It had been a long hot day at camp, when Mandy and I headed back up to our tent. We had spent much of the day hiking the trails around the girls camp that we were currently councilors at. We were enjoying the summer, even though the job required that we stay at the camp three weeks out of each month, and that we had to live in tents that whole time. But the pay was okay, and it was only for this summer. After this, we would both be off to separate colleges, starting new lives.
After the hike, we were both sweaty and dying to take a shower! We grabbed our towels and clean clothes and started to make our way to the shower house. Most of the girls in our camp, were already up at the cafeteria house, and this gave us enough of a break to get cleaned up. On our way there we ran into Sandy, another camp councilor from the next camp down the trail from ours.
"Where are you guys going?" She asked.
"We're going to head to the showers." Mandy responded. "We've been hiking with our group for much of the afternoon."
"Can you guys wait for me?" she asked, "I would like to take one too. My group is also up at the cafeteria, and I have a break too. It's been since yesterday morning, since I took a shower."
"Sure," I said, "We'll meet you at the shower house, unless you catch up with us before we get there." And we turned and started to head to the shower house, while she headed back to her camp to get her things.
The shower house was just about a quarter mile down the trail. There were only two of them in the whole camp, but this one was the least used, because of it's distance from most of the camps. As we walked down the winding trail, we talked about the upcoming year of college. I found out that Mandy was going to be a freshman at Michigan State University, just about a hour away form where I lived. She would be nineteen years old in a few days and she couldn't wait to be out on her own, at school. She said that her parents had been pretty strict, and she hadn't had much of a chance to date, until this year. But, since she still lived at home, when she wasn't working at camp, they made it difficult for her to socialize, always telling her that as long as she lived under their roof, she would live by their rules. Of course, one of their rules was to not come home past 9 o'clock and no boys in the house. She rolled her eyes at the idea of it, knowing that she had a right to do what she wanted, now that she was eighteen.
As for me, I told her that I was also going to be a freshmen at Central Michigan University, this fall and that I had just turned eighteen this past June. I also told her that my parents were much like her's. They had been fairly strict, not letting me date until I was eighteen, but since I had spent most of my summer working at the camp, I hadn't had much time to do that either. I had never intimately been with a boy before, other than sneaking a few kisses behind the football bleachers, during a game, with my boyfriend from school. He sometimes wanted me to sneak off with him, during the game, but I was too shy to go any farther than kissing.
When we were about half way to the shower house, we heard Sandy run up behind us, panting from her sprint. She smiled as she caught her breath.
"Okay, I made it!" she said.
"You didn't have to run the whole way," I giggled.
"I know," she replied, "but, I wanted to have some time before the girls get back to camp, after dinner."
The shower house was just a short walk through the woods, now. On our way there, Sandy shared a little bit about herself. She said that she was eighteen, and only had a half a year of high school left. She had been held back a half a year, due to bad grades and many days of skipping school. She only needed a few more credits to graduate, but her boyfriend had been a bad influence on her, since she had spent many school days skipping with him, driving around the country side. Her parents felt that if she spent her summer working at the camp, that it might make her more responsible. She giggled at the thought.
"I will do better this last half a year of high school," she said, "because I just want to get my credits, so that I can get a job and move out on my own."
"Where will you be going this year?" I asked.
"Sterling School for Girls," she smirked, half laughing, "It's a school for wayward girls like myself."
"I see," I responded with a smile, and I left it at that.
Sandy seemed like the wild type, and I wasn't sure how she got the job at the camp. Surely, she didn't seem like the type of person, that one would expect to reasonably watch over a group of girls. She was tall and thin with wild looking blue eyes that were full of spirit and life. She sported a beautiful tan, in which she loved to show off, with her super short shorts and half cut off shirts. She had long, wavy hair that reach down to her waist, and a figure that any girl would be jealous of. But she seemed nice enough and she was pleasant to talk to. I admired her spirit and wished that I had more of her daring attitude.
As we reached the shower house, we were surprised to find that we were the only ones there at the time. That would be good, since we wouldn't have to wait for any showers to open up.
As we entered the shower house, Sandy started removing her top and flung it onto the nearest bench. To my surprise, she wasn't wearing a bra and I couldn't help but notice her perfect breasts standing out before her. They were larger than mine, but just as firm and round.
As she slid the rest of her clothes to the floor, I found myself standing there admiring her view. She was now facing away from me, looking through her bag for her shampoo. She was a graceful site in the works, as the curves of her waist gave way to the swell of her hips. Her legs were long and well shaped, supporting the light frame of her body. For the age of eighteen, she was very much a woman, with her tanned skin and perfect curves. I felt a twinge of envy turn in my stomach, as I realized how beautiful she was.
Just then, she turned and looked at us. "Well, girls," she smiled, "aren't you going to get undressed and get in the shower?"
Realizing that I was staring at her, I blinked my eyes and looked away towards Mandy.
"Of course," I said, and stared removing my own clothes.
Mandy started undressing too as Sandy made her way to the showers. I could hear the water turn on as I tried to bring my mind back to what I was doing. I didn't know why I had found myself staring at Sandy like that. I had never done that before and I had never felt an attraction to any woman before. But maybe it was just my jealousy of her. She was so beautiful, while I was still developing my figure. I was hoping that neither of them noticed my gaze.
As I took the last of my clothes off, I looked down at myself. I was thin with smaller round breasts, but I was impressed with my own tan, even though it wasn't as dark as Sandy's. I stood about 5'7 and I weighed about 115 pounds, with a bone structure that was smaller than most. It gave me a more youthful appearance than most girls my age, and sometimes I just wished I just blossom out! I had wavy shoulder length, blond hair, that I kept cropped into a stylish bob, to keep out of my way during school time sports. I had thought about growing it out longer, but just didn't have the patients for it.
As I wrapped a towel around me, I noticed Mandy already heading towards the showers, with her towel over her shoulder. When she disappeared though the doorway of the shower room, I sighed and followed after her.
The shower room was one large, open room, with three shower heads on each wall. The room was bright, even though there were only two smaller windows in the room. It must have been all of the shiny-white ceramic tile, that covered the walls and floor, that helped make it seem so bright in there.
As I made my way to one of the showers, I hung my towel on a hook just a short distance from where I would shower. I turned on one of the showers, jumping back at first, to the cold water that came blasting out. I heard Mandy giggle behind me.
"Careful," she said, "It's really cold when you first turn it on. You'll have to give it a few seconds to let it warm up."
"I guess so," I replied, turning to face her.
Mandy was cute for her age. She had long, dark brown hair that reached half way down her back and a round, youthful looking face with dark eyes. She had a little bit larger bone structure than myself, but still very thin and beautiful. Her breasts were a little larger than mine, fitting in proportion with the rest of her body.
I tried not to look at her too long. I didn't want her to think that I was looking at her in any way improper.
Finally, the water warmed up enough for me to dare to get underneath it. It was still just a little bit cooler than I liked, but warm enough to get clean. I put my face up against it's spray, wetting my hair and letting it run down my back. I could feel a slight shiver run down my back as the water flowed down over my body. In a way, it was very refreshing. I hated being at all dirty or sweaty.
As I started shampooing my hair, Sandy decided to strike up an interesting conversation.