Chapter 11: The Family.
It was early into the summer of 1967, and still the first year of Ethan’s quest. The household, now collectively referred to as Erwin’s or home, entered the ‘Summer of Love’ by attending the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival, and then the Monterey Pop Festival. They all had a wonderful time and made some loving connections with the beautiful people they met there.
The entire household enjoyed these two and three day events, and would come home exhausted, having danced too much, taken too many Magic Mushrooms and eating every hash cookie Priya had handed them. As soon as they dragged themselves into the house, everyone went directly to their bedroom, unless they didn’t have one like Dobro and Al, who had their own little areas with all their stuff and was where they slept. They’d drag themselves groaning, to their sleeping area, and drop into much needed slumber.
Usually what happened after a few hours, was the household was awakened by Dobro sitting on the couch, picking through songs he heard at the concert. Always the first to wake up, Dobro would grab his guitar and start figuring out songs and melodies he had heard. He always played softly, so as not to disturb the others.
As the name implies, Dobro played guitar. Actually, in a matter of minutes, he could play any instrument you put before him, but he owned and carried around a guitar. He was gifted musically, and his notes were sweet and gentle. The rest of the house always felt refreshed and rejuvenated when Dobro played. Soon they’d be milling around, mostly in the kitchen, looking for something to eat. The sound of pots and plates, clinking and clanking just as softly as Dobro’s guitar. Before long, the whole household was sitting in front of Dobro, swaying to the music as they ate their snacks.
Dobro entertaining the others was a regular thing. Every evening, after dinner and having smoked their first joint, Dobro would pick up his guitar and start playing. With each song, he began with an intricate opening of his composition, before launching into the melody of the song. Everyone learned Dobro’s intros, and would wait patiently for the song to begin. When Dobro finished his intro, the whole family started singing the song. They loved singing with Dobro. They practiced harmonizing and taking the lead, never too shy to stop Dobro and have him start again at a certain place in the song. They were getting pretty good, and started considering themselves a serious group like the Mama’s and Papas, although they only performed when they went out or friends came over. Still, the end of the first joint after supper represented practice time, and everyone tried to be there.
To help make ends meet, Dobro started busking. Lisa and Kelly usually went along to accompany him. They followed Dobro around like puppies. Both were in love with him and shared their enthusiasm towards Dobro with each other and everyone else. They always turned the conversation around to how sexy Dobro was. His attractive, though not overly masculine features expressed his sensitivity. The only time it was quiet in the house was when Liza and Kelly were captivated by Dobro’s presence. They’d shut-up immediately whenever he played or even walked by. Imaging running their fingers through his long flowing brown hair, or what it would be like to feel his young, agile body against them. Quiet, unassuming, guitar playing Dobro, was why Lisa and Kelly got up in the morning.
Lisa and Kelly showed up at Erwin’s together, and mostly stayed together. They were always bent over, laughing at some stupid observation. When they flirted with Dobro, they approached him as a tag team.
“Hey Dobro!” Kelly would say giggling and clutching Lisa’s shoulder. “Show us your guitar”.
“Yeah. How big is it?” Lisa would add. This was all it took to set them off laughing, falling all over each other and rolling around for about half an hour. Their jocularity and good humour added a lot of joy to the house.
During the first months of living at Erwin’s, Ethan and Crystal became inseparable. When they were hanging out, they were always holding onto each other, in some kind of love embrace. They were still enjoying the early stage of love. Finding himself in a young man’s body, Ethan was making the most of it. Just holding Crystal gave him a hard-on. While with the others, Ethan loved holding Crystal from behind and pressing his hard cock against her ass. The two of them would be standing there, usually backs against a wall, and Ethan holding Crystal from behind, would be caressing her belly or something, and pressing his dick right between her cheeks. Crystal was as bad as Ethan. If he wasn’t paying enough attention to her, she’d rub her ass against his cock until he responded. Usually, after a few minutes of this, the two casually disappeared into their bedroom.
Lisa and Kelly were the first to pick up on what Ethan and Crystal were doing. They’d prod and poke each other everytime the two started for the bedroom. The girls knew what was going on, and the next time Ethan and Crystal went off to their bedroom, they attacked. They acted quickly and expertly, employing timing and listening by the door. When the time was right, they threw open the door, barging in with a bunch of, “What’s going on” and whatnot.
