Me and Emma down

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It was just starting to turn dark while I was driving upstate with my parents and siblings in the car. I had just returned a few weeks before from a long trip abroad and this was to be the first time to see the whole family since I was back.

We planned to meet up at a restaurant for dinner, the entire family, including grandma, grandpa, uncles, aunts, cousins and all. That was to be the start of a 3 day family vacation.
We pulled in outside the restaurant to a dark starry night, and I could feel the cool breeze as I got out of the car. We entered the restaurant and warmly greeted the family members who were already there.

Over the next two hours we had a wonderful meal, arriving family members flowing in constantly for the first 45 minutes.

I greeted and talked to all them, my uncles, aunts and cousins who haven’t seen me since I got back from my long trip and were eager to hear stories of the great South American outdoors and I pleased them with amusing stories and anecdotes.

After dinner it was pretty late and we were all quite tired. We got back into the cars and drove up to where we were staying, a group of cabins at the edge of a small town my aunt reserved for the occasion: a 3 day vacation of hiking, eating good food and catching up.

We got to the cabins and headed straight to bed, each family in its own cabin. My family’s had 3 bedrooms, first for my parents, second was shared by my younger brother and sister and third was for me, the eldest. We were all pretty beat from the long ride and the late hour and fell asleep immediately.

I just realized that I forgot to tell you about myself: I’m Nick, 27 years old. After finishing college and working at my first job I decided I wanted to see the world and travel, so I quit my job and bought a ticket to Brazil. I traveled all across South America, had a great time there and just got back. I’m medium height and weight and that’s all I’m going to tell about myself for now. It’s very hard to be objective when writing about yourself.

I don’t exactly know why, but I had a somewhat rough night, waking up every two hours or so until finally at 6:30 AM I woke up again and decided to start my day. I knew that everybody would still be fast asleep so I thought I’d brew myself a batch of hot coffee and maybe checkout a nice swimming spot by the river a friend told me about. It was supposed to be “hard to find but worth the trouble” as he put it, and a walking distance from the cabins.

I walked out of the cabin silently and went down to the kitchen, enjoying the crisp early morning air. I finished making a pot of coffee, poured myself a steaming mug and sat down, when I heard a door closing gently from one of the cabins and after a few hushed footstep, I saw my cousin Emma walking in through the kitchen door with a tired early morning smile on her face.

Now for those who don’t know my cousin Emma, here’s a brief summary: my cousin is a year and half younger than me, same height as me which is tall for a girl, has mid-length light-brown hair and used to be a bit on the heavy side until a few years ago. Now she has a great, not too skinny figure, and though I never really thought about her that way, there always seemed to be a bit of flirting going on on her part, and I couldn’t deny that she was attractive. Also, she was one of my favorite cousins if not the favorite, and the same was true the other way around.

“Morning cousin”, she said with a tired face.

“Morning”, I answered, “Why up so early?”

“I could ask the same”, she retorted with grin.

But continued to answer and told me that she was used to waking up early every day because of her work at the bakery.

I told her about my lousy night and offered a cup of coffee, which she took happily and sat down.

We sat there and talked, me telling more adventure stories from my travels and her talking about work and all that she has been up to. We both enjoyed talking to each other very much and during our conversation she asked me if I knew what the family’s plan for the day was which I didn’t. I looked at my watch, saw it was still early, and told her about my plan to go to the river for a swim, I even told her about the secret spot my friend told me about, and asked her if she wants to join, both of us knowing that most of the family won’t be up

for a while. She agreed gladly and the two of us went to our cabins to quietly change into bathing suits.

We met up a few minutes after, Emma still wearing the same shorts and shirt she was wearing before, but probably now with a bathing suit underneath, and me wearing the same shirt but with swimming trunks. We started heading towards the place me friend told me about. We walked for a bit talking, and I found myself for the first time, as far I could remember, noticing Emma’s body. I looked at how sexy she was, imagined what she would look like in her swimwear, and wondered how come I never noticed it before. My thoughts were cut short when we reached the spot.

It was beautiful: A wide quiet riverbank, lots of shade, calm blue waters, perfect water depth and the morning sun glistening on the water. We stood there for a minute taking in the tranquil atmosphere of the place.

“Wow, this place is really nice”, Emma said and I agreed.

“You know what it reminds me of?” I asked, a memory popping into my mind.

“When I was in South America, whenever I would go backpacking or camping, and there was a lake or river next to where I would sleep, I would wake up in the morning and take a dip in the water, naked. It was always so refreshing”.

I thought I was just telling an amusing story, but when I looked up at Emma’s face she looked a bit uncomfortable.

“And what if there were people around?” she asked after a second to my relief.

“Then I would usually just put some distance between us or wait for them to leave. Trust me, there’s no better way to start a long day of hiking”, I answered in hope to lighten her up and finish talking about the subject.

Emma was quiet for a few seconds, thinking, and then said: “You can go ahead and enter the river naked if you want”.

My mouth went dry the second the words came out of her mouth.