Chapter 5

Friday, July 28, 1977

Timmy was allowed to stay up past his normal ten o’clock bedtime while the Wells family was on vacation. Too many late nights making s’mores and hanging out by the campfire had caught up with him by Friday morning. The tired twelve year-old was still asleep around ten in the morning when Charlie woke up and headed down for a shower. Charlie wasn’t particularly quiet in the morning and disturbed the slumbering kid when he returned to their tent.

Timmy cracked an eye open as his brother prepared for the day. He stayed still, curious about what Charlie was doing as he tried to hide something from Timmy. He saw Charlie remove a paper bag from his duffle and pull out three square foil wrappers out of a box inside the bag and stuff them into his pocket. Charlie hid the bag in his duffle again, after glancing towards Timmy to make sure Timmy was asleep. Timmy managed to “play dead” well enough to convince Charlie that his secret was safe. Charlie headed outside to get breakfast.

Timmy lay there wondering, ‘Were those square packets his rubbers?’ Were those the things that Charlie was using when he went all the way with Pattie in the shower house? The natural curiosity of a twelve-year-old was heightened by the sexual element. He was going to have to check out that bag sometime when Charlie and his parents weren’t around.

Timmy got up about twenty minutes later, after a surreptitious jerk-off. He strolled down to the shower house, relaxed and satisfied after his release. Timmy’s mom and dad announced that they and the Zunigas were going into the farmer’s central market in Lancaster in the afternoon. Linda would be in charge of the kids from both families while the parents were away. Timmy made no objection. Linda was cool, for a big sister.

Charlie, Pattie, Timmy and Julie all hung out at the barn until lunchtime. They played video games, pool and pinball. The group headed back to camp for lunch. Afterwards they headed to the pool to hangout. Linda tanned herself until David was on duty as lifeguard. When he went on duty, she squeezed into the oversized chair with him as he watched over the swimmers.

Jim and Sandra Wells rode with George and Betty Zuniga in the Zuniga’s big Chevy Carryall for their trip into “town.” Lancaster Central Market was located off the main square in the center of the small city. The ladies did some browsing at the Watt and Shand Department store across the square while the men relaxed over coffee in the basement cafeteria. When the ladies finished shopping, everyone trooped over to the market to look over the bountiful, Amish-grown produce and meats.

Charlie and Pattie played things cool for an hour or so after lunch, waiting for the coast to clear down at the shower house. Some touches and gropes were exchanged as the two oversexed teens wrestled and played in the pool. The couple disappeared to the shower house when they thought Timmy and Julie were distracted. Timmy and Julie weren’t. The young voyeurs had been waiting for the lusty couple to disappear. Timmy and Julie headed for the shower house five minutes after they missed their older siblings.

“YYyyeesss...” Timmy and Julie heard Pattie gasp. “Liiicckkkk ... there...” The sounds of the two having oral sex were much clearer to the kids outside the door than usual.

“Lick?” Julie whispered. Timmy just shrugged his shoulders as they listened. They had no way to see the scene inside. Pattie was seated in the changing area, just inside the door, while Charlie kneeled between her legs and licked and fingered her slot and hole. Pattie’s hands were on Charlie’s head, ensuring that his tongue continued to unwire her brain as he ate her out.

Timmy and Julie could hear the slurps as Charlie spread his saliva and Pattie’s juices all over the wet slot and clitoris. Julie noted Timmy’s “thing” went hard and was bulging his shorts out. She was flushed and felt an unfamiliar tingle in her own bottom as she listened to Charlie drive her older sister mad with lust.

Timmy, his boner steely hard and throbbing, looked at Julie as he spied on the action in the shower room. She barely had breasts, not like the models he had seen when he and his friend, Jimmy, looked at a Playboy last month. Still, she was cute. He liked what she had revealed last night when they played “doctor” and showed each other their naked bodies. Could he convince her to do more? Charlie and Pattie seemed to enjoy it.

Charlie brought Pattie to a loud orgasm. The voyeurs outside heard the climax, followed by Pattie’s directions for Charlie to have a seat. “I’ll blow you,” Pattie declared as Charlie sat on the bench seat. Timmy and Julie listened again while their older sister and brother enjoyed more oral sex. The two heard enough comments during the blow job that they understood what they weren’t seeing. Pattie was sucking on Charlie’s dick and he seemed to be loving it.

