Chapter 3: Beth Makes a Splash

Dave woke up to a beautiful June day. He looked at the digital clock: 8:32. He got up and headed to the bathroom for a shower. He shared a bathroom with his sisters and the door was closed when he got there. He knocked lightly and Julie said, "I'll be out in a minute." So he leaned against the wall and waited. She came out about five minutes later with a towel around her head and another one around her body. She smiled at him; from her look, she was feeling incredibly happy. She was still enjoying the afterglow of the most incredible sexual experience of her young life and she was wondering if she would ever lust after a man again. Dave watched her go down the hall and thought back to last night. He knew he would never have to imagine what she looked like again - he had her image engraved in his mind.

After his shower he went downstairs for breakfast; everyone was already in the kitchen. His father was dressed in shorts and a golf shirt. Julie was wearing a tee-shirt and shorts. Carol, however, was wearing one of her flimsy nightgowns and was about to have more fun teasing Dave. He could see her perky nipples poking out and thought he could see their darker halos as well. Roger sat with his back to the sink; so when Carol took some plates away, she bent down under the cupboard to get some dish cleaner -- giving Dave a perfect view of her thin see-through panties. Dave almost choked on his cereal and his father asked him if he was all right. Dave gasped he was ok but couldn't take his eyes off his mother. When Roger looked around at her, she had returned to a normal position and Roger thought nothing of it. Julie had thought the show was for her and was getting all wet as well. After Dave was finished eating he managed to hide the swelling in his shorts as he and his father went out to the car; their task today was check and clean the family's summer trailer. Carol had checked the bulge in Dave's shorts and felt quite proud of herself. Roger let Dave drive to the campground so he would get more practice for when he went for his driving test. On QAI drivers can get their "Learner's Permit" to drive with an adult six months before they turn sixteen. Roger seemed to be in a good mood so Dave asked. "Good night at cards?"

Roger replied, "No, my cards sucked all night but I had fun bragging about your victory yesterday." Dave blushed a little but felt proud. The truth was that when Roger got home he and Carol had had the wildest night of sex in many years. He couldn't remember the last time she was that excited and demanding.

The drive took about twenty-five minutes. This was the first time Dave drove to North Beach and realized how strange it was to have a trailer such a short distance from their house but on QAI this was very common. Many of Dave's friends' families owned either cottages or trailers. QAI's year round population was about 150,000 but during the hot summers more than ten times that many visited the island. North Beach had about three thousand year-round residents but that swelled to about forty thousand in the summer. Dave's family liked to be where the action was and this was the busiest summer area of QAI. Dave thought about some of his friends who owned cottages in remote areas and realized they must use them to get away.

During the short drive Roger and Dave talked about school, golf and other stuff. Dave enjoyed these talks with his dad because Roger was interested in what Dave was up to and Roger also told Dave about his job and how much he liked it. Roger was an administrator at the hospital which is how he met Carol many years ago. They talked about the doctor and nursing shortage and other grownup things. Dave felt good to be treated like a man and not a kid.

They arrived at North Beach Campground a little after 10:00. Gerry, the campground owner, was there and waved to them as they entered. The family's campsite was at the back and it was right beside the Hawks Hollow Golf Course. They had rented this campsite for the last five years. Dave was really pleased when the golf course opened last year after two years of construction. Their site was big at thirty feet wide by sixty feet deep; of course, the thirty-five-foot trailer took up a lot of that space. Dave could see some people coming off the second green on the course and couldn't wait to get golfing. There was just a thin line of trees between their site and the course. Dave and Roger walked around the trailer to make sure all the supports were still solid and then headed inside. Dave walked into the small living room area and sat on the sleeper sofa, his summertime bed. Roger walked into the parental bedroom and Dave could hear him checking the water in their bathroom. That large bedroom was in the front of the trailer. Then came the living room and the kitchen. There was a second bathroom and another small room with bunk beds in the back where the girls slept. The air smelled a little stale so Dave opened a few windows to air out the trailer and went into the kitchen. It was small but the MacDonalds did a lot of cooking on their barbecue so it didn't get used much. There was a full sized fridge that was open and empty except for the box of Cow Brand sodium bicarbonate powder they used to absorb odors. Roger and Dave spent an hour cleaning up and making sure everything was ready to start moving in. The family normally moved everything they needed into the trailer the week before school finished then moved in themselves on the last day of school.

