I had just turned eighteen when my parents first invited my older sister, Chandra, and me to join them on their traditional summer vacation. They never spoke about their yearly trips very much. In our younger years, they would typically say something like, “It’s not a very safe place for young kids.” I didn’t really know what that meant, but to be honest, I never gave it a whole lot of thought. Still, there Chan and I wer...

I awoke far too early the following morning. Daybreak had arrived, sending piercing beams of sunlight through the cabin windows and into my eyes. Yesterday had been a long day and I had only gotten about four hours of sleep. Chandra noticed that I was awake and made a playful comment about my “morning wood.” She asked who it was that I was dreaming about last night (as if she didn’t know). It was her way of apologizing fo...

“Your boyfriend, Gunnar?” I asked. “Pfft, yeah, he is probably with your sister. Those two have been going at it non-stop for the past couple of days,” she exclaimed with a laugh. “You know about that?” I questioned. “Of course, I do! He’s my boyfriend,” she replied. It was more than I could even begin to process. I mumbled something about letting him know as I mindlessly left the room. As I walked back to the cabin, I di...

After being caught by Chan, I tried to avoid her for as long as I could. I took it easy the following day, although I did entertain a couple of women. There were also several public displays that I watched in those “off the path” clearings in the woods. Chan was back at it with her nightly show. This time, it was with two women. They were a couple that I had seen before, so the other two women had a bit of a rapport with...

It was exactly one year after the start of this story and, on the surface, things seem very much the same as last year. Chan and I were riding in the back of the same car, Mom and Dad were still up front, and we were heading to the resort once again. That would be just about the end of the similarities with last year. Chan and I had silenced our phones as we fired text messages back and forth rapidly. Even though neither...

The whirlwind first week of our vacation had come to a close. One of the best aspects of that milestone would be that a flurry of new arrivals would land at the resort. Personally, I was really hoping for some people who were somehow different from the current roster, whether that be age, body type, race, etc. I kept a sharp lookout for the newbies as they slowly trickled into the resort. It didn’t take long for me to spo...