A Woman's World: Penny Grows Up Part III The setting of this story is sometime in the future, following a phenomenon known as the "Evolutional Anomaly" or "Feminine Gene Leap". Most women talk about it as the key to true liberation. This was the generation when young girls uniformly throughout the world found themselves developing to maturity physically and sexually two or even three years faster then their mothers had. Scientists could not understand why the gap in pubescent development between boys and girls was suddenly becoming even larger then it already had been. But this would only be the first of several mind-boggling changes in this new generation of women. This new generation of girl was commonly growing to heights of 12" over her mother, and consequently several inches over most of her father as well. That in itself was amazing, but there was more. Female muscle and bone density increased dramatically during puberty as well. This became the first generation where a full-grown man would search out his 12-year-old daughter to open a jar lid that was too tight for him. These amazing physical differences in women spurred a huge change in female/male roles in all societies. This story illustrates many of the differences in one new society. Daddy's Home From Vacation: During the entire week we were gone, I hardly worried about things back home at all. Karen kept me too busy to worry, which I was grateful for. When we opened the front door, Karen called for the kids and they both came running. I was surprised at how well Ryan looked. He seemed genuinely happy. When we got settled back in, Karen announced that everyone needed to be home for dinner because she had an important announcement so make. I had no idea what that announcement was going to be, and when I pressed her for information she told me I could wait. That night as we were finishing dinner, Karen left the table and told us all to wait for her. When she came back into the dining room she had something hidden behind her back. "Penny, come here and stand in front of me please." When she did, Karen continued. "Penny, I used this last week as a test, and when I came back I was pleased with what I saw. I know this is something we have been talking about quite a bit over the past year, and it something I've been considering for a while. I was going to wait for your birthday in two months, but I couldn't. Here!" From behind her back she presented a small box and opened it in front of her. "OH MY GOD MOM! I'm so happy!" She jumped up and down and gave her mom a big hug. Karen took the ring the gold ring out of the box and placed in on Penny's finger. It was an Equality Ring. "Penny, this is the same Equality Ring that my mother gave to me, and I hope someday that you will pass it on to your oldest daughter. You know that by placing this ring on your finger I am granting you equality with me as the head of the household. From this moment on, you have equal say in all household decisions and actions taken in this home. You are a woman in my eyes." Penny was so happy that she was openly crying. Karen turned to Ryan and I. "Now you may congratulate your new Keeper." We both silently approached Penny and hugged her. As soon as we gave her our congratulations she ran into her room and started calling friends to tell the good news. I didn't even bother to protest, because this was something Karen obviously wanted as much as my daughter. The best thing I could do was support her decision. The next few days kept Ryan and I very busy with the arrangement of Penny's Equality Shower, and the reception party. Ryan called every relative and family friend of ours, along with a list Penny gave us of her friends from school. I took care of the food, music and reservations for guests. For Penny's part, she didn't have any troubles assuming her role as co- head of the household. I don't think things really changed for Ryan, but I was afraid of losing what little control I still had over my daughter. Penny and my wife never seemed closer, often consulting each other on every decision. Karen obviously loved to hear her daughter's opinions and tried to use her suggestions as much as she could. The morning after Karen's announcement Penny came down for breakfast before school and Karen already eating. "Good morning Karen." (As was tradition, Penny now addressed her mother by her first name.) "Good morning Penny." Penny stooped over slightly, and I gave her the peck on the cheek she was waiting for. As I turned around, she grabbed me around my waist and giggled my love handles. "Karen, I think its time for daddy to join an aerobics program." "Good idea honey!" Karen beamed. "I'll get him signed up this afternoon. Have you heard of any good ones?" "Yes, Leslie's dad joined one that I know of a few months ago, and he lost 25 lbs. He looks so adorable now with his lean little body. He's in such great shape." "Great Penny, get me the name of that place." I knew exactly what place Penny was talking about. It was run by a pair of sisters who had been in the military, and that was just how they ran their classes. I knew that they required the men to be there for 3 hours a day, and I hoped that this would get me out of it. I stated my case, "But I know for a fact that these classes are every day for 3 hours. I don't have enough time to keep up with all of the work around the house and go to those classes." "I've already thought about that daddy. I know you spend at least two hours a day watching those useless men's shows on TV, and I know that Ryan can do more to help you around the house." It was settled. Penny wanted me to do this so just like that, I was going to do it. Two days later, Penny was driving me there on the way