“Can I get you guys some food, so you don’t starve now that you’re living in here?” Lisa asked, dropping onto the bed, laughing at her clever observation of how they were always in their bedroom.
“Yeah, do you guys need anything, like water?” Kelly asked, grabbing at the bedsheet hoping to see Crystal and Ethan naked. “What are you guys doing?”
“None of your business,” Crystal replied, kicking at Kelly from under the sheet. Crystal’s resistance only provoked the girls. Both started grabbing at the sheet now. This went on until Ethan had had enough and got up and kicked them out.
Since moving in, Priya naturally assumed the role of a mother figure. She, with Erwin’s backing, made decisions on the household and whenever something came up, people found themselves turning to Priya to see how they would react to it. It all worked out well for them.
Shortly after moving in, Priya started walking around naked most of the time. She enjoyed showing off her desirable body. Long and lithe, she was aware of the reaction she created when wearing a sari thoughtfully arranged to reveal lots of belly and the occasional breast fall-out. This was back in the days when she had no fixed address, like the time when she first met Erwin freaking out about the Magic Mushroom tea she had served him. Now, after deciding to take Erwin under her wing, Priya had a home. Exercising self-expression through nudity appealed to her. Sometimes she’d send Erwin out naked too, although he never knew the reason why. He’d stand around looking confused, while everyone admired his dick. After a few moments, he’d usually go back into the bedroom and ask Priya what he was doing.
Everyone was okay with Priya’s and Erwin’s sometimes personal expressions of nudity. It was part of their thing and it certainly didn’t transcend the sexual boundaries of the time. In fact, Priya’s nakedness encouraged Lisa and Kelly to start walking around naked as well; although not as much. They were more intent on showing how hip and liberated they were too, and also wanted to be recognized as women. Until then, their behaviour and childish antics precluded them from such recognition. One day Lisa came into the living room completely naked. Everyone heard her feet slapping on the floor, and a bunch of huffing and puffing, long before she made her appearance. Was she making so much noise as way of announcing her arrival, or was it the sounds of someone working up the courage to do something? Either way, all eyes were on her when Lisa appeared from the hallway naked.
“I’m looking for a magazine article,” she said to no-one in particular, now appearing much cooler. “Ah,” she said, eyeing a stack of magazines and newspapers. No one said anything as she walked over and bent slightly to look through them. As with Kelly, Lisa was skinny, and maybe a little taller than average. Both showed the remnants of their youth in their baby faces. Lisa’s face was long and narrow, but still had a hint of chubbiness in her cheeks. As was the fashion, she wore her hair long; halfway down her back. She was very attractive, the cheeks helped, but overall, she had a kind of sultry, vampy look that in truth, did spark the imaginations of some of her roommates.
Kelly was pretty too. She had long reddish blonde hair. Looking at her, you might think Kelly was a child who never grew old. She had big doe eyes, a roundish face and pouting lips. Sometimes when she was quiet and just hanging out, that little pout on her lips made you want to go up and give her a big cuddle. You’d have to get a feel for the room though. Kelly could be in a mood, and you wanted to check the eyes before advancing.
As mentioned, everyone waited for Lisa to make her naked grand entrance. Her statement was obvious, but no one bought it. It was Al who spoke first.
“I’ll tell you what, Lisa,” he said. “Back that ass over here and I’ll help make it right”.
Everyone but Lisa laughed and added to Al’s comical observation with catcalls and whistles. Lisa looked at them, especially Al like he was a pig, and even uttered it, but overall stayed true to her role. Suddenly, she found the magazine she was looking for. “Ah. Here it is,”she said, grabbing it and then defiantly marching out of the room, holding the magazine overhead and waving it.
After Lisa, Kelly made a nonchalant appearance, also nude, but icier and without all the noise Lisa stirred up. Everyone just sat silently through Kelly’s exhibition, out of fear she might attack them. The good news was, the girls had definitely caught Dobro’s attention, and were tag teaming him in the bedroom now. Al even got his shot in once in a while.
Overall, Erwin’s was becoming a happy household, until of course, the day Dobro received his final draft notice.