- Chapter 6 -

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Tobias and Jack awoke in their tent the next morning. On the canvas of their tent, a light drizzle could be heard. Jack was surprised to find himself waking up naked in his sleeping bag. He couldn't remember returning to their tent the night before.

Tobias had a whole different thing to recollect from the night before. For a brief moment, he believed it had all been a dream. He couldn't remember when Elliot had left, but he wasn't in their tent anymore. When he looked over at Jack, he noticed that his younger brother was also waking up. 'Should I tell him?' Tobias pondered. He decided against it, not without discussing it first with Elliot.

Jack crawled out of his sleeping bag and noticed it was quite a lot colder today. Naked, he sat on his back and went through his bag to find something appropriate to wear. Feeling how cold it was, and hearing the light rain on the tent, he decided he'd wear slacks and a jumper. Perhaps even his jacket. As he got dressed, he looked over at his older brother, who was now also getting out of his sleeping bag.

Tobias was as naked as he was, which surprised Jack. That hardly ever happened, Tobe always slept in his undies, at the very least. Another thing he noticed was that his older brother was sporting some serious morning wood and wasn't trying to hide it as he usually did. What had happened to his prudish brother?

As Jack continued to dress, he noticed that his brother was dressed almost identically. The same colour slacks and the same jumper. Their mother liked getting them matching sets as if they were twins. The only difference was that Tobias was wearing undies, while Jack had chosen not to wear any. But who was going to notice such a minor detail?

After both boys had gotten dressed, they put away their bags and tried to put their tent back in order. Tobias was quick in hiding his soiled underwear when he found it, it had almost been stuffed beneath Jack's pillow. That could have been awkward! He stuffed it in the bag in which everything was supposed to go that needed to get washed, they would get around to that later in the week as they started running out of clothes.

Dressed and ready, both boys emerged from the tent. Outside, everything seemed to be wet. Not drenched, but they could see some small trickles of water running down the outside of their tent. The wet grass beneath their sneakers was also quickly beginning to soak through the fabric of their shoes. Their dry socks were not going to last long in these conditions.

Elliot's tent had just opened as they were closing theirs, and they saw him getting out as well. He appeared to be prepared for the wilderness, dressed in dark cargo pants, heavy boots, and a camo hoodie.

Elliot had discovered that his stubbed toe had more or less healed, so he had removed the bandage. In his boots, it wouldn't have been very comfortable anyway. It was still smarting a little, but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle.

To Elliot's surprise, both brothers were up at the same time as himself. He had gotten up somewhat early, as he looked around, hardly anyone else could be seen between the tents. Most kids must still be sleeping. He had some trouble waking up early as he was getting older, but he still liked getting up early whenever possible. Normally, at camp, he might be greeted by an amazing sunrise over the lake, but that did not appear to be on the schedule for today. The sky was overcast and a light drizzle fell from it. The sun was nowhere to be seen, though it must already be up, seeing how light it already was.

When Elliot felt Jack's arms wrap around him in a bear hug, he was surprised. "Well hello, good morning sunshine!" he said as he ruffled Jack's hair. He felt another set of slightly larger arms wrap around him after a brief moment. Tobias was also hugging him, which caught Elliot off guard. Tobias had not really appeared to be a big hugger so far. At least, not until late last night, as he remembered vividly. A grin appeared on his face as he remembered last night. Throughout yesterday, though, Tobias had come across as slightly reserved. Very much in contrast to his younger brother, who was an absolute extrovert.

Despite the cold, Elliot felt himself warming up between the two brothers. Not just from their bodies, but the physical sensation of being appreciated was not something he often got. Not like this. Relaxing into it, he felt he could get used to this. Despite his efforts to persuade them otherwise, his own family was not fond of hugging. Something he missed very much.

The boys let go, and Elliot took a look at his watch. It was only six-thirty, very early indeed. Even though the sun wasn't there, he was hoping the lake would still be an impressive sight. He motioned for Jack and Tobias to follow him, and together they started walking down the dirt path to the communal area. They would have to cross it and go past the equipment shed at the other end to get to the lake. Unsurprisingly, there was no one at the campfires and the main building still looked dark and closed.

The lake came into view as they walked around the shed. A sandy beach ran along the shore, gently sloping into the water. On the right, there was a wide floating dock that stretched several meters across the water. The dock was used not only to get in and out of the canoes but also to see who could make the biggest splash when jumping into the lake.

They walked up the dock until they reached the end. The dock was high enough that they could sit on the edge and dangle their legs without getting their feet wet, or rather, any wetter.

The drizzle stopped as the three of them sat down, and it appeared that it was still progressively becoming brighter outside. Because the cold air could now reach the water unhindered, a mist formed across the lake's surface, indicating that the lake itself was still quite warm.

"You know, this view is even better when the sun's out," Elliot said, taking in the still impressive sight. "The sunrise across this lake looks amazing." All three boys continued looking at the lake, mesmerized. It was absolutely quiet, except for a few birds that were just waking up. This far away from the camp, you would not hear any of the campers, not even when they went to the main building. The breeze swept the wisps of mist into motion, and the boys pointed out figures they saw appearing. A horse, a man, somebody dancing.

Elliot was sitting on the left, with Tobias on his right and Jack next to his brother. They were huddled up close, as it was still rather cold outside. Elliot felt his hip and leg touch Tobias. Yesterday, that would have seemed a completely normal thing. After last night, he could not help but remember Tobias pressed up against him in a totally different way. But, with Jack here, he could not either of them know what he was feeling. He might freak out Tobias as well, as he did not know how much Jack knew about his brother being gay. Tobe had told him he had not yet told anyone, but Jack seemed to know plenty of other things as well. The kid wasn't stupid. He sighed, partly because of the wonder of what he was seeing and in equal part because of the wonderful things he was feeling.

After having been sitting there for who knew how long, Jack suddenly stood up. "Sorry guys, I gotta go, again," he said, holding the front of his pants again. That's the problem with tiny bladders.

Elliot got up as well, figuring they'd have to hike back to the toilet building, so Jack could relieve his poor bladder. However, as he got up and was giving Tobias a hand to get up as well, Jack just stood at the edge of the dock and started fiddling with his pants. The button opened and the zip came down. It looked like Jack had no intention of going back to the campsite.

Elliot shrugged, continued lifting Tobias, and decided to follow suit. He stood at the edge as well and started undoing his pants. Jack by now had his pants undone, but without any underwear to give a little resistance, his pants just plummeted down to his feet, leaving him halfway exposed to the elements.

Jack could feel the cold air brush against his bottom, it sent a shiver up his spine, and the cold momentarily seemed to freeze up the urgent need to piss he had felt. He looked to his left and saw that Elliot was now also at the edge and was just fishing out his dick from his underwear. Elliot's pants didn't fall down, Jack's mouth did. Compared to himself, and even his brother, Elliot was huge. Not as big as he had seen on some grownups at the pool, but to his ten-year-old eyes, still pretty impressive!

Tobias was now left looking at the two boys who were getting ready to take a leak in the lake. He was not sure if he dared join in. He had difficulty peeing outdoors where other people could see him, even when he could hide behind a tree or some bushes. Here, there was no place to hide behind, and they were with the three of them.