A few grunts from Charlie and spitting by Pattie indicated Charlie’s climax. The horny teens moved into the shower stall and rinsed off Charlie’s come before the did some deep kissing.

“I wonder what it feels like to have someone suck your thing?” Timmy wondered. He was still a little shy to say “dick” in front of a girl.

“I am not going to show you,” Julie replied.

“I wasn’t asking,” Timmy answered. “I was just curious. It sounds pretty neat. As neat as when Charlie was licking Pattie’s ... you know.”

“Pussy,” Julie said.

“I bet you would like it if a boy licked your ... your pussy,” Timmy offered.

Julie paused for a moment. It did sound like Pattie enjoyed Charlie licking her. Could she allow Timmy to try that. Before she could answer, the two outside heard Pattie announce, “Put the rubber on, Charlie.”

“I got it,” Charlie agreed. The discussion of blow jobs and pussy licking was left hanging between the kids. Charlie covered his dick with latex and took position behind a kneeling Pattie. She let out a contented moan as he skewered her on his hard-on. Timmy and Julie concentrated on the sounds of two teens screwing inside.

“Keep going...” Pattie panted after a couple minutes of screwing. Primed by her first orgasm, Pattie could feel another approaching. “Harder!” she begged as Charlie tried to satisfy her lust. The slap of skin on skin was clearly audible to the kids outside the door.

Her climax was so close. Charlie banged his dick into her hard a few more times before grunting and freezing as he tried to burrow his dick deeper into her belly. His hard-on throbbed and spat another load of semen into the rubber. Charlie barely remembered to hold onto rubber as he slumped backwards and pulled out of Pattie’s hole. He sat on his haunches, panting and spent. Pattie was so close to coming.

“That was sweet,” Charlie gasped. “You’re the greatest.”

“We better go,” Julie whispered to Timmy. “They’re done and we don’t want to get caught.”

“Soon,” Timmy answered. He knew his boner was tenting his shorts. He didn’t want to display that bulge to the world. The kids heard Charlie and Pattie moving around inside.

“Sit down,” Pattie insisted as she pushed Charlie down on the changing room seat. She fondled his balls and semi-hard dick as she stood over him. “Can you get hard again?”

“Hard?” Charlie gasped as Pattie stroked his rod. “Yeah ... I guess.”

“I need more,” Pattie demanded. Charlie rapidly regained his erection with Pattie’s aid.

“They aren’t done,” Timmy whispered to Julie.

“Two times?” Julie whispered back in wonder. You could do it twice in this short a time?

Sure enough, two fourteen-year-olds could do it twice in less than half an hour. Timmy and Julie listened as their older siblings screwed their brains out in the shower stall. The not-quite-innocents grew flushed and excited as they listened to Charlie bring Pattie to a vaginal orgasm while they screwed. Timmy and Julie took off after her climax. Charlie’s came about twenty seconds after Pattie.

“What do you want to do?” Julie asked as they headed away from the shower house.

“What we did yesterday down at the bridge was fun,” Timmy suggested. Seeing Julie naked again felt right, even if he wasn’t sure why he wanted to see her that way.

“It’s too open,” Julie countered. Seeing Timmy’s boner spray the white goo had been interesting. “We’d get caught for sure. Maybe later tonight after it gets dark.”

“Yeah...” Timmy allowed. He thought for a few seconds. He desperately wanted to play “show me your and I’ll show you mine” again with Julie. “Wait ... our parents went away for the afternoon. No one is back at our campsites.”

“What if Charlie and Pattie go there?” Julie countered. She was just as excited and curious as Timmy was.

“They always cool off at the pool after they have sex,” Timmy answered. Julie couldn’t argue with that. They always did.

“What about Linda?” Julie asked.

“She’s with David,” Timmy replied. “She won’t be back to the campsite until dinnertime, if then. I wouldn’t be surprised if they go out to dinner before their date tonight.”

“Well ... I guess we could go back there,” Julie allowed. The two scampered off to their campsites while Charlie and Pattie cleaned up and dressed again. The older teen couple did head to the pool to relax and chill out when they were done with sex for the afternoon.

“Your tent or my camper?” Julie asked as they approached their two campsites. Timmy noticed all the windows in the Zuniga pop-up were open.

“My tent,” he suggested. “We’ll have more privacy in there if I shut the internal doors. The windows in Linda’s end of the tent and his parents’ end of the tent were open. He and Charlie hadn’t opened the window in the central section of the tent that morning. He and Julie would have complete privacy if he shut the internal and outside door to the tent.

