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Jase was doing something with his mum in the morning, but we planned to meet up at his in the afternoon. At a bit of a loose end, I decided to go and see dad's sister, Auntie Helen. We very rarely saw her, I didn't know why, she only lived a few bus stops away, but for some reason, we just never saw her. I had no idea if she was in, or out, or busy, I didn't have her phone number, I just knew where she lived.
'If she's out' I thought, 'I'll just text Ash or Bren.' The bus was as boring and bumpy as usual. I sat on one of the sideways seats again, but today I was more respectfully dressed, nothing but underwear for anyone to get an unintentional view of. I walked up Auntie Helen's drive and rang her bell.
I was honestly a little surprised when the door opened, I had expected her to be out. "Goodness, Natalie, what are you doing here, everything alright? Come in, come in."
"Everything is fine Auntie, I just realised I hadn't seen you for ages, I didn't know your number to call first, so I thought I would just get the bus and come and see if you were in."
She pulled me to her and gave me a hug, loose at first, and then she hugged me in tighter, and as we disentangled, I noticed she gave me a bit of a funny look. "Are you sure that you are alright Natalie?"
"Oh gosh yes Auntie. Everything is good, college, home, Jase my boyfriend, yes, good."
She made a sort of 'hmm' sound and then said "okay, right, what would you like to drink? Tea, coffee, sherry, wine?"
I think she was serious, but it was early in the morning, way too early for sherry or wine, not that I really drank alcohol. "Coffee please, white no sugar."
As the kettle boiled, she turned and said, "right then, let me look at you, come on, give your Auntie a twirl." So, I did a pirouette, slowly, and faced her once more, finishing with a faux curtsey. "Oh, you have really grown into a beautiful young lady," She said.
"Thank you, Auntie. Is Jo at work?" Jo, or Josephine, is her wife.
"Yes, she will be pissed at missing you."
"Oh well, we aren't far away, you could always visit us too." That sounded catty and I regretted it as soon as the words fell out of my mouth. "Sorry, that didn't come out the way I meant."
She made the coffees and handed my one, "No, that's fine, you are right, we could. Let's go and sit in the conservatory."
I followed her out, the conservatory was really bright, and quite warm as the
morning sun had been working on it for a few hours. I sat on one of the cane chairs and put my coffee on the small table at its side.
"How have you been Auntie? It has been so long since we saw each other."
"Oh, we have been good, we had a great holiday to Venezuela earlier this year, trucking around the rainforest in an old Toyota pickup, it was something else. There was this amazing volcanic pool that was so warm. Anyway, that is a visit all of its own to talk about. You. I want to hear about you. Your boyfriend, what does he do, is he at college like you?"
"His name is Jason, but I call him Jase. He is a trainee Chef at Lone Star, the posh restaurant in town, so he works most evenings, getting one evening off a week."
"That must be difficult on a relationship."
"No Auntie, it is cool, neither of us really like going out much, and so we see each other a lot during the day."
"Aha, when the parents are out?"
"Yes Auntie."
"You are getting on okay with him in that personal way?"
"Yes, perfectly fine, we were just taking it slow, but then about four weeks ago, we unexpectedly took it to the next step, if you know what I mean." I seem to say what I think rather than just keeping quiet, why did I say that? She didn't need that detail.
"Oh yes. I take it that you are using suitable precautions. And I guess your mum has had all those chats with you."
"Yes, we are, and well, yes, she has, and of course, so has dad."
"My brother too? Wow. Well, as for me, I like girls, as you know, I have never ever liked anything in me. Not even tampons." Auntie seems to have the same lack of filter as I do.
"Oh? Wow Auntie, I love the feeling of things in me, filling me, stretching me, wow, I couldn't imagine intimacy without it."
"Oh, Jo and I have plenty of intimacy, just external."
"Oh, I love external too Auntie, I really do." How on Earth did we get down to this level of intimacy?
"What about your parents, are they still bonking as far as you know, no risk of them becoming distant with each other?"
"God no, far from it."
"Oh?"
"Morning and night."
"Wow. Presume they are, you know, discrete, you just happen to notice, or do you sneak and watch them?"
"Discretion is not a word to describe them. I don't have to sneak off and watch them, doors are left open, beds and settees are used, they are very into each other just now and have been for the past month."
"Well now, that is unusual. So, you will have seen your dad naked?"
"Yes."
"Interesting. And all this behaviour started in the past month, or you only noticed it in the past month after you and your boyfriend started having sex?"
"Well, they were doing it before, it is just it was behind doors then, and I heard the sounds but didn't really know what it was."
"Do your parents wander around naked now? Would I be embarrassed to visit?"
"Only upstairs auntie, you know, bedroom to bathroom etc."
"And has, I hesitate to ask this, your dad seen you naked?"
I looked down as I answered, "yes."
"I see, and you have seen him aroused?"
I kept my eyes down; this conversation was going into places I shouldn't discuss.
"Yes."
"Has he, you know, touched you?"
I didn't answer. What could I say? I am the world's worst liar, better I remained quiet.
"I see. This is in the past month?"
I nodded.
"Did he force you?"
"Oh God no, never, dad would never do that, nor mum"
"Your mum too? Bloody hell Natalie, you are living in a den of iniquity." I had no idea what that meant. "Something obviously happened a month ago."
"Yes."
"Do you know what?"
"Yes."
"Tell me."
"I am not supposed to talk about it Auntie."
"Oh, come on Natalie. I knew something was up when you arrived. There was something when we hugged, I don't know what, but there was something."