Then he considered that he'd seen his younger brother naked plenty of times, and Elliot was not exactly going to get a big surprise either. Though Jack would not know that. 'Oh hell,' he thought and got on the edge as well while unzipping his pants.

In just a few seconds, all three of them were standing on the edge, one of them presenting a bright white butt to the world. Dicks in hand, Jack was the first to let his stream flow. He sighed in relief. Elliot followed with a significantly stronger stream, and he tried crossing streams with Jack. Tobias' anxious bladder decided to relax as well after hearing all the clatter on the water from the other boys. He joined in on the swordplay with the boys' piss streams. He had not realized how full his bladder had been, and he surprised the other two boys when he shot his stream way further than them.

As the streams subsided and ended in some drips that had to be shaken off, none of the boys hurried in getting their dicks back in their pants. They were looking at each other, and not making it a very big secret. It's a thing boys do. When you have a good chance to compare, you take your time. Even though he was the youngest, Jack was surprised as he felt a spike appear between his fingers, he was getting hard fast!

Elliot was looking at Tobias and Jack in turn. Both brothers looked a lot alike, but Tobias was definitely further along in development. He had a clearly defined, hanging nutsack and his dick was no longer just what you'd see on a young boy. He was right on the cusp of puberty. He looked beyond Tobias and saw Jack standing there with a tiny but rock hard cocklet between his fingers. A single drop of urine still hanging from the flap of foreskin that hung from the end. Both boys were uncircumcised, just like him.

Before Elliot could get worried about getting hard himself, they were all brought out of their reverie by the sound of a whistle blowing once. Had they been here this long?

Jack bent over quickly, grabbed his pants and hoisted them up. Pulling up the zipper extra carefully, he had learned this the hard way when he had stopped wearing underwear, he was quickly decent again. Elliot and Tobias took a second longer, looking at each other and into each other's eyes. Then they put their bits away as well and turned around. Jack had been too busy to notice the exchange.

They hurried back to the campsite, past the shed, and were among the first to arrive at the main building's doorway. Again, Hugo was there to guide everyone in and he appeared to be doing a headcount as everyone filed in.

The boys found David at the same place at their table and they joined him. Elliot had not forgotten how much David had helped him when he had arrived at the camp and he quickly hugged David to say good morning, then he sat down as well.

Hugo gave another brief introductory speech, reminding everyone of the day's program and that they had better decide what they wanted to do. He indicated that the middle table could go first to the serving line this time, followed by the table to its left. It wouldn't be long before Jack, Tobias, and Elliot got their turn.

Breakfast was frantic and loud. It appeared that many of the kids had gotten to know each other and were now chatting amongst themselves.

Before they knew it, the boys were putting away their trays again and got David's consent to leave the table.

The evening before, at the campfire, Tobias and Elliot had also discussed what they wanted to do today. Both thought that going bushcrafting with camp leader Scott sounded like a lot of fun, though both were a bit afraid they'd end up roasting snails or eating worms by the end of the day. Jack actually looked excited at the prospect of eating worms, and he was all in on the boys' plans. Funny guy.

They could see Scott busy gathering supplies from the shed as they walked out. The boys assumed he was gathering baskets for collecting things from the forest. In addition, there was a small pile of shovels. The three of them walked over to Scott, who just returned with another arm full of baskets.

"Hi guys," Scott said as he turned to face the boys. "You weren't going to join me in the woods today, were you?" he inquired, putting down the baskets.

"Yes, and we're going to eat worms!" exclaimed Jack, nodding enthusiastically.

Scott pulled up his nose in disgust, "I'm not too sure about the worms," he said, "but there are some fantastic mushrooms out there!"

Tobias looked shocked, he had always been told never to eat mushrooms from the forest. You could die!

Scott noticed the boy's expression, "Good, I see you know you should never just eat any mushroom you find!" He got a small pocketbook from one of the large pockets on his trousers. 'A guide to wild mushrooms' was written on it. He threw it to Tobias, who only just managed to catch it.

"Each of you will be given one of these. And before you get to try any mushrooms, I want you to look up and name all of the mushrooms you've discovered," Scott explained. "And if you get them right, and I'm sure nobody will be dying or tripping out of their minds tonight, I'll show you how to clean and prepare them."

Tobias leafed through the book. There were very clear pictures of all kinds of mushrooms, and you could easily see which were edible, and which were dangerous.

"Most of these can be eaten I see," he told Scott, "I thought most mushrooms were dangerous, but there's just a few of them in here."

"That's right," Scott explained,"Most dangerous mushrooms don't even look very appetizing. They are brightly coloured, or slimy. It's the ones that look like they are trying to hide that you want to get," he wiggled his finger now. "But you still have to be careful and I want to check each and everyone!"

The boys would not even dare take a chance with mushrooms. But it was thrilling that they would be gathering things that would be either delicious... or lethal!

By now, more kids were gathering outside and a small group was forming around Scott and the boys. There were about as many girls as there were boys. Elliot did a quick headcount, and he thought he counted about twenty in their group. He had to guess a little, as everybody kept moving.

Scott stood up on a log that was sat next to the shed, making a perfect little podium for him to get everyone's attention. He clapped his hands and everyone turned around to face him. Quickly all the kids quieted down and Scott knew he had their attention now.

"Okay, campers," he began, looking around at everyone, "we're going shopping in the forest today!" He indicated the baskets at his feet. "You will divide into groups of two or three and everyone grabs a basket, a shovel and one of these guidebooks." He pointed at a stack of guidebooks in one of the baskets.

"Now, this is very important, you will also be gathering mushrooms today. We have had a few wet days over the past two weeks, so there should be plenty," he looked at them all with a warning look. "Mushrooms can be very dangerous! I don't want any of you trying a mushroom before you have shown them to me and told me which of the edible mushrooms you think it is, you can use your guidebook for that."

"There is more to find than just mushrooms, there should also still be some blackberries left on the bushes. You can eat those on the go if you want. I suggest you also look for some herbs and plants to make a nice tea. You might be surprised to know that nettle is very good for making tea, and very healthy as well. Just be careful not to get stung, avoid touching the leaves barehanded."

"If you're lucky, you may even find some chestnuts or hazelnuts, they are perfect for roasting." Scott continued. "There is one important rule I want you to keep in mind though," he said, "if you're in doubt if you can eat it, just leave it alone. Don't pick anything or damage anything that you may not be using. We're a guest in the forest and we should treat it with respect!"

Scott had finished his brief speech, but everyone was waiting to see if there would be more. Feeling a little awkward and unsure of how to proceed, he did a little bow as if he were in a theatre and stepped off the log. The kids caught on, and quickly a few groups were starting to form. Naturally, the boys formed a group of three.

Going from group to group, Scott made sure everyone was paired up and ready to go. He sent one of the girls back to her tent to get some proper pants because the skimpy shorts she had been wearing were bound to get her some scrapes and scratches as she went through the forest.

When he was satisfied that everyone was ready and well-supplied, he told them to return by noon. "Don't worry about the lunchtime whistle; we'll be cooking out today and making our own lunches with what we've gathered!" Most of them were surprised; they realized they'd have to eat what they gathered. And if they didn't want to go hungry, they'd better gather enough!

