Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:15:04 +0300 From: Nicholas DePuy Subject: Abby's Discovery 19 Please donate to Nifty and keep these stories available for all. Thank you. Usual disclaimers, don't read if you're not allowed. This story has sexual representation among minors and adults. Stop reading this now if that's not what you're into. All characters are fictional. Chapter 19 The rest of the week we relaxed and played with the few remaining kids that were there. We chatted with many of the adults too, telling them about our school and community. Mom Dad and Alex also played nearly every night. They took a couple nights off at first, afraid I was feeling left out. I assured that I wasn't and they went back with a fury. I chatted with Kelley a couple times during the week too. Saturday we did body painting again, this time it was an ugly sweater theme. Tommy's friend from the previous weekend won. After, she came over and asked about him. "Sorry, he's not here this week. If you give me your number, maybe you can get the adults to coordinate something." She grabbed a paint brush and wrote her cell number on my leg. Back in the room, I had had Alex text Angela and pass the number to Tommy. We washed off and got into bed. My boobs were still aching, but either they were getting better or I was getting used to it. They had filled out during the week and I was getting close to a AA. If I wore clothes anymore, I'd ask for a bra. Sunday was our last day and we left early so we wouldn't be up half the night picking up Kelley. We dressed of course, me wearing cotton shorts and tee. I was amped up to see Kelley again but tired. It was about 4 hours to his house so I ended up dozing on Alex's shoulder. When we pulled in the drive I was wide awake and bounded up the steps to ring the bell. Kelley answered and we hugged fiercely. He was packed but invited us in while he said goodbye. His parents had also dressed, since the rest of us would be, and looked a little sad. Kelley hugged his parents warmly and kissed each on the cheek. Looks like they'd mended their bond some. We piled in the car, me in the middle and I curled up against Kelley. We chatted for a bit but I dozed off again. It was 3 hours to our house so all of us kids fell asleep after a while. At home, we staggered into the house and to our rooms. Dad made up the couch for Kelley in case my bed was too cramped. It wasn't. We held each other close and fell asleep. Monday morning, Kelley and I woke and I looked at the clock. It was 7:30! We only had half an hour to get to school. I know I know, flexible hours but I wanted Kelley to be on time. We got up, showered and ate. We got to school at 10 after and Mrs Bowers had to break away from Vince to come meet the new comer. "Mrs Bowers, this is my boyfriend Kelley, he's going to be staying with us." "Boyfriend?" She chuckled "Well, welcome Kelley." They shook hands and went off for paperwork and assessments. I went out to look at my garden plots. They'd broken ground on the greenhouse! I danced a little jig and went back inside. "When did they start the green house?" I asked Shana. "Wednesday. The council approved it right after your vacation started, you really made an impression. We had a town meeting Friday and raised all the money that night. Plus extra! We thought about re-design and making it bigger but since it was our project, they wanted to talk to us first." "What do you think?" "I don't know, there's not a lot extra if we made it bigger we'd wipe out the money we have. I was thinking we'd find another use for it." "Like what?" She shrugged. "This is your project really, I'm more or less a technical advisor." She laughed. "Hmm, I'll have to think about that. How much extra is there?" "Assuming we stay on budget, about $700." Hm, the greenhouse was almost triple that so we couldn't build 2...maybe another garden somewhere else. "What do you know about livestock? Specifically chickens. I did a little reading while you were gone and we could have chickens working compost for us. My ideas with livestock meant a fair bit of land. "We'll have to think about that." I sat down and stated doing research on chickens in a small area sustainability. We could have 3 or 4 and that would be easy. We'd produce enough compost for the gardens and have a small egg by-product. With a quarter acre, we could process more and sell the surplus. I read up on the amount of food waste the average American had and it was staggering. Our community had about 50 houses and each house would throw away 400 to 500 pounds of food a year. 25,000 pounds! Just in our community. We could have a flock of 50 to 60 birds, feeding them primarily kitchen waste. At an average of 200 eggs per year each, we could easily supply half the community's eggs. We were going to need a bigger garden! I shelved the idea for now. Kelley came wandering over while I was looking into other ways to use the extra money. "Hey hun" I said looking up, "how's it going?" "Good, Mrs Bowers said that I have done well `under the yoke of government schools'. She's got me started more or less where I left off but assured me that I'd thrive and do well. What are you reading about?" He looked over my shoulder at my iPad. "The community raised some extra money funding my greenhouse so I'm figuring out the best way to spend it." "You get to choose?" He asked amazed "Well, they have to approve my decision, but yeah. It was my project they funded. We have to wait until the greenhouse is done in case we go over budget." I pulled up my designs and showed him, then took him out to see the sites. We went back inside and he pulled out his new iPad and went to work on his physiology work. He occasionally put it down and sighed. "What's wrong?" I asked "Nothing, I just feel like someone should be telling me what to do. It's weird." "Mrs Bowers can help guide you if you're not sure what direction to take." Then raising my voice, "Hey is anyone else studying sports medicine?" No one raised their hand. "Well, I guess Mrs Bowers it is then." He went up to her and they talked for about half an hour. "Well, she's no expert, but she gave me some good pointers on research sites." And he got