The day of the promised spiritual, sensual-sexual immersion experiment arrived. Darrell had spent part of the afternoon pulling together the things he needed: plastic, rolled blankets, candles, squeeze bottles of extra virgin olive oil, a towel, a pipe, and some good pot. Then he got to work on dinner. Nothing too fancy; he was going to grill some chicken and vegetables. The most significant expense was the bottle of wine he had picked out; he liked that choice better than beer for the occasion. When he asked, Ryan said it would be a good reason for Meredith and him to go out for the evening.
It was late afternoon, and he was fidgeting in one of the lounge chairs. God, he hoped she didn't back out of this date. He had been looking forward to this for way too long and hoped he wouldn't be disappointed. He was relieved when the screen door on the alley entrance to the cottage banged shut. It did that, and the unretarded closure meant that she was on her way through the cottage. Scrambling out of the lounge chair, he met her in the middle of the yard--nude. The decision to be nude hadn't come easy, but he saw no reason to put it off, given what they had planned for the evening. She seemed not to mind as she came straight to him, and they shared a long kiss.
He said, "I'm glad you came," when their lips parted.
"You didn't think I would chicken out, did you?"
"Maybe, a little. It's just that you are too good to be true."
"Back at you; there is no way I was skipping out on this." She stepped back, and he gawked as she shed her sky-blue top, no bra, and then dropped her short white skirt, no panties.
"Where should I put these?" she asked innocently.
"Why don't you toss them on the chair on the cottage porch? It seems you weren't planning on being clothed for long, or is that typical summer attire for you?"
"Yes, but also yes. I like being close to naked in public sometimes when I'm especially horny."
"Did you shave?"
"The only hair on my body is above my neck. You told me that it was important for what you have planned. It's so cool that you also did; I've never seen a guy shave that part of his body."
"What do you think?"
"You sure we need to eat dinner? I want to show you what I think."
"Hmm. We might need the energy; we should eat."
"Ah, okay. You put it that way. Let me put these down," she said, holding her clothes in front of her like they were something distasteful.
As she walked away from him, he saw her backside saunter away, and it was as sexy as the front. He was going to love massaging her butt.
When she returned, she asked, "Is it really okay to be naked in their yard? It seems too good to be true. Are your landlords really that liberal-minded?"
"I've been working on them, and yes, it's absolutely okay."
They moved to the patio, sat together on the large loveseat lounge, and started on the wine. It had been a cloudy and somewhat rainy week, with snow in the mountains. It was now perfectly clear and warm in the afternoon sun, and they discussed how the warm weather was a relief and that they needed to get out for another hike soon. As to prove his point about his landlords, Ryan and Meredith came out onto the patio, surprising Katherine.
"Just want to say hi and let you know we were leaving," said Meredith.
"Thanks, Meredith. Meredith and Ryan, this is Katherine."
"Nice to meet you, Katherine," said Meredith. "You two enjoy your evening." With that, they went back inside.
"That was interesting," he said; "They've never bothered to inform me of their movements like that before, but I guess they wanted to check you out. Or at least Meredith did. Ryan seemed like he was dragged out. Notice how he was so quiet. I think he was embarrassed to be bothering us. Or maybe he was just mesmerized by you. You have that effect."
"Maybe they were just being polite and letting us know we had the place to ourselves."
"Yeah, right. Maybe I'm reading too much into it. But that caught you by surprise. I hope you weren't too embarrassed."
"Oh no, it's fine. I was caught a little off guard. You told me it was okay, so it didn't bother me once being startled wore off. They seem very cool; you are so lucky to have this arrangement."
"You're telling me. It's getting better all the time too. They're getting more comfortable being naked in their yard with me here. We're getting our own little nudist colony going."
"You taking memberships? I'll join."