to school, so she could use my car (she decided that she had more use for it). I was to get a ride home with Leslie's father. I felt ridiculous in the spandex workout clothes Penny gave me to wear, but most of the men seemed to be dressed the same way. I was surprised when Penny walked me into the facility. When we went in, one of the owners, Peggy was there to greet the patrons. Penny walked up and introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Penny. This is my daddy's first day here." She bent down and gathered me into her arms. She knew I hated it when she picked me up, but that didn't really matter anymore. "You see, I'm a new Keeper of his," as she flashed her ring, "and I want to make sure he is as healthy as can be under my care." "That's a very nice ring Penny. He'll be in excellent shape in no time, I promise." Penny kissed me on the cheek and passed me over to Peggy. "See you tonight daddy." The Shower for Penny went well, although I don't know exactly what went on because men aren't allowed in these gatherings. I think it consisted of a lot of advice giving and things of that nature. I saw that Penny had some gifts, including a gag gift of an iron fist. The reception consisted mostly of a big meal and lots of picture taking. We hired a professional photographer who took pictures of us in a large variety of poses. One of the pictures was blown up and hangs on our wall. It shows my wife and daughter sitting on a bench in our back yard with Ryan and I between them. They look beautiful in matching yellow gowns, each with flowers in their hair. Ryan and I also looked very good in our tuxedos I think. In the picture, the girls are turned toward us slightly, holding their arms entwined around us as they look down on us protectively. The rings on their fingers are clearly visible in the center of the shot. There are two other pictures that sit on our mantle. One is a very similar picture to the one on the wall, except that the ladies each had an arm flexed in front of us. They were still looking down protectively at us, but this time I am kissing the peak of my wife's biceps and Ryan is kissing his sisters. Both women had such huge biceps that they looked nearly as large as our heads. This would have been the picture on the wall, except that the ring on Penny's finger wasn't visible so she didn't want choose it. The other picture was one the ladies wanted to do for fun. It showed the ladies locked arm and arm smiling at the camera, while they flexed their outside arms. They were acting unaware of us guys hanging from their flexed arms. The ladies thought it would be amusing if I hung from my daughter's arm while Ryan hung from his mother's. For the next year before Penny left for college, my life became very difficult. Penny loved that I was getting into shape, and she took a very strong interest in my continued development. She walked me to the entrance of the aerobics class almost every morning to say hello to Peggy or her sister Nancy, and she would ask them occasionally for a progress report. Penny herself was still growing, and had gained two more inches in the previous six months. Additionally she was reaching new levels of strength and conditioning. She had become a star on her football team, which was on its way to the state championships. Despite her busy schedule, my wife made it to every game to cheer her daughter on. One day Peggy apparently had told Penny that I was not putting in a very satisfactory effort in my aerobics class. I found out later that night when Penny came home from practice. She called me over to the couch where she was still sitting in her workout clothes, a pair of shorts and a half shirt with split sleeves. She looked radiant with her soft flowing hair and tan soft skin, despite having just gotten out of a grueling workout. She sat me on her lap, and straightened my collar maternally as she announced that we needed to have a talk. "Peggy told me that you haven't been working at your potential in your classes lately." I just sat there in silence and waited for her to continue. "Pull up your shirt daddy." I did, exposing a flat midsection. "It has gotten better daddy, but feel this. She pressed my hand to her abs, which were deeply cut and rigid. "You know Karen's stomach is like this too. Don't you think she deserves to have a man who puts as much effort into his body as she puts into hers?" "Yes honey." "Karen confided in me that she likes men who are big and strong. Now I don't mean big and strong like a woman, but strong for a man. Don't you want to please your wife?" "Yes, of course I do Penny." "Good. Now feel this." She flexed her arm in front of me. I placed my hand on her biceps. "Go ahead, rub it. Squeeze it." I did, and amazingly she flexed it harder, moving the mass on her arm even higher. "Its gotten even bigger then when we took pictures at my reception hasn't it daddy?" "Yes, I think it has." "Look at my leg." She straightened her leg and pointed her toes. My seat, which consisted of her muscular quad, seemed to raise 6 inches. "Daddy can you imagine how much power is in here? What do you think the strength in my leg compares to say, the strength in every muscle you possess?" She made the muscles under my bottom jump repeatedly to effectively emphasize the answer to her question. I just sat and stared at her leg. "Answer me daddy." "Probably not much compared to yours honey, but you're a woman." "That's true daddy, I am a woman." "And very beautiful one too." This seemed to lighten the mood a little. "Thanks daddy, I know, but stop trying to change the subject." At least she was smiling now as she continued. "Do you agree that I know a thing or two about building muscle and getting strong?" "Yes, of