Note: This story was dynamically reformatted for online reading convenience. Chapter 6 Once breakfast was finished and things cleaned up, I got on the radio to see what the weather forecast looked like. From the report I received, the storm was expected to end overnight tonight and nothing new in the way of storms for at least 4 days. "Well, do you think you'll be ready to make a trip to the main island the day after tomorrow?" I asked Jennifer. "I thought the storm was going to end tonight. Why do we wait another day?" she asked. "I'll show you tomorrow afternoon. Until then, just trust me." I replied and Jennifer smiled. ***** We spent the balance of the day as we had the previous day - talking, playing cards or board games and eating the occasional meal. I discovered that Jennifer loved puns as much as I did and between the two of us, we were often in stitches with laughter. Of course Maggie had to be fussed over and played with. At one point I asked Jennifer about her family. "I don't know much about any other parts of my family - I guess they'd be what you'd call my `extended family'. My mom and dad..." Jennifer started crying and I took her in a hug. "If it's too painful, don't talk about it but once we get to the main island the police and others are going to want that kind of information. Jennifer nodded and wiped her eyes and looked at me. "I know, it just hit me again, that Mom and Dad aren't here anymore." She went and got a tissue to wipe her eyes, then came back and sat down. "Mom and Dad were both only children and both of my dad's parents are now dead." Jennifer paused to wipe her face again before continuing. "Dad talked once about a cousin or something but I don't think he'd ever met that person. Mom never talked about any other family members. I kinda think that maybe there was a fight or something and Mom and Dad just ignored the rest of their families other than their parents." I got rid of her tissue and got her a new one then she continued. "Last year I started noticing things about Mom and Dad. I noticed that if mom was doing something and Dad went past her he'd lightly touch her - on her arm or shoulder or cheek or wherever - and Mom would do the same. To me, these didn't seem to be sexy sorts of touches but touches of love. I noticed this because I never saw that happen, or at least not very often, with my friends' parents. "Maybe `cause they didn't really have any family, they just did it to remind one other that they were together. I think they were really, really deeply in love with one another. They acted like they'd been married for 50 years or something. I started watching my friends' families and noticed that while Mom and Dad had people they were friendly with, they didn't have anyone that they were real close to. I guess they figured the three of us were all they needed." Jennifer paused again and started to quietly cry. I held her and let her cry onto my shirt and even when she stopped crying, I knew she needed to be held and cuddled. As I had expected, the balance of the day and the evening was very quiet. I didn't try to start any conversations but when Jennifer felt like talking we did. Finally bed time came and I made my bed up again on the floor. Jennifer didn't say anything but as she headed towards the sleeping area, she asked me to help her undress. When I got to her, she'd gotten everything except her bra off. I managed to get it off and helped her get into bed getting a nice eyeful of a young girl's charms. "Can you give me a goodnight kiss?" Jennifer asked and I did as she asked then headed back out to my bed. ***** The next morning I woke up to see Jennifer, wrapped in a quilt, sitting in the easy chair watching me. "Good morning sleepy head." she said. "I thought you were never going to get up." "What time is it?" I asked. "Almost 9." Jennifer replied. I was astounded. I couldn't remember sleeping that late - 7 to 7:30 is my usual wake up time. "Sorry to rush you but Mother Nature calls and I need you to help me get dressed so I can go pee." Jennifer said jerking me out of my daze. "Oh, sorry." I climbed out of bed forgetting that I had nothing on. "Oops!" I said holding my hands over my cock and balls. Jennifer started to snicker then broke into a full blown laugh. "What are you laughing at?" I asked. "You look so funny walking like that." she replied. "Go get dressed and hurry, I need to get dressed and go." I knew what she meant but I couldn't resist teasing her. "Go where?" I asked. "Go and pee. Hurry up." was Jennifer's reply. I quickly pulled on some clothes then helped Jennifer dress. When we went out I got Jennifer settled then went around the side and peed. "No fair. You get to watch me pee but I can't see you." Jennifer called from inside the biffy. "Keep that up and I'll go see if the wreck of your sailboat is still there and take you back to it and leave you." I told her. Jennifer giggled the told me she was finished and needed my help. I went and helped her get her panties and pants back up. ***** When we got back inside I noticed that Jennifer seemed to be searching for something. "Were you looking for something?" I asked her. "Um... yes... Umm, don't you have a shower or something?" Jennifer replied. `Dummy!' I thought to myself. "Oh, I guess I wasn't thinking of that. I don't have any inside shower. When things are really warm I have an outside shower I can use but when it's colder, I just strip down here inside and use a washcloth and a basin of water." I told Jennifer. "Obviously, you'd like to freshen yourself up, wouldn't you?" Jennifer nodded and smiled. "If I help you undress, do you think you can wash yourself?" I asked and a smile told me she was okay. I got the washing things set up then helped Jennifer get undressed. "I'm going to sit on the porch while you wash. Call me if you need anything," I said then went outside with Maggie. Pretty soon, I heard Jennifer call and went back inside. "Can you wash my back then I can get dressed. I've dried everything else." Jennifer asked me. I took the cloth and soap and finished washing her, then helped her dress. Jennifer thanked me. "I feel so much better. We had a sorta shower on the boat but I liked it much better when we were at a dock where I could use the showers in the dockside washrooms." ***** We spent the balance of the morning outside, me picking up branches that had broken off in the storm and checking to see if there had been any damage to anything and Jennifer keeping me company. I showed her some of the other stuff that I had including the generator and a cold cellar that I could use to store fruit and vegetables for the long term. Finally, after lunch I took Jennifer up to the high point on the island and showed her the seas around it. The view we had from the cabin was on the lee side so the water was fairly calm. Once a person was out from the lee side however, the waves were still pretty big and not ones that I wanted to tackle with my boat. "Now do you understand why we didn't go today? It takes about 24 hours for the waves to settle down and we have to go through an area like this on the way over." I said. Jennifer was in awe of the size of the waves and looked at me. "Oh yeah, now I understand!"