Brad was woken up from his deep sleep by the daily announcement resonating off the walls of the dorm, and went about like the rest getting ready for his day. He was one of the first few to leave the dorm and head around the lake on the morning jog to the far side of the lake.
Brad's level of energy had progressively increased every day as he got into better and better shape. The generous amount of exercise, coupled with the healthy diet he had been adhering to was really paying off. In fact that morning, to his surprise, he found himself first to arrive at the site of the regular morning class. Once they had gone through the normal routine of calisthenics and strength training they were released to run back to the resort ending class at the doc like normal.
"Morning, Ten."
Brad knew that voice, it was unmistakably Brooke's. He looked around to see where it was coming from when he noticed her standing on a pontoon boat that was already tied to the doc.
"Over here Ten." She called out again, motioning for him to come to her.
"Good morning Ma'am." Brad announced still catching his breath from the morning run.
"It's good to see you baby, why don't we get going?" Brooke cheerfully announced.
Brad climbed up onto the boat from the doc and Brooke greeted him with a kiss on the cheek.
"Hope you're ready for a day on the lake, I even packed us a lunch." Brooke said.
"Sounds like fun to me." Brad happily responded, surprised by her preparations.
This was a single story version of the pontoon boat brad had co captained before. It didn't have the slide and upper sun deck but it was certainly comfortable and luxurious just the same. There was a table flanked by two chairs near the rear of the boat, followed by the captain's chair and controls in the middle and finally a large open area at the front of the boat with large reclining sofas for sunbathing.
Brad took to getting underway, untying from the dock and starting the engine getting prepared to set off on their adventure. It was lucky for him the layout and controls looked exactly like the pontoon boat Nick had taught him to pilot, so he was confident this smaller version would be no problem at all.
"Where would you like to go ma'am." Brad called out behind him to Brooke as they slowly eased away from the doc.
"Why don't we go to the same spot as last time?" Brooke suggested.
Brad gave her the thumbs up as he idled up the engine aiming for the cove on the far side of the lake. The trip across the lake took a good half hour as they worked their way steadily along the coast of the rocky shore, trying to stay out of the way of all the activity already underway for the day. Once Brad reached the cove and approximately the same place they had previously anchored he turned off the engine and slowly came to a stop.
"How's this?" He asked.
"Looks perfect babe," Brooke confirmed.
Brad was proud of himself as he lowered the anchor. He had no problems doing this on his own even though it was only his second time ever and his first time as actual captain.
"Come sit with me Ten." Brooke called out, as she motioned to the empty seat on the other side of the small table.
Brooke and Brad sat there talking as the morning sun rose in the sky. They talked about some of the things they had been through since they arrived at the camp as well as how they felt about many of the things they had seen. Brooke confessed she was overcome with desire from the moment she climbed into the limo with Nick but also riddled with guilt for cheating on him. At the same time Brad admitted that he too was dealing with battling emotions. On the one hand the thought of her being with someone else made him jealous but admittedly seeing her arousal excited him as well. They agreed that this was a big part of what this camp was all about. Learning to explore what made them happy as well as what they found exciting, while learning not to ignore how it made them feel about one another. The struggle was the lesson as much as anything.
As they ate the lunch Brooke had packed them, they continued talking about what they wanted after the month was over and they were ready to leave. Brooke confessed she had been thinking a lot about that lately and wasn't sure what she truly wanted to do. Prior to this experience she had figured they would one day get married, have kids, buy a house, all the regular things couples do. But now she wasn't so sure. The excitement and attention she had been getting lately had her re thinking what she wanted out of life and what her life would look like moving forward.
Brad sat and listened to her as she described her reluctance to give up her new found sexual freedom and felt the fear of rejection begin to well up inside of him.
"Does this mean you don't want me in your life anymore?" Brad chimed in as he felt a tear begin to form.
"Oh god no." Brooke adamantly replied.
" Do you want to leave me?" she questioned.
"Never, I never want to leave you Brooke, uh ma'am." Brad corrected himself.
"I'm glad to hear that, and thank you for following the rules too baby." She said with a huge smile on her face.
The two finished up their lunch and conversation as the noon sun continued to warm.
"Why don't we get some sun?" Brooke suggested, as she stood up removing her knit white cover up.
Brooke grabbed a duffle bag she had laying on the floor next to her and retrieved a towel and a bottle of suntan lotion shaking it as she walked to the front of the boat.
"Why don't you rub this on me Ten."
Something about the way Brooke kept calling Brad Ten made him feel subservient. It was almost like an owner calling their dog's name. Something about it reinforced her position of control without demeaning him, and made him feel the desire to be compliant.