The Spell - Family Ties Ch. 03

"Okay," Maria interrupted, her body now fully facing the back seat despite how dangerous it was in a moving vehicle, "Being a newbie you're going to get asked this a ton, so let me be the first, how'd it happen?"

"How did I get infected?" Aaron asked, Maria nodded, "Oh y'know, mom got infected, small house, it was inevitable I guess,"

"Boo," Maria sighed, "Heard that story a million times, it's boring,"

"I'm sorry his life bores you Maria," Chloe laughed, "Tell him yours, you gotta give if you wanna get,"

"Fair enough," Maria grinned, "You remember my ex-boyfriend from high school right? Carl?"

"The stoner you dumped before graduation?" Aaron remembered,

"He wasn't a stoner," Maria said defensively,

"Trust me, honey," Chloe argued, "He was a stoner,"

"Freddie?" Maria begged, looking over to the driver,

Fred just awkwardly smiled and nodded his head.

"Huh... damn," Maria sighed, "Anyway, apparently he got infected with the spell at a really unfortunate rebound hook-up after graduation, lost his job because of it, really pissed him off. So anyway, I had run down to Freddie's family grocery store to pick up a few things and I was deciding which type of ketchup to buy when Carl walked buck naked into the condiment isle, he had clearly been crying and by the smell of him- oh my god he was a stoner!"

Maria paused for a moment to take it all in,

"Whatever," She shrugged, "Anyway, he basically tackles me, starts ripping off my clothes, swearing under his breath, when Freddie walks into the isle, sees what's happening, pulls Carl off me and knocks him out in one punch, so heroically getting himself infected to protect me. Then after the police came, took Carl away, and took our statements, we made love in the back of this very car."

"Maria!" Freddie objected, turning a very bright shade of crimson,

"What?" Maria questioned, "Babe, we're already naked, the time for modesty has passed,"

An awkward silence befell the car as Freddie struggled to think of a retort,

"Four eyed not looking so bad now is it?" Chloe teased.

Eventually, the car pulled up to the beach where the party was already in full swing against the backdrop of one of the most beautiful sunsets Aaron had seen in ages.

What looked to be about a hundred people of various ages, though mostly favouring the younger side, dancing, drinking and partying around a large campfire.

Nudies weren't the only people partying on the beach however, sprinkled through the sea of boobs, butts and tan lines were a handful of still-clothed people with nervous yet excited looks on their faces,

In particular, one clothed girl caught Aaron's eye, she was the only clothed person among a group loudly cheering as they ran into the water, however, the girl paused on the shoreline and took a moment to watch her friends splash around as the waves licked her toes, after repeated encouragement from her friends to join them in the water she turned around and ran back up the beach with a terrified look on her face,

Her friends were about to follow her when they saw her stop in front of the campfire and after a beat rip off her bikini and throw it in the fire, showing off a delightful pair of breasts and an unshaven mound framed by extremely evident tan lines.

Her friends cheered as she ran into the water after them and without a moment of hesitation tackled one of her male friends, wrapping her legs around his waist and kissing him, much to his shock and delight,

Their friends cheered as the two flopped down into the water in newfound romantic bliss.

"I told you we were gonna be late," Maria said as she leapt out of the car and ran down the hill to greet her friends in the crowd,

"She gets really excited for this," Chloe explained as Aaron helped her empty out the trunk and Freddie went to go chase down his girlfriend with his and her bags in hand, "She's the only nudie in her family, can be kinda alienating to be the only one naked,"

"Her family didn't infect themselves with her?" Aaron asked as he was handed her bag, "Isn't that the usual deal?"

"Not as much as you might think so," Chloe explained, sticking a couple of beach towels under her arm and slamming the hood shut, "For every story like mine you read on social media or watch on the six o'clock news there are just as many of people being left out to dry by their families, that's why we have the burning every month, to give people like Maria a place to not feel so alone."

"What about you?" Aaron asked as the two walked towards the party, "You feel alone?"

"Less and less," Chloe smiled.

She led him to a spot on the beach a couple of feet away from the party where she laid out the towels as Aaron put down Chloe's bag,

"Aaron," Maria called out, waving him over to the crowd,

As he approached Maria grabbed him by the shoulder and pushed him through the crowd, he apologized profusely whenever his hip bumped into someone else's bare ass but they would brush him off as if he wasn't even there and continue on with their conversation.

