Housekeeping: As always all characters are over the legal age of consent. Constructive criticism is welcome. As it stands, this may be a one off. I haven't made up my mind yet.
*****
Leif gently rolls River up in her blanket like a loose burrito. Slowly, he lifts her out of bed and carries her out of her room like a princess in a cartoon fairy tale movie. Down the stairs and across the driveway. He deposits his fragile load into the passenger side of his crew cab truck. He loosens the blanket roll and buckles her in. He is thankful that she braided her hair into two plaits. Before closing her door, he double checks to see if her day pack is in the back seat.
As he walks to the driver's seat he takes the long way around the back of the truck and trailer. He looks at the trailer hitch, tie down straps, and the lock on the trailer. He slides in his seat, and buckles up. He looks over at his sleeping darling as he turns the ignition. He slowly pulls out of the driveway to avoid the bumping and jostling that normally happens when he hauls a trailer.
Once the sun peeks out over the horizon, River wakes up. She stretches her arms out. She knows that she's putting her body on display for Leif. She doesn't care that he can see her barely covered perky breasts. "Hey, big buddy! Good morning," she yawns. "I hope I wasn't too much of a problem this morning." He grunts as he tries to keep his eyes on the road. "Not going to lie. It's kinda fun knowing that my big buddy can move me around without waking me up." She grins at him. His focus is on driving.
River scratches her body randomly. "I'm going to dressed," she tells him. River pops the safety belt and crawls into the back seat of the crew cab. She hopes that Leif is watching her from the rear view mirror. She wiggles her naked ass in the direction that she's hoping Leif is looking at. She takes her time changing clothes. Out of the basketball shorts and and wife beater shirt. Both of which are supposed to be his property. She has her hairless legs and sex on display to tease him for as long as she can justify being playful.
She climbs back into her seat feeling frustrated that Leif didn't take a peek at her. Buckles back in. She glares at him for a couple of minutes. Sh unbuckles again in order to arrange her broomstick skirt and tank top around until she's comfortable. She smiles broadly at him as she buckles herself back in.
*****
She watches him set up the last of the tents in their campsite. She enjoys watching him move around. River knows that he complains about being fat. Yet, here he is setting up tents by himself in half the time described in the instructions. After tossing their gear around for over a half an hour like he works at an airport.
River dances and laughs around the fire pit cooking their lunch. She ducks in and out of the waterproof bags that have the seasoning and random ingredients that she needs to cook. She sings, "One minute for burgers."
Leif grumbles, "Quit teasing me."
River dances over to him. She twirls just to have her broom stick skirt twirl and flare out as she spins. Stopping in front of him. "Never. I have needs too you know."
Growling, he asks, "And what need is that?"
Her laughter sounds like soft tinkling wind chimes to his ears, "I need you to pay attention to me." She dances away from him. "Look at me!" Her slight arms reach out to the clouds. Her scrawny ass and legs move gracefully over the uneven ground. Leif sees that she has stopped wearing shoes and socks. Her loose clothing spreads out as it catches air. He can clearly she the shadow of her boy shorts under the skirt, through the sun drenched skirt. She throws him a knowing look.
Leif mutters, "You're such a dirty hippy."
Ignoring his remark, River smiles broadly. "Lunch is ready, buddy. If I remember, cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo, pickle, and hot sauce for you. No ketchup or mustard. Right?" She fixes the burger for him.
As she hands him the paper plate with his food, he questions her, "How and why do you know this?"
She leans into he ear, "Why shouldn't I remember? Am I not allowed to show you how much I love you?" She leans back to look him in the eyes, "Am I not allowed to love my brother?"
*****
The sun is making it's way south of the horizon. Leif has the fire going low. There's not much need for it, other than to have a pet elemental for the evening.
She glances over at him. He's obviously lost in thought. "Penny for you thoughts, big buddy?"
"I'm still trying to figure out this music festival and your friends. We got here early. Set up the tents for us and all of your friends. Got the food and booze."
River gets up from her blanket and digs out some beers from a cooler when he mentions alcohol. Walking back she replies, "Ok." Sounds like you've got questions."
Accepting one of the beers from his sister, he asks, "Where are they? I'm the odd ball here. This ain't my gig. Yet I'm here before the actual concert."
Giggling as she sits down on her blanket. Inches away from him on his blanket. "Remember the name of the music FESTIVAL? The 'Free Love and Peace' festival? They are coming for the music, yes. But mostly the free love part."
"And the peace?"
She sighs in a good nature, "How does the phrase go? 'Peace sells, but who's buying?"
"It's that part of the whole shtick?"
Sipping on her beer, "There are militant hippies, you know?"
Leif groans. "So this whole 'free love' thing. What's up with that? And why bring me along?"
River's voice gets wistful. "I enjoy the philosophy that we can be with whoever we wish. You know? As long as there's consent between two adults, who should care about my sexual partner? I like not having to be emotionally invested in my sexual partner unless I want to be emotionally attached to them."
She watches him think for a few moments. She adds, "It's much more liberating than you think. No shame of one night stands, because it's free love. No cheating until you've both made that commitment. It's just biology. Two people getting their needs met in a wonderful way."
*****
The moon is full and ascendant. Leif minds the fire occasionally. "So, the free love thing. How. Just like seriously, how? Is it like hitting on people at a bar?"
Picking her cheek off of his shoulder, "For part of it yes. It's also part Ren Fair. You know? Groups of friends will wander around and chat with other camps." She looks around for a moment. Several of the other sites are starting to fill in. "We'll need to make a flag of some sort so that it'll be easier to find at night."
"OK. We can talk about that in the morning. But I'm just trying to figure out this whole free love thing you're talking about."
"Why?"
"Just because, I'm the third wheel here, doesn't mean I shouldn't at least have an idea about the rules. I don't want to embarrass you."
"I doubt that's possible, Leif." He grunts his disbelief. "Hey, I need to go to the bathroom. Walk with me? I can give you a quick run down while we go." His grunt changes to agreement as he stands up.
She twines her fingers into his. She has the flashlight in her other hand. She knows that his hand is hovering over his opposite pocket where he has an emergency 'people opener.' Her laughter titters as she listens to his 'wallet leash' jingle as the links bounce on his hip.
River rattles off her experiences at previous festivals. She tells him the unspoken rules that she's has learned over the past couple of years.
When they get to the portable latrines, she opens first door and shines the light in.
As she steps in, she hears, "You're just going into the first one? That's brave."
Looking over her shoulder coquettishly, "There's a way that you can help."
"Oh? How's that?" he asks incredulously. His eyes squint at her. The darkness hinders his vision for details.
She hikes her skirt up just enough to slide her shorts off. She pockets them in the back pocket of his jeans. She then bunches her skirt together in the front and offers the fabric to him. "Hold my skirt so that it doesn't get wet. That'll let me focus on balancing." She winks at him in the dark.
"Is that why girls always go to the bathroom together?"
Giggling, "At least with my friends, yes. You can't get all nasty and still expect to get a cute boy's attention."
Leif steps forward to hold her skirt. He can see pale smooth flesh peeking around the gathered fabric at her hips. He can feel a blush coming on as she laughs lightly. He feels her hands wrap around the back of his neck as she hovers her ass over the toilet.
As the sounds of urine hitting the waste below in the latrine's tank, "Never thought you'd be doing this, did you?" He doesn't respond. As the stream ends, she mutters, "Don't let go yet." She pulls some toilet paper off of the roll to clean herself up.
On their way back to their campsite, Leif gets the courage up to ask, "So, is there anyone in particular that you're wanting to try to get into bed?"