This is the second installment in a series. This story picks up where the first installment left off. This story will make more sense if you have already read the first chapter of Till Death Do Us Bare.
This story is a work of fiction. Some real places and institutions are mentioned or implied, but they are used fictitiously here. As far as the author knows, no real person affiliated with any of those places or institutions has done anything akin to what is described in this story. Any similarities between any character in this story and any real person are coincidental and unintended. I encourage comments on this story, both favorable and unfavorable. Thank you for reading.
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Anne and I spent the next two years in grad school. Time and money were limited, so our nuding was limited to our apartment. We did get a few opportunities to visit Monica and Ed in the Tampa area, where they lived. Each time we visited they took us to a nice resort close to their home. While the resort was officially "clothing optional," everyone went nude except for the occasional revealing outfits worn in the nightclub.
Anne and I liked the resort a great deal. The plurality of patrons lived in Florida, but we also met people from the Northeast, Midwest, upper South, and eastern Canada. Monica and Ed knew a lot of people and were always eager for us to meet their friends. That had positive consequences for us.
We visited Monica and Ed for a long weekend in the fall of our second year. Anne would receive her MBA, with high honors, the following spring. She had interviewed with a few of the big New York investment banks, but neither of us were excited about living in New York. Finding the right job for Anne was the priority. I'd be getting my Master's in environmental engineering, and my bachelor's was in geotechnical engineering. I figured I could find work wherever Anne decided to go.
During that visit, we met a couple who were about eight years older than us. Paula and Grant Toews were from a medium-sized city in the lower Midwest. Grant was a lawyer. Paula worked for a global consumer products company which, for historical reasons, had its world headquarters in their city.
Paula and Grant were easy to talk to. Before long, Anne was explaining the challenge she was having finding a job she really wanted. "I know our company has some openings in finance," Paula said. "It's a great place to work and we love the city. It's big enough that it has a lot of things but not so big that it's a pain in the ass. Wait here!"
Paula went to their room and came back with a sheet of paper which she handed to Anne. "E-mail your resume to that person at that e-mail address as soon as you can," Paula instructed. "I put my cell number and e-mail at the bottom. Let me know as soon as you send your resume. I'm in marketing, but I know people in finance. I think I can get the right people to look at your resume."
Anne sent her resume and called Paula as soon as we got home. Anne got a call inviting her to come for an interview. The city where the company was based was about 350 miles southeast of us. Thankfully, the company paid for Anne's airfare and hotel.
Anne was gone for two nights. She spent one full day interviewing, and part of a second day being shown the city by Paula. Anne returned enthusiastic about both the company and the city. "I finally asked Paula why she was so eager to help me," Anne told me. "Paula said she wanted another nudist in the company."
Anne got another call from the company asking for her business school transcripts. Once the company saw those, Anne got an offer. We talked about it, but I'd known from the moment Anne returned from her interviews that she'd take the job if it was offered. She did take it. I had less trouble than I expected finding a job with a medium-size engineering firm in the same city.
We had only been in our new city a couple of weeks when Anne came home from work on a Wednesday evening and asked, "Are you doing anything Friday night?"
"No, why?" I replied.
"Paula called me today," Anne explained. "She wants us to go somewhere with her and Grant Friday night. She won't say what it is, except that she thinks we'll enjoy it. We're supposed to meet Paula and Grant at their place on the east side at 7:15 so we can be wherever it is they are taking us by 8:00 p.m."
"A little mystery could be interesting," I said. "Paula and Grant are good folks to spend time with."
"You just like looking at Paula's tits," Anne teased. "I'll call Paula and tell her we'll join them."
Grant drove that Friday night. Just before 8:00, he pulled into the parking lot of a large fitness club. The building was mainly glass and the interior lights were off. It looked closed. Grant drove along the side of the building and down a ramp in back. The outside of the lower level was all concrete. We got out of the car and followed Grant to a solid metal door.
When Grant knocked on the door, it was opened by a young woman in a yellow polo shirt and dark blue shorts. She held a clipboard. Grant gave her all four of our names and she checked us off a list. We were standing in a small foyer. The young woman pointed to a wooden interior door and said matter-of-factly, "you can disrobe in there."
I looked at Anne. She arched an eyebrow, but we followed Grant and Paula through the door. We entered a locker room. "Get your clothes off," Paula said, "then we'll take you to meet Carl and Kay. They sort of run this group."
Anne and I had no problem with getting naked, and soon were. Paula and Grant undressed too. "Grab towels," Paula said, pointing to a stack of clean towels in a corner. We followed Paula and Grant through another door which led to a large swimming pool. We saw a nude couple standing by the end of the pool. "That's Carl and Kay," Paula said. "We need to introduce you."
I guessed Carl and Kay were in their mid-forties. I later learned my guess was correct. They were both big people. Not fat, just big. We walked up to them, and Paula said, "Kay, Carl, I'd like you to meet the couple I told you about: Anne and Will Canter."
Kay, who had a very friendly-looking face, said, "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Carl said, "Paula tells me you two may be interested in joining our group."
"What is your group?" I asked.
"I kind of wanted to surprise them," Paula said apologetically.
Carl smiled. "We call ourselves 'Friday Night Nudes.' There are, in total, fifteen couples. We only allow couples. Every Friday night of the year, once the health club closes at 8:00 p.m., they let us use their pool, sauna, steam room, and jacuzzi nude until 1:00 a.m."
"We are not a clothing optional group," Kay added, "full nudity is required at all times."