Scott clapped his hands again to get everyone's attention and began walking out to the forest's edge. Behind him, a line of campers formed, and everyone followed Scott along the dirt path, between the tent fields, to the dark edge of the coniferous forest. There were actually trees of all kinds, not just pines, but when you inhaled deeply, you could clearly smell that the majority of the trees were evergreens. The sweet scent of pine resin permeated everything.

As the boys stepped through the first line of trees, it felt as if they had gotten swallowed up by the forest and had entered an entirely different world.

Scott gave a few more words of warning, cautioning everyone not to pass any yellow marked trees. And off he sent all the teams. He himself would be going through the forest as well, checking in on all the teams whenever he encountered a group.

Jack dashed ahead of the boys, he looked eager to get away from everyone else. He gestured to the boys to keep up and the three of them quickly penetrated the forest. At first, they lost sight of everyone, but they could still hear the other groups whenever someone exclaimed they had made a find. But soon, the sounds also disappeared and all they could hear was themselves, birds and the rustling of pine needles and leaves. The weather had slightly improved. It wasn't sunny, but at least it had stopped raining. The forest was still slightly damp from the rain in the morning.

Tobias had gotten the guidebook out and was leafing through it. Elliot was keeping an eye out for anything they might be able to scavenge. But it was Jack who hollered out first that he had found something. The boys quickly went over to Jack, who had still been running ahead of them.

Next to Jack was a huge blackberry bush and there were still plenty of blackberries left for picking. Elliot picked on and it almost squished between his fingers, it was that ripe. He stuck it in his mouth and it was mouthwatering sweet and delicious. He couldn't help moaning in excitement. These were the best blackberries ever! He picked another, ate it, and moaned again, eliciting a badly suppressed giggle from Tobias.

Jack and Tobias got stuck in as well. Probably as many blackberries into the boy's mouths, as went into the baskets. In fifteen minutes, all three of them had purple fingers and lips. What a treat. Finding good blackberries to pick became harder after a while, and soon there seemed to be none left. All three boys looked satiated.

"What a find, Jack!" Elliot praised the boy, who returned a purple grin in turn. "Now let's go see if we can find some mushrooms!"

The three of them spread out but were careful to stay within sight of each other. Soon they realized that most mushrooms could be found on dead trees, not on living ones. They started focussing in on some old logs and Tobias soon spotted some big mushrooms. "Look!" he exclaimed.

He pointed to be a big plume of what must be a very strange mushroom indeed. It looked more like lettuce, or a head of cauliflower. He took out his guide again and started comparing it to pictures. Soon, he found a match.

"Ha," he exclaimed, "I knew it!" He pointed the big mushroom out to Jack and Tobias. "See how it looks just like a cauliflower? Guess what, it's actually called a cauliflower mushroom!"

When Jack pressed his finger against it, he discovered it to be surprisingly dense and resistant, almost meatlike. He had anticipated it being soft and slimy. "How do we, uhm, pick it?" he asked, looking at it from every angle, trying to figure out how to get it loose.

Elliot carefully placed the small shovel they had been given under the mushroom, and gently wedged it underneath. With a couple of twists of his wrist, the mushroom sprung loose and Jack could only just catch it.

"That did it," Elliot said, smiling.

Tobias pointed at the other mushrooms. "Let's get those as well," he said. The boys made quick work of picking the other mushrooms, one handling the shovel, another catching the cauliflower-like mushroom.

In a couple of minutes, half their basket was full. They had blackberries and these heads of 'cauliflower'. They decided to continue onwards.

After a couple of minutes, Jack was again the first to make a discovery, he had found a big yellow paint mark on a tree. As the boys looked to the left and right, they noticed there was a line of trees that were all marked the same way, clearly, this was the edge of where they were allowed to go by themselves.

Tobias skipped over to the next tree, and he noticed a steep decline right behind the tree. It looked like it might be just about possible to get up or down, but only just. But as he peered down, he could see a big walnut tree down there, walnuts littered all over the forest floor.

"Guys, quick, I've found the motherlode!" and Tobias pointed down at the huge walnut tree.

"But, it's behind the yellow line," Jack remarked, sounding very hesitantly. He knew where this was going. One Tobe had his mind on something, there would be no stopping him.

"Sure, but look, it's only a little bit down this hill, and we can climb right back up once we have enough," Tobias tried to reason. He loved walnuts!

Elliot looked as hesitant as Jack, he knew he'd be the tie-breaker either way. Would he go down and fill the rest of the basket with walnuts, or would they stick to the rules and continue looking for something else? It really looked like it would be a problem to get up or down, it was steep, but there were hardly any obstacles.

Finally, he shrugged. "Let's go get us some walnuts," he decided.

Jack whimpered a little, but he was not about to be left behind on top. His brother was already scooting down the slope on his behind, it was almost like sledding down a snow hill. He sat himself down on the edge and scooted forward. Quickly he found the layer of leaves sliding quite easily beneath him, and he rushed down behind Tobias, quickly followed by Elliot.

As they slid to a stop at the bottom, Jack looked back up. It looked much higher from down here than it had looked deep from up there. For just a moment, he wondered how they were going to get back up. Then he felt the first walnut crunch beneath his feet.

Jack saw that both Elliot and his brother were already busy picking up fallen walnuts. Checking to see if they were still intact and not rotten. He decided to join in and pulled out his shirt a bit so that he could collect the walnuts he picked in it by holding it out like a basket. The cool breeze on his bare belly tickled a little, making him giggle.

Elliot looked over at the giggling Jack and noticed he was holding out his shirt to collect walnuts, he wondered what had made him giggle like that. "What?" he inquired, raising his eyebrows.

"I'm getting forest tickles," Jack said, finding his newfound word incredibly funny and now actually laughing. A couple of his gathered walnuts fell out of his shirt basket.

Elliot just shook his head. Apparently, this one ten-year-old's humour and it went over his head. Momentarily, he felt incredibly old, despite being only three years older. He looked a bit longer at Jack, he was awfully cute, standing there with his shirt pulled out and halfway up his chest.

Jack looked over and noticed Elliot staring, "Hey, a picture lasts longer!" he quipped. Elliot quickly realised that he had been very obviously staring and he had been caught in the act.

"Sorry, you just look cute like that, little guy," he apologized.

Jack quickly did a very model-like pose, one hand on his side, his hand under his chin, looking very coy. "Why, thank you, sir!" And he laughed as he rushed up to a new spot with walnuts.

Elliot shook his head again, these guys! He did feel he was getting more and more relaxed around them. Though, he still did not think that he and Tobias should tell Jack just how relaxed they had gotten back in the tent, while he was asleep. A blush gathered on his cheeks as he remembered the night's events. He could still clearly feel Tobe's hand on his dick, and the thought made him tent right up in his pants. He walked over to Tobias, looked if Jack was busy, and as he made to bend down and pick something up, he slid his hand into the back pocket of Tobias' pants, grabbing a handful of ass and squeezing just a little bit.

Tobias shot up, startled. He had not expected to feel his butt squeezed. He dropped the walnut he had just picked up and he looked over his shoulder at Elliot as he bent back down.

Quietly he whispered, "What are you doing, Jack might see!" He sounded worried.

Elliot looked over at Jack, who still had their back turned to them and had all his attention on the new load of walnuts he had found.

