Last year, four buddies went camping and more. This year, two women come along. Will the guys still find the time to exploring their bisexual side or will the women get in the way?
"Explain to me again why we allowed Mallory and Olivia to come along?" Logan asked as the rucksack straps dug into his shoulders. Sweat poured off his brow. Huffing alongside of him, Grant wasn't doing at better.
"Look at that ass," Grant said, nodding at the two women in front of them on the trail. "And tell me you don't want to tap either one of them."
"Yeah, but if it didn't happen at school, what makes you think it'll happen out here?"
"Stranger things have happened," Grant said, hiking up his backpack and grinning.
"I think last year freaked out Ruben," Logan said, catching Grant's reference. During last year's trip, the campsite became an all nude affair. By the end of the weekend, the four men swore vows of silence to each other that mimicked the Las Vegas commercials; what happened in the woods, stays in the woods.
"Not according to Dylan," Grant said.
Mallory slowed, falling into step with the two roommates. Her backpack was as full as either of theirs, but she bore the burden without complaints. "I heard last year was quite the sausage fest."
"What did you hear?" Logan asked, giving Grant a worried look.
"Let's just say, Ruben made a very interesting drunk call to Olivia one night." She grinned and caught back up to her girlfriend.
"Fucking Ruben. I knew he was the weakest link." Logan kept his voice low, afraid the women had heard their conversation.
"Didn't we do that last year?"
Logan laughed. There was a reason they called Ruben "slut" and it had nothing to do with his success with women.
"Okay ladies, we're here!" Dylan called, first to drop his pack into the clearing. "The scene of last year's crime."
"It's beautiful," Olivia said, wiggling out of her pack. All four of the men stared at her chest as she arched her back, easing the big pack to the ground.
The clearing in the woods looked as good as ever. Weeds grew inside the circle of rocks from last year's fire pit. Just inside the tree line, dogwoods still held their blossoms, offering a splash of color against the greens of the forest around them. "I don't think anyone has been here since last year," Dylan said, pointing out the two rectangles of pine needles in the same areas where they had pitched their tents.
"I'm not surprised. It's pretty far off the path," Ruben said. He unfolded his shovel and went to work on the fire pit. Short, wiry, and deceptively strong, Ruben looked in best shape from the long hike. A former all-state lightweight wrestler, Ruben learned some new positions last year.
Logan didn't realize he was staring at Ruben's ass until Olivia brushed up against him. "See something you like?"
Turning, his eyes dropped from Olivia's blue eyes, past the whimsical grin on her pretty lips, and landed on the cleavage her tank top revealed. "Maybe," he said, moving his eyes back to hers. "So, I heard you had an interesting drunk call from him."
"Very interesting," was all she offered. "Hey Dylan, what do you need me to do?"
Dylan claimed to have found this spot while hiking with buddies. Logan and Grant had wondered what kind of buddies Dylan had, but they accepted his backwoods knowledge. Following his guidance, the campsite was set in less than two hours. Last year they had lugged two-men tents into the woods. This year, they each of the men carried a section of a larger tent. As Olivia and Mallory dragged firewood into the clearing, Grant used the ax. Pulling off his sweat soaked t-shirt, his muscles rippled as he chopped dead branches into usable lengths. Again, Logan was distracted by the view. He wasn't the only one.
"It's not polite to stare," he told her.
"Oh, like you weren't." The delighted sparkle in her eyes made Logan wonder again what secrets Ruben might have shared with Mallory's roommate.
With less than a hour before twilight, they made due with the supplies they carried on the first trip. Sitting around the campfire, Grant pulled out his second canteen, took a sip, and passed it on. They laughed when Olivia needed a water chaser after taking a sip of the straight Jack Daniels. Beneath a clear sky that showed all of its secrets, they laughed, drank, and teased each other as only good friends can do.
"So what did Ruben say during this drunk call?" Grant asked Olivia.
"What drunk call?" Dylan asked, looking at his roommate.
"Don't look at me, I was drunk."
"All he said was how it turned into a real sausage fest out here," Olivia said. "Whatever that means."
"I like sausage," Mallory added, dulling a moment that threatened to become tense.
"I like tacos," Logan offered.
"Mm, what about tacos stuffed with sausage?" Mallory asked.
"I might need to be drunker for that."
Mallory took the canteen of Jack away from Dylan, handing it to Logan. "Drink up."
Morning arrived late for the campers. Breakfast was instant coffee and a rehydrated mix of scrambled eggs and sausage. When Ruben announced he was heading back to the vehicles for the rest of their supplies, Logan volunteered to help. Wearing empty rucksacks, they walked side by side along the trail. "I think Dylan was right. I don't think anyone else knows about this spot," Ruben said, pointing out the weed growth over the fire pit and trash he found while digging it out. "Which means we can visit anytime we want."
Logan heard the invitation in his suggestion. "Look, slut. What the hell did you tell Olivia during your drunk call?"
Ruben waited until they were farther away from camp. "First, it wasn't a drunk call. It was a hook-up, but you can't tell Dylan."
"Why not?"
"He has a thing for Olivia."