My 18-year-old godson had his senior camp at a lakefront retreat near Bournemouth last summer, but they were short on volunteers and his mother couldn't make it, so she asked with me to go in her place. I was a bit reluctant, but they were close to cancelling the camp and I owed her a favour so I agreed.
When we all reached the lake and set out find our allotted cabins, I was surprised that I was going to be bunked with my godson and his best friend. When I queried management about the arrangement, they said that usually only male teachers bunk with male students and females with females, but for the last couple of years there had been a drop off in both male teachers and volunteer dads, and this year there just weren't enough to go around. The reason I drew the short straw was because I wasn't at the volunteer meeting in which everything was arranged. But they assured me it would be fine: it was only three nights and our cabin had been divided in two with a screen, and my godson and his best friend would take one half while I took the other.
The 'screen' was a bit of a joke - actually it was just a noticeboard on wheels and nowhere tall or wide enough - but to be honest I didn't mind that much. I figured surely a couple of boys would be a lot easier to manage than a cabin full of girls. They weren't a difficult pair either - they always hung around together, so it would be an easy assignment keeping tabs on them.
I was right. It was fine. For the first couple of nights at least. The boys mainly kept to themselves and we were all so exhausted after the day's activities that we crashed at night really quickly and slept like logs. By the third night though... What is it about the last night of a camp that makes everyone a bit silly?
I don't know how long most people can go without privacy. Three days and two nights seems like the limit for virile young men who need to - well - take care of themselves. I was at my limit too, having spent so much time among these attractive youths, watching their lithe bodies on the beach: swimming, sunbathing, playing volleyball.
It's not like I didn't try to sleep that night. I just couldn't. By midnight I was quietly caressing myself in the darkness, hoping it would relax me. The problem was, I was hoping to finish myself off and pass out, but I needed to hear signs that both of the boys were asleep first.
The cabin had three bunks, arranged in a U-shape. When we'd arrived, they'd given me first choice, and I'd opted for the top bunk on the right-hand side figuring it would be more appropriate if I slept out of reach and in a position where I could keep an eye on them if needed. My godson had chosen the top bunk on the left, and his friend decided to go underneath him on the bottom bunk.
Because the dividing screen wasn't high enough to obscure us from each other, I had to sleep in a tank top and some loose-fitting shorts. Lights-out had been a couple of hours ago and I was waiting for the sounds of the boys sleeping so I'd know I was free to touch myself. In fact, I'd already pulled down my shorts and was sliding my fingers around the outside of my knickers, desperate to relieve my tension.
Just as I was growing confident enough to slip my fingers inside my panties, I heard a whisper. I cracked an eyelid and rolled my head to look across the room. My godson had leaned over the edge of the bed and was asking his friend whether he was still awake or not.
And damn. He was.
He replied that he couldn't get to sleep and asked my godson what he was thinking about.
I was so sexually frustrated that I almost told them to shut-up and go to sleep. But it didn't seem fair to tell them off, just because I was a little horny. And were whispering anyway. So, I decided to stay silent and pretend to be asleep.
My godson explained what he was thinking about. He said he was wondering whether or not I was asleep.
She has to be asleep, his friend said - quite loudly, as if he was double checking to see if I would stir.
Yeah, she's totally out to it, my godson said, no longer whispering.
Do you want to jerk it for a while? his friend asked.
Okay, he said.