Golden Change

by Lynn B. Davidson

  “I’m a little nervous,” Kylie admitted, once they had turned their attention to her.

  She had tried to prop herself on some pillows, pulling her hair way back so it would rest on the other side of the pillow. They had laid down on either side of her and were propped up on their sides facing her.

  Only Aiden had ever seen her this nervous before. She was gnawing at her lip with her teeth. “Sweetheart,” Aiden said softly, and kissed where she had been biting.

  Kylie’s eyes filled with tears. She blinked at Jacob, letting a tear fall. He leaned in and kissed the tear, sucking it in as he did. “Your grandmother has such high expectations of me and I’m not sure I’ll live up to them.”

  “You don’t need to meet her expectations,” Jacob told her. “You’ve already surpassed any expectations I had.”

  Aiden had grabbed a tissue and she dabbed her eyes and wiped her nose.

  “How long of a drive is it to the palace?” Kylie asked.

  “No more than an hour,” Aiden replied. “Once we are out of the city the car will turbo through the desert.”

  “I’ve never seen anything but your city on the planet, Aiden,” Kylie optimistically suggested.

  Aiden shrugged. “Not much to see really, especially since we will be going turbo.”

  “Blurred sand,” Jacob added. He was a little surprised at Kylie’s and Aiden’s behavior at this moment. He had expected Aiden and him to have already shed their clothes and had a romp on the way over. Instead Aiden was gently rubbing Kylie’s arm.

  “This actually reminds me of the time we went to the convention center and met you, Jacob,” Aiden said with a smile. “Kylie didn’t really know what the internship was going to entail.”

  “I didn’t,” Kylie admitted. “It wasn’t until the ride over that Aiden had told me about golden changes. I about jumped out of the car on the way! I had never had sex with anyone else but Aiden and here he was telling me I was going to have to have sex with somebody I had barely met!”

  Jacob looked surprised. “You were a virgin before Aiden?”

  “I was. My family was pretty strict, even for earthlings,” she explained.

  “I know the truth, though,” Aiden said with a smile. “When I told her we would be helping you through your change, she began to cream.” Aiden petted his way down to her pussy. “Like I bet she is now.” He dipped a finger in her pussy. “Yep,” Aiden said. “She’s wet, all right.”

  “I’d better check for myself,” Jacob said. “You’re right, Aiden, she is wet,” he said when he dipped his finger inside her pussy alongside Aiden’s.

  “The night we came to meet the cadets I teased her all the way to the event,” he told Jacob as he pulled out his hand and pulled the top of her gown down to past her nipples. “As loath as I am to agree with your grandmother, I think we should see how aroused we can make her without giving her satisfaction.”

  They petted, kissed, and cuddled each other as the vehicle raced through the desert. Kylie was beyond aroused when they finally pulled in front of the palace. Guards opened the doors of their car as she sat up, fingering her hair back into place. When she stepped out, she was amazed at the opulence of the palace. The sun was setting and the pinks of the sky bounced off the gold on the buildings.

  Kylie had seen pictures and even learned some of the history of the royal family when she had come to this planet, but had never been here before. Aiden had been here many times in connection with his job, so he was quite used to the magnificence of the palace. He had also visited here with his friend Tyler before his death. Tyler was actually a prince, Aiden had told her. Tyler’s dad was the younger brother of the king.

  Jacob’s grandparents had arrived right before them and were waiting at the door before they entered. The men were ushered in through the palace front doors while Victoria and Kylie were shown a small door to the side. Kylie followed Victoria mutely up a side staircase that led to a second story. There they entered a small sitting room, which had a restroom attached.

  There were a few women in the sitting room when they entered. Victoria and Kylie nodded to them. Even the bathroom was appointed royally. They didn’t have stalls but private rooms with commodes, richly decorated in the colors of the royal family, gold and purple. When Kylie emerged from the commode, she saw a few women standing in front of a floor-to-ceiling mirror, primping. They were plucking their nipples and checking their hair.

