It was the dog days of summer and the heat and humidity were so high it was almost impossible to stay outside in the middle of the day. My daughter had one week before she was back off to college and we hadn't really spent any quality father daughter time. She was 19 and had a lot more important things to do than spend time with dad. I thought maybe a day at the beach might get her attention or maybe a day in the park looking at the alligators and observing the people might get her attention so I dangled the bait. She was about as interested as a fish would be in an airplane ride. If she was going to the beach it would be to flirt with boys and dad was not a lucrative asset. To the park she rolled her eyes.
Her friend Erika knocked on the door as she opened it and came bouncing in full of energy. Erika is a light red headed bombshell but had always been very down to earth and not what I expected from a girl that could bat her eyes and get anything she wanted. She had a good heart and was never selfish. She was a year younger than my daughter and had just graduated from high school and turned eighteen.
"Hi Erika," I said cheerily. "Rose and I were trying to find something for father and daughter to do her last weekend home."
"Why don't you go to the beach? Erika asked. Rose rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue out. "Well, then," Eirka carried on without a pause, "remember that canoeing trip we took a couple of years ago, why don't you head out and camp Saturday night?"
Rose answered, "Only if he buys the beer and you come along."
"I don't want to horn in on your time..." Erika hesitated, "but it sounds like a lot of fun to me."
"I might be willing to let Rose drink beer with me here in the house when we aren't going anywhere but she is my daughter. What would your mother say and are you trying to get me locked up?"
"She is in Paris until September 13th and I told her I was spending this weekend with Rose. She need never know, and if we can get that place we had before there wasn't anybody that far back in the woods. It'll be fun. What do you think Rose?"
"Yea, sounds like a real party," Rose answered sarcastically, "but I really did want to spend some time with dad so what the hell?"
"If I go along with this," I said, already trying to justify my bad judgment to myself, "No drinking before or while we are driving or on the river, no more than a six pack for the weekend each."
"Three six packs? If we only get to drink in camp get two cases, one for Friday night and one for Saturday night."
"Well, I like the idea of two nights instead of one."
"We have to go early on Friday to be sure we get that place way back in the woods," Rose said.
"Ok, I will take Friday off. Let's get everything ready Thursday night and head out before the rush hour traffic. We can stop and eat somewhere after we are out of town. It is almost a six hour drive."
"Sounds good," Erika bubbled and took Rose by the hand giggling.
The girls took off upstairs to do whatever it is girls do when they hang out and I started fiddling with my aquarium. It wasn't long before I heard Rose say, "Damn it Erika, all weekend? Rick and I were planning to hang out. It is my last chance to go out with him before I am gone for three months."
"But your dad is so cool. He one of those really good dads. You are so lucky."
"He's my dad! He is not about to let me take a guy along. He only let you go because he likes red heads and you have boobs the size of Kansas."
"He has never once even acted like he notices them, besides my butt is my best asset."
"Trust me he's a boob man but it is my dad you're talking about, creepy."
"What's creepy about it? Just because he is your dad?"
"No, he is ... old!"
"Well I am looking forward to it. It will be like old times when we did that kind of thing all the time."
"Except he agreed to buy us beer! We will have fun, it was just not how I wanted to spend my last weekend at home."
By this point I was standing at the bottom of the stairs listening intently, just out of site of the girls.
Erika said, "he is working on the aquarium so I bet he has beer now. I am going to go get one."
"Don't push your luck. You don't want to make him change his mind about this weekend."
"You said he is a boob man. I am going to change clothes and put on the tiny pink shorts with a white tee shirt and no bra. He will give me a beer, maybe several."
"You are a shameless tease. Don't be mean to him."
"He probably will not look twice."
"I bet you give him a hard on. What are you gonna do then tease?"
"Wink at him and appreciate the compliment."
"Stop it. He'll be so embarrassed he'll sit down at his desk and hide it from you."
"Maybe but he will feel like a teenager again."
"Shhhhsh," Rose sighed.
Damn it. I was in nothing but gym shorts. If I had a supporter in the laundry I needed to put it on and ducked in the laundry room to check. No such luck. Oh, well, if she wants to see the old man aroused, about the only thing I could do was hide it so what the fuck. I had always looked the other way before but if she wanted to act like a woman, she was 18 so I would oblige and see how she handled it.
Three minutes later she came bouncing down the stairs and into my man cave where I keep the cooler. I made it a point of getting a fresh one out, popping the top, and taking a long slow drag. I expected her to be overtly flirting but she acted cool as a cucumber and asked if she could have a swig. I made eye contact and asked, "are you sure you're old enough?"
She looked down sheepishly and innocently asked, "What do you think?"
I held those pretty green eyes for a few seconds then slowly let my eyes drain down her body. Her soft skin, clean neck line, and small square shoulders were delightful but her breast were something else straining against the thin white material. Her areolas were almost three inches across. Her nipples were not excited but they were obviously big and protruded a little naturally. I couldn't help but notice they were damn near as big around as the cap on a bottle of dish soap and the memory of how sensitive every girl I had ever known with such large nipples sent a rush of testosterone through my body that made me shudder. (achew! I sneezed hard)
"Bless you"
I continued my slow visual exploration down her flat tummy and thin waist, to the slightly protruding bones of her pelvis. She giggled and rolled her hips forward just a little. She was not way skinny like so many girls her age. (achew! I sneezed hard again)
"Bless you."
She had just enough padding on her hips to balance her proportions. Reluctantly I brought my eyes back to hers. "You are definitely 100% woman." I said and opened the cooler and handed her a beer.
(achew! I sneezed harder the third time)
"Are you allergic to me?" she said as she reached to take it but I held it with both our hands around it and decided to keep it honest. "Far from it. I overheard you girls talking."