JC: William Redman Carter
Noble Savage
Chapter 11
By
Lazlo Zalezac
Copyright (C) Lazlo Zalezac, 2005

Lucy and Ann entered the house curious as to what they were 
going to find. They weren't expecting to have a screaming Tim run 
across the room and then jumping into his father's arms. They both 
jumped at his scream of delight at having his father return home. 
Holding up his son, Ken said, "Hello, sport. I'm glad to see you 
too. How about we get you ready for bed and I'll read a bedtime 
story to you?"

"Yeah!"

Ken carried Tim up the stairs. Lisa was waiting patiently for the 
males to clear out of the way. Once they were gone, she said, "Let 
me show your rooms."

The three women left the living room before William even had a 
chance to introduce them to each other. They managed to introduce 
themselves as they went to the guestroom. 

Alone, William went to his favorite chair and sat down. Pulling out 
his cell phone, he called home. When Cathy answered, he said, 
"Tell the family that I finally found her. Her name is Lucy."

Closing the cell phone, he sat back in his chair feeling tired. It had 
been a long hard day and one that he would love to live over and 
over. He closed his eyes and fell asleep thinking that he would 
have to tell Lisa that they would be having a lot of company 
Thursday.

In the guest room, Ann said, "I'm so sorry to put you out like this. 
We'll be here until we get Lucy moved into her new dorm and we 
don't know how long that will take."

"Just the two of you are nothing. He's had as many as a hundred 
people drop in to talk to him. He has more visitors than anyone I've 
ever met," said Lisa smiling as she went over to the cabinet. She 
pulled out a pair of bags and said, "In case you're missing 
anything, each of these bags have a toothbrush, toothpaste, hair 
brush, deodorant, and tampons."

Looking at the bags, Ann asked, "He's got guest bags with 
tampons?"

Lisa laughed and said, "I added those after he had a female guest 
who needed them."

Curious, Lucy asked, "He has female visitors?"

"His sisters, mothers, and Druids drop in with some regularity," 
answered Lisa not aware of the emerging relationship between 
William and Lucy. She sighed and said, "He needs a girlfriend 
though. I've never seen a young man who was so lonely."

Looking at Lucy, Ann knew her daughter was probably bursting 
with curiosity. She asked, "Any girls interested in him?"

"There was the girl next door who was after him, but he didn't 
want anything to do with her. I don't blame him, she isn't too 
stable," said Lisa. Jennifer had been taken twice to the hospital for 
collapsing as a result of not eating.

Returning to her role as housekeeper, she turned down the sheets 
on the twin beds. While she worked, she said, "You have a private 
bathroom through the door behind you. The closets and chest of 
drawers are empty if you want to unpack your stuff."

"Nice," said Ann realizing that this was a real guestroom rather 
than a general-purpose room that also served as guestroom. 
Looking around at the twin beds, chairs, table, nightstands, chest of 
drawers, and television, she asked, "How many guest rooms does 
he have here?"

"Three. We've had a number of occasions when we needed more. 
We packed some of them into Tim's room."  

"Oh."

Satisfied that everything was ready, Lisa asked, "Would you care 
for some hot chocolate?"

"Sure," answered Lucy thinking that a cup of hot chocolate would 
be the perfect end to a long day. 

Lisa led the way to the living room. The women took one look at 
William sleeping in his chair and made their way to the kitchen as 
quietly as possible. Once they reached the kitchen, Lisa turned to 
face the other two women. Whispering so that she wouldn't wake 
William, she asked, "Did he explain the rules of the house to you?"

Puzzled at having house rules, Ann answered, "No."

"There are two rules. If it harms none, then do it. Protect the weak 
from the strong. If you follow those rules, you won't have any 
problems staying here," said Lisa. 

"Seem easy enough," said Lucy.

"Well, the first rule is a little complicated. You see, this is a 
clothing optional house," said Lisa as she got out a kettle in which 
to heat the water for the hot chocolate. Seeing the look of horror on 
Ann's face, she quickly added, "I know what you're thinking. He's 
a fifteen-year-old boy with raging hormones and all that. It's not 
that way at all."

In an icy voice, Ann asked, "What way is it?"

"It's all very innocent."

"Innocent?"

