TNG CH04 Summer Jobs

Monday we get up a little late and find a note telling us to relax and have fun. I make coffee and we eat cake for breakfast. Much giggling about breakfast of champions ensues. After showers we decide to walk Charley home by way of downtown. Because we want a cappuccino and I want to shake my booty around the mall! Both Charley and V tell me that is a service to people everywhere, I guess that is why I love them both. Oh yeah, they showered together this AM! Ha ha! Quick so probably no real live sex, but I bet some fun was had as they are both looking happy as we walk downtown.

We get cappuccino at Beth's and find it is Charley's first! I say I bet V is happy to be Charley's first and snicker. V giggles and says she probably isn't but would like to be for sure. Charley is looking like the cat who ate the canary. I want to walk and Charley suggests that I walk around with V while she watches us, because something for everyone that way! So we did, taking our drinks and strolling about in a long oval pattern. Allowed us to move and show off to the shoppers as well as Charley who appeared to be enjoying the show.

Beth herself brought us out replacement cups and said they were on her, because we attract business! Hey, our butts are good for your business! Come and see! Ha! We were having a blast just walking around in the late morning sunlight. Went back to chat with Charley and stayed on our feet which was making her happy even if she did have to crane her neck. I said I want to stop and see my folks but we can walk her home if she wants right after. Charley says she could walk home alone or with two gorgeous naked girls, hmm, what do I pick?

Laughs and says she likes that idea so lets go to my store. We walk holding hands with Charley in the middle. Go to cross the avenue and Sgt Gudrun stops traffic for us and says hi. Asks if I know I am naked yet or should she pretend I have pants on? We laugh and I say no, I know my butt is bare, so feel free to notice. And take a second look if you want! She grins and says it's worth a second look, maybe even a third and chuckles as we walk onto the sidewalk. A short walk downhill takes us to the store and we walk in together. Mom and dad are both busy with customers so we stroll around a little together. I notice the customers are mostly looking us over a lot and seem to be liking what they see too.

Not sure if dad sees that but I can tell mom does and as she wraps up she comes over with a happy grin to say hi.

"Hi dear, did you miss me or just want to boost our sales today?"

I laughed and Charley grinned and put an arm around Veronica.

"Hey, Mrs Locksley! It's fun and profitable having these two around, isn't it?"

"I'll say! I think we just sold extra because you all walked in! And Charley, call me mom, because Carly and Charley will just get confusing! And I bet that you in the middle was helping the sales too, in case you didn't see that yourself."

V smiled "Hi mom! Can you believe Charley thinks she is plump?"

Mom laughs and says she remembers being our age and either feeling too thin or too fat most weeks, so this is not a big surprise even though Charley looks very nice just the way she is. And so do we! That made me feel warm and happy, thinking how worried I was a week ago about how mom would react to me wanting to be nude.

Charley smiled and thanked mom just as dad finished up and came over smiling.

"Good morning, ladies! Is it a coincidence or does having my best girl and her pretty friends in here increase sales?"

I bet we all looked a little confused except for mom who answered him for us.

"Rob, I saw the same thing with my customer. These three walked in and they just started saying yes and then paid for everything! It's like our girls are a drug!"

Dad said maybe we can be marketed as mood elevators and laughed. Then looked at me. "Candy, instead of Monday to Friday, how about working two long days, Friday and Saturday and being paid for a full week? Right at your silkscreening counter. And if Charley and Veronica need jobs, they can get the same deal. If not, maybe they will stop in and visit you at work?"

Well, V said she would love to work here. Charley said she didn't know much about our stuff and she got a nice allowance but she would like to come hang out with us and it was settled before lunch. Which we ate at the Bistro up the street. Big surprise for dad to leave the store in a clerk's charge, even for an hour. Guess he likes me!

We did talk a little about our new jobs but mostly we just chatted randomly over lunch. Things like summer plans and how much I like my new bike. V told everyone it was a blast to ride with me. Charley said she wanted a scooter, they were more her style than a motorcycle. Then quickly said she thought me and Veronica look perfect on my bike. Ha. We talked about day trips to the beaches and maybe even Portland, and school in the fall. Which I had yet to register for, but V and Charley were already set with PU right here in town.