  When they saw her, they stood a little aside so she could see herself. Kylie finger combed her hair again and pulled the two tendrils down towards her breasts, letting the rest of her copper tresses hang down her back. The two women were staring at her. “Your dress is lovely,” one of them exclaimed.

  “Wherever did you find it?” the other woman asked. They looked to be a few years older than her, but not more than ten years, Kylie thought. One was obviously pregnant and the gown she was wearing accentuated her lush figure.

  “From Frank,” Kylie said. She was so nervous she had forgotten the name of the store.

  “Frank Price?” the pregnant one exclaimed.

  Victoria had come up behind them. “Yes, Frank Price designed our gowns.”

  The two women gave short nods to Victoria. “So nice to see you, Mrs. Hayden,” they said in unison.

  “This is Kylie Duncan,” Victoria said. Kylie nodded to them.

  “I thought you might be,” said the woman said who wasn’t pregnant. “It’s nice to meet you.”

  “It’s nice to meet you too,” Kylie replied.

  “I’m Claire Duffy,” the pregnant woman said, “and this is my sister Eileen Hill.” Claire nodded towards the other woman.

  Eileen and Kylie exchanged pleasantries. “You must know my grandmother Ada Moore, Mrs. Hayden,” Claire continued.

  “I do,” Victoria said. “How is she?”

  “She’s doing well. She’s downstairs with our aunt, Viola. Her youngest is coming out today.” Claire turned to Kylie and said, “I hope we’ll see you later and you have a chance to meet them?”

  “That would be lovely,” Kylie replied, though she wasn’t sure why she was talking so formally. She felt like she had slipped down the rabbit hole into some Victorian fantasy. Well, an extremely erotic fantasy. Kylie smiled to herself after her first introduction of the evening had gone so well. And so it went with the women she met in the sitting room as well.

  By the time they were done in the women’s room she had met six other women, all who had connections with girls coming out and who were hoping to introduce them to Kylie later. One of the women Victoria introduced her to was named Sylvia. Sylvia explained that her youngest daughter, Amelia, was having her coming-out party the following day. Kylie realized she was Walter’s mother, since they had been invited to a coming-out party for a girl named Amelia the next day.

  As they exited the sitting room, Victoria beamed. Kylie knew the introductions the girls would really want were to Jacob. They walked along an open hallway, which opened up to the entryway below. There was a crowd in the entryway of men waiting for the women to return from the women’s parlor and the women who had already come down the stairs.

  The crowd seemed to still as they watched Victoria and Kylie walk down the stairs. She blushed with all of the attention, but Victoria smiled smugly. Jacob had turned from a conversation he was having with someone to watch her come down. Aiden was waiting at the bottom for her. Ever considerate of her feelings, he had eschewed conversation until she was with him.

  He held out his arm and Kylie took it gratefully. Jacob had come over too, taking her other arm in his. Victoria nodded in approval. The three of them walked amongst the other guests visiting until the temple doors opened up. They went through the doors and walked forward. Families with girls who were coming out sat near the front, so they chose a row that was somewhere in the middle.

  Jacob went into the row first, leaving enough room for Kylie, Aiden, and his grandparents. Victoria rearranged them, though, so Jacob would be
at the end of the pew with Kylie next to him, then Aiden, then Victoria and the general.

  Kylie had to remember not to genuflect when entering the pew. She was surprised at how plain the temple was as she looked around in curiosity. Instead of ornate mosaics, stained glass windows, or even gold sconces, everything was plain white. The ceiling was high and there were skylights and high windows on the wall, but no color. The pews were solid wood, with no carvings or inlaid wood.

  There were no scriptures in the back of the pew in front and no songbooks. Kylie hadn’t really researched the Zehavian religion. There was some kind of altar at the front, though, and chairs set to the side like where a choir would sit.

  The only things that could be considered even slightly ornamental were the organ pipes.

  People in general were quiet in the temple, so she didn’t feel the pressure to make conversation. Kylie saw some of Jacob’s friends as they found their seats. They winked at her if they caught her eye. She smiled back.

