Chapter 4

Tom and Jenny led the way as we left the pool and hot tub area. Our parents decided to stay a bit longer, as they wanted to wait for my grandparents to get there before they headed back to the cabins. There were goodbyes exchanged but the four of us kids were eager to get away from the adults. Tom and Jenny quickly led us into the trees and away from the communal gathering places.

“I think you two are going to like this,” Jenny said, as a smile bloomed on her face.

“Most of the kids will hang out here if they aren’t by the pool,” Tom quickly added.

Maybe a hundred yards or so later we came to a decent sized clearing. In the middle of the clearing lay a pool of awful smelling water. I’ve smelled rotten eggs with a more inviting or welcoming aroma than this place. Tom noticed my scrunched-up face, a natural reaction to the smell wafting through the clearing I thought.

Jenny laughed and said, “It’s a natural hot spring. There are a couple of them around here. This one though, is the biggest. We can fit almost twenty people in it at one time!” By the tone of her voice, she was obviously excited.

“You will get used to the smell, I promise,” Tom offered.

“Are you sure, it smells awful!” Sara asked, her face made it look like she didn’t believe a word Tom said.

“Yeah, like rotten eggs left out in the hot humid sun,” I finished.

Both Tom and Jenny were laughing hard at the face’s Sara, and I were making. Never mind the fact that both of us had pinched our noses closed with our thumbs and forefingers. It was a futile endeavor as we could still smell it through our closed nostrils. Worse, we could now taste it. Ack, it was terrible. The one good thing about the smell, there was no way I was going to get hard here. Not a chance.

Tom and Jenny both waded into the pool. It was deep enough in the center to cover their heads, but they only went out far enough for the stinky, hot water to go up to their necks. I didn’t understand how they could have their noses that close to the water!

Tom and Jenny waved us in. “Come on, the water is great. You will love it once you get used to it. I swear,” Jenny said, her voice sweet and alluring. That wasn’t fair at all in my opinion. I had no misgivings that she knew what she was doing with her voice sounding like that.

“Fine,” I huffed and looked at Sara. Her eyes were as big as saucers, as she watched me slowly enter the water. Eventually I made it out to Tom and Jenny, the water up to my neck. I didn’t have to go as far in to get that deep, I was short, but that put me right next to Jenny. I was fine with that.

“You three seriously expect me to walk into that ... water?” Sara asked. From the tone of her voice, she almost sounded offended. I know my nose was offended, but it was slowly being convinced it wasn’t as bad as it initially thought.

“Come on, Sara. I did it, so can you. The water actually feels really good, surprisingly. It’s even hotter than the hot tub by the pool,” I replied confidently.

“Ugh, fine. But if I smell like that later tonight...” She never finished her thought. Regardless, she waded out to join Tom, Jenny, and me in the hot, albeit smelly water.

Almost the minute Sara entered the water and joined us, her complaints stopped. We floated, splashed, and even played a game of chicken. Siblings against siblings. I felt bad for Sara. She offered to be the bottom, but I refused as any gentleman would. She then jumped on my shoulders and was a full head lower than Jenny was on her brother’s shoulders. It was a losing combination and the two of us crashed into the water multiple times.

When we all finally exited the pool, the four of us were exhausted. We parted ways, agreeing to meet again for dinner. Sara and I split off from Tom and Jenny just before we reached our cabins. I didn’t know about Sara, but I needed to pee something awful.

“Gotta go,” I declared as we reached our front door and raced to the bathroom.

“No, you don’t,” Sara said and tried to grab any part of me to slow me down. She missed because she was in a fit of giggles. I was laughing the whole way until I slammed the door closed and then proceeded to use the toilet.

“What did you think of Tom and Jenny?” I heard Sara ask through the closed door.

“They are really nice.”

“Yeah, we had fun, didn’t we?”

“Of course. I never expected anything like this when we left home yesterday.”

Sara was quiet after that. She must have been thinking about something. I quickly flushed, then washed and dried my hands. When I opened the door, Sara again barged in and slammed the door on my face as I turned to harass her. I didn’t wait at the door for her to finish. Instead, I went and grabbed my book, then headed out to the porch swing. It was surprisingly comfortable for a wooden swing without any padding on the seat. The gentle swinging motion it provided was enjoyable.

Sara came and joined me on the porch until our parents came home. They asked how we were, we told them we were good, and then mom asked us if we wanted something to drink. Dad sat down in one of the old chairs as mom went inside to get drinks for everyone.

Mom brought out glasses of ice water for everyone. We then sat back and enjoyed the afternoon. Mom told us they had invited the McDaniel’s to dinner, so we waited for them to show up. The sun was falling quickly when Tom, Jenny, and their parents showed up at our cabin.

Dinner was good, mom made burgers. Well, Dad actually grilled them, but mom shaped the burger patties. She also prepared a pasta salad and baked beans. When it was time for everyone to take their seats at the table, Sara took one right next to me. That was strange, but the reason for her choice made sense when she leaned over and whispered to me.

“Did you see Jim’s dick?”

“Huh, what are you talking about?”

“He was almost hard; did you see it?”

“No. Why would I look at his dick?”

She didn’t reply. I was curious though if he was getting an erection. I wasn’t going to look, but I was curious. I had seen him earlier when we were at the pool. He looked to be average or so. My dad seemed to be bigger, but what did I know?

We all ate and had a good time. Dad and Jim drank a couple beers, even mom and Laura had one each. The conversation was lighthearted and entertaining. We started to hear voices outside before we finished. It sounded like there were people walking around. More folks must have shown up while we were inside having dinner.

When everyone was done, it was up to me and Sara to clean up the dishes, again. When everyone got up from the table, I did let my eyes wander and see that Jim did indeed have a chub. He wasn’t hard-hard, but he was definitely not soft. I mentioned it to Sara as we got to work scrubbing the plates and forks.

For the rest of the evening the two families lounged out on the front porch. There weren’t enough seats for everyone, so the adults used the formal seating while us kids sat on the steps and on the floor. Through the night, we saw several different couples walking down the path by our cabin. We waved, they waved back. Sometimes we said hello and sometimes they returned it.