Anxiety
By Dawn Ramble
This is a story about how a young woman's resolves her concern over her Body Image. I hope you enjoy it. All characters are over eighteen.
I'm Lucy Walker and ever since puberty I've had doubts about my body. I was one of the first girls at my school to get my monthly visitor, but I was tall, skinny and flat as a...well my nickname was 'beanpole'. While the girls around me developed breasts, some of them of amazing proportions, I hardly changed. At sixteen I was showering in the girls' locker room after soccer practice and Sandra pointed at my breasts and asked what's an anagram of 'melons' and almost all the others replied 'lemons' and found it hilarious. I pretended to laugh too, but it was so hurtful.
Now that I'm eighteen my breasts have filled out a little, still definitely A cup, but I'm very self-conscious because being so small they accentuate my very prominent large nipples. All my bras are padded as are my swimsuits. Some people have suggested I should get implants, but I hate that idea. Honestly I'm very conflicted, I'm good at track and field and soccer and I like that my body reflects that. I have good musculature without looking like a body builder. I'm tallish, lean, sinewy and strong.
I actually like how I look. When I'm alone I spend lots of time in the nude and feel really comfortable, but as soon as there is even a chance someone else might be around that assurance vanishes. I can't imagine even wearing a skimpy bikini. I always felt it would just look stupid, and people would laugh. The thing is I fantasize a lot about being naked in public. It has the almost irresistible lure of being forbidden.
However, the net result of my body anxiety is that I am particularly shy around boys and have passed the few dates I have been asked out on. That does not mean I don't fantasize about their cocks, because I do. I've never really seen one, at least not up close. In the fall I'll be starting university, and I really must do something about my anxiety before then. I don't want people to think I'm weird and anti-social, but what can I do.
Guess what, my Aunt Jody invited me to stay with them for a month at their place on Lake Tahoe as soon as school is out. I hadn't been there since I was twelve and hadn't seen her and my cousins since I was 15. I flew into Reno-Tahoe airport last night and Aunt Jody picked me up. Comin down to breakfast I found my Aunt and my cousins Mark and Robin discussing their plans for the day. They are almost a year older than me, fraternal twins who don't look even slightly alike. Mark is about my height broad shouldered and very tanned. If I remember correctly he looks a bit like Uncle Peter. Robin is about 5'7" not big breasted but bigger than me. She is lightly tanned and might be a little like her mother. Aunt Jody is heading off to the lawyers' office where she works. Mark and Robin suggest we go for a boat ride as it's a beautiful warm day. Seems we can take along a picnic to really enjoy ourselves. We also pack plenty of sunscreen and Off along with the cooler of food and drink.
We set off at about a quarter to ten and after we have cruised around for a couple of hours Mark guides the boat into Secret Cove and drops anchor about forty feet from the shore.
"You swim right?" he asks.
"Yes, but I don't have a swimsuit."
"Don't worry this beach is clothing optional."
I look around and see some naked people as well as others in regular swimwear. He sees the look on my face.
"Is it a problem? There isn't a dock, but I've got a dry bag with towels and stuff. We just leave our clothes in the boat. It's just Robin and I always come here. It's more accepting."
"Accepting of what?" I think, but don't say it.
Robin is already shedding her clothes and that's when I see she has a penis. I never knew; no one ever talked about it. I guess she's what they call intersex.
"Okay, that's fine," I hear myself say. I'm a little stunned, but like them I start shedding my clothes. If Robin's comfortable here I don't see why I should worry. For a person who's always had body anxiety this is going in at the deep end. I'm a confident swimmer and reach the shore just behind Robin. I watch as she strides up the beach. It's not crowded as it's Monday around noon. It seems most of the people here know Robin as a few call out a welcome; that includes some of the clothed as well as the nudists. However, it is these latter she heads towards now.
I stop and turn and see Mark lifting the cooler and a large dry bag from the water. Immediately, I go back to him, taking hold of one handle of the cooler, although it's actually quite light. Given he wants it to float easily it would be silly to load it down. When we reach Robin, we put down the cooler and Mark introduces me and guess what? People say "Hi!" and nobody gives me more than a smile of welcome. No one seems to think my body is in any way special. I'm not sure I like that. In my fantasies I'm at least an object of interest.
The first thing from the dry bag is a beach sheet we can all sit on, followed by towels although in the sunshine I feel I'm practically dry. Then Mark starts unpacking the cooler. I can't help looking around. I haven't been this close to nude people before, in fact, apart from a few girls in the change room at school I haven't ever been with anyone naked, close or otherwise: certainly, no boys or men. I try not to stare but penises are magnets to my eyes. All limp, of course, ranging from I would guess three to maybe four and a half inches, except one older guy whose must be five at least. They vary a bit more in thickness, and I wish I could see what arousal would do, but clearly that's not going to happen.
Once Mark has the cooler unpacked we eat our sandwiches and chug some beer from cans. I take a long drink of water rather than a second beer. After I finish I stand and put on more sunscreen and Robin stands to help me. I can't help looking from her penis to Mark's. They are almost the same size, a good three and a half inches or a bit more. If anything, hers looks slightly bigger. I feel her hands on my naked back and a little tingle goes through my groin. This is way outside my comfort zone but I'm liking it. She turns around handing me the lotion and I do the same for her still feeling the tingle and knowing my naughty nipples feel it too.
Mark stands and I offer the lotion back to Robin, but she just smirks at me and puts her hands behind her back. I do Mark's back, and he turns towards me. Is he a little aroused? I'm not sure. I offer him the lotion and he takes it from me.
"Want to go for a walk?" Robin asks me. I just nod and we set off along the beach. One or two people look...at her, not me.
"I guess, you didn't know about me," she says.