“Danny, remember what I said… No one can know about Mary and Florence, they are just good friends and we are having them for dinner.”

“I just don’t get it Emmie… How can two women… well… how does that even works.”

“Oh Danny, use your brain… you’ve done some things for me that don’t involve your man bits now haven’t you?”

“OK True..” he said with a chuckle as Emmie moved in for a kiss. “I just don’t want Mary to get hurt.. Or even Miss Slone, she does love the little kids and they do like her.”

“So be sure to keep your mouth shut and let them have a good evening of being open with us… and remember I said you’d drive them home tonight.”

“Of course Emmie.”

Soon Mary and Emmie were walking down the path in the early evening sun and as soon as they turned the corner out of sight of the road they held hands for the last bit of the walk and were greeted by Emmie at the door.

“Come in you two. Have a seat, dinner is almost done.”

“Oh hello Doctor.” Florence said politely

“Please call me Danny, Miss Slone. We are all friends here.”

“Oh then of course call me Florence… And thank you for all you do around town here.”

“Well and thank you. How many years have you been teaching now?”

“Twelve now, I started after finishing Normal School, as they called the teacher colleges back then.”

“Has it been that long? I remember the send off the school kids gave us when a few of us went off to the World War.”

“Oh, I remember that too. I even sang “I’m Going To Follow The Boys” with some young man… What was his name?”

“Joe Mitchell… He never came home.”

“Oh, I see… I lost my brother in France during the war.” Florence said a bit stoically.

“Do you know where?”

“Meuse–Argonne offensive… It was October, if he only lived another two weeks…”

“I’m Sorry, I truly am…I was there, we were fighting on November 11th. It was a total waste of men and boys..I.. well… never wanted to be involved in killing again, so I took the chance to become a country doctor.”

“Well Danny, let’s just hope that it truly was the War To End All Wars.”

“I’m making a pot roast tonight everyone! All the fixings, vegetables, gravy, potatoes…” Emmie shouted from the kitchen.

“Oh I may just eat the sides. not feeling like eating tonight.” Florence said.

“Again Florence?” Mary said, concerned.

“I’m fine, just some cramps.”

“No, really stop it… Please…”

“Mary, I am quite all right now!.” looking over at Danny. “She’s a worry wort isn’t she!”

“Well what’s the problem?”

“Doctor, Danny, nothing I promise! Just feminine things all of us women have every month.”

“No it’s not and it keeps getting worse!” Mary said in a harsh tone.

“Ok, everyone, let’s just relax for a little while… Mary, can you help me finish cooking and why don’t Danny and Florence go have a seat in the parlor.”

Florence and Danny went and had a seat and made some relaxed small talk, neither of them sure what to talk about until Danny brought up Mary’s past. “You know how Mary’s mom died right?”

“It was cancer.”

“Do you know what kind?”

“No, she never brought it up… she doesn’t talk about it…”

“Uterine cancer… caught rather late…”

“Oh, I see… She said you went by every day while she was sick, sometimes twice.”

“Yes, but nothing I could really do… I drove her and Mr Mason down to Boston for surgery but it was still too late…”

“Why are you telling me this?”

“I think she’s worried something is happening to you… It’s plain to see that… she… she loves you…”

“I love Mary, I know that’s hard to understand… I really don’t understand it either… I was even engaged to a man once… I loved him… I love Mary the same way…maybe more so… I don’t expect you to understand how my heart became crossed like that.”

“Well maybe you should see a doctor for her? It doesn’t have to be me… I know how much I am not your favorite person.”

“Danny, it’s… well… You have been very honest with me… I will be honest with you… I… I… A man seeing me… intimately… is hard on me… emotionally… I’m also educated and know what kind of examination a doctor would need to do. I’d need Mary there with me… That might bring up a lot of questions now wouldn’t it?”

