Gerre was moving out of his bed and swiftly down the hall before he was really awake. The thump registered in his subconscious mind before the waking mind was functioning. He went to go into the bedroom but the door would not open all the way. He heard the noise of crying, almost sobbing, behind the door.
"Darlene, what's wrong? asked her uncle softly, "I can hear you, but I can't open the door."
"I'm... I'm... stuck behind the door," sobbed Darlene, "I can't get out of the way."
"Can you roll over on your side, honey, away from the door?" asked Gerre; between her sobs he was checking the door hinges if he needed to pop them loose.
Gerre heard sounds like someone sliding on a wooden floor. He tried the door again and it opened enough for him to get into the room. He immediately saw Darlene lying, huddled, on the polished wooden floor, near the door. The bed sheets were mostly in a heap on the floor near the bed, along with the blanket and pillows.
As Gerre squatted down to put his arms around Darlene's body, she slowly rolled over onto her back and raised her arms to make it easier for him to pick her up. Darlene was crying; the sobs were jerking her petite body like puppet strings. Gerre got his arms around Darlene, pulled her up into a sitting position, and then moved behind her to pick up her. His hands passed over her small breasts and settled into a crossed grip under her armpits as he lifted her upward. Gerre held Darlene against his body as he picked her up off her feet, cradled her in his arms, and moved back toward the bed. He could tell she felt wet to his touch; probably from needing to pee and not making it to the bath room.
"I... I... I... was trying to get to the bathroom," sobbed Darlene, "I... I... I di... di... didn't...didn't... want to wake you up. I... I... I wanted to do it myself."
"Honey," said Gerre quietly, "I really do understand. But you just aren't strong enough yet to try without some help. Let me get you cleaned up and I'll get you into the shower."
"Wer... wer... were you in the shower before you came in here?" Darlene asked her uncle as he was getting her situated in the middle of the bed.
"Why do you want to know," answered Gerre, "Actually I was just in bed about an hour."
"Because," Darlene looked downward said as she blushed a deep red, "you don't have any pants on".
It dawned on Gerre that, yes, he'd dashed out when he head heard the thump without putting on his running shorts. He was clearly nude and standing here in front of his niece with his limp penis flapping in the breeze.
"Does this bother you," Gerre asked Darlene as he was beginning to clean her up, " I can go put my pants on.
" I... don't know," thought Darlene out loud, she looked at her uncle's private parts - the first adult male private parts she could EVER recall seeing in her entire life, " you have seen every part of me, so maybe me seeing you, too, isn't all that different."
"Oh, it's different," said Gerre laughing, "believe me - you'd only get a ticket for flashing your boobs, I can get 20 years in prison for letting it "flap around in public."
Darlene was trying not to stare, but it was a little difficult with her uncle standing right there with his hands between her legs cleaning her up. She could see how his penis - the penis of the uncle that she barely knew existed - was hanging downward in front of a big bag that was behind it, in front of his... his crotch, she guessed. Thanks to her zealot mother and the school system being afraid of her evangelical grandfather, she didn't know shit about male body parts except some pieced together stories from girls at school. She had to leave gym class whenever they discussed sex education topics, and her mother nearly decapitated the school nurse who suggested that she see a "female doctor" her freshman year for cramps. She ended up going to see one, anyway, her cramps had gotten so bad it was not an option.
"Earth to Darlene," said her uncle, "this is mission control calling Darlene."
Darlene looked up to her uncle's face and stared at his eyes for a moment. Here she lay, totally naked, on a bed, with this man cleansing the most intimate parts of her body, and he was standing next to her equally naked. His face was peaceful, his eyes were watching her eyes. She knew this was absolutely against everything that she had been schooled, taught, and even severely spanked by her mother into believing was sinfully wrong. She was not married to this person, and even then total nudity was out of the question according to her upbringing. Her inner spirit, however, was telling her this man cared more about her as a person, as a woman, than anyone else in the family had ever said in all her years.
Darlene decided that if this is how she got to learn more about all the "real" taboos in her life, and so far the touching experiences were pretty good, that her uncle could do cartwheels naked and she didn't' care. She knew she should care that he was naked - hell, she was naked, too - but he wasn't getting all ultra paranoid about his privates being on display not 2 feet from her face. Something in this felt - calm - like he did this kind of stuff all the time. It might be totally wrong but she liked having him touch her, and touch her all over was wonderful.
"Since neither one of us has anything to 'hide' now, I have some questions for you, " said Darlene as she looked up at her uncle's face, "and please tell me you'll answer them because I really need to know some things."
"Well," thought Gerre as he wiped his niece's body with a wash cloth, "I usually want some input on the questions before I say yes, but I'll try to answer what you ask. Before we begin playing '20 questions', let me get you into the shower and get you cleaned up."