“OK, cool,” Julie agreed. She surprised herself at how much she wanted to see Timmy’s thingy again. She knew what they were about to do was naughty, but she felt impelled to do it anyway. The kids climbed into the tent. Timmy zipped up all the doors so no one could know what they were up to.

Julie sat down cross legged on Timmy’s sleeping bag and air mattress. He sat down on Charlie’s. “What now?” Timmy asked.

“Kissing was fun yesterday,” Julie commented. She scooted over so she was sitting in front of Timmy they leaned together until their lips touched. The kiss was sweet and showed a little passion but Timmy kept his tongue to himself. He didn’t want to scare Julie the way he had yesterday. They repeated the kiss another time.

With the third kiss, Timmy felt Julie press her tongue against his lips. He allowed his tongue out to touch hers. Both kids felt the zap of electricity as they explored a deep kiss. One thing led to another and then another. Timmy had seen couples on TV or in movies and he imitated what he had seen. His hands went up on Julie’s shoulders as they tongue-kissed. He shuddered when he felt Julie’s hands touch his sides and embrace him.

The two were lost for a minute or more in their oral explorations before both broke apart to catch their breath.

“Wow!” Timmy gasped as they broke the lip lock.

“Yeah ... wow!” Julie agreed. “Could I see your thingy again?”

“Thingy?” Timmy asked, confused at her term. “Oh ... you mean my pee ... uh, my dick?”

“That hard thing pushing your shorts out,” Julie replied, staring at the bulge in the crotch of his shorts.

“If I get to see you again too,” Timmy offered.

“Um...” Julie sighed. Could she do this again? Last time was a quick peak inside the bridge, where anyone could find them. She knew any peaks would be brief. Now ... she was alone with a boy with a hard-on who certainly must be dreaming of sex. Of sex ... possibly with her. She remembered the sight of Charlie plunging his big dick into Patty’s hole. She was alone in this tent with Timmy. No one knew they were there or were expected to notice them for an hour or two? What if Timmy wanted to do like Charlie?

“Um ... maybe we shouldn’t.”

“We could try kissing some more,” Timmy offered. “That is fun.”

Patty remembered watching Charlie kiss Patty with tongue last night as they spied on the couple in the stairwell. The tongue kissing seemed to excite Patty. When she exchanged tongues with Timmy a minute ago, she felt a fluttering down there. Was Timmy trying to turn her on like Charlie did for Patty? Did he want to stick his thingy in her hole?

“Uh ... I don’t know, Timmy,” Julie stuttered.

“OK,” Timmy replied, seeming unfazed. “Can I show you something cool?”

“I guess,” Patty agreed. Timmy rolled over and opened a pocket in one of the duffle bags in the tent. He pulled out a red foil package, about two inches square. “What is it?”

“It’s a rubber,” Timmy replied. “I found it in Charlie’s stuff this morning.” Timmy tore the foil packet open and pulled out an ivory colored ring of what looked like plastic.

Julie’s panic was rising. She was alone with a boy with a big boner. He asked her to take off her clothes. He had a rubber. What was next? Was he going to ask for sex?

Timmy held the center of the ring and unrolled the rubber until the latex tube was unfurled and was about eight inches long.

“Charlie and Patty had a lot of fun with these things,” Timmy commented.

“NO!” Julie erupted. “NO, this is too much. I am not having sex with you!”

“I didn’t mean...” Timmy stammered, stunned at this turn of events. Julie hopped up and stormed out of the tent.

“Crap!” Timmy snapped. “I didn’t want to have sex. I just wanted to explore some more.” Julie was long gone and couldn’t hear what he said.

Timmy jerked himself off to relieve his pent-up frustrations. He cleaned up and restored things to the way they had been, except for one item. Timmy hadn’t noticed that the rubber he “borrowed” from Charlie was the last in the box. There was nothing he could do. Hopefully Charlie wasn’t keeping close track of the rubbers.

Timmy stuffed the unused but unrolled rubber and the wrapper in his pocket when he headed down to the barn. No sense in putting evidence of what he had done (or tried to do) in the family’s garbage can where Charlie or his parents could find it.

Julie avoided Timmy the remainder of the day. He headed down to the barn after dinner and hung out. He played some pinball and just relaxed. He felt guilty for scaring Julie. He shouldn’t have pushed her so hard. Why was it so confusing dealing with girls?