Softly, Elliot squeezed again, eliciting a soft moan from Tobias. "I couldn't help myself, I was thinking about last night," now it was Elliot's turn to giggle. He felt a bit giddy. Actually, he thought he recognised the feeling he had. Last year, he had secretly drunk half a glass of beer at a party they were at. He had gotten a bit tipsy and had felt the same giddy feeling he had now in his stomach. A bit light-headed, perhaps even a little reckless.

Tobias looked over his other shoulder and saw that Jack was indeed not looking, quickly, he turned back, and before he could hesitate, he planted a kiss right on Elliot's lips. His heart was beating a thousand beats a minute. The idea of getting caught by Jack as he was secretly kissing someone, a boy, was a huge adrenaline rush. And an even bigger turn on. The kiss lingered for a moment, he could feel Elliot trying to get some tongue, but that was just a bit too much for right now. He broke away and stepped a bit to his right, Elliot's hand slipped out of his back pocket and he could feel each individual finger caress his butt as they slipped out of the pocket.

Both boys were now panting from excitement and deeply flushed in the face. Hormones were a bitch!

"Look!" They heard Jack yell out, and that quickly brought them back to the here and now. They looked where Jack was pointing and in between the trees they could see a wall made of stacked logs.

As they were already down here, and being normal curious boys, they did not hesitate and quickly went to investigate. As they neared the wall, they saw that there were no doors or windows on this side, so they continued down the wall to the right and stopped at the edge. Would it be safe to walk to the other side? What if there was anyone in there? Was this someone's house?

Elliot, being the oldest, decided he also had to be the bravest, so he quickly peered around the corner. Not seeing anyone, he stepped around the wall and looked around. There was a bit of a clearing here and on this side, there was a door and even a shuttered window.

He stepped over to the door and he heard the two brothers follow in his steps. He noticed a small sign right to the left of the door. It read "Camp Greenfields - Natural Forest baths".

Out of curiosity, Elliot tried the handle on the door, and to his surprise, the door was not locked. As he stepped in, he noticed it was not very dark inside. There were skylights on the roof that brought in quite a lot of light. He decided that, if this was the property of Camp Greenfields, and the door was not locked, it would surely not be a problem if he, a seasoned camper of Camp Greenfields, entered.

He heard Tobias hissing his name from the door, "Elliot!"

He continued in and waved for Tobias to come in as well. Tobias stuck his head through the door, looked left, looked right, and as he didn't see anyone, he stepped in as well. Quickly followed by Jack, who was again not wanting to be left behind.

As Elliot stepped further into the large cabin-like structure, he noticed it was much warmer in here than it had been outside, and humid. As his eyes got accustomed to the darker interior, he noticed that what had looked like a big black square was actually a pool of water. It was surrounded by a wooden pathway. Obviously, it was a kind of pool. To his left, there was another door that led to a kind of secluded room. He stepped closer and now that he could see more clearly, he could read a small sign on the door. "Sauna, no clothes allowed. No mixed entry."

Tobias was now also getting accustomed to the light and he whistled through his teeth in amazement. "Gosh, it's a freaking pool!"

Jack clung to his brother, very apprehensive of the strange and somewhat dark environment. As he heard 'pool', he looked up and realised as well that the big black square was indeed a pool full of very still water. He let go of his brother and moved closer to the pool. Getting on his knees he stuck his hand out to feel the water. To his surprise, the water was very warm, almost like when they ran the bath at home at a very high temperature. "It's really hot!" he exclaimed.

It was as if Jack had yelled in a library. The cabin was extremely quiet and Jack's voice seemed to bounce off of the water surface and reverberate a little in the cabin. The pool must be easily a few meters wide. Elliot joined Jack and knelt down to feel the water. It really was very warm. Almost uncomfortable. He looked around, he had not seen any sign of there being electricity in the cabin or anything that looked like water or gas pipes.

"I don't get it, how come it's warm? There's no heating here," he wondered out loud.

Tobias had wandered to the other wall where he could see a big wooden board that had something writing on it. He started reading and quickly understood what they had found.

"Guys, listen," he said. "This pool is actually a natural hot spring. They built the cabin right on top of it so that it doesn't get full of leaves and dead animals," he continued reading.

"Oh wow," he exclaimed, "the sign says the spring is free for use for any Camp Greenfields campers who find it, as long as you leave the cabin as clean as you have found it. And there should also be a sauna!"

Jack jumped up and quickly turned to Elliot as he was the oldest person present. "Pleaasssee!!!" he started pleading, "can we get in!?" Jack was actually jumping up and down. Elliot looked at his watch. They still had plenty of time, and they did not even need to be back exactly at lunchtime. He looked at Tobias, who was now investigating the door that lead to the sauna.

"What do you think, Tobe?" he asked.

Jack now rushed over to his brother and started jumping up and down next to him.

"I guess we'd better, or this water rat will not give us the time of day for the rest of camp, I think," he said.

Elliot shrugged. The sign clearly said they were allowed to be in here, they had gathered a full basket of edibles. He did not see any harm in taking a break. Plus, he preferred a hot bath over the camp showers any day. Then he realized, they had not brought any swimming gear.

"What about, uhm, our clothes?" he indicated what they were wearing. But as he was still finishing his sentence, Jack was already stripping down to his undies. Looking a moment at both Jack and Elliot, the undies were quickly tossed on the pile of his clothes.

"Well, I guess that answers that, I take it we're skinnydipping," Elliot said.

Tobias looked a bit more hesitant, "Are you sure it's safe?"

Elliot thought for a moment. "Wellll, strictly speaking, we are not really supposed to be here either, as this spring is outside of the yellow line. So I don't think we'll have to worry about any of the other kids out there gathering to bother us."

That made sense to Tobias, and he started to push off his shoes.

Jack was already at the water's edge and was sitting on his bare bottom at the side of the pool, carefully trying to dip in a toe. Elliot wished he had a camera on him. It was a shame that they weren't allowed to hold on to their phones at camp. He would just have to try real hard to form a mental picture. The cute, nude, ten year old looked like someone from a vintage postcard. Back from the time when people always went swimming naked. He had found some old YMCA photos in which kids were getting swimming lessons, in the nude! It was the norm back then. How times change!

Tobias had, by now, pulled off his shirt and was standing there in just his pants. Elliot quickly followed the brother's lead and got to stripping down as well. He neatly folded his clothes though and put them to the side on a small wooden bench.

As he folded his pants and put them down together with his shirt and underwear, he had his back to both Tobias and Jack. Suddenly, he felt a hand on his bare bottom. He nearly tossed over his neatly folded stack of clothes and noticed Tobias was standing right behind him, giving him payback for earlier under the tree. His hand was almost in his buttcrack and he could Tobe's pinky finger almost caressing his hole. 'NO, this was not the time to bone up!' he thought loudly to himself. Not that had ever helped. Tobias quickly relented though, knowing it was much easier to get caught now that Jack was not as distracted.

They walked over to Jack and sat down as well at the water's edge. Jack was to Elliot's left, Tobias to his right.

All three of the boys had by now pretty much adjusted to the dim light in the cabin and they could see that there was a kind of stone bench in the water. The water was incredibly clear, it was just very dark. Most modern pools had underwater lighting, but, this being in the middle of a forest, there were no lights other than the skylights on the roof.