And everyone in the Bistro had fun staring at me and V as we ate! I got to the table first and picked the outside seat on the aisle, so I was the most visible and V stretched her legs out sideways to help people notice her. Plus we had Charley looking at us both, although she was lingering on Veronica a lot, no surprise. Lunch was good and a lot of fun. Afterwards we walked my folks to the store and then walked Charley home. We hung out for awhile and when I headed back to the mall, V came with because Charley had some deal with her mom.

We walked back and went to the arcade for a while, where I told Jane the secret was out now, so it's OK to "see" I am nakey. We chuckle over that whole business and Jane gives me cred for being sharp enough to figure that one out in the hospital. Always nice to get noticed and I thanked her. We chatted and played for a while until about 3 when a bunch of kids came in to hang out. We stayed for a while but Jane was going to be busy now so we went off to get -- yep, a cappuccino!

Beth told us they were on the house and if we kept drinking them out front, or around the mall, she would give them to us all the time. We looked at each other with a grin! And being in business with my family store I asked if she can afford to do that. I mean it is nice, but I don't want to be a burden. Took a little shine off V's smile. Until Beth smiled and told us she sees her business increase every time we are here, so she is making money by giving us drinks to keep us around! Also, she likes us too! Gave us both hugs and asked where our friend was. We told her Charley had some deal with her mom and she just nodded.

Like before instead of sitting we took our drinks and walked a long oval along the mall, mainly staying in front of the shop. We got to chat and were very visible to shoppers and tourists. We were seeing Beth was right and people would see us, see our cups and head in to her Cafe. Cool! We are nakey helpers! After that we walk to Veronica's house and she shows me some basics of Tai Chi. Work out a while and plan to meet up tomorrow too. Nice to have a new friend and to have Charley back in my life too.

At dinner mom asks if I am ready to think about school, and tells me she has some info for me. Mom's way of telling me she knows something I want to, an old trick and one we both kind of enjoy. I play dumb and say I just got done with school, so what is this school business? Mom gives me a hardy har har and capitulates. Tells me she was speaking to Helen recently and guess who is now head of the CS department at Bridgewater State College? Dr Jessie Lynch!

While I am sputtering with excitement she tells me Helen also sent her an application package and if I decide to go there, I can live in the dorm or stay with her, either one. And shereminds me that like Oregon, Massachusetts passed it's own naked law a few years back. For those of you who are scratching your head, I have been in the CS (computer science) program through high school and Dr Lynch is the recognized top of the discipline, so to be in a program she ran would not only be interesting, it would undoubtedly further my career enormously as well.

Not being a moron, because I do not hail from Utah (just a little LDS humor, people) I snatch the packet from mom and start filling it out. To find all I need to do is sign because mom did it for me already. I sign and thank her for the help, and she says she will miss me if I am accepted, corrects herself and says WHEN I am accepted, but she knows it's a once in a life time chance to study with someone you admire so greatly. She also takes the packet and tells me she will FedEx it from work tomorrow. Huge and I thank her again.

Helen Marin was mom's roomie in college, and now is something or other in administration at the college. Somehow they have kept a friendship alive across three thousand miles of geography. Helen comes to visit every summer for a week or two. She has been my Aunt Helen since I can remember. Mom can tell where my thoughts are or is thinking the same because she says Helen is coming in two weeks, and maybe she can hand deliver my acceptance letter!

That night I think about all of this. It is a lot. I will have to leave my friends behind, which I know happens as we get older but I don't have to like it, do I? But I do want to study with Jessie Lynch! Hmm, do I want to live in the dorm or at Aunt Helen's? Need to think about that one, maybe even ask her directly. She lives alone, her husband died before I was born and her son has been in the Navy and somewhere overseas for most of his adult years as he somehow blames her for his father's death. Since then she has lived alone and as far as I know has no desire to have a "roomie". So I will ask her directly on that. I bet she would prefer me to come visit once or twice a week, maybe get a coffee on campus now and then.

With that settled as much as possible in my head I begin thinking about studying with Dr Jessie Lynch, and fall asleep thinking wow. Wake up and am still feeling it too. Mom and dad are gone and after I eat I take Artemis out and go pick up Veronica. I had called ahead and we ride to Charley's house. And see that at least part of her deal yesterday was a trip to Portland to get her pretty pink Vespa! It is an older two stroke which she says is more powerful in terms of basic horsepower and I tell her I know that, it is the same with motorcycles. It is all reconditioned and even has fresh paint.

