Chapter 9: Wrapping Things Up

The hot tub's soothing swirls helped ease the ache in my shoulder and gave me time to gather my thoughts. There was a part of me that wished I'd accepted Miss Romero's offer, and yet I now had all of the pieces to reenact the perfect fantasy with Katie. I knew the way her body felt under my hands. I knew the smell of her arousal. I even knew her taste. Most important, in my fantasies, she was absolutely perfect and that would never change.

We might not have had sex, but I was still glowing when Katie finally joined me. She smiled tiredly at me as she leaned over the side to kiss my cheek and then insisted on sitting in my lap.

"How'd it go?" I asked.

"He cried! It was the sweetest thing I've ever seen," she sighed. Almost as an afterthought, she added, "But first he fucked me silly."

"He what!"

"Well, I didn't think he'd accept my offer, so I started egging him on," she explained, looking sheepish. "When I called him impotent I got a little more than I bargained on."

"Wow, I just can't picture Mr. Johnson going crazy."

"I know!"

"It sounds like you got him riled up, but do you think it helped?"

"I hope so. He sounded much better when we cuddled afterward and I got him to open up some, but it's going to take time."

"Yeah," I agreed. "Miss Romero told me about ... things. I had no idea."

"Most people don't," she huffed. "But hopefully that will change. It's not healthy for him to keep it all bottled up inside."

"Maybe," I hedged, unsure of how to help someone deal with grief.

Katie took a moment to relax in my arms then looked up at me expectantly. "So, how'd your night go?"

"Gentlemen never kiss and tell."

Her eyes grew mischievous and she sat up slightly so that she could kiss me. At first it was a rather chaste kiss, but then she gasped and literally licked my lips.

"Holy crap! You actually did it!"

"She does taste remarkably like you," I agreed, licking my lips. "If you're good I might tell you about it some time."

"What?" she shrieked. "That is so not fair!"

"Well, I might be more motivated to share if you helped," I hinted, lightly caressing her breast. "Would you mind if I called you Catherine?"

"That would be so hot!" she gasped as her eyes flashed with desire.

She started grinding against my leg, but I still had more questions. "Any idea how things went at the party?"

Katie seemed frustrated by the change in topic, but recovered well. "Everyone looked to be having a good time when I stopped by on my way here. Darrell had recruited one of the other counselors to look after the girls so that he and Julie could spend some time alone."

"Way to go Darrell!"

"You're not mad?"

"I've got you," I breathed, kissing her nose. "Although he does seem to have an annoying habit of poaching my girls."

"Your girls?" she frowned.

"I said I'd work at being less jealous."

"Whatever, if you weren't so comfortable, I'd kick your ass," she grumped, nestling deeper into my arms.

"We make an interesting pair."

"Yeah, but a good one."

"Agreed."

As we relaxed in the hot water I mused, "This is so much better then skinny dipping in the pool."

"This is a naturist resort, everyone skinny dips in the pool."

"Not after hours in the moon light."

"You did what?" she asked, twisting in my arms.

"Marian liked to swim so I asked Janice if we could use the pool."

"No way, you had sex in the pool? That is so hot!" Katie exclaimed as she once again started grinding against my leg.

"Julie was right, you do like role playing."

"Duh!"

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"I tried," she insisted, looking away, "but you never seemed interested."

"I'm interested now!"

"Me too," she purred. "So what happened next?"

I was about to reply when we heard noises from the counselors' cabin only moments before Julie and Darrell joined us. With the hot tub's swirls it was impossible for them to see my erection. Even though they'd seen us having sex at the first New Positions Party, Katie still blushed at being caught.

"Are we interrupting?" asked Julie with an amused grin.

"No," I stammered while Katie huffed, "Yes!"

We looked at each other and burst out laughing, and invited them to join us.

"How was the party?"

"It was okay," Julie admitted. "But I think I get what Katie meant when she talked about just having sex. I had a lot more fun after the party."