Jack had both legs in the water by now and had firmly planted his feet on the stone bench. Elliot found the water to be hot, but tolerable, so he quickly got both legs in as well. As he stood up, he felt he was still partway to getting a boner, and before Jack could notice, he decided to sit down in the water and hide his predicament in the dark waters of the pool. He felt the hot water rush up along his body, reaching chest height. Jack followed his example, and the water came up to his neck. He could hardly keep his head above water.

Spluttering, Tobias was now getting in the water as well, but as he did, he slipped and went in all the way. As he got up, his long blonde hair was now wet and clinging to his head. The water came to Tobias' shoulders.

Jack was obviously struggling to keep his head above the water, the seat was just a little bit too deep for him.

Before Elliot could react, Jack was suddenly scooting over and planting his ass in Elliot's lap. "Sorry, I need a seat," Jack explained. As if it was the most natural thing in the world to plant your ass on someone's lap. Pretty much straight on Elliot's dick.

Elliot looked quite shocked, and Tobias laughed as he saw the expression on his friend's face. He wiped some wet hair out of his eyes. "Sorry dude, my brother has no regard for people being naked. He does this with me all the time as well in the bath," he said.

Elliot's eyes grew wider, they both went to bath at the same time? His mind quickly spun some very hot images into his imagination, and having Jack's little butt wiggle on his dick was not helping things. He could not help it, he felt blood rush into his dick and he was about the get the boner of all boners!

"Uhm, Jack, you'd better get off..." he tried to say, but Jack had already felt something poking up on his behind. Jack reached down and back, and slid his hand between his butt and Elliot's lap, getting a good feel of a rather swollen cock.

"Someone's happy to see me!" He said. Feeling a bit more he added, "Gosh, you're bigger than Tobe!"

Jack's hand on his now full-on boner caused Elliot to involuntarily moan. "Yeah, but I'm older and I'm sure you normally don't feel up your brother like you're doing me!"

Jack quickly realised what he was doing and let go. "Sorry," he whimpered. He had shared many baths with Tobias and had often sat in his lap, but he had indeed never tried feeling up his own brother. It was just something that would never cross his mind while in the bath. Sure, he loved looking at Tobias and recently had been very intrigued by the changes he had seen happening to his brother's body, but he would never have dared touching him like he had just done to Elliot.

Elliot was still somewhat uncomfortable having his boner wedged in between Jack's butt cheeks, but not having a hand touching him up released some of the tension that had been quickly building up.

"Well, I'm not sure if he's that much bigger than me," Tobias said, and he slid a bit closer. Again Elliot could feel a hand sliding between him and Jack, and for a moment he thought Jack had returned to groping him. But then he realised the hand was larger, it was Tobe's!

Jack was now trying to look down his back as well to see who was getting between him and the dick in his buttcrack, realising it was his own brother. Even though he was only ten, he was no stranger to stiffies and he was now quickly getting one! He could feel Elliot's hard boner under him, and Tobias' hand was sliding over his wet and slick bottom. He scooted up a little and felt his brother's hand seize the moment and get a good handful of Elliot. He could feel that the hand started to slowly move up and down a little. 'No! Was he!? No way!' Jack thought, realising that his brother was slowly rubbing up and down Elliot's shaft.

Elliot's eyes were as big as owls! He could not believe what was happening. Just a moment ago, Tobias had been this careful eleven year old, afraid to get caught out by his brother and planting a quick kiss, or touching his behind. And now he was actively stroking him, with his brother almost planted on top of his dick! He felt the giddy, drunk, feeling coming over him again. He was both shocked, and terribly excited at the same time.

"Tobe," Elliot tried saying, but he did not really know what to say. He wanted this feeling to never stop, and he wanted it to stop right now because of Jack.

Jack wiggled his butt a little and then stood up, releasing Elliot's predicament at least a little.

He turned around and his stiff little cock was just above the waterline and almost against Elliot's chest. Jack looked down and was looking at what his brother was doing to their friend's cock.

"Look, Jack, this is how it's done," Tobias said, increasing the up and down motion on Elliot's dick. "This is real proper wanking. Remember, you wanted us to explain it?"

Now it all made sense to Jack, of course, they had promised to teach him what proper wanking was! That was what Tobe was doing. Intrigued, he stared down.

"How do you know how to hold it? And how long to keep going?" he asked, actually more interested in what he was about to learn than the fact that he was here with his brother and another boy, hard and naked.

"Well, you just have to remember what feels good for you, and try to do that as much as possible," Tobias said.

"But what if I don't know what the right way is and I'm doing it all wrong?" Jack asked, sounding worried.

Elliot was in seventh heaven and did not care about anything anymore. He reached in front of him and took Jack's little hard spike between two of his fingers. He tried pulling back on the foreskin, but it was still too tight to really get past the enclosed head. Give it some time, he thought, that'll become easier with plenty of practice! He carefully slid his fingers up and down as far as it would easily go, applying just a little bit of pressure. Slowly, he mixed things up by slightly twisting his hard around as well, almost making it look like he was milking a cow. With a teeny tiny teet. Jack's head fell back as waves of pure bliss went through his pelvis.

"Feel good?" his brother asked him. Jack could only nod vehemently. Elliot continued administering to Jack as Tobias was taking care of him. He was surprised to find it rather exciting to be holding such a little boy-dick, but he figured it must in part be because it was not just that, but that the boy's brother was right there too. He could feel Tobias squeezing his cock a little tighter, and he let out a loud moan.

"Look, if you do it just right, you can even hear if you're doing it right!" Tobias said in a very teacher-like tone.

Panting, Jack tried talking, "But when... when do the... the fireworks come?" As he said fireworks, his entire body tensed up and Elliot could feel the hard spike pulse in his fingers. Jack's eyes almost rolled back in his head and his knees started shaking. He plumped down ass first in the water and Elliot was forced to let go. Jack came back up and his face had a look of pure bliss on it as it came up from the water.

"That... was... the... best... EVER!" he said.

Tobias was now picking up speed on Elliot as well.

"Get ready for another lesson, Jack!" Tobias warned.

Jack looked askance and saw that Elliot was now slumped down on the seat, hands relaxed next to his body and his brother's arm pumping up and down fast on Elliot's cock. He could see the plump head of his cock emerging from Tobias' hand on each downstroke. Suddenly, Elliot took in a sharp breath and he arched his back. To Jack's surprise, Tobias stopped stroking on the downstroke and white strings of something appeared in waves from Elliot's dick.

"What's that? Is he peeing? In the pool!?" Jack exclaimed.

Elliot was too out of breath to answer, so Tobias continued his younger brother's sex education. "No, that's cum. Or, in school they'd say 'semen'," he explained. Jack tried to catch some in the water, but it drifted away from his hands and seemed to get caught in some kind of water current. It was being swept away from the boys to the edge of the pool.

"That's the baby stuff," Jack said, wisely.

"Only when you're old enough to make it, and you're with a girl, of course," Tobias said.

"Duh, boys don't get pregnant, even I know that!" Jack did not like being treated as if he knew nothing. He had heard plenty about sex, wanking and getting girls pregnant. Not that he was ever going to do that! Ewww! But he just didn't have any experience with how things really worked. It was not like books in school showed you how you do a proper wank, not as Elliot had just taught him.

Elliot was now beginning to come back from his high. He looked over at Tobias. "Lesson's over?" he asked.

Tobias looked at Jack, "Do you think you understand, now?" he asked.