Charlie felt he had girls figured out. He continued hanging out with Pattie through the evening. They waited until dusk before sneaking off to their secret evening spot for sex. By this point in the week, no seduction was required before the two got down and dirty. After some preliminary making out and petting, Pattie gave Charlie a blow job and he returned the favor by eating her pussy until she came. Pattie bent at the waist and leaned against the wall while Charlie took her from the rear.

Charlie banged Pattie until her brains were ready to ooze out. The two youths cuddled and kissed when they finished their coupling.

“God, I can’t believe it’s Friday already,” Pattie sighed. “This has been great with you this week, Charlie. I am going to miss our sessions. Put another rubber on. Let’s do it one more time before we go back to camp.”

“Um ... uh ... that one we just used,” Charlie allowed “ ... that was the last one I have on me.”

“Charlie!” Pattie protested.

“We’ve been pretty busy,” Charlie responded. “My supply of rubbers is getting low. We better pace ourselves so we have some for tomorrow.”

“Uh ... about tomorrow,” Pattie answered. “My parents have this stupid idea that the whole family has to go do this tourist shit. I’ll be gone all day.”

“All day?” Charlie gasped. “Can’t you get out of it?”

“No chance,” Pattie replied. “My parents insist the whole family goes along.”

“Well ... at least we can get together for some fun after dinner,” Charlie suggested glumly.

“Not even then,” Pattie answered. “My dad has this stupid thing planned for all of us after dinner too. He says we won’t get back until late.”

“Fuck!” Charlie responded. “Tonight can’t be our last time together. That would suck.”

“It would,” Pattie agreed. “Let’s see what time I get back. Hopefully we can get together for one more time before we head home.”

“When do you leave?”

“We are leaving right after breakfast Sunday morning,” Pattie explained.

“So are we,” Charlie said.

“We’ll figure out some way to get together tomorrow night,” Pattie said. She patted Charlie’s crotch and gave him a kiss. “I am not done with this thing yet.”

“I’ll be ready for you,” Charlie promised.

David met Linda at her campsite after he finished work. The two headed for Lancaster. They grabbed dinner at a downtown diner before walking up Queen Street to the movie theaters. The first theater was playing “Star Wars.” Both of them had seen it, so they walked another half a block to the other downtown theater. That one was showing “A Bridge Too Far.” They heard the movie was good, but it had two drawbacks. This wasn’t a date movie and running time was almost three hours. They didn’t want to cut into their time at Grandpa’s back lane later in the evening. They went to see Star Wars.

They were at a 7:05 pm, early showing of the movie, so there were too many kids around for Linda and David to do more than share an occasional kiss. The real fun would wait until later. This theater was attached to the parking garage where David left the Olds. The two horny teens beat a quick retreat to the car and then out of town.

David parked in the same spot as the previous nights out behind Grandpa Sensenig’s farm. The lust driven couple hurried to the back seat for the night’s fun. It was almost a race to see who got naked first. In the end, both teens won. The two made out a bit and then traded oral favors. David brought Linda to a thrashing climax to conclude their foreplay.

Their first coupling was energetic. The two needed to get their intense lust moderated. The second time was more relaxed. David pumped and thrust in and out of his lover. Linda cooed and purred her appreciation. The bond the two felt as they made love was beyond their previous experiences. David changed pace, depth of thrusts and angles as they coupled. Each time he anticipated Linda’s desires before she could express them.

David managed to last past five minutes. Linda was approaching climax, to her surprise. No guy had ever gotten her off with nothing more than vaginal penetration. But here was David, reaming her with his big, hard dick, ready to launch her into orbit.

“Hard... [pant] er...” Linda panted as she begged for his cock. He quickened the pace, slamming in deep and mashing his pubic bone against her clit. Instinctively, he understood her need. He pounded into her. Half a dozen strokes were all he needed to push her past her limits.

“Gaaahhh...” Linda huffed. “Ooohh ... Goddddd...” David felt Linda’s pussy spasm around his tool. He continued thrusting as Linda reveled in a fabulous orgasm. She thrashed and moaned. David tried to hold off his own climax. Linda’s pussy squeezed and milked his big dick. It proved too much to endure. David gave one final mighty thrust and tried to plant his seed as deep inside of his female as he could. Thankfully the kids had the foresight to use protection. The rubber collected all his sperm for later disposal. No babies from this tryst.