"Me too," I agreed, squeezing Katie to me.

"We're cool?" Darrell asked, his eyes darting towards Julie.

"Yeah, Julie's a big girl."

"Good." Julie squealed as he pulled her into his lap.

With that settled, we just started shooting the breeze and reminiscing about camp. Yet everyone was tired and the girls soon started to yawn. It wasn't long before I found myself nodding off.

"Camp sure has been a lot of fun," Darrell mused after we'd soaked for a while. "Think we can hang out again some time?"

"I'd like that, but it's getting a little cold to go nude."

"I don't know, it sounds like y'all had a good time studying last week."

"Ooh, that would be fun," Katie encouraged and Julie turned her pleading eyes on me.

"We could, but I think Ali would want to join us, which means we'd probably need to invite the Twins as well."

"Hmm, now that's an interesting idea," Katie mused. I could almost feel her making plans.

"Yeah," I agreed, stifling a yawn. "But let's work the details later. I'm bushed!"

"Me too," Katie agreed, snuggling deeper into my embrace. "Think your mom would let me spend the night tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow's Monday."

"So?" she pouted.

"Our parents usually don't care if you spend the night on the weekends, but they were pretty firm about week nights."

Darrell looked shocked. "They let her spend the night?"

"My parents are pretty cool about things so long as we're discreet and protected."

"That's so cool. Dude, I'm jealous!"

I shrugged. "They'd rather know what we're up to than have us sneak around behind their back. But it's really too bad tomorrow isn't the weekend."

"No kidding," Darrell agreed.

"Come on, Chuck," Katie yawned. "Let's go see if all of the counselor rooms are taken."

It was so late that two rooms were open and had fresh sheets. With a wave, Julie and Darrell took one while we took the other. It was mildly disturbing to think of what the room's former occupants might have been doing, but I suppose it wasn't any worse than a hotel room. In any case, I was really too tired to care. The rules stated that counselors had to be back in the cabins before the music in the trees started blaring, but there was an alarm clock in the room and I was looking forward to spending most of the night with Katie.

Monday - Day 8 of 8 at camp, October 27th
Although I didn't get much sleep, I always felt refreshed when I woke up with Katie wrapped around me. My cabin was in a funk at the thought of losing friends and partners, but I tried to set a good example and hurried them along with packing so that I could grab a quick breakfast before we left. I ran into Jim on the way to the communal shower and, even though he looked tired and a little sad, he couldn't stop smiling. Talking with Jim reminded me of my own camp experience and I was glad to hear that things at camp had turned out well for him.

It felt weird to walk fully dressed through camp. But I liked the way my boots made me a couple inches taller and it felt good to have my Wrangler All-Stars' rodeo belt buckle dig into my stomach as I picked up my bags. After dropping off my stuff, I ducked into the lodge to grab a bagel.

Mr. Johnson cornered me on the way out of the cafeteria. "I'm sure you've heard by now that my wife passed away last fall. What you don't know is that last night was the first time in 20 years that I've slept with anyone else."

His voice was a mixture of grief and regret, but luckily he didn't expect me to respond.

"She wanted me to move on, and I tried, but I just couldn't do it," he said with a sigh, before grinning at me. "Until last night, that is. God, never in my wildest dreams would I ... well, what I mean to say is you are a very lucky man and I hope you take very good care of Katie."

"I'll do my best, Sir."

"You'd better," he huffed, slapping me on the back before moving off to join some of the other teachers.

I stared after him. There did seem to be more of a bounce in his step and I hoped his good mood would last. I had barely had time to eat a bite of my bagel when Ali joined me.

"Looks like you've got a full dance card," Ali teased glancing first at Julie and then at the Twins. "Way to go, big bro!"

"Um, thanks, I think." She was acting weird, but I couldn't figure out what she wanted.

"Most guys would kill to be you! I mean Katie's a fox, but the others? Who would have thought Nyx was a switch?"