Priscilla was looking forward to her son's annual scout retreat. She had planned on sending him off and having a weekend to herself. She was stunned when she learned that her son had volunteered her to be a scout mom for the retreat.
"I'm not going to go with you son. It's a retreat for scouts. I'm not a scout," Priscilla told her son.
"Aww, but Mom! You have too. I already told the Scout Master that you would," he replied.
Just then the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Mrs. Johnson? This is Tony Martin, your son's scout master," said Tony.
"Oh! Hello Mr. Martin," Priscilla said pleasantly as she thought about his rakish good looks.
Tony Martin was in his early forties, dark hair, dark eyes, and mustache. He stood about six foot with a little meat on the bones, wide shoulders that tapered off to a slim waist and a muscular back. Tony had the rugged look of a man who wasn't afraid of anyone or anything. He wasn't good looking in a model way, but Priscilla still thought he was attractive.
"God I love hips," she said out loud, lost in her own thoughts.
"I'm sorry? What did you say?" asked Tony.
"Oh! Um, sorry, I was talking to someone else," she lied.
"What can I do for you Mr. Martin?" Priscilla continued.
"I thought I had better call as your son said you'd be happy to help with our scout retreat. I just wanted to verify that with you," Tony said.
"Oh, well. It was not something I had planned on."
Priscilla hesitated as thoughts of spending a weekend with a bunch of eight and nine year old boys was not what she thought of as fun.
"Well, I understand if you don't want too, but we sure could use you," Tony said disappointedly.
"I'm not really very good at camping. I don't know what good I'd be," Priscilla insisted.
"You can leave all that stuff to us. I just thought the boys might like to have a female present," Tony said, hoping that she might change her mind.
Priscilla was about to politely decline when she looked at her son, his eyes pleading for her to go. How could she resist?
"Well, Okay. Why not! I'm your woman Mr. Martin!" Priscilla said with a hint of flirtation.
It didn't go unnoticed by Tony who had special plans for Mrs. Johnson, but not for this trip.
"Great! Should I pick you and your son up or would you rather drive yourselves?" He asked sincerely, hoping that she would say the former.
"I don't want to inconvenience you," she let the words linger.
"No trouble at all. Besides our boys are quite close. It'll be fun. Shall I pick you up around 7:30?" he asked.
"In the morning? Oh my! Well, yes, but I can't promise how I'll look at that hour," She teased Tony.
Again, more thoughts of this buxom woman raced through Tony's head. Easy does it Tone, don't get too excited. Gotta take it slow, he told himself.
"Not to worry Mrs. Johnson. I'll not be looking to dapper myself. See you Saturday at 7:30 sharp."
Tony said his goodbyes and hung up the phone, while Priscilla stood there in a slight daze wondering aloud,
"Did I just make a date with a married man?"
She hung up the phone and looked at her son.
"Looks like you've got your den mom for the weekend."
She ruffled his hair and went back to making dinner, an appetizing chicken fettuccini Alfredo. It was funny to her how the Alfredo sauce made her think of something much more sexual. The essence of a man she thought and how she loved pleasing them and letting their essence... She let the thought trail off as her son asked for more milk.
The big day had come and Priscilla was up long before seven thirty. She took her shower and donned her best camping outfit before waking her son. When Tony arrived, Priscilla surprised him by walking out the door with son in tow, dressed in camouflaged khaki shorts and matching top.
"Hey, that's some outfit there Mrs. Johnson. I hope we don't lose you in the woods when we take our hike," Tony teased her.
"I might just want to get lost from a bunch of eight and nine year old boys," replied Priscilla, only half jokingly.
"Well we better get going. Fortunately, it's only a thirty minute drive," He said.
Priscilla hopped in the front seat of his 99' Ford Explorer SUV. The midnight blue vehicle had seen its share of off road trips, but the inside was very clean and Priscilla noticed it immediately. They talked about what the camping trip was about to help pass the short drive while the boys carried on their own conversation.
As Priscilla sat in the passenger seat, she began to notice things about Tony. His large hands were weathered from hard labor. She wondered if they would feel coarse on her skin. His clean shaven face lent a nice musky smell of aftershave lotion. How she'd like to have that face close to her inner most being. His arms were muscular without being bulky, Priscilla thought about them holding her tight, not letting her move, constraining her, confining her. She wondered where that thought came from as they pulled into the camp grounds driveway.
"Well, here we are. I sure hope you have a good time," He looked directly into her pale green eyes and continued,
"I'm sure we can make it interesting enough for you so you'll wanna come back the next time."
He held her gaze in his until the boys opened their doors and slammed them shut again, breaking the trance between Priscilla and Tony. Without another word, Tony climbed out of the Explorer and began to unpack the provisions that he brought, leaving Priscilla to grab her own gear. She expected him to be a gentleman and offer to take her load, but then realized that he had more than his share to carry.
Priscilla grabbed her gear and headed towards the group of men and boys that had gathered. She instantly regretted her decision to come as she was one of only two females. At least I'm not the only one, she thought to herself, trying to make the best of the situation.
Hands were extended as the fathers came around and introduced themselves to Priscilla with the other scout mom being the last. She smiled at Priscilla and said,
"It'll be okay. While there's a lot of testosterone here, they're more interested in finding snakes and bugs then thinking about us as women."
"Oh that's just great. I hate snakes," said Priscilla.
"By the way, my name's Cammy, well Camille actually, but most everyone calls me Cam," said Cammy.
"Priscilla," she said extending her hand to Cammy.
"So you've done this before?" Priscilla continued to ask.
"Oh yes. This is the seventh time I've been out with the boys. It's really pretty tame once you get used to sleeping on the ground. Besides, just between us women. How often do you get to be surrounded by this many men and not have to worry about doing all the cooking and cleaning. Trust me on this; you'll wanna come back after this weekend," Cammy said smiling.
She was homely looking thought Priscilla, but not unattractive. She returned the smile and followed Cammy to the trails which lead back into the woods where the camp site had already been chosen. Priscilla began to wonder about bathroom facilities when Cammy turned and said,
"Oh! And another thing -- even though were in the wilderness, the men have always built us are own latrine. So only you and I will have to share. There's no running water of course, but it's not all bad," Cammy returned to walking the trail behind a bunch of nine year olds.
"Us?" asked Priscilla.
"Oh yes. There was another scout mother, but she doesn't come anymore," replied Cammy.
"Why not?" asked Priscilla.
"Well, I'm not one to gossip, but she was just a little too uptight, if you know what I mean," said Cammy.
Priscilla had no clue what she meant, but decided to let it go. Later on it was determined that Cammy would be with the older boys, while Priscilla would have the younger group. There were a total of twenty-eight boys split up amongst the eight adults, six men and the two women. Not bad odds if you were looking to hook up thought Priscilla.
The scouts set up camp and foraged for fire wood, made wood carvings and learned about knot tying. Priscilla had always enjoyed camping when she was a kid and remembered a few things that her father taught her. She dug a pit four foot deep by four foot wide and told the boys to find a dozen medium size rocks. When they had accomplished that task, she had them build a fire and put the rocks in until they became hot.
While that was going on, she took the two large hams that she brought and placed brown sugar and pineapples on them before wrapping them up tightly with tin foil. When the rocks were hot enough, she had a couple of the fathers place the rocks in the pit and then put he hams on top. She then buried the hams with the dirt and marked the spot with a large stick. That evening, everyone enjoyed the best ham they had ever had. All the boys and fathers were amazed with what Priscilla had taught them about cooking in an Indian oven.
Later that night when everyone was settling down to sleep, Tony came over to Priscilla and asked,