"Let me tell you the truth. When I first came here, I was terrified to 
get undressed in front of him. The first time I did it, he barely 
looked at me. He's never looked at me in a way that's made me 
uncomfortable. I participate in the morning exercises undressed 
most mornings now."

"I really don't like this," said Ann becoming convinced that she had 
seriously misjudged William. 

Lucy was shocked at the revelation that it was a clothing optional 
house. There was no way her father would let her see William if he 
knew that he was a nudist. She doubted that her mother would 
allow the relationship to continue. No boy had ever seen her 
without her clothes on and she wanted to keep it that way. 
Snorting, she said, "There's no way I'm going to get undressed in 
front of him while I'm here."

Laughing at the obviously puritanical reaction, Lisa said, "He'd 
never ask you to do that."

Surprised that he wouldn't want to see her naked, Lucy asked, 
"Why?"

Filling the kettle with water, Lisa answered, "Because I think in 
this circumstance, you are weak and he will do all that he can to 
protect you. That is the second rule of this house, to protect the 
weak from the strong. He would never violate that rule." 

Lisa nodded her head thoughtfully and said, "I doubt that you'll 
even see him naked unless you are up early enough for the 
exercises."

"The exercises?"

"Yeah. We exercise every morning. It is called Tai Chi." She 
leaned over and then, in an even softer whisper, said, "I gained 
weight after giving birth to Tim. You won't believe this, but I was 
a pretty hefty woman. Now look at me. I've never looked better. 
My stomach is flat, my breasts are firm, my ass doesn't sag, and 
my legs are shapely. My husband finds me sexy again."

Intrigued, Ann examined Lisa with the intent of checking out her 
body. The other woman definitely looked healthy as she went 
about the business of making hot chocolate. Lisa looked over her 
shoulder and said, "I apologize for the instant hot chocolate, but 
William really likes it."

"I like the instant kind," Lucy said. 

"Good."

Filling three cups with hot water, Lisa glanced over at Lucy. 
Convinced that there was a good chance that Lucy might get a 
crush on William, she said, "I'm probably overstepping my bounds, 
but you look like a nice girl and I'd hate for you to get hurt. I don't 
know if you're interested in William, but you might not want to get 
your hopes up too high."

"Why?" asked Lucy. It was an interesting comment after what 
Happy Harry had said earlier.

"He's real smart. The girl who gets his eye is going to have to be a 
super-genius. I know you're a pretty young lady, but you'd have to 
be in college before he'd look at you," said Lisa as she poured the 
instant hot chocolate into the cups. Shrugging her shoulders, she 
said, "I think he's been waiting for someone special."

There was an interesting correlation between what Lisa said and 
what Harry said. Giving her mother a significant glance, Lucy 
asked, "What would you say if I told you that I was a sophomore in 
college?"

"I don't know whether I'd say that you should grab him and never 
let go or if you should grab a baseball bat to keep the other girls 
from killing you," answered Lisa with a chuckle. She passed out 
the cups of hot chocolate. 

"Why do you say that about other girls?" asked Lucy.

"He's young, attractive, smart, rich, and famous. Gold-diggers are 
going to be swarming all over that boy in a year or two," answered 
her mother thinking about the problems that will develop later in 
life. She wondered if her daughter had a chance at happiness. She 
still didn't like the idea that he was a nudist. 

After Lucy and her mother went to bed, Lisa woke up William so 
that he could sleep in his bed. He stumbled off to his bedroom 
forgetting to tell Lisa about the fact that he was expecting a lot 
more visitors Thursday. 

Unable to resist temptation, Ann and Lucy watched the group 
practice Tai Chi through the back window. Ann could hardly keep 
her eyes off Ken and Lisa. Lisa had not been lying about being in 
good shape. Her body was tight and she moved with grace. With a 
sigh, she said, "She is really attractive."

It was strange to stand beside her mother while watching a bunch 
of naked people, but Lucy wouldn't have been able to turn away 
for any amount of money. She had never seen anything like what 
was happening in the backyard. When they turned to perform 
certain movements she could see the private parts of William, Ken, 
and Tim. She wasn't sure if it was normal for their cocks to be 
flaccid when standing around a beautiful woman like Lisa. 
Curious, she asked, "Shouldn't they be excited or something?"

