A modest proposal

"What do you have in mind?" I asked Jess.

Jess went serious. "The tools we have are rules and routine. And just maybe a bit of rote learning. What I need to do, somehow, is to introduce my family to sexuality, in a safe environment, where they know to look for it. They may never understand sexuality or react to it in a normal way, but if they can at least learn to notice some signs, they can try to avoid danger or know to come ask me."

I paused, looking at Jess significantly. "Are you telling me that you want me to demonstrate sex to your family?"

Jess nodded, acknowledging the significance of what she was saying. "Almost. I hope that you're the man you seem to be, but I need to keep my family safe. This is something that I hope you can help me with." She stroked a foot up my leg.

I didn't know what to say to that. "What sort of approach did you have in mind?"

Jess nodded. "I've drawn up some loose plans. We can firm them up later. But they all involve being some place private, like here. There will be some themed days, a bit like ceremonial days on the calendar, and there will be activities that we can discuss but I would vet." Jess blushed, and smiled at me. "And... we can have sexy fun."

I look around at the Gales, still finding it difficult to believe how frankly Jess was talking about this in front of her family.

"Is her plan a good idea?" Hellen asked me.

I hesitated. "I think we'd need to discuss the details. I don't think this is something that we can fully explore in one conversation. I can definitely say that some of her ideas are..." I looked to Jess, "exciting. " Jess grinned at me.

"Did you notice anything interesting about Mom and Kelley, by the way?" Jess asked.

I wasn't certain what she meant, but from the context I figured it out. "I don't think your mom is wearing a bra: I think I would have felt it when she hugged me. And Kelley's dress is unbuttoned a bit more than I would have expected."

Jess nodded. "Both my ideas. Actually, Kelley isn't starting a bra either," Jess said, unbuttoning two more buttons on Kelley's dress. "Could you please lean down over the table to face Luke, Kelley?"

Kelley stood up from her chair. "Like this?" Kelley asked, her top gaping open as she leant forward. I got a very good view into her cleavage, and saw the full round shapes of her breasts.

"Just like that," Jess said, "thats perfect."

"Is this something we should be asking Kelley to do?" I say, looking up from her open top.

Jess smiled at me. "That's the right question!" she complimented me in an academic way. "I'm glad you asked. This is maybe a bit of a gray area. Thanks Kelley, please sit back down."

"Is everything okay?" Darren asked. "That sounded like it wasn't okay."

Jess looked to her father earnestly. "Daddy, remember. I need to do some things that normally wouldn't be okay, to help you all to learn. I will make sure that you're all safe. Don't worry about whether there's a problem until I say there's a problem."

Darren looked to me apologetically. "Sorry. You understand, I hope."

I nodded, but Jess replied. "In this case, I invited Luke to look at Kelley's cleavage, which is not normally something you should do. I even arranged for him to have a better view. Luke asked a good question that he and I need to discuss about all of this, but in the end I was making sure that everything would be okay."

Darren nodded. "Okay, sweetheart. Thanks for watching out for Kelley."

Jess looked to me. "I mean it, by the way. I'm glad that you are asking that sort of question. But I think we've discussed things enough for now. What do you think? Would you..." she paused, and stroked my leg with her foot, "... be interested?"

My head was spinning a bit. I couldn't be entirely sure that Jess didn't mean to make it spin, in fact. She did seem to have a grasp on some of the theory.

"I think that there are some practical details to nail down," I told her. "And obviously we need to discuss specifics more. But I think I'm willing to try this out."

Jess practically bounced in her chair. "That's great!" she chirped. "Let's all relax for now."

Darren seemed to take this as his cue. "It sounds as though we have an agreement."

Jess nodded and beamed at him. "A tentative one, yes. We need to take this slowly."

Darren smiled at you and Jess. "I'm glad that things are starting off well," he said. He looked to me. "We've all been anticipating this conversation and it's outcome for a little while. Let's relax and have some celebratory refreshments. Popsicles on the deck, anyone?"

There was general relief and agreement, and popsicles were handed out all around.

As we walked to the deck, Jess caught my eye, as she carefully tore through the plastic wrapper with her teeth. She pulled off the wrapper, which she discarded in a nearby waste basket, and proceeded to ostentatiously caress the popsicle with her tongue. Her eyes never left mine.