Day Tripper (Chapter 1)

The Kennedys lived in the middle of a suburb that was ideally quiet and safe for raising kids, but now that all the children in the house had grown into adulthood it now served as a backdrop to a steady degeneration into decadent luxury. Beyond the front door was a short hallway with two doors, one on either side. Behind the closer door, the one on the right, was a simple coat closet but due to the infrequency of visitors it was not used to store shoes or coats but instead several cardboard boxes filled with miscellaneous items that would otherwise have been put in an attic or basement if they had one. The door farther down on the left was for the laundry room whose noisy machines were designed to be backed up against the wall to the front of the house, which caused anyone to hear the ruckus of clothes being washed and dried simultaneously as they stood on the front porch waiting for someone to answer the doorbell. At the end of this initial hallway the house opened up into the living room, kitchen, and dining room. Despite not having any walls to separate them, each section was clearly distinct from each other. The living area was on the right, with a television in the corner and two couches perpendicular to the walls serving as boundaries, as well as a small table bookending the couch whose other end was against the far wall, opposite the hallway. At the other end of the room was the kitchen, which was obvious from its oven and sink on the far wall and fridge on the left, and the countertop and cabinets which wrapped three-quarters the way around and separated it from the middle area whose back wall had a glass sliding door leading out into the yard, in front of which was an oval table with several chairs surrounding it. On the left of this large room, past the kitchen, was another, slightly-longer hallway, leading down to the garage which could have been used to contain the items stored in the aforementioned closet only meant for coats and shoes if it weren't for the terrible draft that swept it which could be damaging to certain personal possessions during those months of **** hot or cold. Returning to the hallway, it contained three doors, one of them leading to a bathroom and two of them belonging to two of the three bedrooms, the other being behind the door behind the living room and having a private bathroom of its own. The first door on the right, the second belonging to the bathroom, belonged to Natalia Kennedy, sometimes called Talia, a recent 18 year old graduate enjoying her gap year as she sat in her bed listening to a movie soundtrack with headphones on as she read articles on her laptop.

She knew that if she were to take the headphones off she might catch a glimpse of whatever music was coming out of the speakers from across the hall in her brother Dennis' room. When they were younger she used to complain about it but now completely understood why he insisted on having music playing all the time, not just because she found a greater appreciation for music herself, despite their tastes being so different: with her preferring orchestral ambient sounds to his short pop-rock and punk songs, but she also realized that with his room being right next to the the laundry room he often heard the commotion resulting from the laundry room and she understood how hard it could be sometimes to get some consistent peace of mind. He was three years older than her, just turning 21 earlier in the year, and enrolled in the local college. But he was off for the summer and so he spent his days relaxing at home like her.

Their father not only didn't mind how much time they were spending at home, but actually rather preferred this, enjoying the company of his children. He and their mother divorced nearly five years ago, when Natalie was 13 and Dennis was 16. She took a job that required a heavy amount of traveling, leaving her ex-husband to finish raising their kids, and hadn't looked back since. Despite this all parties involved remained on good terms to this day. Their father rather preferred the quiet life bestowed upon him, and their mother still took time out of her busy schedule to visit so that she wasn't absent from her children's lives. But during the school year Matthias Kennedy felt as though he was living in a house rather than a home, and knew that his daughter had graduated so she was due to take off to college as well, which is why he was secretly happy that she had decided to take a gap year.

At this point Natalie's eyelids were getting heavy, and the nothing music wasn't helping. It was only about 7:00 pm, but Natalia decided to sleep. She was a person to whom sleep always came very easily, often able to nap almost on command. She could place her head down on the table or lie down on a couch and be out within a few minutes. She closed the laptop and put it away, then she climbed into bed.

Natalie opened her eyes and lifted her head from the pillow. She felt the pressure on her bladder that had awoke her, and pulled herself out of bed and slowly shuffled her way out of her room and down the hall to the bathroom. She didn't remember to check what time it was on the way, but she knew it must be late since it was dark outside and she seemed to be the only one walking around. She opened the door and saw William.

William was her brother Dennis's closest friend. Natalia had met William several times, but they never really spoke to each other unless Dennis was present. The most interesting memory she had of him was when William snuck some **** into the house and Dennis invited Natalie to take a few shots with them in his room, even though at the time the two of them were only 20 and she was 17. She remembered that the two of them drank significantly more than her, and that she had insisted on keeping up with them shot for shot but they stopped her, a wise choice in hindsight. She didn't like waking up dizzy the next day and never had **** since, but she remembered the experience being fun. Although, the experience might now be ruined after what she just witnessed. When she opened the door, William was standing there completely naked and he saw him from the front completely uncovered. She instantly closed the door and in case he opened it, she ran back to her room. She couldn't get the image out of her mind as she tried to go back to sleep. Despite the image in her head and the fact that she had still not emptied her bladder, she did manage to fall asleep.

She woke up the next morning and, for a few moments, forgot what had happened. She knew that there was something that she was missing and her mind clawed at it. Then, all at once, the image of William's naked body flooded her mind and she regretted trying to remember what it was that she was missing. She left her room and approached the bathroom, more cautiously this time, even knocking the door before turning the knob, but it was empty. Feeling much better, she walked into the kitchen area where she saw her brother sitting eating breakfast.

"Good morning," he said as he took another bite of his toast, looking very sleepy.

"Hi," she replied. "Where's William?"

"William? I don't know, I haven't seen him for a whole week."

"What? So he hasn't been here?"

"If he was you would have probably seen him around. Why are you asking about William anyway?"

"Just curious I suppose..."

She turned her back to him, not wanting him to see her face, although he could probably hear it in her voice. She took the orange juice out of the fridge and set it not the counter to the right, reaching into the cupboard just above, taking out a glass and pouring herself some. She sipped the liquid and tried her best to calm down. She was glad that she left the glass on the counter instead of holding it in her hand, as she would have surely dropped it when she turned around. Her brother had gotten up from his seat to place his empty place in the sink, but even though he had appeared normal only a few seconds ago, at least from the waist up, as his lower half was covered by the counter, he was now completely naked, without a stitch of clothing or socks or shoes or anything. Her eyes went wide as she saw everything. She saw his penis swing around as he walked right past her and when he was at the sink she could see him from behind as well.

To be continued.