Best Friends Share

The Morning After

Chelsea and Tami awoke feeling fulfilled and happy. They had gotten exactly what they wanted and it had been better than they expected. Roger and Mike woke happy, then it dawned on them what they had done. Guilt and remorse quickly hit both men. They couldn’t even look at each other. Tami and Chelsea were first out of bed and ran into the bath to shower. Mike and Roger lay back on the bed staring at the ceiling hoping the other wasn’t yet awake and dreading the moment he would have to confront the father of the girl he had abused.

The girls came out of the bath, laughing and happy, “Wake up sleepyheads. We’re hungry after working so hard last night.” They both broke into peals of laughter.

That’s when Tami noticed the grim looks on both men’s faces. “What?” she asked.

Mike knew he was about to get it again. “No tears,” he said. Roger had to laugh since he had just had the same thought.

Chelsea said, “Okay no tears. What’s wrong?”

Roger answered for both, “What we did last night” we shouldn’t have done that. I can’t even look at Mike today knowing I abused his daughter.”

“Abused?” Tami looked at Mike. “Daddy, do I look abused or deliriously happy?”

“You look happy,” he said.

Chelsea put hands on hips and stared down at her father, “Daddy, do I look abused or happy?”

“You look happy,” he admitted.

“So it looks like you and Mike got abused since Tami and me are happy and you two look like you are sucking lemons. So did you get abused by two girls?” she asked.

“No, of course not,” Roger said. “But””

Chelsea cut him off, “But me no buts. Who got abused?”

“I guess no one,” Roger admitted.

Tami smiled, “Good, them get your lazy behinds out of bed and buy us some breakfast. We need to get our strength back after having our innocence stolen last night,” Tami put the back of her hand to her forehead and swooned, all very theatrically. Chelsea burst into laughter.

Mike and Roger had both been around women long enough to know when they were licked. They looked to each other. Roger shrugged and Mike smiled in defeat. “Breakfast it is.”

It was Sunday and the repair garage wasn’t even open so they knew they were stuck there another night. The men quietly went up to the desk and asked about separate rooms, not that the girls would have allowed that. The girls would have swapped rooms anyway. They had plans. But all the rooms were booked right at the height of salmon season.

Mid morning they were sitting in the lodge and Mike asked the girls. “We have nothing to do. You guys want to try fishing?”

“Sure that would be better than sitting here,” Chelsea answered. Tami nodded.

Mike and Roger went to the desk. Yep, the lodge rented complete gear. The owner suggested that they try spinners from the banks of the river. Fly fishing for beginners wasn’t a good idea. He told the men of a good place within walking distance, right where a spawning creek ran down to the river.

They rented gear and four rods, bought sunscreen and took off down the river. There were tall trees growing right down the bank of the creek.