“I hope they did! Let’s face it, those two could use some help loosening up!”
“Thank heavens they did, huh?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, that’s why we’re here now, isn’t it?”
Janice laughed her agreement and got up to retrieve the wine glasses, and they talked and snuggled late into the night.
In the morning, Betty and Janice both expected their lovers to want to get lost before Audra got home. So Janice suggested breakfast out at the diner on the next block, and they were safely out of the apartment before there was any sign of their detested flatmate. There was also no chance for them to learn that Betty knew Nick’s secret or that Rob still didn’t know Betty’s. But it did slip out that Betty had decided to join them for Nude Day, and the four shared an awkward laugh at all they were going to be sharing soon enough.
She was also still feeling shy as usual. But when Anne gave her and Janice a final chance to turn back before leaving for the country that morning, they both declined.
“I’m looking forward to it,” Betty said, and it was true, though perhaps not the whole truth.
“Me too,” Janice added with a side glance at Betty to make sure her more modest friend was sure of this.
Anne shook her head. “I can’t believe my boys ever expected anything less of you both!”
“Oh, Rob had good reason to in my case,” Betty admitted. “But that’s in the past.” Or at least it was about to be.
For all that, she was more than a little bit nervous on the ride out to the countryside – not only about baring all, but about seeing Rob’s family naked. Not to mention Janice, with whom she’d managed to avoid undressing all those years. An occasional look at Janice while they chatted with Rob and Nick in the back of the van confirmed that the feeling was mutual. But the talk was of everything but where they were going to spend the day. Betty preferred it that way, as she had already determined it was best not to think too hard about what she was about to do.
The mistake she and Janice both made didn’t help with either of their nerves. At least they didn’t follow Rob and Nick too far along the path to the men’s changing rooms before realizing their mistake. “I don’t know why they have separate rooms either,” Rob said, anticipating their inevitable question as he pointed them in the direction his mother was taking to the other side of the building. “But they do.”
“Oh, of course!” Betty didn’t try to hide the nervous twitch in her laugh as she turned to follow Anne to the women’s room.
“Sorry, I should’ve told you that,” Anne said. “I think it’s just a holdover from back when this was a country club. But we’re a lot more fun than that crowd was!”
Betty and Janice had little doubt of that even before they entered the building, for there were a few already-naked women chatting just outside the door, looking utterly comfortable. “Good morning,” one of them said as casually as if she were fully clothed.
“Hi!” Betty had told herself again and again to look people in the eye, and she only just passed that test.
“First time?” the woman asked. “Don’t worry, relax!”
“Does it show?” Betty asked as soon as they were inside, where there were plenty of women in various stages of undress.
“You probably tried a little too hard not to look at her body,” Anne said. “Forget everything you’ve read about what’s taboo in a place like this. It’s easier to be natural about it if you don’t sweat it. Everyone knows we’re going to be looking at each other’s bodies.” Having spotted a vacant locker, she lost no time in pulling her t-shirt off. “You’ll be amazed at how quickly it all becomes comfortable,” she continued, reaching back to unfasten her bra. “Rob and Nick will tell you the same, and their sister.”
“Oh, right, I forgot about her,” Betty confessed, as she somewhat reluctantly followed Anne’s lead and pulled her shirt off. “Is she joining us today?”
“She’s already here,” came a voice Betty didn’t recognize, and she turned to see a slightly older woman with a passing resemblance to Rob. “Hi, Mom.”
Anne, who was down to her panties by then, turned and smiled. “Meagan! You beat us here, huh?” After hugging her daughter, Anne introduced them. “Rob’s fiancee, Betty,” she said.
“I’ve heard so much about you!” Meagan said.
“Same here!” As she shook hands with Meagan, Betty took notice of one thing Rob had not told her. No reason why he would when he didn’t yet know Betty’s darkest secret, of course, and she wasn’t sure whether it was a good sign or not. In any event, Betty felt more confident now that she knew his sister was similarly bushy.
“And their friend, Janice,” Anne continued.
While Meagan and Janice were greeting one another, Betty finished undressing before there was any chance of losing her nerve again. She couldn’t resist a glance at Anne once her panties were off, and was surprised to see Meagan did not take after her mother in at least one regard. Perhaps her father was hairy? Betty remembered with a naughty jolt that she was about to see for herself.
Regardless of all that, Betty found herself feeling far more sure of herself than she’d ever have guessed as she pulled her panties off, wondering if Meagan would take notice of it.
She did. Though nothing was said, Betty could read the knowing look on Meagan’s smiling face as their eyes met.
If Janice was surprised at how her old friend looked naked, she betrayed no sign of it as she undressed. Betty returned the favor, though she couldn’t resist a look at Janice’s body, which looked much as she’d have guessed, right down to her much smaller bush.
Betty wasn’t aware that Janice had taken notice of her inspecting her body until she looked up to see her old friend laughing lightly. “Oh, I’m sorry!” Betty exclaimed, covering her eyes and realizing even as she did so what an absurd gesture that was at the moment.
“Oh, Bets, it’s okay! Come here!” Janice opened her arms and she and Betty enjoyed a naked hug. To Anne she explained, “Yes, we were roommates all through college, but we had separate rooms in our suite.”
“I understand,” Anne said, and to Betty’s surprise, she found she believed that.