It was no secret that my folks were getting up in years, so after decades of sacrifice and dedication, my siblings and I decided to put together a family reunion to honor our parents. My older brother and sister took it upon themselves to do most of the planning, so all that their 46 year old baby brother had to do was basically just show up. That was fine with me. When it came to parties, I had always been the guy in charge of the paper plates and napkins, and was never looked toward to take care of any of the really important details. So after countless emails were sent bouncing around from one coast to the other, the decision was made to hold the reunion in our childhood town, which was luckily just over a hundred miles from where I was living.
The itinerary was planned to the minute, and it filled an entire three day weekend. With only a 6 week notice, I decided to reserve a couple of hotel rooms now, so we wouldn't be left out in the cold later. My son was otherwise occupied with his duties in the military, so it was going to be just my wife, Susan, and our daughter, Sara, joining me for the celebration. A couple of hours online led me to a decent, mid-level hotel, and I booked us two adjoining rooms; both non-smoking and equipped with king size beds. I made the reservation to begin two days early, on Wednesday, as I thought it might be nice to cruise around and share some of my childhood memories with my immediate family. Having satisfied my responsibilities for the event, I sat back, relaxed, and ignored the hundreds of pointless messages that continued to be sent to keep me updated on every little detail of the big party.
Out of the blue, and with only a few days left before we were set to leave, my wife told me that she needed to make some last minute changes to our plans.
"Sorry, Bill. I need to go out of town first thing Tuesday to take care of some things at corporate, so I won't be here on Wednesday to leave with you and Sara. I'll be back on Friday afternoon, so I'll just drive up myself and meet you there Friday evening. I know you wanted to show me around where you grew up, but at least you can still take Sara! Besides, ever since college it seems the only reason she calls you is to ask for money, so it might be nice for you two to spend a little quality time together. I hope you understand!"
"Of course I understand. I knew when I decided to marry a powerful, corporate executive that there would be sacrifices!"
Susan had her usual dead-pan expression in response to my unique sense of humor. "I was a cocktail waitress when we got married. And now I'm just the assistant to the Director of Marketing."
"Exactly" I replied just as straight faced as Susan. My wife rolled her eyes pretending that my humor was lost on her, but the truth is that she is one of the few people who actually got me. "And I'm not nervous at all at the thought of spending two days alone with my teenage daughter, so don't you worry about me! Does she still like 'Chuck-E-Cheese'?"
"She's almost twenty, pops! Just pretend like you're with me and I'm sure you'll be fine!"
Susan left Tuesday morning, and I had just over 24 hours before picking up Sara at the airport, and beginning what was shaping up to be a very long five days. It was important to me to take full advantage of an entire day all by myself, so I slept in, hung out in my boxers while watching daytime television, surfed some porn on the internet, jerked off a couple of times, ordered some pizza, and then finished off a six-pack before finally passing out on the couch. It was, to put it simply, the perfect day.
Even though I enjoyed projecting the image of being an irresponsible slacker, I ran my life quite the opposite, and Wednesday morning I was packed and ready to go when I arrived right on schedule to pick up Sara outside of baggage claim. I was still enjoying the last moments of temporary bachelorhood as I pulled up to the curb, so I thought I'd spend some time studying this unbelievable brunette who was standing all by herself while I waited for my daughter to find me. Her straight brown hair spilled down to just below her shoulders, and her tight black slacks fit perfectly as they clung to the curves of her firm, round ass. Luckily, she made a turn in my direction, and my eyes were instantly drawn to her full chest, which was working hard to pop the buttons off of her tight, white top. My ogling came to an abrupt end, however, when I heard a familiar voice coming from a most surprising place.
"Hi, Daddy!"
When my study in perfection started walking toward me and calling me "Daddy", I had to suddenly reset my brain before I could appropriately greet my daughter.
"Oh, hey, well... Hi, Sara! Wow! Boy do you look great! If you've been focusing as much attention to your studies as you have to your appearance, you must be top of your class!" I was proud of my 'compliment with purpose'.
"Thanks, I think. It's nice to see you too... Are we stopping at home first, or are we driving straight there? I kind of wanted to change before we hit the road." It sounded like I was being given an option, but I knew that I really didn't have a choice.
"Well, I wasn't planning on it, but I suppose we could make a quick stop before we leave. Just don't get mad when you find that your bedroom is now my office!"
"And where is all my stuff?" Less than five minutes, and already she was whining.
"It's probably cluttering up some other poor guys house. But don't worry. Your mother and I kept your diary, and I promise we didn't read one single page." I looked over and gave Sara a smile while trying to stir up a reaction.
"Still cracking yourself up, I see! I almost forgot how funny you think you are! So how long is it until Mom joins us?"
"Fifty-five long hours, sweetheart! Think you can handle it?" I pulled into the driveway but kept the car running. "Now hurry up and change so we can get out of here!"