"Daddy, can you take me and Kaitlyn camping this weekend?" my daughter asked.
My daughter Madison was 19 years old and home from college for the summer. She had been friends with Kaitlyn since high school and they became even closer having gone to the same university.
"I'll have to think about it." I said. Truthfully I wasn't too keen on the idea. I liked the great outdoors as much as anyone, but when it came to sleeping, I much preferred my own plush mattress to the cold hard ground, especially since I'd hit my mid 40's. I also felt uneasy around Kaitlyn who had discovered her power over older men and had been trying to seduce me since the day she came back from school.
"What if Mr. Jones goes too?" Maddie said, referring to Kaitlyn's Dad.
I let out my breath and spoke slowly. After a few moments I relented saying "Ok, fine. If Tyler can make it, we'll go up to the lake." After all, I genuinely did want to maximize time with my daughter. Since Maddie's mother and I had divorced and she moved to the west coast, It occurred to me I might not get to see Maddie again for a long time. Now that she was an adult, she could choose where to spend her time, and I only had a few years before I wasn't just sharing her with my ex wife, but also her adult life and responsibilities too.
"Yay!" she said, jumping up and down causing the crop top she was wearing to ride up and expose her abdomen. She then gave me a hug with her entire body, nuzzling her blonde hair into my chest the same way she did when she was younger, only now I could feel her soft C cup tits against me and I wished she wouldn't do that. "We're going to have so much fun!" she sang, but I was apprehensive.
At first I thought I was flattering myself that a gorgeous young woman my daughter's age would be interested in me; a 45 year old man with gray at the temples. I was in reasonable shape, hitting the gym 3 days a week, but had average good looks and was more than double her age. Besides, she was gorgeous. She had long legs, dark hair and a killer body. She could have any man she wanted. The more I resisted though, the more forward the signals became until they were as obvious as a fire alarm going off in a government building.
For example, when Kaitlyn was visiting Maddie, once I walked down the hall and caught her coming out of Maddie's room clad in nothing but a sheer white t- shirt. The shadow of her pussy was just visible below the hemline, and the outline of her perky upturned breasts was in equal amounts captivating and shocking under the sheer material. She smiled seductively at me and touched her hair, causing my imagination to wonder what she had been doing with my daughter.
Of course I ignored it and acted as though she had been wearing a ski suit, but then a few days later, I went out to mow the grass and saw the girls sunning themselves by the pool. By the time I'd gotten the mower from the shed, both were nude and standing under the spray of the outdoor shower. They weren't just innocently washing themselves either. They were helping each other by running hands over soapy breasts and Kaitlyn was looking directly at me and smiling.
After Kaitlyn left, I decided to talk to Maddie about what happened. The sex stuff had gone too far and I didn't appreciate my daughter and her friend putting on a show that needed an X rating. Whatever she did at college was her business. If she wanted to engage in orgies and have lesbian sex, I certainly couldn't stop her. I only hoped she was responsible about it and took everything she had learned in sex ed seriously. At home; however, she needed to have some respect and be discreet. She just laughed and called me a prude, and still dressed more risque than I would have liked, but at least there were no more displays of overt sexuality in the backyard. Kaitlyn on the other hand continued to flirt, smile, and lick her lips a little too often when she talked to me.
By the time Friday rolled around, I did start looking forward to the trip. I bought some new camping gear along with some junk food and beer. It would be nice to get out in nature. To fill our lungs with fresh mountain air. To do some hiking and see the broad tree trunks and lush greens of late summer. The lake itself would be gorgeous too, and I remembered how it shimmered in the sun with the pine trees reflecting in it.
I reasoned Kaitlyn would certainly act appropriately in front of her Dad though. Tyler, was an ex marine and now owned a gym. In fact, he had coached Maddie over the summer to help her lose the freshman 15 (more like 5 in her case), and was much more of a hard ass than I ever was. Hell, Kaitlyn would likely show up in a shapeless sack dress that covered her head to toe, so without too much worry, I packed up the Jeep Wrangler and the four of us headed to the lake.
On the trip up, Maddie and Kaitlyn mostly stayed on their phones, whispering and giggling in the back while Tyler and I made conversation. We talked about football, work, and weight lifting since that was all we really had in common, though I was an amateur in the weight room myself.
I was happy to see that my prediction was right, and that Kaitlyn had dressed far more modestly than she had at my house. It wasn't exactly a sack dress, but instead had dressed very similar to my daughter in a loosely fitting white shirt and cut off shorts that landed about mid thigh. It was a far cry from some of the camel toe yoga pants and tops that revealed far too much cleavage she had worn around in front of me.
When we got to the lake, I was happy to see that the location I had picked to camp in was still remote enough that there weren't many other people around. Despite the fact it was peak camping season, the views were breathtaking, and the fish freshly stocked in the lake.
To cap it all off, my weather app said the mountains would get a high of 75 during the day, and it would be a crisp 55 degrees at night, which wouldn't be too uncomfortable in tents with thermal sleeping bags. We had planned the girls would share the big tent, and Tyler and I would have our own smaller one man tents that would be tolerable enough for one night. Only when we parked and started unloading, we discovered the only tent that made it to the mountain was the big one meant for the girls.
"That's funny." I said, genuinely perplexed. "I distinctly remember putting all three tents in the back."
"I don't know what happened, Daddy." Madison said, looking around. "It's not here." she said, exaggerating a shrug. With the movement, I noticed her breast jiggle for the first time that day and realized she wasn't wearing a bra. I wasn't the only one who noticed either. When I looked at Tyler, his eyes seemed fixated on her chest, but as soon as he realized I saw where he was looking he quickly averted his gaze.
"It's ok." I said. "We'll spend the day fishing and go home." I said, not liking the idea of having to drive another three and a half hours, but not entirely angry to be going back to my massive king sized bed I shared with no one. Well, most nights anyway.
"No!" Kaitlyn protested.
"It will be ok, Daddy." Maddie said. "Let's all sleep together in the tent. All of us. It's big enough. See? It's rated for four people." she said pointing to some tag or other you would have to have a magnifying glass to read.
I let out a heavy sigh. "What do you think, Tyler?" I was hoping he would back me up and say we needed to go back home under the circumstances. If he said it, it would save me from being the bad guy.
"The seats on the jeep fold down. The girls can sleep there." He said. I let out my breath. I was afraid he would think of that. "With the foam padding, it might be even more comfortable than the tent."
"Ok, fine." I relented and let out my breath. "We'll stay the night. You girls can sleep in the Jeep and us guys will stay in the tent." I was expecting the girls to jump for joy like Madison did when I told her we would go camping, but instead she stuck out her lower lip. "What's wrong, pumpkin?" I asked.