"Hey, Erin!" Maria called out as they re-emerged from the crowd at the other side, grabbing the attention of a familiar-looking naked girl as she sat on a log with her friend sipping a beer, "Check out who's here!"

"Oh, hey other Aaron," Erin greeted, standing up and pulling him into a hug, "It's been a while,"

Aaron and Erin had known each other since kindergarten and had been on each other's radar since roll call on the first day thanks to their very similar-sounding first names, a few ways of differentiating the two had popped up over the years, black Erin and white Aaron had been proposed but ultimately fell flat when Aaron explained that he was actually Moroccan, not to mention how not politically correct it sounded, so the default fell on girl Erin and boy Aaron which was remarkably un clever but was the best that could be done, that was until Erin got herself infected with the spell and up until this very moment had been known as Nudie Erin,

"Yeah," Aaron greeted, "Sorry to ruin the whole nickname thing,"

"Just when we had it down," Erin chuckled, "Don't worry, I think can forgive you,"

Aaron was certain he saw Erin's eyes flash to his crotch as she said this, part of him felt flattered to attract her eye, but another smaller part couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, then he noticed how his own eyes had subconsciously run up and down her body and immediately felt like a hypocrite.

"This..." Erin began, grabbing her friend's hand and pulling her to her side, locking their hips together, "Is my lovely girlfriend, Shanna, Shanna this is the other Aaron,"

"Nice to meet you, Aaron," Shanna smiled, taking Aaron's hand and shaking it.

"Aaron's completely new to the nudie game," Maria explained as if showing off the miraculous discovery of an unknown animal,

"Oh, how new?" Erin asked,

"Coming up on twenty-four hours now," Aaron said trying his best to hide his embarrassment,

"And you're already out in public?" Shanna questioned in disbelief, "I don't think I came out of my room for three days after I got infected,"

"More like a week for me," Erin added, "You got some balls, Aaron,"

"Hey maybe that can be your new nickname," Maria suggested, "Big balls Aaron!"

"Oh, hey I like that!" Erin agreed as Shanna nodded along, "Well our friends are here, see you around Maria, see you around Big Balls Aaron."

Aaron's brow furrowed as the couple walked away hand in hand,

"Why?" Aaron questioned over Maria's barely contained-laughter,

"Call that payback for four-eyed Freddie," Maria explained, laughing like a supervillain as she went off to find her boyfriend and deliver the good news.

Now left alone with no one he knew to talk to, he decided now was the time to go find a drink to calm his nerves.

After finally locating the drinks table through the crowd he had barely made it halfway there when a very drunk woman crashed into him,

"Oh so sur- cuse me," the woman said in slurred speech.

"Edna, Watch where you're going," a man Aaron recognized said, desperately chasing after her,

"Oh hey, Peter right?" Aaron said as he recognized one of his mother's doctors from the other day, he soon recognized the other of the two doctors as the Woman nearly collapsing on top of him,

"Hey there Aaron," Peter greeted, pulling Edna off him, "How's your mom?"

"She's good," Aaron answered, "Really good actually, it's like she has a new lease on life actually,"

"As do I..." Edna burped, resting her head on Peter's shoulder to keep it steady,

"Is she okay?" Aaron asked as drool dripped on Peter's shoulder,

"Well your mom helped to confirm a theory of hers she had been mulling over for a while," Peter explained, "I thought we could celebrate and finally get to check one of these good old southern burnings we hear so much about up North, but uh... Edna might've partied a little too hard, she's not much of a drinker."

Edna loudly gasped and pointed at Aaron, completely interrupting the conversation,

"Your naked!" She said quite obviously,

"Ed," Peter scolded,

"Yes," Aaron nodded, "Yes, Dr Smith, I am naked, Peter actually helped me with getting comfortable with it,"

"Oh, I'm glad I could help," Peter said, his voice proud yet modest.

"Good for you!" Edna said loudly, "Y'know therezzzzz... a lot of he- heath benofots to going-,"

She didn't get to finish her sentence as she lost her footing and slipped out of Peter's arms, landing on the sand ass first.

"Ow," she mumbled, making no attempts to get up,

"I should probably get her back to our hotel," Peter said as he crouched down to gently pick her up, "You ready babe, nice and gentle, up we get,"

"I love you," Edna declared as she made it to her feet, tears welling up in her eyes either due to the fall or the drunken vulnerability,

"I love you too," he said honestly but with mild annoyance as he dragged her away back to their car.

