(all characters are at least 18 years old)
Monday seemed to crawl by at work. I was entirely preoccupied with the coming evening. Visions of Linda were constantly passing through my mind. Occasionally an image of Dawn passed through as well. I'd try hard to rid myself of it immediately but it wasn't that easy. On that point I felt very guilty. Finally four o'clock rolled around and I rushed out of work and home just about as quickly as I could. I was in and out of the shower and changed well before it was even five o'clock. With that done I sat down to watch a little TV hoping it would help pass the time more quickly. It didn't. I seemed to be checking my watch every three minutes and that just made it seem like time was passing even more slowly. Finally after fidgeting for over an hour it was ten minutes to six and I decided that that was late enough to leave. I drove slowly to Linda's house trying to arrive there at precisely six. As I approached her house I still had four minutes before six so I passed by the house and made a wide circle around the neighborhood and back to her house. This time it was only one minute until six so I parked the car and proceeded to the front door. I pressed the doorbell and head Dawn's voice yell, "I'll get it!"
Dawn opened the door for me and welcomed me in but before the door was even closed her father was standing directly in front of me. As soon as Dawn turned around she noticed her father and said, "Daddy, this is Linda's new boyfriend Sam."
I extended my hand to him and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you sir." I thought I sounded like Eddie Haskell from
Leave It To Beaver
.
He smiled, shook my hand and said, "Well, welcome to our house." Her father was a tall man of about six feet three inches I guessed. He was also very young and good looking. He motioned me into the living room. We sat down and he said, "This is my wife Anne. Anne, this is Sam, Linda's friend." I turned to look at her and she looked as if she could have been a much older sister to Linda. They looked so much alike although she was not at all large breasted as her daughters were. I figured they must have gotten that from their father's side of the family.
"Welcome to our home Sam. Both Dawn and Linda have said such nice things about you." I must have blushed when she said that. Here I was looking at June and Ward Cleaver with daughters who I thought could each have substituted for Lolita. They were so different from their daughters, at least at first glance. It was just then that Linda entered the room.
"Hi Sam," she said with a broad smile on her face, "I'm so happy you could make it." I don't remember there really being much of a choice but I went along with her thinking she knew best on how to handle her parents. Linda came over to me, leaned over and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I was certain this would draw a response from her parents. It didn't and so I no longer considered myself to be in the presence of Ward and June.
"So, where are you going to college this fall?" her farther asked. The question surprised me a bit because he assumed that I was going to college. "I'll be a freshman at B.U. sir."
"And what will you major in?"
"I'm not really sure yet. I thought I'd get a year of college under my belt before I make a lifetime decision."
"I like your thinking Sam. You seem to have a good head on your shoulders. We're very proud of our Linda, as you probably know. She got a full scholarship to B.C. and plans on becoming a veterinarian. I'm sure she's told you all about that though. It's all she's talked about ever since she was admitted last November. We're naturally very proud of her." I was surprised to hear about the scholarships as Linda had not said a thing to me and I would never have guessed she was so excited about going to college. In thinking about it I didn't remember either of us bringing the issue up so I felt certain it was a learning experience for Linda as well.
"I got a partial scholarship to B.U. The rest I have to borrow or get from working. My parents can't afford to send me to college." I thought I had possibly made a faux pas with that admission. Possibly social status made a difference to them I though.
"We know how expensive college can be and if it were not for Linda's scholarship we too would probably would have done the same thing." This came as a surprise to me when I considered how much more upscale the surroundings in Linda's house were compared to mine. I was also happy to hear such a response. I felt they were accepting me as I was and not passing any judgment on me.
Suddenly Dawn broke into the conversation, "Daddy, Linda wants Sam to go to the nudist camp with us this weekend that's why she invited him over tonight." Dawn stuck her tongue out at Linda and Linda gave a very cross glare at Dawn. Dawn then quickly absented herself from the room. Dawn thought she was going to rain on Linda's parade however it was not to be. Her mother looked a little distressed over this discovery yet she knew it would have come out sooner or later anyway.
"Well sir," I started.
Linda's mother spoke up at that moment. "Sam, do you think us horrible people to be nudists?" Her frank and direct question threw me a bit but it was easy to answer.
"No ma'am, not at all. My parents brought me up to never judge someone else before I had all the facts. I've never been to a nudist camp but I don't see anything wrong with it."
Linda's mother smiled. Then her father said, "You are welcome to join us this weekend if you like. We have more than enough room at our cabin." It only took me a second to decide that I wanted to go but I held back on answering immediately for fear that they might think me too forward in replying so quickly.
"Yes, I think it would be interesting," I finally said.
"I doubt it's what you might imagine a nudist camp to be her father continued. You'd never believe it but it's actually quite a conservative place. The people who go there simply enjoy bathing in the sun in the nude. There is nothing sexual about it at all." He seemed quite convinced by his own words. I couldn't image how being among so many naked people could not help be at least somewhat sexual in nature. I had committed to myself to the weekend so I'd find out soon enough.
"Well," Linda's mother said, "supper has been on the table for a little while now so why don't we all go in and enjoy it. I've made a large chef's salad." I have never found salads to be very interesting or tasty. I wasn't on any sort of diet though I knew I would do well to lose a few pounds. I decided to be polite and enjoy the company of the meal. We went into the kitchen and Linda's mother directed me to sit next to Linda on one side of the table.
"Where should I sit?" Dawn complained. I hadn't noticed her return.
"Well tonight Sam's sitting next to Linda so you'll just have to sit next to Cathy. By the way, where is Cathy?"
"Oh, she got home early and locked herself in her bedroom. She said she had some important work to do, whatever that means." Dawn said.