I was so pumped for this trip. Me and my best mate James had been planning it for weeks and the day was finally here.
It was our last summer break before going our separate ways for Uni in the autumn. While many of our friends were headed off to some trashy island resort in the med for a week of nightclubs, we couldn't afford that so instead we were borrowing James's dad's Motorhome and heading off for Scotland. When I say Motorhome, it was nothing fancy, not like those big American RVs, just a van with a small kitchen in the back, a couple of bunks, a double bed over the cab and a diner which converted to make another bed. So why was I so excited to spend a week in a nearly thirty-year old rusty camper van?
Girls.
Always girls.
James was bringing his girlfriend Holly along, and Holly was bringing her friends too, Sammy and Rose. We were all friends really, I had known Rose longer than I had known James as our older sisters had been best friends throughout primary school and most of their teenage years too. We were the younger siblings always pushed together as "family friends", probably just for our parents' convenience. Not that I minded when it came to Rose. I'd had a crush on her for as long as I could remember, I'd even asked her out once but it turns out she'd had a new boyfriend at the time I was unaware of. Over time we had fallen into a place where we were just part of one big friendship group.
It was early in the morning, and I was stood outside waiting for James to pick me up in the Motorhome. I assumed he would already have picked up Holly, or maybe she would have spent the night at his. I checked my watch every thirty seconds waiting for him to arrive and the fun to begin. As I saw the Motorhome turn the corner into my road I seriously doubted this thing was going to make it to Scotland and back.
James drove up the street and stopped just in front of me. Holly swung open the rear door and greeted me with a smile and a hug as I stepped onboard. Holly and James had been together for about two years, maybe even three. She had long dark brown hair, a pretty face, and a lovely smile. James had always gone for the curvier girl and Holly fit that description. It suited her though, and I don't think slim would have suited her.
As I stepped into her hug and wrapped my arms around her I couldn't help but notice that she wasn't wearing a bra. Not that she needed to, she had a sweatshirt and jeans on to keep away the morning cold. You couldn't tell just by looking. Although Holly was very pretty, and she was on the curvier side, she didn't have a particularly large chest.
"Come on! Stop hugging my girlfriend and grab a seat," James called from the front, "The others are waiting."
"Alright, alright," I grinned at James and grabbed one of the back seats. Holly climbed back into the passenger seat and as she did I had a little peek at her bum. Don't get me wrong, she was James's girl and I wasn't going to get in the way of that, but is there any guy in the world who hasn't imagined what his best mate's girl looks like naked?
Or maybe I'm just a pervert!
As James started to drive away, I looked around at our home for the next week. It was very... beige. It looked like the 80s had had a love child with my great aunt's furniture.
"And you're sure this thing is going to get us to Scotland and back?" I asked tentatively.
"Yes," James quickly replied, "she's old but my old man used to be a mechanic so she's a perfect runner and well-kept."
"Okay, I trust you," I laughed at his defensiveness of the old Motorhome, "but we do have a breakdown just in case though, right?"
James glared and then went back to driving.
Outside Rose's house, Rose and Sammy were waiting for us.
Rose looked beautiful as beautiful as ever as I let them in. Her straight blonde hair fell loosely on a tight-fitting grey jumper. She had some skinny jeans on which I couldn't help but admire until they suddenly reminded me I was going to have no privacy or "private time" at all for the next week! This was going to be tougher than I thought.
Sammy hopped on right behind her. She was wearing skimpy gym shorts and an oversized hoodie. Her medium-length brown hair pulled back into a ponytail. The I-just-woke-up-like-this look was betrayed only by the full face of makeup.
With everyone on board and seatbelts clicked James set off.
"Road trip!" shouted Sammy and we all laughed.
*
We had some decent miles to cover that first day which meant a lot of driving. The atmosphere was electric though, and we filled the time with lots of car games, eventually settling into "Never have I ever" but with gummy bears instead of drinks.
We all knew each other pretty well, so as usual it all descended into embarrassing each other with reminders of cringe moments. Sammy was definitely eating the most sweets, but she was a bit of a wild one.
"Never have I ever been walked in on..." Rose asked.
"Sex or masturbating?" Sammy checked, "Actually you know what, I'll just eat two!"
We all laughed. James and Holly silently reached into the bag at the same time with a knowing look that gave away that it was sex without the need to answer Sammy's question. Rose had obviously noticed it too.
"Tell!" she shouted.
"That's not the game," protested Holly.
"It is now," Rose demanded.
Holly and James looked at each other again.
"Holly's mum," James half-muttered, "came home early from work and found us... on the couch."
Holly went bright red from embarrassment and holding in laughter.
"James was totally naked and mid-cum!" She added, blurting it out like it had to escape.
"Holly's mum watched you nut?" I laughed.
"Pretty much" James shrugged, "next question."
It was Sammy's turn next
"Never have I ever..." Sammy hesitated, "This is getting tricky to think of things I haven't done."
"Why not say something only the boys will have done," Holly suggested, "like going down on a girl."
"Yeah that's not going to work either," Sammy shrugged with a knowing smile, "oh I know; never have I ever had sex with someone else in this vehicle."
Holly and James ate.
It was my turn.
"Never have I ever flashed a teacher," I said.
Holly glared at me and took a gummy bear.
"You will not let that go will you?" she asked.
"Nope!" I replied smugly, "Not till the day I die."
I liked that story, not just because it was cringy for Holly but also because it wasn't just Mr Jones the English teacher who got an eyeful, I had too. Me and Holly shared English Lit classes but none of the others were in that class.
One day in class, her dress slipped down without her noticing and she hadn't been wearing a bra. She was diligently working away studying Jane Eyre when I had the perfect angle to see her small breasts with large pink areolas. I probably should have been a good friend and told her but instead, I'd just stared. Then, she'd had a question and eagerly stuck her hand in the air to get Mr Jones's attention and well... she had definitely got it.
"Perv!" James called out from the driver's seat. He knew I'd got an eyeful that day but honestly didn't seem to care. He was pretty chilled.
Holly took her turn next, but she had run out of things to embarrass me with.
"Never have I ever tried anal," she said.
Sammy grabbed a gummy from the bag. No one else did, but no one was surprised either. I think Sammy liked her reputation and slightly played up to it. Her series of older boyfriends suggested she did. I think the phrase for Sammy was "serial monogamist". She only seemed to do sexual stuff with guys she was in a relationship with, but she also seemed to always have a new boy on the go (and apparently at least one girl, but I'd only just learnt that).
The game fizzled out and we all listened to music or chatted in pairs till we arrived at our first site.
*
Our first night we were staying in one of those big campsites. There were lots of pitches but it was pretty quiet for the start of summer. We chose a pitch over in one corner to be away from the families and we knew we would probably want a drink or two that night but didn't want to disturb anyone.
We got set up by late afternoon and the girls went to change. The temperature had risen significantly and the girls laid out in the sun.
Holly removed her sweatshirt and lay there in just her pale blue vest. If I looked closely I was pretty sure I could make out the lines of her areolas.
Rose went and got changed into a striped bikini top and shorts, and Sammy got into a black bikini set. I say bikini, this thing was more string than fabric, and definitely not the average outfit on a British campsite.