Every few steps Aaron took towards the refreshment stand he would run into someone he knew from before either of them was infected and have the same conversation,

Oh, how have you been?

I heard about your mom how's she doing?

So how'd it happen?

And he would answer the same,

Good.

She's holding up.

Oh, y'know having a nudie in the house... was bound to happen eventually.

Aaron didn't feel he was ready to admit that he wasn't infected by accident or by some sort of family pressure but rather by his own impulsive choice,

But he was ready to admit that he was growing more and more comfortable in his own skin, and had even begun to fully accept that some eyes were going to glance at his fun bits be they from girls or even some guys, it was a different story however when he felt some people were looking too much,

He took a moment to appreciate how the average woman in this scenario must've felt.

As he approached the drinks table he finally saw Chloe for the first time in what must've been at least fifteen minutes talking to a much older guy Aaron didn't recognize in front of the table,

It didn't take him long to read the situation.

The man almost towered over Chloe as she tried to find an opening to back away from him, each effort derailed as he continued to trap her in the social cage of polite party conversation, giving her no chance to escape as his gaze as it bounce from her breasts to her pussy with reckless abandon.

"Chloe," he called out, thinking quickly, "There you are,"

The conversation had successfully been interrupted as the two looked over at him, the guy with barely hidden contempt and Chloe with barely masked relief,

"Oh, hey Aaron," Chloe said, keeping a side eye on the guy across from her,

"You said you were coming to get drinks, I've been waiting for like fifteen minutes," Aaron continued with the charade, nodding to the table behind her.

Chloe's eyes darted from Aaron to the other guy at the table before she realized what he was doing, quickly grabbed the nearest bottle and handed it to him,

"Thank you," Aaron said, cracking it open and taking a sip, before turning to the other guy, "Oh I'm sorry we haven't met,"

"Aaron, this is James," Chloe introduced, catching everyone including herself off guard by wrapping herself around Aaron's arm and holding on for dear life, "James is a regular to these things,"

Aaron pulled himself away from the thought of Chloe's nipples pressed against his arm long enough to shake the man's hand, gripping a little too tightly to make sure James got the message to back off.

"Nice to meet you," James said with an unsteady voice, it was very clear to Aaron he was drunk, "Well I think I see a friend of mine so..."

He then walked away a little too quickly, letting Chloe finally release the breath she had been holding.

"Hey, are you okay?" Aaron asked,

"Oh, yeah," Chloe nodded, her face stiff, "I'm fine,"

"Hey, I'm getting a little overwhelmed here," Aaron said, "Wanna come walk down the beach with me where it's a little quieter,"

Chloe smiled, "I'd like that."

Aaron couldn't help but notice that Chloe remained latched to his arm as they walked away from the party, he purposely decided not to mention it hoping she wouldn't notice she was doing it and let go, but she remained latched onto him even as they stopped to pick up their bags and beach towels.

"Hey, you sure you're okay?" Aaron asked, "I mean what was that guy doing at the party anyway the creep?"

"Oh, that's just James being James," Chloe explained, "Kinda guy who never moved past the college party phase of his life, comes to these things to get drunk and pick up naked chicks,"

"Shouldn't someone do something about him?" Aaron asked,

"Everyone already knows the deal with him," Chloe explained, "Those with enough brains know to stay away from him, those who don't care are happy to spread their legs at the end of the night, besides he's not dangerous, just kinda sad."

"So why was he going after you?" Aaron asked, "Could hardly mistake you for one of the bimbos,"

"Let's just say I have a reputation," Chloe sighed,

Aaron must've given her a weird look because she immediately slapped his arm and said, "Not that kind of reputation, it wasn't my fault,"

"Okay, okay, what kind of reputation then?" Aaron asked, laughing it off,

"So you might've noticed that nudies usually come in twos right?" Chloe began, Aaron nodded along, "Well that can be typically chalked up to the increased sex drive brought on from the initial flood of hormones upon initial infection, most people in order to keep themselves sane turn to a spouse or significant other to keep themselves occupied, some people even find themselves a friends with benefits scenario just out of convenience,"

This was all news to Aaron, sure he had been randier than usual lately but he chocked that up to the general stimulation of being naked all day, he had jerked off three times in the shower before coming to the party to keep himself under control, but with the feeling of Chloe's warm, soft skin against his threatened to release the beast so to speak,

He was also a little disappointed with the possibility that Chloe was in such a relationship, or more accurately, that she might be in such a relationship with someone other than him.