course." "And you love your wife, right?" "Yes, of course I do Penny." "Then we're agreed. Put in a better effort in your classes." "Yes Penny." "Great. But you're not going to get bigger at these aerobics classes. You're going to have to lift weights with me every night. I think this will be a fun thing for us to do together, don't you?" "Yes Penny." "Good, then I won't have to use one of these girls to help persuade you." She said with a chuckle as she flexed her humongous arm inches from my eyes. She said it as a joke, but not really. "I think that since you live with such big strong girls it only makes sense for you to be a big strong boy." She said in her little girl voice. She kissed my cheek and hugged the air out of me as she announced the talk was over. "Its too bad but I think Ryan's hopeless as far as this goes. Speaking of Ryan, I have to pay him a little visit and hit the showers." I didn't need to see Penny's biceps up close to know what they could do. I had just seen a good sample the day before. I don't know what Ryan had done, but I think she was still angry with him today. Ryan evidently knew, because when she came home from practice with her two friends and walked into the living room, he was congenial as possible and tried to start a conversation with one of the girls to postpone his sister's wrath I assume. Penny wouldn't have any of this. "Ryan, you are in trouble mister!" She marched right up to him and in front of myself the other girls, yanked his pants down. She folded his legs against his chest and stuffed him under one arm. "You are going to get it little boy." But at this point, he was already in pain with her giant arm angrily crushing his body in on itself. She spanked him like his rear was a bongo, hard and fast. The entire incident was probably less then 30 seconds, but Ryan was devastated. He laid on the couch in the fetal position coughing and crying for quite a while. Eventually he stumbled up to his room and stayed there for the night. I never bother to ask why anymore when Ryan gets punished by one of the women (although its always Penny who lays down the punishment). Once Penny assumed her role of co-head of the household my role with my kids had been basically been reduced to more of a big brother to Ryan and little brother to Penny. When I started my workouts with Penny I knew she would be lifting heavy amounts, but I was still baffled when I witnessed it. Her friend Leslie also joined us much of the time. Penny explained that I would not be able to spot her on days that she lifted "heavy", which I agreed with. She set me up with my own weights in the corner of the workout room because it would have been ridiculous to change so much weight between their sets and mine. Penny loved to show off for me, and told me that having me down there with her was helping her to push herself. When I needed spotting one of the girls would come over and spot me, cheering me on, even though they used my bench press bar for warm up curls when I had it set to my max. When Penny really wanted to push herself she would have me stop my workout to watch her. Sometimes when Leslie wasn't there Penny would have me sit on her lap and admire her muscles. It made her so proud to have me trace the ridges in her abdomen or try to put my hands around her calves, then mumble in amazement. Once she had me put my hands on her biceps as she curled more weight with one arm then I could pick up. I was more perplexed then anything by the fact that only 7 short years ago she was my little girl. When she fell and skinned her knee, I was the one carrying her around, kissing her knee and putting a Band-Aid on it to make it better. At the end of most workouts, both Penny and Leslie would take turns doing incline sit-ups with me in their arms. I tried to protest it at first, especially with Leslie, because it was awkward, but they thought it was fun to use a human weight and didn't really listen. Over the next few months, whenever I reached a new best in a workout Penny would announce it at dinner to Karen, who was obviously proud of both of us. I did notice an increase in fondling from Karen as my body became more defined, and our sex life had never been more active. I had to admit that I was feeling good about myself, even though I had no free time left anymore. As August rolled around Penny began planning for college. Karen and Penny spent a weekend at an orientation for freshmen and came back full of excitement. Penny had already made friends with a few of the girls there. They also said they would have an announcement to make at dinner. When dinner was through that night, Karen made the announcement. She told us that she and Penny had also visited her old friend Mary, who is an old friend of Karen's. After talking with Mary and her 13-year-old daughter Mandy, they had decided it would be a great idea for Ryan to stay with them for a while. "They are excited about having a young to stay with them and help out around the house." Karen said cheerfully. "And I assured them that you were a perfect gentleman." Penny added flatly, "And I'll only be 2 hours away if I find out otherwise." "But.why?" Ryan questioned shakily. "Because little brother, mom wants to start taking more time off to travel with daddy, and I won't be around to keep an eye on you." "I can take care of myself." Penny just rolled her eyes. A mask of guilt swept briefly over Karen's face. "Its not just that Ryan. Mary's husband passed away a couple of years ago, and they could use a young man to help around the house." "Unless you can find another woman to take you in little man." Penny chuckled. So it was decided that Ryan would be moving to Mary's house when Penny left for school.