Roger and Dave went to Hawk's Hollow at 11:30 and practiced for a while before they teed off at noon. It was a fun day and Roger was trying his hardest to beat Dave but Dave knew it wouldn't happen. Dave finished up with a 71 and Roger played one of his best rounds ever but was still four strokes higher. Dave drove home. Roger was really happy with his 75. He asked, "Where is the tour next weekend?"

Dave replied, "It's at Squirrel Creek Golf Course but I don't expect to do quite as well next week. I have to study all this week to prepare for exams next week so today is my last round until Saturday."

Roger said, "You'll do fine next week. You don't have to win every round. Study hard this week then do your best Saturday. If you play like you did today you'll have no trouble getting into the top ten and that will get you some needed points." Dave agreed and they just talked about golf the rest of the way home.

Sunday night and that whole week flew by. Dave studied hard every night and went to school during the day. His mind kept wandering back to Carol and Julie and he masturbated every night while re-living what had happened. Carol had suspended teasing him and Julie was busy studying as well so he saw very little of her. Dave found out Friday that he had gotten three exemptions which meant he only had to write two final exams. That wasn't a big surprise but it meant he could focus on just those two courses. His exams were scheduled for the next Thursday and the Monday after that.

Dave didn't get to swing a club once all week so he was getting a little nervous heading into Saturday's round but decided he should listen to his father - relax and do the best he could. He shot 75 finishing sixth - a very respectable finish that got him a few more points. He planned to study all weekend, take Monday and Tuesday afternoon off to golf and then study hard again until his exams were done. After he wrote his exam on Thursday morning he was feeling really burnt out from studying. Dave felt he did well in the exam but he needed a break so he convinced John to go to the practice range with him. They hit balls for two hours. Then they went to the practice putting green and putted for another hour. Dave thought golf was a great game for relaxing because, no matter what was on his mind when he started, after ten minutes his only concern was improving his golf game. He hit the books hard again on Friday but took Saturday off for another round on the tour. It was at Loridale Golf Course this time and Dave was a little more prepared. He shot 73 and finished fourth - another strong finish. He was sitting in third overall for the first three tournaments. Dave knew he could challenge Harvey Thompson for second but Randy Gallant was in first place. Dave knew Randy, as an eighteen-year-old more mature golfer, would be tough to catch or pass.

Carol and Roger moved a lot of clothes and other summer necessities to the trailer on Saturday and Sunday. Beth, Julie and Dave were all studying so they didn't help much. On Sunday night they were eating supper when Carol said to Dave, "Jennifer and her parents were asking about you today. They asked how your golf was going." Dave hadn't seen Jennifer since last August when they went back to Charlestown, New Dominion, a neighbouring province. Jennifer and he had become best friends over the last five years and Dave looked forward to seeing her again this summer. Her family had the site next to theirs at the campground. Carol added, "Jennifer is becoming a beautiful young woman. Dave, you should consider dating her this summer."

Dave replied, "Mom, we are best friends and that is all. We've spent every one of the last five summers together as ordinary playmates." Jennifer and Dave had actually played a little 'show and tell' together and, while he thought she was really cute, he had never really thought of her in a sexual way and she had never been included in his sexual reveries. Dave had not even considered whether his opinion of her could take a sharp dogleg to the right and into the world of romance.

Dave studied the rest of the evening. He wrote his final exam the next day and felt he did well again. He was off school until the last day on Thursday when everybody got their report cards. He wanted to get back at the golf with intensity to make up for the last two weeks. On Monday afternoon Dave went to the practice range for four hours spending three hours hitting balls and the other hour chipping and putting. John had his last exam on Tuesday morning so he and Dave planned rounds for Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Both Dave and John had junior memberships at Hornsby Golf Course in town. It was convenient for Dave for playing and practicing while he was living at home. Roger bought a family membership at Hawks Hollow.

Thursday arrived quickly and Dave got his final marks. He had a 79 in English (always his worst subject), an 85 in French (most Canadians try to learn both languages), an 87 in history, an 88 in physics, and a 92 in math. He took his report card home at noon. Both Carol and Roger were really excited for him. This was the best year Dave ever had he was proud of the 86 average. Julie was a brain in school and her average was 89. Beth on the other hand was too much of a social butterfly and her marks showed it. Her average was still good at 78 but the family all knew she could do a lot better - she was smarter than Dave but didn't apply herself. Carol and Roger told all of the kids they were proud of them and to get ready to leave for the campground.

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