we are all being as honest with our clan cousins and tribe as we can be. Please remember that what happens at El Rancho del Corazón…”
“Stays at El Rancho del Corazón,” everyone responded.
“One of the things that is happening is that Sora has agreed to be conveniently indisposed Wednesday night. Cramps, I think. Since Tim already has two tickets for the boosters’ club dinner, Sora’s childhood friend, Amy, who is visiting for a couple weeks, has agreed to go with him to the dinner,” I said. Amy wasn’t that young, but she still looked young. It wasn’t beyond reason that she could be a childhood friend. Who’d been in the Marines. “You all know that we take security out here seriously and we take the security of our guests seriously. We have three of our top trained people going in Heaven’s company. Whitney? You can expect that someone will be following them to the ranch when they come home Wednesday. Word has already leaked that Heaven will be at the dinner. Let me reiterate. No uninvited guest enters the ranch. Never any cameras.” Everyone nodded.
“Wow! This went on a lot longer than I expected our clan meeting to go this morning,” Rose said. “Still, I have to give production a chance to let you all know what to expect this week. We are a third of the way through the camp. Hannah, what can we expect this week?”
“More chaos,” Hannah said. “Let me start by saying thank you to Jessica for her stellar performances this week. Elaine, you are definitely going to have a hit. Lonnie has already asked me about going live with a daily Chick Chat after the first sixty episodes air. Part of the crew will be splitting off this week so Rhiannon can take them on a tour of Nappanee Manufactured Homes. The new farmhouse is not under construction yet, but they will be gathering footage and doing interviews that will get the project launched. We have some more incredible guests scheduled on Chick Chat this week. Monday afternoon, we will have Senator Dick Remington on the show. Tuesday, Representative Jan Leaf. Wednesday, a double session with coaches Knight and Casey from the men’s and women’s basketball teams at IU and they will have special guests Lionel Trane and Whitney Anderson with them. Thursday, the entire varsity cheerleader squad will be on Elaine’s show and then will work out with Sora, Rose, and Brenda in both sessions. In uniform. Of course, that’s just the highlights. It’s still a ten-episode week. The full schedule will be listed on the board.”
“Thank you, Hannah. I don’t know how you get Elaine such high-powered guests!”
“Oh! That reminds me,” Hannah said. “Speaking of guests, April Lee, my lead cameraman and the director for Brian’s Young Cooking, will be out this afternoon, just to relax and play with us. She’s become very special to me and I’d like to invite her out more frequently during non-business hours. As you all remember from her first visit during off hours, just before we instituted the bell, she blended in just fine.”
“And that brings up one final point about non-residents visiting,” Rose said. “Our contractor, Ron Filmore, will have a crew beginning excavation for the foundation of the new farmhouse. There will also be a surveyor here who will be working on the subdivision of our land. Well, Anna’s land. Dad’s been working with Anna and the county commissioners and has a subdivision of the front ten acres tentatively approved. This will be to our benefit and we want everyone to cooperate as fully as possible. Just remember, no cameras.”
The bell started clanging at twelve-fifteen. We barely heard it over the sound of the air conditioner in the bedroom of Casa del Agua, but knew that it meant incoming guests. I kissed Doreen again and let my cock slide out of her. She rolled over on her back to kiss me again and I caressed our baby.
“Almost halfway baked,” I whispered. “You take it easy on Mommy, Baby Swift.”
“Mommy is thankful that when she’s as big as Theresa it will be winter,” Doreen moaned. Rhiannon pulled at my shoulder and slurped my cock into her mouth.
“You can’t put that in your gi all messy like that,” she giggled. “What would the Partridge family think? And you shouldn’t be all droopy like that either. Let me suck a little more.” I pushed Rhiannon’s head away from my midsection.
“Stop that!” I said. “We are supposed to be welcoming, not frightening.”
“What could be more welcoming than a big fat erection?” Liz said as she pulled her gi on. Sandy and Doug weren’t moving. I thought maybe Doug was making love with Liz more often than I was lately. It made me a little sad, but also thankful that he was supplying her needs when I couldn’t.
I walked out of the bedroom and through the living room to the door. Theresa was sitting and drowsing in the rocking chair. She smirked at me. She hadn’t dressed yet, though. Larry was out with the horses. Saturday was riding lessons for at least a dozen in our clan. The horses would be hot and sweaty this afternoon. I was sure Addison would want to start as soon as she saw them.
“This is incredible,” Mr. Partridge said. “Your mother told us you renovated the barn into a house. But this is a full-fledged television studio. Where do you live?”
“We live upstairs mostly at the moment. Casa del Fuego has this end of the loft and the other end is divided into two dormitories, Mr. Partridge. That’s where Addison will be living for the summer.”
“Please, Brian. Call me Jordan. I’m your sister’s father-in-law. You’re treating me like the chairman of a multi-national corporation.”
“Uh… You are the chairman of a multi-national corporation,” I said.
“Let’s just forget about that. Show Grace and me more of the ranch. Can we go up and visit the dorms?”
Yeah. Right.
Jessica was sandwiched between Sarah and me on the big bed. Rose was next to me. I noticed that April was sleeping with Hannah and Samantha and wondered where that was going. April had certainly had no problems getting naked once we were upstairs, and I found her joining Jessica and me in the shower with Hannah and Sam. My in-laws were generally impressed by the ranch, pleased with the dormitories, and a little skeptical about our bedroom. I didn’t mention that there would be nineteen people piled on the mattresses tonight. We were all under warning to keep it quiet, though, as the Partridges had the guest room downstairs and Dinita Kimes was still in the library. She’d be leaving tomorrow to go back to work.
“I think I’m ready this week,” Jessica said as she kissed me in bed. “I’m a little tired right now, but maybe tomorrow we could save enough energy to make love. I’m ready, Brian. I understand what it means.”
Am I ready? Hell, yes!
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