I wake to a tongue exploring my mouth. Then fingers are exploring my mound, stroking my folds. When the mouth kissing me moans, I wonder who it is so open my eyes. I'm looking Sophia in the eye, an eye that is in ecstasy. I glance down and across her, Eliza has Sophia's far nipple in her mouth sucking. Looking down lower I see Eliza stroking Sophia's mound. There is an arm draping over Eliza, foundling her breast. Just then a finger enters my folds, caressing my nubbin. I lean down, sucking Sophia's other nipple into my mouth, running my tongue around it. The back of my neck is being kissed, a tongue licking me. Sophia starts shuddering, her back arches. She falls back, breathing hard.

When she does that, the arm foundling Eliza pulls her to her back, then Helen straddles her kissing her, pressing their breast together. Breaking the kiss, she slides down, sucking a nipple in to her mouth. One of her hands starts rubbing Eliza's panties, making her moan.

Emi moves away from my back, rolling me over before laying atop me. She starts sucking one of my nipples, as her hand pinches the other. Her thigh presses between mine, pressing on my crotch. I start breathing hard, moaning. Sophia begins kissing me, her tongue exploring my mouth, caressing my gums and teeth. Emi moves down, burying her face in my crotch, licking, sucking. I hear Eliza moaning, which turns me on more. I soon start shuddering, soon to collapse.

After recovering, I look over to see Eliza has collapsed, breathing hard. Helen is now straddling Sophia kissing her, Emi is between Sophia's legs, licking, first one then the other. I roll off the bed then coming up behind Emi I stick my face between her cheeks, sucking and licking. She moves away from Helen and Sophia then rolls over, I dive back in. Sucking her nubbin into my mouth she soon shudders, back arching then collapsing.

Helen has her face in Sophia's crotch with hers over Sophia's face. I crawl up Emi, giving her a kiss. "A very good morning to you Love." She smiles returning my kiss.

I roll off the bed, going around to the other side I lie atop Eliza, giving her slow deep kiss. She wakes up, returning the kiss. Pulling back I say,"Good morning Sweetie."

"Good morning Rufina." She smiles. We both look over to Sophia and Helen who both are shuddering. After they collapse on each other, Emi pulls Helen off of Sophia, rolling her to her back, then straddling her, giving her a kiss. I crawl off Eliza and on to Sophia, pulling Eliza with me. We both kiss Sophia's cheek, "Good morning Sophia." We say together. She gives us a hug.

Laying back down next to Sophia, I stretch. That was a much better way to wake up than having your toe pulled. Emi gets off Helen walking around and laying down behind Eliza, snuggling into her back. Helen turns around and does the same to me. "Good morning Fina." She whispers in my ear. I squeeze the hand that is draped over me. I doze off.

When Tilly enters Rufina's room, after lighting a candle she reaches down intending to pull on Rufina's toe to wake her but Sophia saying,"Good morning, Tilly." stops her. She looks that the head of the bed to see Sophia, Eliza, Emi and Helen looking at her.

"Good morning girls. Did you sleep well?" They all nod. "Will you wake Rufina?" Again they nod. "Then I'll see you at T'ai Chi."

The four girls look at their friend, smiling. She has been distracted of late, her eyes getting dark circles, so they let her sleep a little longer after they get up, straightening their clothes then putting on their robes. Once they are ready to go they each give Rufina a kiss, some chaste, others not so. She is still asleep as they leave the room, though she is waking, again. When her eyes open she sees Emi, picking up the few scattered bits of clothing around the room, throwing them in the basket.

"We let you sleep a few minutes longer. What do you wish to wear today?" Emi asks.

"Shorts and knee length tunic. Might as well make that the standard morning dress, unless there is a appointment in the morning," she says as she get up. Cleaning up after using the pot, I start putting on the clothes Emi has laid out.

"When do you want to have your hair cut?"

"We can do mine when we wash up for the meeting this afternoon. You can do Helen's and Eliza's after breakfast or while I am training. Are you going to help me start Tilly's stove?"

"Of course. Are the others going to help? Here, let me help with that." She folds the tunic I am trying to put on. Then holds it so I can slip it on.

"I haven't asked them yet, I'll do that at breakfast." I say as I belt the tunic around my waist. Taking her in my arms then kiss her. "That was a very pleasant way to wake up this morning."

"Yes it was. And I didn't know that Eliza would do that, did you?"

"No, it surprised me too. We ready to go?" Looking around, I see that the clothes are all in the basket, the basins are empty and two candle will need to be snuffed. "If you get the candle on the left side of the bed, I'll get the one on the right." We move to snuff the candles then meet at the door, Emi carrying the remaining lit candle. Once on the balcony she blows that one out, getting it ready to be placed near the ever lit one at the stairs.