“I know a few female doctors in Boston…”

“No… excuse me for a moment.” She said, rising from the chair. “Mary dear, Emmie too… Can you come here?” Mary and Emmie walked slowly from the kitchen. “Next saturday, my cycle should be over by then… I will allow Doctor Richardson to… to… examine me but no one must know… and Emmie will need to chaperone… and Mary, I love you. This is for you so you know I’m OK, but please hold my hand dear!” she explained holding back a few tears.. then clearing her voice. “Will that work for your schedule Doctor?”

“Yes Florence it will.”

“Well now Danny, you’re not that much younger than me so that phonograph record collection must have something for a woman of my age. Perhaps I can teach Mary how to do some of those old ragtime dances.”

They all ate well on Emmie’s Yankee Pot Roast then spent some time dancing to the phonograph and then it was getting late. Danny drove them five minutes to Florence’s home.

“Thank you Danny.” Mary said getting out first and Danny hopped out to open the door for Florence. “We’ll see you next week OK? Maybe umm… Have Emmie sneak off after church with us tomorrow if you don’t mind?”

“Oh I don’t mind.”

“You’re a good man Danny Richardson.” Florence said smiling. “I got a lot to prepare for in my head though. So if I seem to avoid you this week… don’t take it personally.”

“No of course not Florence, it was great actually getting to know you tonight.”

“Oh very much the same here! It’s nice to have friends we can be so open with!”

The next saturday

The leaves were still green, but it was the first chilly morning of the year. Emmie lit the woodstove in Danny’s office to take any remaining chill out of the air, then sat back on the large waiting room sofa. “Swollen feet dear.” she said to Danny as he came into the room. “I don’t recommend this pregnancy thing.”

“You ok Emmie?”

“Yes, just tired and the baby is swimming around a lot today.”

“I’d have lit the fire… do you think they’ll actually come?”

“Yes, I talked to Mary and Florence yesterday. Florence is nervous but will for her. Mary and I made sure she knows what to expect. They’ll be here in a few hours. Can we just relax a bit first?”

“Of course Emmie take a rest.”

They both quickly fell asleep, cuddled on the office waiting room couch until Emmie heard Florence and Mary knocking on the window.

“Danny get up!... I’ll get everything ready with Mary, you go… umm… do something else while I get Florence ready for you. I’ll come get you.

Danny dashed off as he was told and Emmie went to meet them.

“Hello Mary, Hello Florence… Come on in. I made sure it was nice and warm in the exam room.”

“Hello Emmie.” Florence said…”In here I take it?”

“Yes Florence, you’ll need to take off everything but we have gowns now.”

“Gee, I was lucky, I only had a sheet.”

“You’re sometimes a strange one Mary.” Florence said nervously. “Thank you for coming by and explaining everything to me Emmie… and Mary too… well so glad you will both be here…”

“Mary, did you cut your hair? And you have makeup on?”

“Oh, well… yes… Told pa it was because shorter hair is easier to keep clean while working,, and I wanted to dress up today and look good for everyone. Florence bought me this dress, what do you think?”

“Young and sporty Mary!”

“OK Ladies, please… I am undressed now… what’s next.”

“I umm.. Need to take your temperature… Can you hop up on the exam table and lay on your belly?”

Florence did as she was told and Emmie spread apart her larger cheeks and began to insert it in slowly.

“Oh my this is always so cold!”

“Hahaha you know Emmie has seen both our bums.”

“Mary really? Right now? What’s with the silly mood?” Emmie asked a bit annoyed

“I just want to keep Florence… I don’t want her to be nervous.”

“I’m ok Mary, really just don’t say anything when the doctor comes in…”

“OK Temperature is normal, let’s get the rest of your vitals and we can move on.”

Florence sat on the exam table, naked except for the white hospital gown that Emmie sent her husband to purchase just for this occasion, waiting for the doctor to come in. Mary holding her hand gently and Emmie standing nearby.

“You’ve really let him do this to you before Mary?” Florence asked, still nervous.

“It’s not too bad, really don’t worry.”

“You too Emmie? Is it really not that bad?”

“No Florence, it will be fine. Just try and relax a bit.”

“Oh I really am not sure about this.” she said nervously rubbing her bare feet together as they hung off the edge of the table.