Ann looked at her daughter well aware of what she had been 
examining. She had spent more than a little time looking at the 
same things. Smiling, she said, "Not necessarily, but I'm surprised 
they aren't."

Licking her lips, Lucy watched William perform a turn. As far as 
she was concerned, there was nothing wrong with his body. Softly, 
she said, "He's gorgeous."

"Yeah, he's a good looking young man. Don't let your hormones 
get the better of you," Ann said. Looking at Ken and William, she 
could understand having a biological response to the view.

"Did you notice the scars on his chest?" asked Lucy. The two 
horizontal scars across his chest were the only imperfection on his 
body that she could see.

Ann nodded, but didn't answer. The group broke up their exercise 
and started moving around. William talked to Ken and Lisa while 
Tim headed into the house. The naked little boy burst through the 
back door, shouted a quick hello, and raced up the stairs. Lucy 
said, "He's not shy about being naked."

Laughing, Ann said, "No he's not."

A minute later, Tim made the reverse route carrying a Frisbee. 
With a quick goodbye he was out the door. Afraid of what she was 
going to hear, Lucy asked, "What do you think about this clothing 
optional stuff?"

"It's not what I expected," Ann answered watching William talking 
with Ann and Ken. He looked at their eyes and not the sexy bits. It 
was not the kind of behavior that she expected from a teenage boy.

"I was afraid that they'd break out into an orgy or something," 
Lucy said giving voice to her greatest concern. After catching her 
roommate the previous day, she didn't think she could have dealt 
with that.

"Same here," Ann said. She thought about it for a minute and then 
said, "Let's not tell your father about this yet."

The three adults dressed. Once dressed, Ken went off to play 
Frisbee with Tim who was still running around naked. William 
went over to watch them play for a minute while Lisa returned to 
the house. Entering, she looked over at Lucy and Ann at the 
window. Smiling, she said, "Good morning. I see you are both 
early risers."

Blushing at having been caught watching, Ann said, "Well, we 
went to bed a little early last night and have a busy day today."

"That's okay. I'm going to make pancakes. Is that all right with you 
two?"

"That's fine," said Ann.

With everyone clothed, the group gathered around the breakfast 
table. As the plate piled with pancakes made its way around the 
table, William said, "We can expect about fourteen visitors to 
arrive Thursday night."

Lisa nearly dropped the bottle of maple syrup and looked over at 
William. With Lucy and Ann there, it would make sixteen guests 
and William only had three guestrooms. Concerned, she asked, 
"Where will we put everyone?"

"I imagine Ed, Leroy, and Dan will sleep in the backyard with me 
and the rest of the kids. If the weather turns bad, we'll sleep here in 
the living room. My mothers will share two rooms. Lucy and her 
mother will share a room. My grandfather will sleep in my room," 
answered William.

"Your family is coming?" Lucy asked. The pancakes had suddenly 
turned to flour in her mouth. 

"Yes. I called the house and left a message that I had finally met 
you," answered William. He imagined that the phone lines had 
been burning all night. His family was spread out over most of the 
country at the moment. He smiled and said, "I'm sure their house is 
a beehive of activity about right now."

"Should I go out and get some cots, sleeping bags, or something?" 
Ken asked.

"No. They want to surprise me. I'm sure that if we are here with a 
tent city waiting for them that it will spoil their arrival," William 
answered with a grin. 

Having survived the arrival of individual family members on a 
couple of occasions, Lisa said, "We're going to need more towels."

Thursday afternoon arrived. Lucy had just returned from her 
classes when Ed, Ling, Claire, Betsy, and Eddie arrived at the 
house. In five seconds it had gone from a quiet peaceful place to 
complete chaos. As soon as Ken had opened the door, Betsy shot 
around him and targeted Lucy. Before Lucy had a chance to react, 
Betsy had thrown her arms around Lucy in a hug. Talking in rapid-
fire bursts of single sentences, she said, "He found you. You're so 
cute. I'm happy to meet you. By the way, I'm Betsy. You are so 
cute."

When Betsy let go and dashed over to Ling, Lucy was still reeling 
in shock. Betsy dashed back and said, "I'm going swimming. Talk 
to you later."