back to work with new confidence. At lunch I had to call his name 3 times to pull him out of his work. "It's lunchtime, come eat." His stomach growled and we laughed. We walked to the house hand in hand and made lunch. "Do you think your folks would mind me doing some meal planning? It would help with my nutrition work." "I'm sure they would be fine with it." I put my hand on his "Y'know, this is your home too now. As long as you want it anyway. My folks adore you. Try to remember that." I kissed him gently on the lips. He smiled "That's way different than home, well my parents home, I had to ask permission to rearrange my closet." I chuckled. "Not here, arrange your closet however you want." "There's nothing in my closet anymore!" We laughed. He hadn't un packed yet but most of his clothes wouldn't be worn much till fall. Just then the front door banged open. We jumped up and saw Dad struggling to get a mattress through the door. "Oh good, can you kids give me a hand?" We wrangled the mattress up the stairs. It was a king! "Dad, we don't need this much bed." "They were the same price as a queen so I got the king." We got the bed into Kelley's room and stood it against the wall. Back outside there was more on the roof of the van. "Two?" I squealed "Well, it was still a little tough for me to think about you two spending every night in the same bed." He said sheepishly. "Aw Daddy." I hugged him "I'm still your little girl." He smiled and hugged me back. "Not so little anymore." We wrangled the other mattress, the box springs and the frames into the house. By the time we had them set up and made it was almost 3. "Not much point in going back to school," I said "unless you need to grab something for work at home?" "Homework???" He said aghast I laughed, "Technically yes, but only if you feel the need and/or want. I did a fair amount of work at home on my greenhouse. It's all where your passions lie." He pulled me close "You're my passion." And kissed me "Ewwww, get a room!" Dad laughed. I gave Kelley an impish grin and we did just that. His room was till a mess of boxes so we curled up together on my bed and made out. We kissed and caressed each other for about ½ an hour when we heard Alex come home. We cooled off and went down stairs. "There you are!" Alex said when we got to the kitchen. "Couldn't wait huh?" Dad smacked him on the ass with a spoon. "Be nice, they helped me move the new beds in." "Sorry" Alex said rubbing the spot my Dad had smacked him. "Just cause you're a horny perv, doesn't mean everyone is." I said laughing "Hey, you used to be a horny perv too!" He said laughing too. We squabbled good naturedley for a few minutes then Dad kicked us out of the kitchen. "Um, Mr-" Kelley started Dad gave him a look "either Bob or if you're comfortable, Dad. You're part of the family now." "Ok Bob, I was wondering if I could help out with meal planning. I need practice for my nutrition course." "Sure!" Dad said brightly. "As much as you want. Dig through the fridge and freezer and make a list of things you want to add or subtract. Just don't take away my Pringle's, ok?" Kelley laughed. "I'll try not too, but you know those things are terrible for you, right?" "Yep, but oh so good." He said whimsically. Alex and I goofed off for a bit then I went to see what Kelley had planned for us. I put my arm around his waist. "Doing your homework I see." I teased "This isn't-" he got a look. I laughed "See? Passions right?" He chuckled too "Yep, passions." I looked over the menu. Lots of fresh herbs and vegetables, chicken, lamb, and beef. "What no rice or potatoes?" I asked "Nope, I'll wean us off slow but carbs are just sugar. Once you get the added sugar out of your diet you'll be amazed at how long you aren't hungry. More advanced people with this diet eat only once or twice a day. Sometimes not at all." "I thought lots of small meals was supposed to be good for you." "They are if you're an athlete, most of the time I'll need 3 meals cause I swim so much. But if I don't swim for a while, I won't be hungry." "Hmm" He finished 2 weeks worth of meals, then handed the menus and a shopping list to Dad. He looked it over. "Atkins huh?" Kelley made a face "No, Atkins is a gimmick based on this. On Atkins, if you have any carbs, you balloon back up. This is long lasting health. Small portions of potato or rice won't completely de-rail you. In fact, when your activity jumps unexpectedly, you need to throw in carbs since every thing else is slow digesting." "Ok son, you're the expert." Kelley looked for the joke, not seeing one he beamed. We sat down to eat and true to his word, Kelley took a very small portion. Mom hadn't heard the philosophy so she chastised him "Kelley, take more! There's plenty. You don't have to starve yourself." "He's not hun, that's how his diet works." "You can't be on a diet! You're already cut! What? 4% body fat?" "Six, but I'm still young." "Mom, that's not the kind of diet we're talking about. Diet is how you eat and what you eat." I said. "Oh! Sorry Kelley." "It's ok m- Susan, lots of people mix up the terminology. That partially why dietitians have such a hard time getting the word out. `Diet' is a four letter word to most people." Mom laughed "By the way hun, here's the plan Kelley has for us." Dad handed her the menus "All this looks wonderful. Hmm, I see we're cutting back on the carbs." "Is that ok?" Kelley asked nervously "Oh fine sweetheart, we probably eat too many anyway. Especially Pringle's." Giving Dad a cheerful look. "Yeah yeah, I'll try, ok?" We finished dinner, me feeling like a hog since I ate twice as much as Kelley. Then he and I went to unpack his room. He had a couple exercise charts he put up, a tv, Xbox and DVD player, all kinds of workout bands and attachments "Free weights are better but these are the next best thing". We put away his clothes, not to be used until he went to his parents' again and straightened out his nick-nacks. He didn't have a lot of stuff but it was bedtime by the time we finished. We bid the family goodnight and decided to sleep in his room. We got under the covers and snuggled. I sighed happily. The story is done and 53 chapters, I'd still love to hear feedback though!