Chapter 2
My mother always seemed to forget that I was eighteen and didn’t require. adult supervision. I assumed she was more worried about me doing something she didn’t approve of in her absence. I always imagined she thought the worst of me when she couldn’t keep track of what I was. doing.
“I know.” My mother said seeming to be pleased with herself. “Why don’t you take Jenny with you?” I could feel my heart start pounding with excitement. A weekend alone with Nate sounded perfect!
“Jenny doesn’t–” Nate started to say before I jumped into the conversation.
“I’d love to go!” Maybe I sounded too excited, but I couldn’t help it. My mind was reeling in the possibilities.
Both my mother and Nate looked at me confused. I usually complained the moment it was suggested I do anything with Nate, but not this time.
“A weekend in the mountains sounds nice.” I tried to say nonchalantly.
“You want to go?” Nate asked curiously, trying his best to assess my new found behavior towards him while staring in disbelief.
“You sure?” My mother chimed in also in curiosity and confusion. I guess they had all the right in the world to be shocked. Not only had I never showed interest in anything outdoorsy, but I never wanted to
spend any time with Nate either. I mean the only time I’d actually been excited about going anywhere without wifi was on our family trip to a little fishing town near the ocean. But what they didn’t know was I was only excited because of Erie, the sexy beach bum who’d take me under the peer for lots of alone time.
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The only thing I could think about, now that I knew just how sexy Nate was, was getting him alone. He’d been the only thing occupying my mind. to the point that I’d even consider it a crush. And the fact that he was my stepfather didn’t seem to bother me one bit.
“Of course,” I replied with a smile. “I need to get out of the house, and at weekend by a lake sounds nice.”
“Well, alright.” Nate agreed. “If you really want to go and don’t mind spending the weekend with me, I’ll be more than happy to take you.”
Nate and my mother both looked at each other happily confused with my attitude, and I was jumping for joy on the inside. I couldn’t believe that I was going to spend the entire weekend alone with my sexy stepfather, and boy was he in for more than he was expecting.
Nate and I packed up early the next morning and headed out to the cabin. It was a few hours away and I managed to fall asleep on the way there, dreaming of what I was going to do to him.
I was gently woken up with a hand nudging my shoulder.
“Wake up, we’re here.” Nate said. I yawned and stretched my arms. It was barely nine in the morning and the crispness in the air made me shiver. It was beyond me why he liked being in the woods at this time of the year, but at least I had him all to myself. The thought alone made my body
flush with heat.
I’d hoped we’d spend time in the cabin when we arrived, but Nate informed me of his other plans. We dropped our luggage off and headed to some outdoors festival that was going on nearby.
When we got there every man looked like they were ready to chop down the nearest tree with their flannel shirts and large beards.
