Belle said, “Then you better make us a bigger bed before you plan to go to sleep!”
Alexia actually laughed and said, “I’ll work day and night until the task is done. But hurrying the way that I will, it may not be my best work.”
Rani said, “Joking aside, can we put two beds together for now and put furs over the middle to make it seem like one?”
The girls agreed that it would be fine to start that way.
I said, “But if Alexia and I can’t even hold each other, how can we all sleep in one bed?”
Aeyli said, “You will sleep in the middle, and one of us will sleep on each side; one of us between you and Alexia. Um, but, if while we’re all asleep, some accidental touching happens between the two of you, we won’t make a fuss over it. It was an innocent accident and nothing more. Rani, Belle, and I wouldn’t even be aware of it. If Alexia accidentally explores Mark’s penis while we sleep in order to get used to what’s soon to come… soon to come pressing at her fence, I mean… then it is just an accident and nothing else and we won’t even be aware of it; as long as it doesn’t go so far that I’m not able to deny it if asked in the council.”
Alexia said, “Yes, I can see that. And, if Mark accidentally touched me, perhaps thinking it to be one of you, as long as my fence is intact and my milk has not been taken as far as I know, though again, if it happens while I sleep, by accident, no one’s to blame and we won’t make a fuss.”
Belle said, “And if mark accidentally spreads Alexia’s legs and trips and his mouth lands on her tender pussy and…”
Aeyli shouted, “No, that does go too far! That will have to wait.”
Alexia said, “What? His mouth between my legs? What does that do?”
Aeyli said, “We’ll show you later. For now, just know that he will not be doing that yet by accident or otherwise.”
Belle said, “But seriously, we do need to ask. Since Alexia will be sleeping with us and living with us, what about when we make love? Can she stay, or does she wait outside? I still need to see how tables and chairs may be used.”
Aeyli said, “That’s up to Alexia. Will you want to be an observer, or will you want to wait until you can fully participate?”
Alexia said, “Mark has asked me if I will let him teach me and I have said yes. I say, the sooner I start my lessons, the better.”
There was a lull in the conversation and Alexia finally said, “Show me what you want me to make. I still need to work. You want a bed for seven, maybe two of them. Show me where.”
We started upstairs in the room we were sharing. Alexia looked around at the room and then asked to see the rest of the house. We showed her all of the rooms and then the rooftop. Alexia took it all in and never said a word. After seeing the roof and hearing plans for a patio with a bed, she went to the low wall and looked out over the city.
She said, “We’ll bring a bed from below. It won’t fit through the hatch. It will be raised over the side from the garden. I will shorten the legs.”
The strange monotone communication was back for the moment.
She continued, “The room you sleep in is too small. We will move to the center room on the second floor at the back overlooking the garden. We will need a builder.”
I said, “Narhu has said that he will do any renovations that we want. He has started drawing plans already.”
Alexia said, “I’ll speak with him. The wall between the center room and the one on left of it will be removed. The wall to the right will have an archway put in. It will be a sitting room for conversation and relaxing. The three rooms will be combined into one. A bed for seven won’t fit through a door. I’ll take two beds and modify them so that they fasten to each other securely. Two mattresses will be used, and a third, thinner one will be added to the top. And a fourth on top of that. It will make it feel like one bed with no joints. The bed will be at the height of our waists. I will make the legs longer. Platforms for steps will be added at each side.”
Alexia didn’t ask questions. She told us her vision and expected that it was the correct way and that it would be done exactly the way that she saw it in her mind.
She said, “A bed for three will be across the hall, and another in the room beside it. The final room on the second floor will wait. If thirteen will live here, we will see how things seem after more come. For now I’ll plan for seven only.”
She looked over the city and thought further.
She said, “The table is for twelve already. Perhaps the number for the house is twelve total. Mark plus eleven. We’ll see. I only see Mark plus eight, not eleven. We’ll know who they are. I’ll build better storage. A storage room for food and a storage room for weapons and trophies and extra sleeping furs and such. There will be hidden places for valuables that a thief will never find. There is the matter of my gift for my prince, but nothing will be said about that. When can I meet with Narhu?”
I was surprised by how clear her plans were and said, “He expects us this afternoon.”
She said, “Fine. I know him, but come with me and introduce me as your foreman and tell him that I will show him what’s required. I’ll be gracious with him and honor you in how I deal with him. He will be a respected friend.”
I was a bit taken aback by Alexia’s directness and self-confidence, but it was actually very attractive. I looked to Aeyli and she nodded that it seemed good to her to let Alexia handle it as she thought best. And then Alexia surprised me again.
She turned her head from where she had been staring over the wall and looked at me as I stood beside her and she smiled. Then with full emotional content, she said, “How does that sound to you, My Prince? Do you have other ideas? What’s in your heart? Tell me and I will make it so. I wish that I could kiss you.”
The last bit was added as a matter of fact, just like the rest, as if it was part of the same thought.
I smiled and said, “Alexia, My Princess to be, you have described a perfect plan. I will ask our friend Narhu to give you a free hand to say what will be done. It feels very good to me.”
Alexia smiled, and in a surprising move, reached behind me below the wall where no one would see and squeezed my butt cheek. “It feels very good to me too,” she said. Then, “Mark, how strong are you?” She seemed to be concerned that her own strength might be a problem.
I laughed and said, “I will hoist the bed to the roof by myself. Come here.”
I walked back toward the part of the patio farthest from the road and turned her toward me and placing my hands on her waist, I lifted her high above my head. I tossed her two feet in the air and then caught her as she came down.
She looked at me and smiled and said, “Ah, strong enough I suppose. I won’t worry on that account. I will be a good mate for you. She who would never find love has a prince in a day. There will be a poem written. Perhaps,
Perhaps something like that, but far less tame. We’ll see,” and we both laughed.
We all talked some more and Alexia was quickly becoming more comfortable at having a family for the first time.