The school year seemed to go faster and get busier as winter ended. Lana and Gayle were really busy with the getting the annual ready to go to the printer. About the only time I got to spend with Lana was when I helped her work on the annual. And I spent almost as much time with Gayle then. It seemed as if Lana and I didn’t have much time or privacy to make out. Usually, it was a quick necking session and maybe a quick grope when I dropped her off at home after school or after a work session on the annual.
I was really looking forward to spring break. It was going to be longer that the usual break because it was being combined with an official State holiday and a two day teacher in-service training session. It was going to be a full week and half without any school!
I was really hoping to spend a lot of time with Lana, but she was going to a journalism camp at the university during the regular week of spring break. That left the holiday and the time before spring break. That didn’t work either. Her folks were off on the State holiday and her church youth group had a retreat planned for Friday night through Sunday afternoon.
Dan, Lana’s dad, asked me to help him with some more work on their house during the break. At least I was going to get to see Lana on Thursday and on Friday before she left for the church retreat. We did a lot of cleanup in the yard those two days. The weather was really nice and Laura, Lana’s mom, wore short shorts and a halter top much of the time. She spent a lot of her time bringing us cold drinks and sunbathing.
On Friday, Lana sort of surprised me by wearing short shorts too. Her long slim legs looked really great. She wore a tight t-shirt, but she had on a jog bra too.
Lana again told me how much her Mom liked me. I asked how she knew that. “Well, she always give you your can of soda or bottle of water first. and I can tell by the way she looks at you.”
“Looks at me?”
“Sure. She thinks you’re cute. “ Lana grinned, “Just like I do.” She gave me a quick kiss and then ran off to help her mom and then shower and get ready to go to the retreat.
On Saturday, Dad and I dug several big holes and planted bushes that he and Laura had bought to help provide a privacy screen outside the sunroom. It was evening by the time we finished.
“We’re just going to grill some hamburgers. Why don’t you stay and eat with us, Gary?”
“Thanks, Laura. I really should get home and get cleaned up.”
“Why don’t you shower here. Dan has some extra t-shirts and shorts that you can wear.”
“Uh, thanks, but I’d better get home.”
“Why don’t you stay, Gary. You worked hard and you deserve a couple of beers with your hamburger.”
“Go on. Get showered. I’ll call your folks and tell them since you worked so hard, the least we can do is feed you.”
I followed Dan into the house. He loaned me clean shorts and a t-shirt and showed me where the guest shower was. After showering, I went back outside. Laura handed me a beer. She had put a t-shirt on over her halter top. It covered her short shorts and it looked like she was only wearing the long t-shirt. She sure did have long, lean, smooth legs.
Dan came out. He set an empty bottle down and popped the top off two more. “Here, Gary, you’ll be playing catch up.”
“Catch up?”
Laura laughed, “Dan was so dry he drank at least two beers while he was showering.”
We sat around a picnic table and ate hamburgers and baked beans and washed it all down with more beer. It was dark when we finished eating. Dan went and flopped onto a chaise lounge. I helped Laura clean up the food and things. She brushed against me several times as we moved back and forth between the kitchen and the patio. kitchen.
Dan stretched, “I don’t know about anyone else, but I think a soak in the hot tub would feel good.”
“That’s a good idea, Dan. Let’s do it. You too, Gary. You worked as hard as Dan.”
“I didn’t bring a suit.”
Laura smiled, “Who needs a suit?”
“Laura, don’t embarrass, Gary. Just because we used to. . .”
“I’m not embarrassing Gary. Am I?”
“Uh, no.”
“We’re all adults and, besides, it’ll just be like skinny dipping. Just like over at Gina’s and Dave’s pool. Dan, why don’t you get some robes?”
Gina and Dave were Kenny’s folks. I wondered who else skinny dipped besides Kenny, Gene, Chuck and me. I’ll bet Eva, Kenny’s sister, skinny dipped.
Dan looked at me. “Follow me, Gary.” I followed him into their bedroom. He took two robes out of his closet. He handed me one then got short robe out of Laura’s closet. “You can change here or in the guest bathroom.” Laura came in then so I decided to use the guest bathroom.
The sunroom was darkened. I walked across to the hot tub. Laura was already seated in it. Dan took off his robe and stepped into the tub. I was glad it was pretty dark when I slipped off my robe and got down into the warm water.
Laura handed me a plastic cup. “Have some wine, Gary.”
We soaked and talked and drank the wine. Both Dan and Laura talked about how glad they were that I was able to help them. They also asked me what my plans were after graduation. I told them I was thinking about going to the community college or a trade school. They said Lana was looking forward to college. She had been accepted at the university and she was in the running for a couple of scholarships. We refilled the cups.
Laura stretched out in the hot tub. Her foot ran up the inside of my leg almost to my crotch. She leaned over and kissed Dan. “This is sure nicer than that old water tank at the commune.”
Dan hugged her, “Yeah, that seems like a long time ago.”
Laura ran her foot down my leg. She laughed, “It was a long time ago. It’s been a lifetime. Lana’s lifetime. But those were great times.”
Dan laughed, “We were just a couple of crazy kids. We met at college and started dating. By the end of the school year we were living together and we decided we would travel across the country and see and do everything.”