Betsy was out of her clothes and out the door before Lucy even 
had a chance to react. Five seconds later, Betsy was back to grab a 
towel from the stack of towels by the door and then was gone. 
Lucy looked to her mother and asked, "Who was that?"

Before her mother had a chance to answer, Ling flowed over and 
gave her a hug. Looking at the young woman, Ling said, 
"Welcome to the family, Lucy. That little dynamo was William's 
little sister Betsy."

"She's a little hyper, isn't she?" asked Lucy still in shock. She 
couldn't believe that she was meeting the formidable Ling. When 
Ling looked at her, it was like being under a thousand-watt 
spotlight. 

Ling laughed and said, "She's a lot hyper. You're going to fit in 
with the family just fine."

"Thank you. This is my mother Ann," Lucy said gesturing in the 
direction of her mother.

Turning to Ann, Ling said, "Welcome to the family."

"Thank you," answered Ann 

"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a dip in the pond now. We'll 
have plenty of chances to talk over the next few days." Ling 
stepped away and stripped. Grabbing a towel, she headed out the 
backdoor. 

Shocked at the casual manner they stripped, Ann said, "Now I 
know what all the towels were for."

Ed and Eddie presented themselves to Lucy. Ed said, "Hello, Lucy. 
I'm Ed."

"And I'm Eddie."

"We're so happy to meet the young woman who has captured 
William's heart."

Lucy stared at the black robed Druid and the young kid standing 
beside him. He was the second Druid she had ever met and didn't 
know what to say.

Eddie said, "William has been waiting …"

"… to meet you for so long," completed Ed.

"Thank you," said Lucy looking from father to son. She'd heard of 
twins completing each other's sentences, but never father and son. 
It was definitely eerie. 

"I'm sure that we're overwhelming you, so we're going to head 
down …"

"… to the pond and take a dip. When things quiet down a bit, we'll 
talk," said Ed. He went over to the door and pulled off his robe.

Ann watched with wide eyes as his scars were revealed. Eddie 
noticed her looking at him and said, "My daddy has fought some 
pretty nasty bad guys. Well, I'm going to find Tim and go 
swimming."

An elegantly dressed black woman gracefully stepped over to 
Lucy. Now that the rest of the family had cleared out of the room, 
she could afford to take some time. In a gracious voice, she said, 
"Welcome to the family, Lucy. I'm Claire."

Ann watched the introduction, thinking that the welcome was more 
like the first meeting between the families of an engaged couple 
than between a couple that had just begun dating. She didn't think 
she had ever met so many powerful personalities in her entire life. 
Each one of them seemed larger than life. It almost made William 
seem subdued.

"You are all acting like we're a married couple," said Lucy feeling 
overwhelmed by the welcomes she had been given.

"William says that he has seen you in his vision and that you are 
his true love. He's never wrong when he makes a prediction like 
that," answered Claire. She reached out and ran a hand over Lucy's 
face in a gesture of affection. 

Not knowing how to respond, Lucy said, "This is my mother, 
Ann."

"Pleased to meet you, Ann. Welcome to the family," said Claire 
giving the other woman a gentle hug.

William came over to them and said, "Sorry about that. We tend to 
be a wild bunch and you just met some of the more overwhelming 
members of the family."

Laughing at the understatement, Claire said, "I know that meeting 
Betsy is always a trial. I tried to keep her back, but she's too fast. 
Ling can affect the temperature in a room depending on her mood. 
I'm sure that meeting a black robed Druid is intimidating no matter 
who you are. The fact that you got hit with the e-clones must have 
been a double whammy."

"The e-clones?" asked Ann wondering if the young man was the 
result of some mad science experiment.

"They are so much alike that we joke that Eddie is Ed's clone," 
Claire said. Shaking her head, she added, "It really started getting 
strange when they started completing each other's sentences."

"Oh," Lucy said.

"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go take a swim," Claire said with 
a smile. "I'm sure that you and William have a few things to talk 
about now."

Lucy watched as Claire glided away and then stripped beside the 
door. She watched Claire step outside. Turning to look at William, 
Lucy said, "Everyone in your family is very attractive."