Soon there was a knock on the door and it slowly opened. “Hello Florence… Mary, Emmie Dear.”

“Doctor, please take no offense, but while here can I be Miss Slone again?”

“Of course Miss Slone.”

“Thank you doctor.”

“Mary said you were a bit shy about answering some questions so did she give you what I typed up? And did you fill it out?”

“Yes doctor…” Mary quickly grabbed it from Miss Slone’s purse and handed it to him.

“Can we go over them together?”

“It can NOT leave this room doctor please!”

“Of course Miss Slone. And Emmie took your vital signs, height five feet one, weight one hundred thirty, blood pressure was a bit high, but that’s probably nerves… temperature normal… you had your first menstrual cycle when you were 14?” She nodded. “What do you mean by not always regular?”

“Sometimes I can get a few months of being regular, then I might skip a few cycles, then have a very heavy period… with lots of excess… clotting…”

“What about cramping?”

“Well of course, isn’t that normal?”

“Well, more cramping than other women?”

“I’m not really sure… I never talked much about it to my mother about it, and I had brothers… worse than the few people I have talked about it with… but it’s not many…”

“Worse than me, doctor.” Mary said quietly, holding Miss Slone’s hand.

“OK your whole life?”

“Yes, I think so, but the last two years have been worse… and less regular.”

“OK.. sexual history… Oh…” he said, stopping to read it.

“It’s OK Mary knows… It wasn’t really my fault… only took me twenty years to realize that…”

“Are you sure you are OK with me examining you?”

She sighed a deep breath. “Well the fact you know that means I must trust you…I am scared but… for Mary…”

“OK well let’s start off simple. I am going to check your eyes, ears and throat first.” He went about it calmly and professionally. “Open your mouth and say AWE for me?”

“Awe….. Doctor, why are you doing this if my problem is down there?”

“Well Miss Slone you are a whole person, that’s just a small part of you. I am going to check your reflexes now.” he tapped her knees and elbows like he usually did, then knelt down to check her feet. “Can you lower your gown for me so I can listen to your heart and lungs?”

“What? Oh… yes.. Of course…” she said slowly lowering it then covering up her large breasts with her arms. Then seeing the look in both the Doctor’s and Mary’s eyes lowered her arms. “First time for everything.” she half joked.

“What do you mean Florence?” Mary asked inquisitively.

“Oh when I have been visited by Doctor Richardson in the past I put up quite a fight for my modesty… No man has seen them fully grown… ever..”

Mary chuckled “Probably the first man to see all of ours.”

“Mary!” Emmie said, trying not to laugh while doctor Richardson ignored them and put the stethoscope on her chest.

“I need to put my stethoscope under your left breast Miss…” He said gently pushing it under. ‘Your heart sounds strong and healthy…. Can you take a deep breath for me?” He said placing it on her back. “I am going to examine your abdomen next Miss Slone.. Can you lay back for me?”

“Like this?” she said laying back.

“Yes, now I am just going to tuck the gown down around your hips.”

“Oh OK…” she said, covering her breasts with her arms, the top of her pubic hair barely showing.

“I am going to listen to your stomach first with the stethoscope… OK now just going to listen to your femoral pulse.” He said gently pushing the bell to just under the gown. “OK Now I am going to press on your abdomen… If you feel any pain please let me know Miss Slone.” She nodded as he began pressing first starting just under her rib cage and working lower.. Then he stopped when he saw her tense up. “Are you OK Miss Slone? Pain?”

“No… It’s… I am a very ticklish woman doctor…”

“It’s pretty normal actually you can laugh if it keeps you from tensing up.”

“He’s not kidding Florence… I laugh every time he’s felt my belly!” Mary said, smiling at her and Emmie as Doctor Richardson covered Miss Slone with the gown. She instinctively sat up just enough to get her arms back in and laid back down.

“So it’s time now?” She asked unsure, her voice quivering a bit.

“Miss Slone, if you are uncomfortable I am sure I can find you another doctor.”