Jack looked at his new friend and his brother, he could see just see through the dark water that Elliot was no longer as hard as he had just been, but he could also see that his brother was still sporting some serious wood. He considered that both him and Elliot had had their 'fireworks'. It seemed really unfair to keep his brother from getting the same.

"Would it be, uhm, weird, if you showed me yourself as well?" Jack ventured. He was not sure how his brother would react.

Tobias seemed to consider this for a moment. "Well, it would be kind of odd to just be jacking off here all by myself. Especially to you. You are my brother."

Jack quickly shook his head, "It's not weird, it's awesome!" he put a lot of emphasis on the awesome.

Elliot decided to go for payback and he reached over to Tobias. Before Tobias could react, he had a firm grip on the boys boner. It felt almost larger than it had in the tent. Perhaps that was because of all the hot water, instead of being in the cold tent. Tobias was smaller than himself, obviously, but he felt like he had something really nice to get a grip on in his hand.

"Let me take care of that then, and we're even," Elliot said.

Jack quickly agreed, "Yes, that's only fair!"

Elliot chuckled a little, it was hard to believe how gullible the young boy was. To him, this was just the promised sex-ed lesson. For Elliot and Tobias, it was a great repeat of last night's events. Elliot had to praise Tobias for his quick thinking and turning the groping session into a sex-ed lesson!

Tobias was in no way going to deny a free hand job, not even with his brother watching carefully at everything that was happening to him. In fact, it was turning him on even more. He relaxed and relented to Elliot's hand. He closed his eyes and soon felt another hand stroking up his leg. He figured Elliot was going to go at it with both hands, nice! Then he felt a third hand squeezing a nipple. Wait, what? Three hands? His eyes shot open. There was Elliot, squeezing his left nipple. But Jack was now almost next to him and he had his hand down his legs on his thigh. It was almost touching where Elliot was slowly going up and down. Elliot felt the other hand close in and let go for a moment. Jack quickly grasped his brother's dick with his smaller hand, and Elliot closed his hand around it. He slowly guided Jack's hand in moving up and down in the same slow rhythm he had used before. Tobias thought he was losing his mind!

Elliot looked at Jack and as their eyes met, he winked at Jack and held up the finger of his other hand to his mouth, indicating to Jack to remain quiet. Jack nodded his head. Elliot looked at Tobias, and he still had his eyes closed. He increased the speed at which he was helping Jack stroke his brother to his 'fireworks' and then closed in for a kiss. Jack opened his eyes in surprise as he saw Elliot kiss his brother right on the mouth! Just like parents did! It was a good thing that Elliot was guiding Jack's hand, as he would have forgotten what he was doing with what he was seeing!

At first, Jack felt very confused. This was not a thing he had ever seen boys do! This was a thing boys and girls, or a man and a woman did. Then he remembered his hand wrapped around his brother's dick and realised that was not something he had ever heard boys doing to each other either. To themselves, yes, but not to one another. Still, it felt really good and he felt he was as hard as a nail again himself. But that kiss, it was mind blowing. When he saw kissing on tv, that was so normal, he hardly noticed. But this, his brother, Elliot, their mouths! And it wasn't a quick peck either. This was a serious kiss. It was like they were trying to eat each other!

He was still sliding up and down his brother's shaft as he suddenly felt the throbbing increase and he could hear Tobias moaning even though his mouth was still covered with Elliot's. He quickly looked through the water to see the white swirls but was surprised to see none.

"Hey, no white stuff!" he exclaimed surprised.

Tobias and Elliot disengaged and Elliot looked down as well, "Nope, not yet, but I'm sure your brother will be shooting as well soon. He just needs more practice."

"Did I shoot any white stuff?" Jack asked? He had not bothered to check.

Both Tobias and Elliot laughed, but Elliot answered. "Not for a while yet. You'll need to be around my age. Actually, I only just started myself. It's something you need to be old enough for, it's a puberty thing."

That explained it, Jack thought, another thing to wait for until he was older.

Tobias chimed in, "Be happy little bro, dry cums are the best! You get all the fun, without any of the mess, and you're ready to go again in minutes!"

Elliot agreed, well, mostly. "No mess is amazing, but I must tell you, if you thought dry cumming is fireworks, then actual cumming is like an atom bomb!"

Tobias and Jack both looked amazed at the thought.

Elliot worried about something else now, with all the talk about cumming and sperm. "Uhm, guys, do you know where uhm, mine has gone?" he asked.

Jack pointed to the side of the pool, "It floated away down there," he indicated.

Elliot moved over to the side of the pool and he could actually hear a kind of gurgling sound. He put his head close to the water and could just peer down under the wooden overhang. He could see a kind of grate through which the water flowed out. Of course, if it's a hot spring, hot water must be coming in from down in the ground, but it would need to get out somewhere as well. Cool, instant pool cleaning!

He pointed at what he had found and explained it to the other boys. That was a relief. They had to leave the pool as clean as they had found it, and leaving cum for someone else to find was a horrid idea!

Elliot looked up out of the pool and regarded the little sauna room for a moment. "Guys, have you ever been to a sauna?" He himself had never been to one.

Jack's hand quickly shot up, as if he wanted to tell something in class. Realising he was rather underdressed for class, he put his hand down. "I have," he said, "it's the best!".

Tobias looked surprised. "When did you go to the sauna?" he asked.

"Mum used to take me there when she went. You were in school until late, and she'd take me to the sauna when she went," Jack said. "She called it mum-time, but she said I could have a little bit of mum-time as well if I didn't mind getting naked with people."

Tobias suddenly had a better understanding of why his younger brother was so casual in getting nude in front of other people. He wondered why his mother had never brought him. Then again, he was not sure if he would have liked getting nude with his mother. That was just... odd!

Elliot pointed at the sauna again, "Do you think we could try it?" he asked.

Jack, feeling very important now that he knew something the older guys knew nothing about, stood up and stepped out of the pool. "Well, let's check inside. I'll see if it's safe."

Elliot worried a little about that, could a sauna be dangerous? He figured it might be if it was too hot.

He quickly got out as well as he did not want Jack to take any risks, but Jack was already at the door and had pulled it open. He stuck his head in, looked around and came back out.

"Looks fine to me, not too hot either, good for newbies like you!" he laughed, and he disappeared behind the door.

Elliot and Tobias were not about to be called newbies and would not be bested by a sauna! They quickly got out themselves and joined Jack.

As they stepped in, they noticed that it was in fact a very little room, the three of them hardly fit in together. If Elliot would have had to guess, he'd say the sauna could fit either one grown adult or perhaps two or three kids. Well, since they were just the three of them, and by now didn't mind a tight squeeze, they sat themselves down on the wooden bench, legs and butts touching. The sauna must be heated through the same spring water that was in the pool, as there was no heater in sight. Just a big coil of copper pipes attached to the wall with some wooden latticework to protect you from touching it. The hot water must be running through the pipes.

It was not a very hot sauna, but as both Tobias and Elliot were new to saunas, they were quickly sweating profusely. Elliot kept wiping salt sweat from his head as it stung his eyes.

"So, how long do we stay in here?" he asked.

"Uhm, about fifteen minutes, I think," Jack answered.

Tobias looked around and noticed a small hourglass on a ledge and turned it over. "I guess that's fifteen minutes," he said, watching the sand slowly moving down in the hourglass.

