Being a widow at 26 sucks. My husband, Josh, just had three more months until he would be out of the army and coming home. We were going to wait until then to start our family.
With the help of some inheritance, we'd just purchased a beautiful property in southern Alabama. It had almost a hundred acres out in the tall pines, a large pond, a beautiful new house, and best of all, no neighbors.
The funeral was in Dallas, his hometown. I stayed with his parents while there. When it was time, his younger sister accompanied me back to Alabama. I could tell she didn't want to, but her parents insisted that she stay with me and help me deal with things. It was summer and she was out of school. She was attending The University of Texas in Austin, and was in her second year.
I didn't really know Glenda all that well, but from the topics she chose to talk about on the long drive, I got the impression she was quite a firecracker. Sex was almost all she talked about, and she'd been fairly explicit when describing some of the parties she'd been to.
I wasn't accustomed to talking about sex. Josh and I had been together since Jr. High, and I hadn't even dated anyone else. Needless to say, I had no such college experiences to share. "You mean Josh is the only man you've ever fucked?" She asked me at one point. And when I nodded, she gasped and threw her hand to her chest. "Oh my gawd! I can't imagine."
It was two a.m. when we arrived, so we decided to have one drink and then go to bed. She was only twenty, but I'd seen her drink in front of her parents several times, so I didn't think twice about her having one.
I slept in the following morning until about nine. Normally I would have been up for a couple of hours by then. Ourβmy, the thought of the master bedroom being just mine now instead of "ours" saddened me. It was on the ground floor, and the two guest rooms were upstairs, along with a very large room which we one day wanted to turn into a game room with a pool table and the like. Josh loved playing pool.
After taking a quick shower and brushing my teeth, I came out of my bedroom and was stopped dead in my tracks. The living room, dining room and kitchen were all in one large room, with only the L-shaped counter separating the kitchen area. Glenda was in the kitchen fixing herself a bowl of cereal. She was totally naked.
I guess I shouldn't have been so shocked. Josh and I had gone naked around the house on several occasions. The great room had large windows along the front and rear walls and we kept the blinds up to enjoy the view of the woods in front and the pond in back at the bottom of the hill. We didn't have any neighbors, and we kept the front gate locked. You couldn't see the house or pond from the road because of how the quarter mile driveway curved through the thick woods. I would even lie out in the sun nude sometimes on the hot tub deck off the back porch.
I guess I was shocked simply because I never would have dreamed of walking around naked in someone else's home. Glenda looked up and saw me, she held up her bowl and said, "I hope you don't mind."
"No, not at all." I said as she sat at the dining room table. I felt my face grow warm with a blush as I made my way to the kitchen to start a pot of coffee. I knew I had been staring at her too long.
I was jealous of her body. She was very athletic, her body toned and shapely. Her short auburn hair was straight and contrasted beautifully with her tanned skin and bright blue eyes. Her breasts were magnificent. I marveled at how they defied gravity being so large and heavy looking. I guessed them to be at least a D cup if not larger. She didn't have tan lines.
"So, what's on our agenda for today?" She asked in a cheery tone as I took my place at the table with my coffee.
"I . . . I haven't really thought about it. I don't have anything pressing."
She was heading to the sink with her bowl. I couldn't help but notice how her full hips jiggled with each step. After washing her bowl and placing it in the strainer, she turned around. I hadn't noticed before, but her pubic area was completely devoid of hair. She must have seen me looking. She stopped and held her hands out from her sides, "You like?"
Gawd! I thought I was going to die right there and then. "I . . . I'm sorry. I didn't-"
"You can look all you want. I don't mind. If I did, I wouldn't run around naked. If the roles were reversed, I can guarantee you I'd be staring at you. It's only natural to stare a little when you're seeing someone naked for the first time, male or female, it doesn't matter."
And then she let out a silly giggle, "Gawd! Beth, you're face is as red as an apple."
"I'm . . ." I couldn't think of anything to say.
"You have nothing to be ashamed of. I hope you don't mind, but I plan on staying naked out here as much as I can. That's something I don't get to do at home, and I hate wearing clothes."
I forced myself to turn my attention to my coffee cup, and she said, "I was hoping to use the hot tub for a few minutes and then catch some sun. Is the tub useable, or does it need to be filled?"
The hot tub was on a deck which extended out from the full wrap-around porch. Since the house was built on a hill, the front porch was only six inches off the ground, while the back porch was over twelve feet in the air. The hot tub was located such that we could walk out of the master bedroom's back door and go right into the tub. While sitting in the hot tub, we had a beautiful view of the pond and the grassy area on the other side of it.
"It should be ready to go, but I should check the chemical levels." I told her.
"I'd do that for you if I knew how. If you'll show me this time, I'll take care of that while I'm here."
I poured myself another cup of coffee and we went out to the hot tub. I showed her how to use the test strips and which chemicals to use for what. After adding some, I turned on all of the jets and told her, "You should let it circulate for ten or fifteen minutes before getting in."
"Okay, I'll go grab my shoes and walk down to the pond for a few minutes. Will you join me?"
"Sure, why not."
When she came back out of the house, she stopped and looked at me, "Why aren't you naked yet?"
I didn't know that's what she'd meant when she asked me to join her. And then I thought, hell, why not. I'd been outside naked before to lie in the sun. I'd just never gone off the porch that way. It was over a hundred yards to the near side of the pond where the dock is. I shrugged, "Okay, I'll do it." And I began undressing.
I pulled my T-shirt over my head and reached behind me to unclasp my bra, exposing my B cup breasts to Glenda. She was just standing there watching me with a huge grin on her face that caused me to ask "What?"
"I'm just happy you're actually going to do it. I didn't think you would. That's all."
I kicked out of my shorts and panties, revealing my full black bush of pubic hair. "Okay" she said, "Let's go flash the fish." And she let out another of her charming giggles.
When we reached the far end of the pier, Glenda stretched her arms out wide and turned in slow circles. "Gawd! This is incredible. I never thought I'd get the chance to do this outside. Don't you just love it?"
Actually, I did love it. It felt very liberating and a bit naughty too. "Yes, yes I do. It's wonderful. I don't know why I haven't done it before."
"Then c'mon, let's walk around the pond and back."