While we admire it she says we need to go to my store too, so she can get shield bracers like we have. V asks if she is planning to get nakey like us and she grins.

Kisses V and says "Oh, wouldn't you love that, you bad girl!" They both giggle and while she looks Veronica up and down V does the same right back. Yeah, this is a thing now for sure. We decide to walk to the store, so we can all ride later without helmets. On the way I tell them both about my hopes for school and they are conflicted by it like I am. Both see the opportunity for me but they also know we will miss each other. I also think they may have hoped I would go to PU with them. Which would have been fun, but this is too good to pass up. Which V, who I am learning is always our practical one tells me.

And then she asks me what about Artemis? Will I ride her across country or will she have to sit at home and wait for me? I get a little emotional and ask if she will ride my baby and take care of her for me if I get accepted. V understands what a big thing this is for me and gives me a hug and says of course she will and she will wash and wax her too. Charley enjoyed seeing the hug and so did the fellow who nearly drove into the curb when he saw us! Ha! Glad he didn't get hurt but having "the power" over men is kind of fun!

V also tells me we should work together every day so I will have all the basics before I leave for the east. Hadn't even thought of that and she is right. When we get to the shop it is slow at this time of day and dad waits on us. Charley tells him her mom would have bought these in Portland but she wanted to get them here and he thanked her. She also told him about her pretty pink Vespa. Dad said she will look like a Barbie princess riding that and she blushed! I know she is not attracted to or by men, but she does like my folks and dad is like me, doesn't say it unless he means it.

So I think it was both the sincerity of the comment and the way V looked her over after he said it that made her blush. Which reminded me and I asked dad if V and I can spar and work out in here, because we have this oddly shaped area in the store that is big enough and won't hurt the flow of customers. Dad agrees right away and even offers to keep extra bottled water in the fridge for us. I smile inside as I realize he is thinking the customers will like seeing two naked girls doing martial arts. And Tai Chi is pretty itself, with a lot of what appear to be slow and graceful movements.

Mom comes over and asks all three of us to come to dinner later, and takes dad aside for a moment. After which he smiles at Veronica and tells her to keep the shield bracers as a gift for teaching me because she will need them to ride Artemis anyway. Dad is smart and mom is smarter, so I bet they knew before I did who I would ask to care for my baby. V thanks dad and Charley and puts on her bracers too as we walk back to her house. Where we step in long enough to get a drink and greet her mom. Who seems to not mind naked girls at all, which is pretty great.

We take a minute deciding who V rides with and decide to share, I get V first so Charley can get used to her new scooter, then she gets to ride her around later. Charley grins and tells us her scooter is named Skipper, and yep she thought of that when dad called her a Barbie princess. V told her she was way better looking than Barbie who has a skinny ass even if she does have high heel feet! We rode around town for a while and then headed off to Hillsboro, or in that direction. We stopped at Fred Meyer where Charley bought us all frappuccino's at the Starbucks shop.

Man those are the best! Charley also told us she wanted to go to a shoe store in Beaverton, so she can get sandals like ours to go with her new bracers. We both were wearing gladiator sandals. Mom had just bought me two pair and V had her own. So we did sort of match. Once we drank up our caffeine and sugar goodness we got back on and rode through town and into Beaverton, where we went to the mall. I have seen bigger but it is more than big enough. The mall is called Washington Square and it has some of everything, and a strip mall or two to make up for anything you didn't find at Nordstrom's. Which is where we went. Straight to women's shoes where Charley quickly put two pair of Dolce y Gabbanna gladiator sandals on her mother's charge account. Probably cost almost as much as my bike! And even my mom does not have an account at Nordtsrom! Kinda wow.

She put a pair on and then bought a new tennis skirt to wear with them, all flirty and bouncy. Got V staring at her legs and ass which was probably the point. I may not wear clothes but I do get it. Wore that too and we went back out, where she stuffed her panties in the bag and put it in her carry box on the back. Then she asked V if she wants to get on or ride with me and watch her skirt blow around? Tough call but V decided to hop on the Vespa with her. As we rode home about 50 miles per hour I was pretty sure her hands made it under that skirt more than once! Ha! My friend is proactive!