"And what do we do while we're here?" Elliot asked, already finding it a bit difficult to be sitting there quietly, in the dark, sweating like a pig.

"You just wait and relax. Or talk, but very quietly, you don't want to bother anyone or you will be sent out!" Jack hushed quietly.

Elliot looked around, "Yeah, right, it's the three of us. I don't think we'll be sent out," he laughed.

"Oh, yeah, right. But that's the rules at mum's sauna." Jack said in a normal tone again.

The boys sat quietly for a moment, each getting a bit lost in their own thoughts. Sitting there, quietly, not doing anything, caused all three of them to think about things that had been happening and how they felt about it.

"Guys," Jack asked quietly.

"Yes, what's up?" Tobias asked.

"Don't get mad at me, okay?" Jack asked.

"Why would we get mad at you? You didn't fart, did you?" Tobias asked.

Jack giggled, no he had not farted. "I was just thinking, about, in the pool. You guys kissing. And what we did. And what I did. Isn't that, uhm, kind of..." he was now barely audible, "kind of gay?"

Elliot and Tobias looked at each other. Elliot asked, "Does it really matter?"

Jack thought about it for a moment. In truth, he did not really mind if it felt this good. If this was gay, he did not understand why his friends were almost making jokes about things being gay, as if it's a bad thing.

"I guess not," Jack answered, "but it is very confusing."

Tobias nodded, "Yes, yes it is," he agreed.

Elliot agreed with the two brothers. "Would you mind if either of us was gay?" he carefully asked.

Jack vehemently shook his head. No, he was very certain it would not.

"Can you keep a secret? Something that's very important to me, and that I'm not yet ready for other people to know?" Elliot asked.

Jack nodded, sure he could, Elliot was by now one of his bestest friends!

"I am gay, and the only other person who knows is your brother, and now you," Elliot told Jack.

Jack was not really surprised after what he had seen, but he was surprised that Elliot had told this very big secret to him. He, somewhat, understood how difficult it might be to say. He would not dare tell something like that to any of his friends, they'd make fun of him all day!

Tobias shifted a little around on the bench. "And uhm.. to be very honest. I think I might be, but I'm not entirely sure yet."

Again, Jack was surprised. He had not expected to hear this from his brother. He thought he knew every little secret his brother had, and this was no little secret!

It made Jack wonder though, "Does that mean... that I'm gay too?" he asked, sounding slightly worried.

"Nah man, what we did, doesn't have to mean a thing," Elliot said, trying to reassure Jack. "Loads of guys try things out or do things just for fun. You've got plenty of time to decide what you want to be!"

That was actually a huge relief to Jack, and he hugged Elliot, then Tobias.

"So, you guys together, or what?" he asked as only an innocent ten-year-old can.

Tobias and Elliot looked at each other over Jack's head. Then Tobias closed his eyes and moved in closer. Elliot soon followed, and right above Jack, he witnessed his second big kiss. "Guess that's a yes," he said.

The rest of the time that the hourglass was counting down, nothing really happened in the sauna. It was way too hot to try anything, plus, it was a bit cramped. As the last few grains of sand finally slid down, the three boys jumped up and almost fell out of the door in their hurry to get out. Fifteen minutes can feel like centuries!

All three of them felt sweaty and dirty and they quickly jumped into the pool, no longer worried that it might be too hot. Not after that sauna!

The water quickly rinsed away all of the sweat and all three of the boys felt immensely clean.

They played in the pool for a while, splashing each other, and trying to pull each other down. Sometimes grabbing an ankle, or an arm, sometimes other dangling bits. In no time all three of them were pretty exhausted.

Elliot got out of the pool and went to his clothes. He had put his watch into his shoe, so he would not lose it. He got it out and checked the time, it was 11:30 already, almost noon!

"Guys, we better get out and dried off. It's almost noon, we need to head back!" he said.

Quickly Jack and Tobias got out as well and they started looking around for something to dry themselves with. But, of course, there were no towels or anything, as they had not brought any.

Jack suddenly had a bright idea and he quickly put on just his shoes. He gathered his clothes and went to the door. Both Elliot and Tobias looked confused.

"You'll dry faster in the air outside," Jack explained, and he actually stepped out of the door, fully nude, leaving behind a bewildered Elliot and Tobias.

Both boys looked at each other and simultaneously shrugged. Both pulled on their shoes, gathered their clothes and the basket of food and they followed Jack outside. Dicks dangling for all and any to see, not that they expected any strangers out here.

At first, the light felt like it was blindingly bright. Next, they felt the cool breeze of the forest touch their skin. Gently caressing their arms, their legs. And, strangely, the breeze on their butts was very noticeable, like it was extra sensitive.

"Feel, forest tickles!" Jack exclaimed, twirling around like a dancing puppet.

Elliot understood now, yes, it felt like the forest was trying to tickle him. It felt amazing and freeing!

Tobias was feeling a little less adventurous, he kept looking around to make sure no one was coming down the path or from the forest. He was not yet this comfortable with public nudity.

Tobias quickly closed the door behind him, not wanting to let any of the warm air escape unnecessarily from inside. He turned around and a big grin started forming on his face, he was feeling quite proud of himself, overcoming his shyness. He found it amazing that this seemed to come so naturally to Jack and Elliot, it was really quite a challenge for him, his heart was racing in his chest. The increased blood flow led to another challenge, and he found himself boning up. Looking embarrassed for a second, he quickly realised that he did not need to be ashamed around either Elliot or Jack and that no one else was going to see him out here. He took his time and stretched out fully, putting everything very much on display.

Elliot was mesmerized for a moment, and then quickly snapped Tobias out of his stretch by pulling down on his hard dick and letting it slap up against his belly. "Seems like someone is getting over his hangups!" he said.

Jack giggled, "About time too! Perhaps now I'll no longer be the only one running around naked at home!"

Tobias huffed, "Don't count on it. I trust you guys, but my heart is still racing and afraid someone will come and see us." He thought for a moment and shuddered, "Can't imagine doing this around mum!"

"Ha, you think that's awkward?" Jack asked. "Consider having to see mum naked, and all her flappy bits!"

A cold shiver ran down Tobias' spine and his hard-on soon retreated into something almost resembling a micro-penis.

"That's worse than thinking about nuns!" Tobias said, shivering again. It was now no longer just the scare of thinking of his mother's naked body, he was cooling down quickly. The temperature difference between the hot spring inside and the cool forest air was quite big. "Let's get moving, I'm freezing my nuts off."

All three boys stuffed their clothes in the basket, for easier carrying, and started climbing back up the slope to get back to the yellow marked trees.

Jack slid down twice, as the incline was steeper than it had seemed going down, but finally, all three of them made it back up and they stood next to one of the yellow marked trees.

Elliot felt up and down his arms and noticed he was pretty much dry. "Guys, I know it's fun walking around naked and all, but I think we should get dressed and head back to camp. I'm sure we'll need to get ready for lunch." He seemed to be considering something for a moment, "I don't think we should walk in naked, and it is getting rather cold here between the trees."

Even Jack, the biggest nudist of the three of them, had to agree. His tiny nutsack was almost drawn back up into his body. All three of them fished their clothes out of the basket, got dressed and started heading home. Elliot's compass on his watch was a real help in getting a general direction, and after some time walking and dodging bramble bushes, they started hearing some sounds of the other campers in the forest. It looked like most of them were heading back to the campsite.