"Good morning everyone." I greet the crowd that is in the kitchen, sipping their tea as they wait for me.

"Good morning Your Majesty." They all say in near unison. That still sound nice.

"Your tea, Rufina." Tilly hands me a cup, Emi get one also. We stand sipping.

"What's for breakfast Tilly?" I look around but don't see anything that could be breakfast.

"I have some Quiche upstairs in the guards kitchen waiting for us to finish T'ai Chi."

"What's Quiche?" Is the question of the morning, from most of those present.

"You can wait to find out. Now let go T'ai Chi so we can try them."

I lead them out to the patio, taking my position at the front. I'm in centering stance, waiting as they get lined up. When they are quiet I open an eye to check them. As I am about to start, the gate beside me opens and Tobias enters. "Sorry I'm late, one of the mares foaled early this morning." He goes to the bench and removes his shoes and stocking.

"Colt or Filly?" I ask as he takes his position.

"Filly, a fine little girl she is too." I vow to my self to go see her later.

I see Tobias has centered and is ready. "All right, starting the first warm up, 30 times to the right." For the next thirty five minutes we do warmups followed by forms, getting a new one at the end. "And assume the centering stance." A minute or so later they start moving to put they shoes back on. The girls have gotten in the habit of not wearing any in the morning until after breakfast.

While Tilly and Emi go up stairs to fetch the Quiche, Helen and I set the table. Tilly has asked for butter and fruit butters to be placed out when the table was set. We found out why when they returned, along with two quiche they have plates of toast. The quiche look yummy, golden brown on top, the crust nicely browned. When everyone is served, I can hear sighs of contentment as they eat.

"Very good, Tilly. Did you use three to one for the milk?"

"Yes, your majesty. It worked well, didn't it."

"Yes, it did." I took another bite.

"As you may have noticed, breakfast came from up stairs this morning and will for at least ten more days. I am going to start building Tilly new stove today. Would any of you like to help with construction?"

"What will it entail, Rufina?" asks Eliza.

"First, space to work in needs to be cleared. Second, Tarps need to be laid on the floor so the floor stays clean. Third, the bricks, clay and sand need to be brought in from out by the garden gate. Then the actual construction can begin."

"I'll help then." says Eliza.

"I will too." from Sophia.

"Tobias, would you haul several buckets of water in to the kitchen, please?"

"With pleasure, princess."

"Eliza, Helen, Emi will be cutting hair while I train later this morning. Unless that is a bad time be ready. Are you ready for the meeting Aden?"

"Yes, your majesty."

"Very good. Which crafts are going to be there?"

"I believe all the different crafts in town will have someone there. There are sixteen names on my list, and Helen had another twenty five. Those twenty five will be sending two representatives so that make eighteen."

"Is the town hall ready?"

"It will be, I intend on getting the tarps for you then setting up the meeting room. Is there anything else that you need right away."

"Not that I can think of." I look at my plate, it's empty, how did that happen? "Okay, people let's get to work, we have things to do." I stand taking my plate and fork with me, placing them on the tray. Then I go to the study and go through the sketches until I find the sketch of the stove. I goto the kitchen laying the sketch on the small table. I fill the wash tub with water, preparing for the trays of dirty dishes. When I return to the dining room, the tray is nearly full. Picking it up I take it to the kitchen, Helen follows me. I start washing dishes, Helen dries.

"What will you be doing today, Helen."

"I'll be at my shop until about 900, spinning and being available to make sales, then I'll be back to get my hair cut. I plan on going to the meeting."

"Are you one of the representatives?"

"Yes and no, the weavers asked me to be one but I declined. They then asked if I would observe and report on the meeting for them, which I said I could do."

"So an unofficial representative. Do you think it's a good idea, you haven't said much about it?"

"I like the idea but I'm not sure it will be accepted by everyone. You will have to fight them on apprenticeships for girls in any craft, weaving and seamstresses will be all right with girls but the blacksmiths and others won't be happy."

"But if a girl or young woman can physically do the work and has the desire to be a blacksmith why shouldn't she be given the chance? or a carpenter? There are women on Earth that are farriers, blacksmiths, carpenters. The only reason those are normally male jobs is that females have been told that they can't do them by the males. All I want is to give them a chance."

"You could command it. They would be required to comply."

"And they would resent it and would attempt to get around any commands, undermining my authority. No, I need to get their agreement at the beginning so as not to get in that situation. I foresee long arguments this afternoon. Perhaps with Sophia's help we can prevail."

After we finish the dishes Helen gives me a hug, "I'll see you at dinner, I'm off to my shop, I need to be there more often so I can make some sales. I'll get some spinning done as I wait." She climbs the stairs to get her spindle and distaff.