Chapter One
Bryan was ready to go. It was time for the annual family trip to their cabin. It was time for spring cleaning and making the vacation spot ready for the summer. Bryan and his family had been spending summer weekends at the cabin since his father had been a boy.
The cabin was part of some property his Grandfather had purchased just before the Depression. With some ingenuity and a lot of luck, Bryan's grandfather had been able to keep the property and slowly improve it over the years. When his father, Joe, had been about 10 the family had built the current cabin. Over the years, it had been updated, modernized, and expanded. When Bryan's grandfather had died, Joe received the cabin and its 25 acres as an inheritance.
Bryan had graduated from high school last year. He had spent most of the past summer at the cabin alone. He had received a full scholarship to college and a fat trust fund from his grandfather for living expenses in college. Therefore, there had not been a special need to work that summer for school expenses. His parents had been happy to let him stay at the cabin all summer keeping an eye on the property and doing some much needed maintenance and upkeep.
Joe and Alicia Andrews were coming out of the house with the last cooler of food for the weekend. They had to be back Sunday night to go to work on Monday. Bryan would stay the week on his own before the whole clan showed up for Memorial Day weekend. The three-day weekend was the traditional kickoff to the summer home.
"Bryan is the truck all gassed and ready?" inquired Joe of his eager son, knowing full well that Bryan had taken care of that chore last night.
"Aw, jeez Pa! I completely forgot!" laughed Bryan. Alicia smiled at the banter between her "boys."
"Well, we'll have to stop in then and get some won't we?" joked his dad. Patting his son on the back, Joe lifted his end of the cooler over the tailgate. Alicia grunted as she lifted her end.
"Why did you put so much beer on ice? It's only the three of us this weekend," queried Bryan's diminutive mother. At 5' 2", she packed a lot of energy into her petite well-proportioned frame. "You know I only have one or two the whole week we're there, and since we have to drive back tomorrow night..."
Joe looked sheepishly at his wife of 23 years. "Um, just thought that since the whole Andrews clan would be up next weekend, we won't have time to ourselves. And..."
"I see," Alicia knew the real story. After two beers, most of her inhibitions dropped away and it appeared Joe wanted see her loosened up. Bryan's parents enjoyed an active sex life and had a "christening" ceremony every spring when they opened up the cabin. Bryan was well aware of the tradition and usually he made himself scarce for a few hours the first night the family was at the cabin.
Alicia leaned against her husband's broad chest. At 45, Joe was still in good shape. They both enjoyed a lot of outdoor sports and had remained active despite full time jobs. That Bryan was also athletic and regularly worked out at the college's weight room was evident in his broad shoulders and tight waist. Both of her men were good-looking rugged outdoorsman, one of many qualities that had attracted Alicia to Joe in the first place.
"I won't need anything beside some clean country air," she purred into Joe's ear. It was true. Alicia was quite easily aroused and typically very amorous whenever the couple was at the cabin.
Joe grinned, knowing they would have their usually vigorous romp in the sheets tonight.
"Hey, do I have to dump the ice on you two now?" complained Bryan. With a knowing smirk on his face, he punched his dad in the arm and climbed behind the wheel of the truck.
"Hey, don't get smart with us, young man," chortled his father, pulling his keys out of his pocket and walking towards the car.
Alicia looked lovingly at her husband. "I'll ride up with our 'little boy' here, and give you some time to cool off, big fella." Besides, she had some things she wanted to talk with her son about and this was the first chance she had since he had come home for the summer.
Soon the two vehicles were caravanning their way through town heading for the freeway and points north. The cabin sat on some lake property about 3 hours away.
They had been driving for a half hour or more, when Bryan asked his mom to refill his coffee mug.
"Just like your Dad," grinned his mother as she opened the thermos, "can't function in the morning without a jolt of caffeine."
"Yep, a bean off the old branch," joked Bryan back.