I've really enjoyed writing Jim's story. It began as a small nugget of an idea and as time went on it grew into an entire world of story telling possibilities. For the moment, I'll be taking a break from Jim and company but there are an almost unlimited number of possibilities in this world and I know I will return to it again.
So for now, I hope you enjoy this final part of Jim's account of the First Year after the First Day. Thank you so much for reading.
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In Part 12...
As the pattern of their new lives settled into a routine, work on upgrading and securing the house was interrupted by the return of Louise, Lola and Fiona from Ohio, their friend Alex lost to a red-eye attack on their journey. With nothing left of their home town, they had no place else to go.
And without much need for discussion, the decision was made that the house would become their new home too. And Simone and Chloe didn't waste any time encouraging Lola to make use of all the amenities the house offered, Jim's tongue included.
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It's the End of the World as Jim Knows it.
Part 13 - "...but I guess that's another story, right?"
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*Hey... ah... Hey Jim... how are you?
Hey D. It's good to see you.
*Is it?
Ha! What's that supposed to mean?
*Well, I was pretty fucking horrible to you the other day and then... then you weren't here when I came back the day after and I couldn't get in touch with you or find you... I thought you'd left already. I'm so sorry Dad.
It's OK sweetheart. You don't have to apologize. I know how you feel about it, I know why you feel that way. I guess what you said did... you know... it did hurt but... well... Listen Dani... I've... I've decided not to go with the scouts. I'm not going.
*......... Fuck.
That's all you have to say?
*Fuck Dad... I... Fuck.
You know for someone who listens to people for a living, I really thought you'd be more articulate than this.
*Ha! Fuck you Dad. You know what I mean...
I do sweetheart. And I want you to know that, yes, one hundred per cent, I made this decision because of what you said.
*Dad?! Seriously?! You think that makes me feel better?
No, but that's OK, because I'm just kidding. Come on D, you don't have to feel guilty about this! You were right. Sure, it's exciting to think about getting back out there and exploring and all that shit but... fuck, I mean, you were right Dani. There's plenty I can do here to help the Community and, well, the more I thought about what you said, about how you've been feeling about it... well... I know families are very different things now than when I was your age D but... I guess I realized that every day I'd be out there I'd be thinking about you and worrying about you. Wishing I could meet my latest grandchild. Know their name. Talk to them. Teach them. And I guess it comes down to what is more important to me, you know? And when you think about it like that, there's really no contest. None.
*...You're such an asshole, you know that? I love you so much.
I love you too sweetheart......... Now I can't believe I'm the one saying this, but do you think maybe we should do some work?
*......... Yeah... yeah... right. Work. Where were we anyway?
Is that a joke?
*Ha! No, sorry, I forgot. And you distracted me! OK, the night you ate out Lola and Fiona. So what happened next?
Well the immediate aftermath was pretty fucking uncomfortable, I thought anyway. I got up pretty early and took Jerry for a walk and when I came back, everybody was sitting around the table, having breakfast, essentially having a seminar on my pussy eating methodology.
Chloe called me over and told me to join in, they'd love to have my perspective. Everyone thought that was pretty funny, although I was pretty sure Louise was just as uncomfortable with the whole thing as me. Anyway, I smiled as best I could and left them to it.
And then... well... I guess a new pattern developed. Like I said before, it was great having Lola, Fiona and Louise with us. And not just because... well, you know. Apart from that, and apart from the fact that they're really great people, like I said, the skills they added to the Community, such as it was with only seven of us at that time, made a real difference to our lives.
So within just a couple of weeks we'd completely finished the fence. There's not much left of it now, what with all the expansions of the house we did later, but at the time it gave us a real sense of security, of safety. It didn't do much for the view but it was so close to the house at least we didn't have to go far for that.
Fiona the engineer had improved and reinforced our plans for the fence so that I really thought it would take a fucking tank to get through it and Lola the architect had come up with a plan to adapt the house. At first it was just a really simple idea. The bedrooms upstairs in the house were fucking huge and it didn't take an architect to see that it would be a fairly simple matter to split them in half with new walls. So we ended up going from four bedrooms to seven. It wasn't my idea but Lola suggested and the others agreed enthusiastically that my bedroom stay as it was. I think everyone appreciated that they could have their own space, you know? When I look back at that time in the history of the Community now, it was a really happy one, the seven of us living together I mean, but sometimes you just want to go be alone, you know.
And even then, she'd started work on the master plan for future expansion. A part of me thought at the time that it was crazy, and way over the top, but actually, it turned out not to be big enough! We made the additions in stages obviously, over the years as the need dictated, but I always remembered how Lola had the vision to see what this place would become even then. At the beginning.
So yeah, adapting the house and making and keeping it secure was a part of that new pattern of our lives but there was much more to it than that. A few weeks after the girls came back, we started on the garden. We'd got some books from the library and stuff but really we didn't have a fucking clue what we were going, and the first year or two weren't really that successful Harvest-wise, but I thought then as I do now, it was the idea that really mattered. We always had faith that we would figure it out eventually. And we did. And even then we understood just how critical a secure and reliable source of food was. The Harvest festival is probably the biggest event of the year across the whole Network these days. Obviously it was a smaller affair those first couple of years, but we still celebrated.
And then, well, obviously the... sexual pattern of life here evolved too I guess... with Lola and Fiona added to the mix. After that first night, for a solid week, Lola was totally insatiable. I had to eat her out at least once a day and then, after about a week like I said, I was lying in bed one night waiting for Simone when Lola walked in.
"Hey Jim," she said, and that twinkle I'd already come to know well was in her eye. "I, ah, I asked Simone if she wouldn't mind... if I... if I stayed here tonight. I hope that's OK."
She was wearing a short, loose-fitting silky bathrobe and she moved slowly towards the bed as she spoke. If I'm totally honest, given how crazy she'd been to have my mouth on her pussy all week, I wasn't all that surprised. Even still, I wasn't totally sure what to say so I took a few seconds to respond and then before I could, she just kept talking.