It was spring break at college, and I had no plans except to stick around the house andhelp dad with some yard cleanup and repairs to the roof. He was a plumber and had no projects going on.
Out of the blue during dinner, Dad said we should take a trip to see my brother and his wife, who just had their first baby. My brother lived halfway across the country, and even though I was up for getting away, did I really want to go with my father somewhere? He was still getting over my whore mother taking off on him, and he kept talking about that. I know it was therapuetic for him, but it got real tiring real fast.
I agreed to go, and we packed up the truck and took off for northern Texas - we figured it would be about a 12-hour drive. I like to travel and it would be fun to stop and eat dinner -- hopefully at some truck stops -- but I saw this as helping my dad get through a rough time.
Off we went starting at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. About 10 that evening, Dad pulled off the interstate and found a truck stop/motel to stop at. He said he was very tired and felt he needed to rest before the rest of the trip. We would get up in the morning and go the rest of the way, no problem.
I was a little nervous at the prospect of sleeping in the same room with Dad since I'd never seen him completely naked, just with his shirt off. That was enough, though. I doubted there was skin on his chest since it was completed covered in black and gray hair. I only had hair below the navel down to my bush, I don't know why I wasn't hairy like he was. He had a huge horseshoe moustache and always a three or four-day growth of beard...very rugged looking.
I waited in the car while Dad checked us in, and when he got back in the truck, he said he had bad news.
"They only have one room left and it has one queen-size bed, is that going to be OK with you?"
Fuck, although I was very excited at the thought of sleeping next to my dad, I said "As long as that's all they have, I have no problem with it."
"OK, be right back," he said.