"It comes from accepting who you are," William said. Seeing the 
look of surprise on Ann's face, he explained, "When you accept 
who you are, you gain confidence in yourself. Confidence is 
extremely attractive and overwhelms any physical flaws that a 
person may possess."

"No, they are all physically attractive," Ann said.

"You saw my father and all of his scars. On someone less 
confidant they would have been the only things you noticed. On 
him, they just become a small part of the total package," William 
said. "I'm sure that you didn't even notice that Betsy has to be the 
most muscular young woman in the world."

Ann hadn't thought about it, but she could see that William was 
right. He had been correct about not noticing Betsy's build, but she 
had been moving so fast that it was hard to get a good look at her. 

Looking out the back window, Lucy asked, "Are they expecting 
me to strip and go swimming with them?"

"No. If you want to go swimming, you can wear swimming suits. 
I'm sure that my mother, Linda, has one with her that you can use 
if you don't have one, Mrs. Wilkins. Of course, she'll be arriving 
later tonight since she's coming from Los Angeles. My sister, Beth, 
may have a bikini that will fit you, Lucy," answered William. 
Looking over at the door, he said, "I'm expecting her and John any 
minute now."

As if on cue, there was a knock on the door. Ken went over and 
answered it. Beth, followed by John, entered the house with a 
greeting to Ken. Looking around the room, Beth spotted Lucy and 
headed directly to the young girl. 

Lucy stared at the red robed Druid headed towards her with wide 
eyes. William had mentioned that she was a Druid, but it hadn't 
registered. The reality of it was overwhelming. Beth embraced 
Lucy as she said, "Welcome to the family, Lucy."

"Thank you."

Holding the younger woman's shoulders, Beth said, "My brother is 
so lucky to have found you after searching for all these years."

Turning to look at William, Beth said, "I hope you've told her how 
lucky you are to have found her."

Smiling at his sister, he said, "I told her that our meeting was the 
beginning of a lifetime of misery for me."

She released Lucy and hugged her little brother with affection. 
Laughing, she said, "I'm sure that's exactly what you told her."

Turning to Ann, Beth introduced herself and welcomed the woman 
to the family. She apologized for ignoring her explaining that she 
had just been so excited by the chance to meet Lucy. Numb, Ann 
was more than happy to take a second seat to her daughter 
although she did wonder how Lucy was dealing with all of the 
attention.

John disengaged from introducing himself to Ken and Lisa. Joining 
his wife, he said, "William, it's good to see you again."

"I see that you have begun your service to the God," said William 
with a smile. John had never believed William when he had said 
that he would become a Druid.

"I was called. Who knew that the God would want an automotive 
engineer as a servant?" he replied. After a moment of pause, he 
added, "Besides you, of course."

"Someone has to improve the safety of our automobiles," said 
William with a wink. Turning to Lucy, he said, "Let me introduce 
you to John, Beth's wonderful husband. They've been dating since 
they were two. Of course, they waited until they were eighteen to 
make it official."

"Two?" asked Ann.

"It was actually earlier than that," said Beth. Looking out the back 
window, she said, "I take it everyone is at the pond?"

"Yes. Before you go, would you mind getting your bathing suit for 
Lucy?" asked William.

"Bathing suit?" she asked puzzled by the request. Frowning, she 
said, "I'm not sure that I brought it. Oh wait, I know I did. I packed 
it thinking that I'd be going onto Miami and that I'd have to wear 
one at the hotel."

John said, "I'll wait for you."

Beth went out the front door to get her luggage. While she was 
gone, William said, "I'd be surprised if she hasn't thought about 
opening a chain of clothing optional hotels."

"She's discussed that many times," replied John with a grin. 

Beth returned and handed Lucy the skimpiest bikini she had ever 
seen. Shrugging her shoulders at the look of shock, Beth said, "I'll 
see you down at the pool."

Staring at the two strings that were resting in the palm of her hand, 
Lucy numbly said, "Sure."

The introductions to the rest of the family were much the same. 
They'd arrive, welcome Lucy to the family, and greet Ann before 
striping and heading off to the pond. After everyone except Linda 
had arrived, Ann told William that they'd meet him down at the 
pool in a few minutes. Once he was gone, she turned to Lucy and 
said, "Wow!"

Lucy burst out laughing and replied, "Wow is right."