Over the next few days, Natalie wanted to cool things down at the house, in more ways than one.
The air conditioning was finally fixed, making things a bit more comfortable, and she also put a stop to Dick's nudity, at least when the kids were around.
When Natalie wasn't around, Rachel and Adam continually joked about what they had witnessed Dick doing, that special talent that Natalie had him show a crowd of women for what seemed like an afternoon tea party.
"If you could do it, would you suck your own dick?" Rachel would ask Adam.
"Who says I can't?" he would tease back.
"Yeah, okay," she said sarcastically. The conversation would then start up again.
"But seriously, would you, if you could?" she would ask her stepbrother.
"I guess," he said. "I've actually had dreams where I could do it..."
"You've had dreams about it?" she asked with a laugh.
The two, taking a break from their yard work, now just sat in the grass, having a candid chat.
"Isn't it kind of gay?" Rachel asked.
"Not if it's your own," Adam fired back. "Jerking off isn't gay."
The logic made sense to Rachel.
"I won't even be able to look him in the eye any more without cracking up," Rachel said. "I'll just keep thinking, 'wow, you can suck your own dick.'"
Adam was kind of curious if Rachel had enjoyed any more episodes with the eccentric friend of the family.
"Have you...hung out with Dick since that day we all went swimming?" he asked casually.
"No," she said. "I'm still trying to find out what happened after Natalie sent us upstairs."
And yes, Rachel was trying to find out every detail, much to her mom's dislike.
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"Pleeeease, tell me," Rachel begged her mom.
"Rachel, you are getting on my last nerve," the mom told her. "I told you a million times, the officer had Dick pay his ticket, he apologized to Ms. Cohen, got dressed, and left. It was no big deal."
Rachel pouted like a little kid. She knew the three women must have had some fun with Dick, but the mom wouldn't say one peep about it.
"Why are there cashews all over the floor?" Rachel asked as the three entered the family room. Natalie knew exactly why.
"Don't ask how they got there, just clean them up," she scolded her daughter. The three were just about to leave for the afternoon, to go shopping, and suddenly they heard splashing in the backyard.
"Wow, Dick's here," Rachel said as she looked out the sliding glass doors.
"Yeah, I told him he can use the pool for the afternoon," Natalie explained.
Rachel had a naughty smile on her face, like she was pondering something.
"Oh, he has a bathing suit on," she whined.
"Uh, that's usually what you wear when you go swimming," Natalie replied.
"Yeah, but last time he was naked," Rachel said, continuing to whine a bit.
"Last time was a one-time deal, young lady. I don't want the entire Boone County police force banging down my door because we have a naked man in our backyard," Natalie said in an annoyed tone. "That created way too big a stir for my taste."
Rachel kicked at the floor.
"But Molly got a kick out of him - even Ms. Cohen did," she said.
"Rachel, just let it go," Natalie said.
The girl reluctantly became silent, and sat down on the sofa as Natalie went through her purse. She then looked over at Adam, and saw he was wearing ratty clothes.
"Adam, sweetie, go get dressed, wear a nice shirt," she told him. Adam didn't bother arguing, and quickly went up to his room.
He figured he would put on a clean pair of everything, and simply got completely naked and went about getting his underwear, socks and undershirt. He heard footsteps coming up the stairs, and figured it was Natalie going into her room. He thought nothing of it.
But suddenly, and without warning, the door to his room flew open, and there was Natalie, looking right at Adam, who happened to be facing the door directly. In shock, Adam just froze, leaving his privates fully exposed. Almost by instinct, Natalie's eyes darted down to his penis, and she let out a big, jovial laugh.
"Oh my," she said with a loud chuckle. "I didn't expect this."
Adam cupped his genitals with his hands, really embarrassed and caught off guard.
"Natalie, what are you doing?" he asked frantically.
"Sweetie, I just thought you were changing your shirt," she said. "I didn't know you would be...completely naked."
He stood there, helpless. She was in no rush to leave.
"Now this is a shirt you can wear," she said, dropping a clean, ironed shirt on the bed. "Hurry up and get changed. We have a lot to do."
She looked down once more at him cupping his genitals, laughed one more time, and left the room.
Adam was still breathing heavily. He shut the door, and just stood there in shock.
'Natalie just saw me naked. Natalie just saw me naked,' was the thought racing through his mind. Once he got past the embarrassment, he kind of liked it. And his penis did show up nicely, for the brief instant she saw it. It had some hang to it, and his balls were also hanging pretty low.
'Could he tell his 'pervert' friends about this little episode?' he thought. No. He would keep it to himself for now.
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On the way to the mall, there was very little conversation in the car.
"Why is everyone so quiet?" Rachel asked about halfway through the trip. Natalie smiled, and was at first hesitant to say something, but being so amused by the whole thing, she had to speak.
"I saw Adam naked," she said.
"What!" Rachel screamed.
"Natalie!" Adam said, not yet ready for Rachel to know about it.
"It's no big deal," Natalie said, downplaying it at first. "I went in his room, thinking he was only changing his shirt, and..."
"And what?" Rachel asked.
"And...he was naked," Natalie replied. Rachel was loving it.
"He was...naked naked?" the daughter asked.
"Oh yes, naked naked," the mom clarified. "I saw everything."
Rachel now rolled back and forth in the back seat, laughing heartily about this little tidbit of news.
"Yes indeedy," Natalie said very proudly. "I saw Adam's ding-dong."
Adam squirmed down lower in the front passenger seat, feeling so embarrassed in front of the two women.
"Was it big?" Rachel couldn't help but ask.
Natalie gasped at her question.
"Rachel, the size of your stepbrother's penis is not your concern," the mom said sternly. There was a momentary silence.
"But yes, it looks like Adam has a very nice penis," Natalie added. Rachel playfully shoved Adam's shoulder. He couldn't even speak.
"Is he as big as Dick?" Rachel asked, not really asking that question in a serious fashion, more in a comical way. Natalie rolled her eyes.
"Sweetie, there are horses and elephants not as large as Dick," she said jokingly. Even Adam laughed along with them now.
As their journey to the mall was coming to an end, Rachel was now in full-tease mode.
"Natalie saw Adam naked, Natalie saw Adam naked," she said in a sing-song way. She loved poking fun at her shy stepbrother.
His face was beet red, but he wasn't retaliating.
"He's being such a good sport about it," Natalie said. She pinched his cheek and gave him a smile.
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One fine morning, a few days later, Adam was awakened by some rustling about in the upstairs of the house. He figured it was Natalie getting ready for work.
The young man got out of bed, completely naked, as he now slept in the nude. He liked the feel of it. His room felt cold, as the family now used the air conditioner to an extreme, seemingly trying to make up for the weeks in which it felt like a sauna inside the house.
Suddenly, there was a soft knock at the door, and Natalie spoke from the other side of it.