As they returned to the firepits, Scott was already there and he had a small fire going in one of the firepits. Some of the other teams were at the other firepits, apparently working hard on getting a fire started.

Scott took the basket from the boys and went through it, nodding approvingly, seeing the rich mixture of berries, mushrooms and nuts.

"Where did you guys find the walnuts? To the best of my knowledge, we don't have any walnut trees in the marked area," he asked.

Elliot was afraid the nuts might, well, bust their nuts, and get them caught out on leaving the marked area. He quickly said, "Must be something new then, it wasn't a very big tree."

Scott looked thoughtful for a moment but shrugged and let it go. "Well, hope you guys had a good time foraging. You look well-rested, and amazingly clean. You should have seen some of the mud monsters returning from the forest just now," and he pointed at some of the small groups. They did look like they tried bringing back as much of the forest as possible on their bodies.

Jack couldn't suppress a giggle, no way was he going to explain to Scott how they had gotten this clean! To Jack, Scott was an old guy. Though, he had to admit, a cool guy nonetheless.

"Okay, next challenge. You can't eat these mushrooms raw. You'll need a fire. And, to make things better, if you do manage to get a fire going, I'll even throw in some chicken to go with what you've gathered!" Scott explained.

He handed Elliot a firesteel, and Tobias got a handful of kindling. "Jack, you'll find firewood on the stack over there. Get some small pieces of wood first, to get the fire going, then feed it some bigger logs." Jack darted away, looking for good wood.

He slapped Tobias on his behind and pushed him towards one of the firepits, "Get going, my young padawan!"

They found an empty firepit, and as soon as Jack returned with some wood, they started getting a fire going. They were lucky to have Elliot in their team, he had done this plenty of times in the previous years at camp. "I'm starting the fire this time because we're running late, but you guys better built the next one!" he warned the two brothers.

In five minutes, they had a small fire going and they started feeding it bigger pieces of wood. Jack was sent off for the promised chicken and a grill and pan to put on the fire.

Like a real pro, Elliot got everything going and put the two brothers to work. Tobias was cutting up the mushrooms into manageable pieces and Jack was mushing together the pieces of chicken and the brambles. They were using part of the gathered brambles as a sweet marinade for the chicken pieces. It was starting to smell amazing.

With the pan warm, the now purple chicken and some of the walnuts went in and a sweet scent of bramble jam came from their fire. As if on cue, Elliot's tummy started rumbling again. Suddenly, a flash surprised them. Scott was doing the rounds with his camera and snapping photos of the campers preparing their meals. "Smells good, boys!" he complimented their cooking.

Jack was sent off again to find some plates and cutlery and they piled up their plates high. All of their adventures had made the boys ravenously hungry. Even Jack, the smallest of them, was wolfing down quite an amazing full plate of chicken and mushrooms. The bramble marinated chicken tasted amazing!

With their minds fully focused on their meal, they did not notice the appearance of a visitor at their campfire. "Well, well, well, look's like we have some wilderness chefs here."

Elliot looked up and saw David standing next to him. He looked at the leftover chicken and mushrooms in the pan, they still had some left. "Want to try some?" he asked David.

David sat down and nodded his head. Elliot got up, grabbed a spare plate and he put the last pieces of chicken and mushrooms on the plate. Looking around, he noticed they were all out of cutlery though.

He shrugged, sat down next to David and picked up one of the pieces of chicken with his fingers. It was hot, but not scalding hot. "Open wide!" he told David.

David looked surprised. Seriously, was he going to be fed? But he did want to taste it, the smell from the boys' campfire was amazing. He opened wide and felt Elliot put a piece of chicken in his mouth. He closed his lips around Elliot's fingers and as Elliot let go and pulled back on his fingers, he slurped them clean. The taste of the hot bramble juice on the chicken and on Elliot's fingers hit him and he moaned appreciatively.

Tobias was looking at Elliot and David in amazement. He did not realize it could look this hot to see Elliot feeding David, and David's moan as he licked clean Elliot's fingers, made his imagination shoot into overdrive. He was seeing pictures of David and Elliot together, in even hotter scenes, but quickly realised that that was nonsense. David was pretty much an adult, even though he was the youngest of the camp leaders.

Jack seemed to be completely oblivious to what was happening. His thoughts were on one thing only, and that was the last bit of chicken he was now eating. He looked up and was just in time to see Elliot feeding David a piece of mushroom. Both guys looked back at Jack, and burst out laughing, the piece of mushroom flying straight back into the fire.

"What!" Jack exclaimed, mouth still full.

"Dude, you need to find a mirror. Your face is all purple!" his brother told him, also laughing now.

Jack tried wiping his face but felt that his greasy fingers were probably making things worse. He got up to head to the shower building, and, of course, as he turned around, he looked straight into Scott's lens. Flash!

"Gotcha, you big purple monster!" Scott yelled. "Now go get cleaned up!"

Scotty quickly checked the photo on the screen of his camera, even this small, it looked like it was going to be an amazing photo. Quickly he scrolled back to the other photos he had just shot and he saw one of Elliot feeding his fellow camp leader. What a tender moment!

"Guys, when you're done, you can clean up your eating stuff," he told Tobias and Elliot. "You can keep the fire going if you want, we're done with foraging and cooking for today, but perhaps you want to hang a bit longer next to your fire."

Elliot looked at Tobias to see what he wanted. Then he looked up and saw clouds gathering overhead. He figured the choice would be made for them by the weather gods. He pointed up and Tobias looked up as well.

"Ouch, that doesn't look nice," Tobias said.

David swallowed the last piece of chicken that he had just been fed by Elliot. "No, it's going to rain tonight. At least, that's the report we got on the radio. We've already cancelled the evening campfires for today."

Well, that was pretty much it for any campfire time, they decided, and they started clearing away their stuff. Elliot looked at David, "Would you mind extinguishing the fire while we clean up, I don't want to leave it unattended."

David pretended to pin a badge to Elliot's shirt. "Well done, my young camper, you have earned your fire safety badge!" he exclaimed loudly. "Yeah, sure, I'll take care of the fire. You guys wash those dishes, and perhaps those faces, and I'll see you later."

The boys made quick work of the dishes, and even quicker work of their faces. Though, admittedly, there was a bit of horseplay involved when the boys went to wash their faces. They even convinced Jack to have his face washed again, as there were still greasy purple splotches to be found on his face and neck.

Suddenly, they found they had no more plans for the rest of the day. The clouds were still gathering overhead and it was getting pretty dark outside. The dinner whistle whistled, but all three of them had had such a late and extensive lunch, that they could not even consider going for their evening dinner now. They checked in with David, explained that they really were not hungry anymore, and asked if they could be excused from dinner.

David considered for a moment, but he had to admit that waiting in the dining hall while everyone was eating, and not wanting to eat themselves, would be a long stretch for the boys' patience. "That's okay, thanks for checking. Since we're all in here and now one is keeping an eye out, please stay close or return to your tents. Don't go wandering about, I'm not happy with what the weather is doing."

With that warning, the boys were sent off and they decided to return to their tents and play some of the games they had brought. After the busy day, they did not mind looking forward to a quiet evening staying in.

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