By Willie B.
williebflorida@gmail.com
Copyright 2025 by Willie B., all rights reserved
[2,026 words]
* * * * *The Skylar Kids
A Stripped for Florida Story
By Willie B Florida
williebflorida@gmail.com
3.
Orlando was a huge revelation to the Skylar kids. Sherry, Rachel and
Colin exclaimed over the huge overpasses, the wide expanses of turnpike
and the tall buildings. They betrayed their country origins with their
disbelief at the number of cars, people, buildings, and miles and miles
of urban expanse. The plan was to meet Charlene and her kids at the
Florida Mall on Orlando's Orange Blossom Trail, the OBT. Tyrone kept
his hands on the wheel and eyes on the road while Amanda looked at the
signs and gave navigation orders. The traffic came up from behind them
fast and furious on both sides. It was not only the kids who were out
of their element in Central Florida. Tyrone felt like everyone but them
was driving at least 10 miles over the speed limit. When their exit
came up a large sign read "Sunshine Pass Exit Only, No Cash Accepted."
They drove on past, but were relieved to find another exit only a mile
and a half farther south. Tyrone pulled onto the curving exit ramp with
relief, paid the turnpike toll and pulled onto the OBT. Again cars
whizzed past, honking their horns as they came up behind them.
Fortunately it was not far to the Florida Mall and they were able to
get off the road and into the parking lot.
The mall turned
out to be surrounded by acres and acres of parking lot, with the ten
story Florida Hotel rising up from the center of the Mall itself. The
kids were staring in every direction but at their feet and nearly
tripped getting to the entrance. Huge chandeliers hung from the
ceiling, wide staircases floated upwards and a giant arch led into the
mall. As they blinked to get their bearings, they caught sight of a
tall blonde-haired woman holding up a hand-lettered sign with a single
word, "Amanda."
"Charlene?"
"Amanda?"
"Oh
my god, yes, I'm Amanda. Wonderful!!!" The two women hugged. "This
is Tyrone." Kids crowded around from all directions and a flurry of
introductions ensued. Charlene had a daughter the same age as Colin.
At 15 Cathy was fully blossomed into womanhood, with a full chest,
flared hips, blond hair like her mother's, bright blue eyes and tanned
complexion. She wore a pink sleeveless blouse and white cotton shorts
that went down to mid thigh. Her brother Carl was 12 and seemed a bit
shy. He was filled out a lot more than his siblings and verged on
being stocky. His brown hair was curly and cut fairly short.
Charlene's youngest, Samantha, was 9 years old and also blond. She had
the same girly looks as Sherry and the two seemed to hit it off right
away.
"Yes, right after I got pregnant," Charlene was
saying. "It's worked out fine, but after I got through the baby years
I did start to wonder if I had any family anywhere. That's when I
tried to remember every relation my mother had ever mentioned."
After a quick consult the adults shepherded the children into the mall
and found a taco place where everyone could eat more or less healthy
and affordably.
Colin found himself once again embarrassed in
the presence of a girl his own age, even though this one wasn't naked.
He cursed himself for not being more confidant, which did nothing for
his confidence. Fortunately his sister Rachel found herself at ease
with Cathy and the two were soon chatting together. Colin put in a
word or two every so often in an attempt to be part of the
conversation. Sherry and Samantha babbled away effortlessly at another
table. Carl listened in to the adult conversation, not easily finding
a way to relate to either group.
They spent the day wandering
around the mall, going out for dinner and playing mini golf. By the
time the day was over everyone was more at ease. There's something
about knowing someone is family that reduces the barriers, even if you
never knew the other people existed. Amanda, Tyrone and Charlene had
gathered the assembled children together before mini golf to give them
the good news.
"We're staying in adjoining suites at the
Florida Hotel. That gives us a total of six rooms," explained Amanda.
The children nodded. "We'll go to bed early tonight because we got
early admission tickets to Universal tomorrow morning. We're not
spending four hours of our vacation standing in lines."
"Yay!!!" screamed the kids.
"Harry Potter!"
"Spiderman!"
"The Hulk!!!"
"On the second day," continued Amanda, "we thought we'd take you to
Icon park. There’s a Ferris wheel, aquarium and lots of other stuff to
do.”
"Cool," said Colin, seconded by Carl. The two boys smiled at one another.
"By getting in early, we'll actually be able to get into the Harry
Potter ride," explained Charlene. "Otherwise I hear it is a 2 hour
wait, even on weekdays."
They went out to play one more round
of mini golf. The evening sky was a riot of reds and pinks against the
darkening shades of blue and turquoise. Rachel and Colin, and even
Sherry, eyed the naked children who seemed to be all over the place in
Orlando. The mini golf course was full of kids, big and little, who
weren't wearing a stitch. "How come all the boys have erections?"
wondered Colin.
"Oh, they're on pills," said Carl, "It makes you hard all the time."
"Really? Who gives them the pills?"
"Their moms and dads. Its a fashion thing, mostly. You know, show off your boy!"
"So, is it like this where you live, you know, naked kids and all?"
"It's mostly tourists, that's why you see so many stripped kids here. But, yeah, we have some in our town."