  Soon the entire crowd hushed into complete silence as a priest came forward onto the stage. He was wearing white robes with a purple sash around his waist. He gave a simple welcome before nodding to an attendant to open a door that came from the side of the temple. The crowd stood as one. Kylie tried to look to see what was happening, but couldn’t see around the tall Zehavians in front of her. When she sat down, though, she saw that about fifteen people wearing purple and gold were now seated at the front of the temple. At first, she thought they might be the choir until her sense returned and she realized this must be the royal family.

  After the organ had started playing, Kylie noticed people were turning their heads back up the aisle. She did so, too, and saw a multitude of young girls in white dresses coming up the aisle two astride. They each had a long veil covering their face. The veil was so long it fell to brush the floor as they walked.

  The girls were announced one by one and as they came forward, the priest said some kind of blessing on them, then lifted their veils. The girls would then give the priest a bow, walk across to the royal family and bow deep to them, then walk to the front of the crowd and bow to them. After, they walked off to the side of the stage and filed into the first two pews.

  It is like any typical graduation, Kylie thought. There were two girls who spoke about their dreams and ambitions, a musical quartette played a short piece, and the organ played while the girls all sung their class song. The priest had some words of encouragement and admonition for them. Kylie tuned out most of it and daydreamed instead. Years in church on earth had taught her how to tune out what was going on and find solace in her dream world. All in all, it was one of the shorter graduations she had gone to.

  The priest announced them as women. The girls filed out of the temple past the crowd. Kylie watched as they processed past them. Their gowns were slightly opaque now that they no longer had a veil over them. The color of their nipples and pubic hair were slightly visible under the draped gowns. Many of them looked twice at Jacob as they passed by.

  The crowd dispersed from the front first so the families could be with their girls. Some had waves for Victoria and some of the men greeted Aiden as they passed by. Kylie was grateful when it was their turn to stand and exit. When she stood, her dress had ridden up slightly. She turned a pleading eye to Aiden. He cupped her waist, running his hands down, pulling her torso and hips and pulling the gown as he did.

  Kylie grinned at him. The crowd grew thicker towards the back, as more and more people wanted to visit along the way. They were stopped along the way by people who wanted to greet them. The general and Victoria were leading them as they went, making important introductions.

  There was a receiving line after the ceremony set up in a parlor across the hall from the temple. They met a dizzying array of families with young girls. Some girls were shy and some were bold, but they all seemed to be enamored of Jacob. They might have been enamored with Aiden as well except for the scowl he had set in place for the girls to keep their distance.

  Since their fathers couldn’t present their hands for every person who greeted them, the girls bowed in introduction instead. Kylie was sure some of the more bold girls had bowed lower when introduced to Jacob. They shrugged their shoulders together during the bow, showing Jacob more of their cleavage. The first time one had done so, he had a shocked and surprised look on his face. Aiden had chuckled, which caused the girls to stand up straight right away, looking somewhat embarrassed at Aiden’s reaction.

  They had found seats at a table near the center of the room close to the buffet table. Victoria had scoped it out, making a beeline for the empty table. The others went through the buffet line, choosing delicacies. Kylie wasn’t sure what some of the dishes were, so Aiden chose the ones he thought she might prefer, as well as the fruit and breads he knew she loved. As they sat at the table, Mason came and asked if his family could join them as well. Soon Mason, Cheryl, and Dylan sat down. Kylie sat on Aiden’s lap to make room for them.

  The conversation was polite if a bit stilted. For once Kylie was glad for Victoria talking so much, since she carried most of the conversation. Kylie was so nervous she sat straight-backed on Aiden’s lap. He began to rub her back and thighs, trying to calm her nerves. Kylie was chewing each bite of food for so long, though, the food grew dry in her mouth before she could swallow. Aiden gave her a sip of wine to help her wash it down.