“No… Please go on, Mary and Emmie told me what to expect… and I know I am in good hands… Mary dear, please come closer.” Mary came by and held her hand as Emmie swung out the metal stirrups with a clank.

“Would you like a mirror Miss Slone?”

“A mirror? To watch?” she said, grasping Mary’s hand.

“Maybe it won’t be so bad if he explains everything?” Mary said, looking at her intensely.

“No… I’ve seen it all before let’s just finish this up?.. Please…”

“OK well if anything is uncomfortable tell me right away OK? Or if you just need to stop.” He said calmly putting on his gloves as Emmie helped her heels into the metal stirrups then stood behind the doctor. “OK Can you scoot down for me? OK a little more… just a bit more until you feel my hand… It’s a bit far but I promise you won’t fall off… OK Miss Slone, you’ll need to let your knees fall open as much as you comfortably can.”

She slowly opened her legs, slower than any patient Emmie had witnessed before… then with a loud sigh let them open the rest of the way, and grasping Mary’s hand relaxed. Emmie smiled up at her to let her know it was OK, but she had her eyes locked on Mary. “Miss Slone you’re doing fine.” Emmie finally said, staring at her hair covered mound.

“Thank you…” she responded quietly.

“OK Miss Slone, I am going to touch your leg like this before I touch anything OK?” she nodded, then he gently reached in and spread apart her outer labia, that completely obscured her inner folds, then he gently separated her inner folds and she gasped as he pushed the hood back from her clitorus. Then he gently places his finger in the opening of her vagina. “Emmie, can you give me a medium speculum?”

“Yes Doctor.” she said quietly, the tension in the air could be cut with a knife.

“Miss Slone, have you ever had a speculum exam before?”

“No… but let’s just get it over…”

“OK you’re going to feel me touch you, and just try and relax ok?”

“I’ll do my best” she said, closing her eyes as he felt the metal bills touch her inner thigh. Then he slowly began inserting it at an angle. “Oh My!..”

“Are you OK Miss Slone?”

“It’s just cold…” she said with her eyes closed, he paused for a moment while she took a deep breath and relaxed a bit. Then he slowly opened it.

“Everything looks healthy… I am going to take a culture though, just to rule out any illness. Emmie, can I have one of those sterile swabs? The long ones?”

“Oh yes, of course.”

“OK just going to do this and let’s relax again and I am going to take the speculum out now… You’re doing good, Miss Slone.”

“Just hurry Doctor…” she said as the bills slowly closed and came out.

“That was probably the worst part.” Mary said, still holding her hand and kissing her on the forehead.

“OK Miss, I am going to do the bimanual exam next, I am going to put two fingers in your vagina and feel your internal reproductive organs.” Miss Slone nodded again and she felt him touch her thigh then his fingers enter her. “Deep breath and relax Miss… OK I am going to feel your right ovary first…

“Oh, thats a bit.. Tender doctor…”

“OK Pain or discomfort?”

“Both..”

“OK I am going to feel your other side now… Same feeling?”

“Yes! Owe”

“OK, well I am going to feel along your fallopian tubes…first this side… now the other… and now I am going to feel your uterus… You doing ok Miss Slone? Can you relax a bit more?”

“I’m trying my best…”

“OK One last thing, Just want to feel behind your uterus…” he said taking his fingers out. “Your uterus is what we call retroflexed… It’s very common but just because of what’s going on… I am going to need to put one finger in your Vagina and another in your rectum.”

“I understand…” she said eyes still shut.

“OK you’re going to feel some pressure, push out against my finger like you’re trying to have a bowel movement, don’t worry you won’t… OK that’s it… OK…” his fingers entered her slowly but firmly, and he felt her abdomen again. “There ok taking my fingers out now… OK all done. You can sit up now… All set.”

“What’s wrong with Florence?” Mary said quietly, as Florence sat up.