"Now people who were infected against their will are usually left alone," Chloe continued, "But if you're like me and you chose nudity, especially as publicly as I did, then a lot of people get the impression that you're easy..."

"Oh," Aaron understood, being very deliberate about his words, "Well I guess the only solution would be to bring a boyfriend around here and show people you're taken,"

"Little problem with that idea," Chloe chuckled, "I don't have a boyfriend to show off,"

"I have a hard time believing that," Aaron said, trying not to whoop and jump for joy, "Pretty as you are, naked as you are, you could get yourself a guy in five minutes,"

"Maybe I'm just picky," Chloe smiled, giving his arm a squeeze to show him that yes, she knew exactly what she was doing.

"Um... this looks like as good a place as any," Aaron said, trying to keep his excitement contained,

Chloe finally let go of his arm so the two could lay the towels out,

They sat down and clinked their bottles together, lying back to appreciate the sunset,

After a few minutes of silently appreciating each other's company Aaron finally broke the silence.

"Well I guess we're going to be in similar positions then," He said, "Reputation wise I mean,"

"How so?" Chloe asked,

"I actually chose to infect myself," Aaron explained, "It was an impulsive choice in the heat of the moment but I still did it."

"What happened?" Chloe asked, clearly surprised,

"My mom and I were celebrating some good news and I just got the overwhelming urge to hug her," Aaron answered,

"Well go on," she encouraged, "Don't go holding out on me, what was the good news?"

"Doctors say she's cancer-free," he finally admitted, hardly believing the words himself,

"Oh my god!" Chloe cheered, reaching over to hug him, "Aaron that's great news."

Their celebration was interrupted by the sound of a loud horn blasting across the beach.

"The hell was that?" Aaron asked,

"Oh right, I forgot to tell you about this part didn't I?" Chloe remembered,

Aaron looked down towards the party and saw that about a third of the guests had begun to gather up their stuff and walk back to the parking lot,

"Is the party over?" Aaron asked,

"Not exactly," Chloe cringed.

After another minute or so the horn blasted again,

Aaron noticed that no one else was leaving, in fact, there was a palpable excitement in the air as people waited for whatever came next,

Slowly couples began to pair off and return to their beach towels, slowly kissing as their hands ran across each other's bodies,

Aaron eventually located Maria, who was busy talking to a friend of hers on the outside of the party when Freddie emerged from the crowd,

Aaron's eyes widened as he watched Freddie grab his girlfriend and without warning bend her over and take her from behind as she laughed gleefully,

Her friend eventually said her goodbyes and walked away, eventually finding her boyfriend and immediately dropping to her knees to take him in his mouth.

"What the hell is this?" Aaron asked, turning back to face Chloe who looked about ready to burst out in nervous laughter,

"I'm sorry, I meant to tell you," Chloe apologized, "It was just a little hard to bring up,"

"I can see why, does this usually happen?" Aaron asked,

"Every time," Chloe explained, "The second the sun sinks below the sea the horn blows and people have five minutes to get out before... that starts,"

"Are you usually here for this?" Aaron asked,

"Well Maria and Freddie are my ride and they never miss this," Chloe said carefully, "So I usually just take my towel down the beach and find a quiet spot to stay the night,"

"Well, I'm sorry to intrude," Aaron said not at all sorry,

"Trust me I'm not complain- oh my god," Chloe gasped, cutting herself off mid-sentence as her eyes flashed downward,

Aaron didn't have to look down to know his body had betrayed him,

"I'm sorry," he apologized profusely, "I can't exactly control it,"

"No don't be," Chloe said, blushing profusely, "It's very... nice,"

"Thank you," Aaron said in mild confusion, "Yours is very nice as well,"

Aaron noticed her nipples had become rock hard.

"Well thank you," Chloe giggled, "I aim to please,"

"Chloe..." Aaron began, deciding he had nowhere else to go, "I know you're worried about whatever reputation you may or may not have but could I... would you..."

"Would you like to what?" Chloe teased, slowly approaching him as he stammered on,

"I'm not sure exactly how to ask this," Aaron continued,