David rolled off Linda and collapsed beside her. The two kids panted as they recovered from their spectacular mutual orgasms. David pondered his dad’s words as he lay there. ‘This one is special. Don’t let her get away.’

The two cuddled and kissed when they recovered their wits. Mustering up his courage, David asked, “What is next for us?”

“You are taking me to a dance tomorrow night,” Linda replied, smiling at her glorious lover. “I assume we will come back here for more fun after the dance.”

“I mean after tomorrow,” David said. “What happens on Sunday?”

“I don’t want to think about Sunday,” Linda said, the sadness momentarily apparent in her voice. “Let’s live in the moment. This is too good to ruin by worrying about what we can’t control.”

“You know I love you and I don’t want to let you go,” David declared.

“I love you too,” Linda agreed. “I don’t want this to end. Let’s concentrate on what we have tonight. What comes later can wait.”

David let out a sigh before agreeing. He glanced over the front seat to the dashboard. “It’s a little after 10:30. Do you want to head back?”

“I want you to hold me and kiss me,” Linda answered. “Make love to me again, after we have time to catch our breath.”

“I can do that,” David agreed. After some cuddling and kissing, the two made love again. This time was slow and gentle. David didn’t bring Linda off but she loved being filled with his big dick anyway. The two cleaned up and headed back to camp afterwards.

Charlie and Timmy hung out together Saturday, since the Zuniga girls were away for the day. The two boys were downcast. Timmy regretted making Julie mad at him by pushing her too far. Charlie wanted to get laid another time or two before Pattie headed west to Pittsburgh and his family headed home to Clifton, New Jersey.

Charlie was hopeful that Pattie and her family would return after dinner. He waited all evening for them to return. Finally, around a quarter to ten in the evening, the big Zuniga Chevy Carryall backed into their campsite. Charlie and Timmy were roasting marshmallows over a small fire in their campsite. Charlie hopped up and met Pattie halfway as she hurried over to see him.

“You want to go find some privacy and...” Charlie asked, hoping his parents didn’t catch the meaning of what came after his “and.”

“I can’t,” Pattie answered sadly. “My dad says it is too late to go out. I have to hang around our campsite or go to bed.”

“Shi ... SHOOT!” Charlie answered, barely catching his curse before his parents heard him. “I wanted more time with you.”

“I do too,” Pattie whispered back. “What can we do?”

“Maybe you could go over to the shower house to go to the bathroom,” Charlie suggested. “I could head over that way too.”

“We’ll get caught,” Pattie said. “You know how busy the shower house is in the evening. Anyway, my dad will wonder why it took me half an hour to go to the bathroom. I don’t want a quickie. I need you bad and I expect you to deliver.”

“You know I take care of you,” Charlie answered. “What if we met after everyone goes to sleep?”

“Could work,” Pattie allowed. “When?”

“Um ... I don’t know,” Charlie responded. “What about 1 o’clock?”

“One o’clock it is,” Pattie agreed quietly. “Bring your rubbers. I need a good screwing before I head home.”

“Tell me about it,” Charlie agreed, grinning wildly. “I’ll meet you at the shower house at 1:00 AM.”

“I’ll be there,” Pattie promised. The two teens headed back to their respective campsites. Charlie hung out at the campfire for about fifteen minutes before announcing he was going to bed. Actually, he needed privacy to make sure he was ready for late-night date.

Charlie dug out the bag with his box of rubbers. He had been tracking them. He had a single rubber left. He would need to make this rubber count. He opened the box and reached inside to find ... it was empty! Charlie shown the flashlight in the empty box. Nothing. The bag was empty. Charlie frantically tore through his duffle bag, trying to find the missing but essential rubber he needed for the evening. Timmy popped into the tent while Charlie was searching.

“What’s up?” Timmy asked, trying to appear innocent.

“I am trying to find something that is missing,” Charlie responded as he searched frantically.

“What’s missing?”

“You wouldn’t understand,” Charlie responded. “It’s stuff for teens.”

“I am almost thirteen,” Timmy insisted. “What is missing?”

“My rubbers,” Charlie snapped.

“Why are you looking for rubbers?” Timmy asked, attempting to appear innocent and clueless. “It hasn’t rained since Monday. Why do you need rubbers to protect your shoes?”

