Rickett made it back to the RV with Olivia and he smiled at her as she slipped inside to take a nap. A nap sounded pretty nice and he knew he would need it to make it to the headliners at 3:00am, but his mind raced from the conversation on the way back from The Mesa. The girls... his wife included... had apparently made all sorts of promises across the years while 4 bottles of wine deep. He now had a deeper understanding on why Rachael jumped his bones when he picked her up from such girl nights out. Death by snu snu was a real possibility when Rachael got all worked up.
He sat down in a camp chair and sighed contentedly before fishing out his phone. Camp in general was waking up around him and the general buzz of people and generators mixed into the background. The weather was rapidly heating up and he was grateful for the awning covering their little outside camp spot. He fired off a message to Rachael:
"Olivia collected on one of these deals you girls have. I am learning so many interesting things."
Rickett watched the fellow campers meander past on their way to or from the nearby showers and bathroom station. They looked tired and a bit disheveled, but there was a clear happiness to their demeanor. He could feel an energy around him as if the first night was just a warm up. As he reflected, he guessed it really was. They had two more nights to go and tonight would be a big one. He felt a buzz from his phone and checked the message from his wife.
"That slut..."
"She better not have said too much. We will have to take your man bits if you learn some of those secrets."
He smiled as he shot her a message back:
"More concerned about what I know than what happened?"
Her reply came with a picture of him and Olivia leaving the storage tent. "Tami already teased me about it. Apparently, you were noisy. Don't get kicked out of the event now."
He shook his head and planned a bit of revenge on Tami as he had the next dare. He was typing his reply when Rachael sent another message. "Don't tell me about this one till you get home. It's fine, but I already looked up flight times before I had to shut off my PC. You all are so mean."
He changed what he wrote and hit send before he could second guess it, "So you don't want to know how well she can deepthroat?"
He didn't have to wait long for the inevitable "FUCK YOU". Then the group text receiving a "why am I friends with a bunch of sluts?" The chatter back was unashamed and a picture of Matt's cum stained underwear was shared which only added more fuel to the fire. Gifs started to fly and Rachael posted a picture of flight times with the threat of coming out there to kick some slutty asses. The threat backfired as everyone awake offered to comp the cost of the flight and Rachael couldn't help but send several heart emojis at the outpouring of love.
Rickett's direct message pinged a few moments later. "I don't know if I can. It is not my thing, but you all are. If they tease me this hard and I am there, I am going to do things."
He could feel her vulnerability in the message and thought how things might be moving too quickly. Only in his wildest fantasies had things progressed as far as they had and the brakes appeared to be broken. The positive energetic vibe of the festival and everyone being honest with themselves was intoxicating. It didn't help that there was so much eye candy outside of the group. He knew for a fact that each of them had received as many compliments as they had passed out and that really made one feel good about themselves.
He messaged back: "I think its okay to explore if that is something you want with this group. I get it though. I will pump the brakes a bit as we think on it. Just the standard limits enforced and I will deflect dares. They will understand."
Rickett looked up and noticed Sandra and Tami stepping up the RV. The two were all smiles as they looked at him and he found himself shaking his head again. "Sandra, I could use a liquid IV to replenish my fluids," he said with a challenge in his voice earning a scowl from the pretty red head. Tami's eyes widened satisfactorily. Sandra moved over to the cooler and plunked the cold bottle down in Rickett's lap.
"I am meeting up with some of my rave family at the pool," Sandra announced. "They don't make lame drink dares when there are SO MANY other things that they could do."
Rickett just grinned at her which earned him an eye roll and a playful smile back. He wasn't going to risk a naughty dare on Sandra with the conversation he just had with Rachael. Sandra grabbed a towel from the storage bin and sauntered off. Tami, who had been watching the exchange in amusement, sat down next to Rickett.
"I forgot how lively things are around her," Tami murmured as the two of them watched Sandra leave. Rickett grunted his agreement and took a drink. He often had talks with Tami like this when the others passed out or got lost in some game. There was a tone in her voice when she needed to talk about something that bothered her. She had it now.
"Listen or fix?" he asked as he always did when these conversations started. She smiled and let her gaze flit about to camp around them.
"Both maybe," she started. "I... I knew Sandra back in college. She was always wild and so much fun. I definitely let that influence me back then, but I knew what was happening. Maybe I just put some of my choices on her, but she made it so easy to just... go crazy. Now she is here and it's all coming back. All those feelings."
Tami went quiet for a few moments and Rickett had to restrain himself from speaking into the silence. Those last three words had a heavier meaning. She looked at him and he smiled encouragingly. She took a deep breath. "I have a bit of a crush on her Rickett. Always have... always hid it... kinda scared of it... and now I am married to a wonderful man, but it is still there." She gestured as if suggesting she was crazy. "It's wrong, isn't it?"
Rickett reached over and squeezed her shoulder. "Crushes are not wrong Tami. You are not bad for having them. That you are talking to me suggests your head and heart are in the right place. Is Lance the love of your life?" She nodded. "Is he the one you want forever and always?" she nodded again with a smile. "Is your crush mostly excitement, or deep like that love you feel when you think of Lance?" She reached up and squeezed Rickett's hand on her shoulder.
Rickett continued, "Look, I think all of us are riding pretty high on the thrill portion of this. Talk to Lance. Tell him your feelings. I know my friend and I know he is well acquainted with crushes. I think you will actually bond over the feeling. Then I dare you to kiss him until your toes curl. Ask him if you can do that to everyone of the crew... especially Sandra. If he says yes, fucking do it. Put it all into perspective in your mind."
Rickett laughed as Tami flushed a pretty pink at his dare. "Look... I don't have it all figured out and am pretty horny despite Olivia's efforts. If you don't have a good feeling after your talk with Lance, free pass on the rest of the dare." She rose with a shaky 'okay' and squeezed his hand again. Her mumbled 'thanks' was heartfelt as she disappeared into the trailer to have her conversation.
Time passed and Rickett chatted with Matt and Danni as they returned before crashing. He didn't say anything to Tami as she exited the RV flushed, smiling, and in her bathing suit. He did watch her follow Sandra's trail to the Mesa before sighing and again praising the fashion for bottoms that showed so much beautiful ass. He slipped into the RV and was greeted with the soft sound of people sleeping. He slipped into his bunk and stretched out to join their example.
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