"Like, they come to school naked and stuff?"
"Sure. Don't they where you live?"
Colin shook his head, "No, our town's really conservative. I don't think anyone would let their kid be naked."
"Oh, our town's pretty conservative, too, but they don't LET kids be naked, they FORCE them to be."
Colin shook his head, remembering that his parents had warned them in
advance that they'd be confronting new information about the world.
It was hard falling asleep that night. First of all it was earlier
than their usual bedtime. Second, they were just too excited. As a
result, the morning came sooner than ever. Amanda went around rousing
her three children, getting them into the shower, and handing out
energy bars and orange juice. They met up with Charlene and her kids
in the hallway and headed down to the parking lot. It wasn't far to
the theme park, but they did have to follow the signs carefully, and
navigate into the parking for Universal Studios. A steady stream of
people headed toward the entrance.
"I thought we had early admission," said Colin.
“I guess this is what early means," observed Tyrone. "Imagine how many people will be entering a couple of hours from now."
As they got closer, the surroundings looked like some combination of
movie set, futuristic city and the downtown of some trendy city.
Colin, Rachel and Sherry craned their necks to get a glimpse of every
facade, giant video screen and store window. Even Cathy, Carl and
Samantha seemed awed, which made Colin feel better. They turned a
corner and the scene opened up. Across a wide canal was the Hard Rock
Cafe with a car stuck into the side of its facade. A globe turned in a
mist of vapor and a bridge arched across to the grand entrance to
Universal. To their right was a row of more shops and to their left a
gigantic video screen featuring nearly identical blonde twins. Colin
found them disturbingly mesmerizing. He couldn’t stop staring at the
screen as the twins smiled at the throngs below. The camera panned out
from their faces to reveal that although seemingly identical, one was
quite clearly a naked boy and the other an equally nude girl. The words
STRIPPED . . . FOR . . . FLORIDA flashed across the screen in gigantic
letters.
"Just one stop, before we head in," announced
Charlene, veering toward the screen. Dwarfed in proportion to the
video display was a sleek looking pavilion with the same words across
the front, "Stripped For Florida." The structure was open on three
sides with more video panels and displays inside of naked children
enjoying all kinds of Florida tourist attractions.
"I need three Florida resident strips," said Charlene to the attractive young woman behind the counter.
"Good morning, ma'am, I'll be happy to get those for you. You'll need
to slide each of their IDs into the console here, as well as your own.
How will you be paying today?"
"Credit card."
"Just go ahead and slide the card as well, then, ma'am. Are these the three?"
"No, those are my cousin's children. Kids," she called out to her own three, "come here for a moment please."
The young woman attached a small round bandaid behind the left ear of
each child. "You'll just need to make sure they're stripped before
leaving the pavilion, ma'am. Since you're a Florida resident you
probably don't need their clothes. We do accept donations and they are
distributed to children who are in need all over the country."
"Okay, Cathy, Carl, Samantha, you heard the lady. You need to take off
all your clothing and put it in this donation box before we can leave
the pavilion. Please hurry so we have time to get to the Harry Potter
ride before the park opens for general admission."
"What?" asked Cathy.
"Mother, was that a strip chip?" Carl challenged.
"I don't want to miss the ride," screamed their little sister. "Can't you just take off your clothes so we can go in?"
"You stripped me?" challenged Carl.
"Look, young man, if you want to spoil this trip for everyone, I am
happy to leave you on a bench here and we'll pick you up at the end of
the day."
The look of shock on Carl and Cathy's faces was
unmistakable. As his cousins reluctantly pulled off their clothes
Colin remembered the talk they’d had before leaving home. "Most
parents like to strip their kids as a surprise."
"Colin . . .
Colin . . . " Colin turned, realizing his mother was trying to get his
attention. To his own shock he saw that his two sisters were standing
there naked. It wasn't that he hadn't seen their bodies plenty of
times. He just didn't expect to be spending today naked in a theme
park. As the attendant put a bandaid behind his ear and instructed him
where to place his clothes he realized he'd more-or-less invited this
upon himself. I can sort of see why a kid would want this to be a
surprise he'd told his folks. Oh, well, naked for a day? Why not.
His second cousins, or whatever they were called, were already nude.
He could see plenty of other naked kids streaming by outside the
pavilion, naked kids who'd be in line before any of them. Besides, he
didn't know anyone else in Orlando. He flipped off his shoes, pulled
his shirt over his head, and shucked his shorts and boxers and stood
there naked.
"Okay, can we go?" he asked.
Truth to
tell, Amanda and Tyrone were surprised that their children had
undressed so easily. Carl and Cathy were surprised as well, but were
now determined not to be out of synch. As a result the troupe was
ready to move on.
"Don't forget your free pills. For those
moments you'd like your boys to be even more outstanding than usual,"
the clerk at the booth reminded Charlene.
"That's right. Amanda, you probably want your boys to take these, too,” Charlene suggested to her sister.
In a hurry to get going, the boys drank down the proffered pills
without fuss and they all headed over the bridge to the entrance.
* * *
— to be continued in part 4 —