  Dylan had tried to draw Kylie into conversation, but she could only smile tightly as she answered his questions. His encouraging smile only made her more anxious though, realizing if he was sensing her anxiety they probably all were. Kylie tried as much as possible to blend into a scene, but was feeling like she was more noticeable than ever.

  Jacob too was in tune with her nervousness. He finished his food in record time. “Do you want to walk around the courtyard, Kylie?” he asked. He looked between Aiden and her.

  “I’ll come and catch up with you later.” Aiden kissed her before helping her stand on her feet while giving her dress the smooth-down. Kylie smiled over her shoulder at him as Jacob held out his arm.

  Victoria had nodded her approval of Jacob’s decision. Kylie knew she was happy he was walking around in hopes of gathering attention, not rescuing her from being uncomfortable, but she didn’t care.

  They walked into the courtyard, which must have been as big as a football field. Small seating areas sat amongst faux streams, small pools, and waterfalls. Since it was growing dark, the area was filled with lanterns giving off soft, glowing light. Kylie loved it. She wanted to walk along all of the streams, stand beside the waterfalls, and look into the small pools.

  Some of the smaller pools were filled with light and they could see fish swimming in their depths. She grew more relaxed with every moment she spent alone with Jacob. They chatted about the ceremony and other topics that were innocuous. Soon more and more people were coming to the courtyard as they finished their dinners. They were stopped by people whom they knew or had been introduced to earlier.

  Jacob always kept her arm tight in his, to her relief, and didn’t draw her into their conversation unless necessary. Many of the women and girls were anxious to hear where she had gotten her gown.

  Waiters were walking around with glasses of sparkling wine, which she declined. By the time Aiden caught up to them, it seemed like the party was in full swing. They had been chatting with a few of Jacob’s fellow cadets. Some of the newly come-out girls were hovering around them. Most of these boys had been to their house to play ball and so Kylie felt very comfortable with them. She felt open and animated as she joked with them.

  “There is someone I’d like you to meet, Kylie,” Aiden said as he joined the group.

  Kylie bid the group good-bye as she took Aiden’s arm and he led her away. She wasn’t sure where they were going, but she pointed out different favorite pools and bridges as they walked. “Do you think we can have a fish pond, too?” she asked Aiden when they stopped at one pool.

  “Hmm
,” he hummed as he pretended to think about it. “A pool would be hard to install, don’t you think?”

  “How hard do you think it would be?” she asked, turning to press her body into what was becoming his hard erection.

  “Very hard,” he replied gravely. He pressed a leg to come between her thighs, lifting her slightly so she could feel his hard erection between them. She had wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him.

  “You make me forget myself,” he said as he set her down and smoothed down her dress.

  He escorted her over to where the royal family was sitting. To the side sat a very pregnant princess. When she saw Aiden and Kylie approaching, she stood slowly. The man standing behind her chair helped her up when he saw her struggling.

  Aiden bowed low as he approached, and Kylie followed suit. The princess inclined her head slightly, as did the gentleman. “Aiden,” the princess exclaimed, and pulled him into a tight hug. “It is so wonderful to see you!”

  Aiden kissed her cheek. “I’m so glad to see you as well.” He shook the gentleman’s hand and greeted him cordially.

  “I’d like to introduce you to my wife, Kylie,” Aiden said as he turned slightly. He lifted her hand for the gentleman to kiss.

  “This is Julian and his wife, Princess Tyanna.” Kylie bowed to them again. “Tyanna is Tyler’s twin sister.” Kylie saw him swallow hard, knowing he still missed Tyler deeply.

  Tyanna, too, seemed to know how hard it was for Aiden. They shared a sad smile. She rubbed her hands over her pregnant belly.

  “You should sit,” Julian indicated to his wife’s chair as well as two chairs across from them. Princess Tyanna sat down none too gracefully, as did Aiden as he sat Kylie on his lap.

  Kylie liked the princess. She included her in the conversation easily, drawing her out of her shyness. She told her they should go rescue Jacob soon, since by now most of the girls would have dampened their gowns and might try to drag him behind a waterfall and have their wicked way with him.