A Question of Decency

Brett was sat at the Petersen kitchen table with four of his closest buddies - Steve, Nick, Michael and Leo. The group met up almost religiously to play poker every Sunday evening and, owning the biggest property of the bunch, Brett usually got roped into hosting. Tonight had, so far, been a pretty typical and uneventful evening for them.

"Okay, I fold" Steve sighed "I don't think lady luck is with me at all tonight"

With everyone else now out, Leo gave a triumphant grin as he revealed the One Pair he had been bluffing with and pulled the chips that had amassed on the centre of the table towards him.

It was then the players became aware that someone else had entered the room.

"Sorry guys, I didn't mean to disturb you, I just got a little thirsty. Pretend I'm not here and carry on with your game" Haley didn't even bother to reference the fact she was fully nude to the open mouthed group of middle aged guys whose full attention she now had.

"Don't feel you need to rush off on our account" Steve encouraged her eagerly.

"Are you one of Tammy's friends?" Nick asked, hoping that engaging with the hot naked chick might cause her to linger for a little longer.

"This is my niece, Haley" Brett explained wearily, sensing that his evening was about to be completely derailed and that his wife would somehow hold him responsible for this "Some of my daughters cousins seem to be going through something of a phase"

"Are you guys playing poker?" Haley asked, feigning innocence "It looks fun but a little complicated, I've never really understood it"

"We can teach you, Haley" Leo offered.

"Yeah, pull up a chair and join us" Micheal urged her "I'm sure nobody will mind you sitting in on our game"

All the other players present, except a helpless looking Brett, emphatically agreed that would not be a problem.

"I'm not sure I can actually play, I don't have any money on me. Um, actually I don't really have anything much on me at all" Haley giggled as she looked down at her fully exposed body.

"That's fine Haley, we're not playing high stakes and I'd be happy to give you some of my tokens" Steve offered generously "Come and sit next to me, I'll show you the ropes"

"You won't learn much from him, he's been stinking the place up all night with his pathetic play" Leo butted in "You should come and sit with me instead. I'm happy to give you as many chips as you want. I've got plenty"

"Maybe I can play a few games and kinda shift around a bit, learn strategies from each of you?" Haley suggested "If it won't disrupt your game too much?"

The group all insisted it wouldn't as Haley took a seat next to Steve and assessed the first hand she had been dealt.

"Hales just messaged me. She's joined Uncle Brett's game" Kelly pursed her lips as she looked at her phone. She was in Tammy's bedroom where the others were still hanging out "I owe her a dollar for every minute she manages to last down there. She'll probably be cleaning up in the game too. She's really fucking good at poker. I feel like I need to up the ante. I'm gonna think up some new challenges for her"

"Mom really isn't going to be happy about this. I doubt Aunt Mel will be either if she finds out" Tammy fretted, but everyone else was too distracted in one way or another to care.

Jessie was sat on the bed with Tammy's laptop, oblivious to everything else going on in the room. She had just one evening to find a way to justify her sudden "decision" to be naked at all times, at least for a few days, to her college Dean. She was therefore in the absurd process of researching both religions that incorporated nudity as a part of their core beliefs and the laws on indecent public exposure in North Carolina.

On the first point she had some relatively quick success, discovering Christian Naturism, an obscure but nonetheless well documented religion that did have practising followers in the US. It's proponents believed that, as Adam and Eve were naked in the garden of Eden, that was how God intended all humans to be. Or at least that was the gist of it that she got from Wikipedia. If the generally agnostic Jessie adopted that as her religion, at least until Craig returned to full consciousness, then surely forcing her to get dressed and go to school would be discrimination, something her college did not want to risk getting accused of. It wasn't her fault if the laws in her state meant she was **** to study from home to comply with her beliefs.

The problem was the public indecency laws in North Carolina weren't quite as strict as she had hoped. Private parts could not be displayed in public areas, that much was pretty incontrovertible. However, the definition of private parts was restricted to genitalia, not breasts or buttocks. Jessie was surprised to learn that she could walk around wherever she wanted in nothing but a thong and be perfectly legally safe. Of course, she wouldn't even be able to wear one of those such was the wording of the curse - not to mention the values of her new temporary religion. But maybe there was an argument that if she held her hands over her crotch she could still attend class. And to further complicate things, her college could be deemed private property, and potentially make an exception and allow her to attend class naked to accommodate her religious requirements. Her hopes of being allowed to remain at home unpunished while all of this was sorted out seemed to be hanging in the balance.

With Haley downstairs hustling, Kelly thoughtfully tapping new challenges for her naked poker playing cousin into her phone, and Jessie staring at a computer screen and hammering away on the keyboard in search of further pertinent information, Tammy decided that now was the time to quietly engage with "Emily"

"Aunt Maisie" she whispered across at her disguised relative "I know it's you"

Maisie looked up at her in alarm while Tammy raised her finger to her lips.

"I'm not going to tell anyone, I promise. But we need to talk. Maybe I come to your place after school tomorrow?"

Maisie nodded silently and Tammy gave her a reassuring smile before going back to acting like everything was normal. Or at least as close to normal as this family could ever seem to get.

"Hey" Jessie called out from the bed "Did you know if you stood naked in your front garden where all of your neighbours could see you, but you were on your own property, that would be totally fine?"