“OK, I didn’t feel any masses, or tumors… Sometimes women can have cysts on their ovaries and doctors are still studying why. But it tends to affect women who are overweight, and while Miss Slone, you’re not terribly overweight you are slightly. Your ovaries were very tender but not greatly swollen or with masses… I know there is a correlation between sugar and insulin resistance. Can we send you to get some bloodwork? Also… It’s all experimental, doctors just didn’t study women’s health seriously for too long… Perhaps we can track your fertile periods by tracking your basal temperature?”

“What’s that?” Florence asked.

“I will order you a thermometer, but you need to take your temperature every day before you get out of bed, when you’re fertile there is a slight uptick… Chart it down for me.”

“I’m guessing it’s not an oral thermometer.”

“I’m sorry Miss Slone.”

“Oh don’t be, I’ll come by.” Mary said brightly.

“Mary please!” Emmie shouted out. “But yeah, that worked for us…” she said, tapping her full belly.

“OK I am going to go write some things and let you get dressed.”

“Thank you Doctor, it wasn’t a fun thing but… Thank you, I got through it… And you can call me Florence again.”

“OK Florence, do you both want a ride home?”

“Or I can make lunch?” Emmie interjected.

“No, I want to go home, and take a nap, maybe cuddle with Mary, if thats ok with her?”

“Yes dear it is.” she said as Danny left the room.

Then as soon as the door was closed… “Mary, Emmie, that was awful, thank you both though… He was very gentle, well as much as he could be… I am not looking forward to any follow up… But I know you’ll both be here when I need it… And well Emmie now… You like to see him seeing people like this!”

“Mary, you told her!” Emmie said shocked.

“Yes…” she said sheepishly.

“Mary really?!”

“Oh she told me you like to watch and she actually enjoys being examined… Don’t make her feel bad.”

“MARY!!!!”

“We all have secrets now don’t we?” Florence said with a smile.

“Sorry Emmie…”

“Well never let Danny know!”

Mary feigned a cough then said “Oh he might need to take my temperature… Oh Florence, hold my hand while he… Oh Emmie make sure you grab him the thick glass thermometer for my tight pink pucker!”

Florence began to laugh just a bit… “Oh you might need a spanking later you naughty…” then looking at Emmie. “Oh so sorry.. OK Let’s get dressed and walk home dear… Spare Danny the gas money and you embarrassing any of us.”

Once they got back to Florence’s house they both settled onto the couch and after a few minutes of tender silence Mary kissed Florence.

“So, what did you think?” she asked, taking the hat off Florence’s head.

“What do you mean? I didn’t like it… But glad it’s over with… I have a lot to process dear but it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting.”

“Oh, I know I’m sorry just…”

“Well what do you like about it Mary?”

“Everything! Just being told what to do like… It’s so submissive, here I am…” she said closing her eyes. “I am a virgin, well sort of… and a handsome man is seeing my most private places, touching them, but like well it’s also safe… I know Danny won’t hurt me, or exploit me… Same with you when we are intimate and you tie me, or blindfold me… It’s so erotic to be submissive and feel so safe about it… Granted you do a lot more for me in the situation.” she said moaning a bit suggestively cuddling in closer. “And you well you like to be dominant… Nothing wrong there… a good fit we are…”

“So you don’t think I ever crossed a line… especially the first time?”

“You crossed the line all right but so did I… I felt like I was in one of those books.. BUT you know what? Would either of us be this happy if we hadn’t?”

“Oh Mary, I am so lucky… Although you were very naughty in front of Emmie, I am going to make you think about your punishment until after dinner..”

“Oh do you promise that?” she said, a bit excited. “Though you know what would be fun? Would you ever.. Play doctor with me?”

“Yes dear but first let’s take a little walk in the garden. I think we still have some vegetables to pick. And one more thing dear… You know they are building that new school house… they need to hire another teacher… I was hoping you could apply… I can help you get licensed and… well… you could move here? With me? You’d only be a mile from your pa and brothers, maybe split your time if they need you.”

“Oh Florence! I want to say yes but I need to talk to my pa, and I’ll need to think of new ways to be naughty for you.”

“Something tells me you are already cooking up a plan.”