As always, all people in this story are over 18 years of age, and consenting. This particular work is a good memory from many years ago.
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The best thing about summer is the options we have to have fun outside. With about a dozen springs within driving distance from home, we chose a familiar one. No sense in gambling on the days enjoyment. It’s not even crowded this time of year, as all the locals who live there are beach bound. Like us they are looking for something different than what they have all year. So you and I get our sunscreen, strip down to our bathing suits, and wade into the cold water.
We had been friends for years, one of those kinds of friendships where we didn’t even know how it started, just that it happened sometime in high school. A few years out of that and we capitalized on being mutually single to start fooling around, becoming friends with benefits shortly after. Today was about the friends part, and we just tooled about in the water, warming up to it and chatting back and forth as we played near the head of the spring. Aside from a few minutes spent huddled up in the shade of the canopy overhead while we rested, we tried to stay moving to keep warm. Soon we were worn out and swam back to the river, following the current all the way back to the dock, climbing out into the sun and taking to the deck.