“You don’t understand,” Charlie said. “Don’t worry about it.” Charlie’s first suspicion had been that Timmy was snooping into his things and took one. He dismissed the idea. Timmy was too young to even know that a rubber was contraception and would prevent him and Pattie from making a baby.

Timmy dressed for bed and laid down. He allowed himself a small smile. Charlie swallowed his tale about rubbers protecting his shoes hook, line and sinker. Timmy didn’t need to worry about Charlie finding out where that rubber had gone.

Charlie finally gave up the search and went to bed. How would he convince Pattie to allow him to screw her one more time, but without protection? Fucking with Pattie had made this the best vacation of his life. He didn’t want last night’s fuck to be their last. He needed to find a way to get her hot and horny enough to allow him to do her one last time without a rubber.

David ate dinner with the Wells family on Saturday evening. He and Linda headed over to the campground north of Gap for the dance. The cover was $5. David paid their fee and escorted her inside. They ran into Matt Weaver, Debbie Kauffman, Kenny Hurst and Cheryl Miller, all classmates of David’s at Paradise High. Matt and Debbie had gone steady for the past year. Kenny and Cheryl were on their third date together but had no lasting commitment. The three couples hung out together between dances. The girls seemed to hit it off with Linda.

Half an hour into the dance, the three girls excused themselves to use the bathroom. When the girls were gone, Kenny commented, “She’s one hot babe. Where’d you meet her? Is she from Sadsbury or Eastern?” They were two adjoining school districts to their Paradise School District.

“I haven’t seen her around our school,” Matt agreed.

“I met her at the campground,” David explained. “She’s from New Jersey.”

“Not bad, Robinson,” Kenny responded. “She’s hot. I expect you tapped that piece.”

“No comment,” David said. His blush spoke volumes.

“You did tap that babe,” Kenny gushed. “Cool! Hit that thing and let her head off. No entanglements.”

“You have no class,” Matt said as he swatted the back of Kenny’s head.

“What?” Kenny asked. “What did I say?”

“Is this a one-night stand?” Matt asked. “She is one good looking girl. Too bad she lives in New Jersey.”

“I am going to ask her to go steady with me later tonight,” David said. “Don’t say anything to the others. I want to surprise Linda when I ask her.”

“Steady with a girl from New Jersey?” Matt said. “That has got to be complicated.”

“I’ll see,” David agreed. “Linda is special.”

“Good luck with that,” Kenny said. “It is hard enough to keep a girlfriend happy when she lives near you.”

“Yeah, good luck with that,” Matt agreed.

“Good luck with what?” Linda asked as the three girls showed up again.

“I’ll explain later,” David said.

The three teen couples danced and talked. The dance drew about a hundred teens from Paradise, Sadsbury and Eastern School Districts. Many couples were there. More were single teens out to have some fun and to meet someone that evening. Linda enjoyed spending time with David’s friends. The dance closed down at ten o’clock.

“It was nice to meet all of you,” Linda said as they headed for their cars.

A chorus of “Good to meet you too,” was repeated back.

“Heading straight back to camp or planning a little fun parking?” Kenny teased.

“Kenny!” Cheryl gasped at his forwardness. It also drew another swat on the back of the head from Matt.

“Manners!” Matt insisted. He looked at David and Linda and shook his head sadly.

“What?” Kenny asked. “What did I say?”

David helped Linda into his ‘56 Olds. Kenny called out as David hopped into the driver’s side. “When are you going to get a decent car, Robinson?”

Linda leaned out the window and announced, “This car is perfect. It has a big back seat.” She gave Kenny a wink.

“You shouldn’t encourage him,” David commented as he pulled away. “Sorry about Kenny. He can be a little crass at times. He is a good guy in spite of his mouth.”

“I can handle someone like Kenny,” Linda said. “You know many Jersey boys?”

“No,” David answered.

“They can be brash and sassy,” Linda said. “Kenny is mild compared to some of the guys in my school.”

“That must suck,” David said.

“They are harmless, by and large,” Linda said. “You just have to know how to deal with them. Matt seems to have Kenny’s number.”

“They have been best friends since kindergarten,” David said.

David turned right out of the campground and headed west.

“Grandpa’s lane and step on it, driver,” Linda teased. “I need some more loving tonight.”

“At your service, Miss,” David agreed. David waited a few minutes before broaching the subject he knew needed to be addressed.

“Can we talk about what is next?” David stated.