I had a few really good friends but tried my best to not stand out in any way. This was not unusual as I was not exactly the most popular kid in school. One of them asked why I wasn’t here earlier and I told him that I didn’t know we were getting together in the shower I was walking by and heard all the noise. After thinking about it for a moment, I took my clothes off and joined them. I had known I was gay for years and have had sex with many different guys, none of them from my school. I was extremely nervous as I had never showered with anyone before. Then Doug, one of the football players and one of the few jock friends I had told me to get undressed and join them. After the initial shock wore off, I said what’s going on? No one saw me enter so they were a little shocked to see me standing there. In my school, we were not required to shower after gym class so I had never seen any of my classmates naked before. I was shocked to see that all the other male camp counselors from my school were naked and in the shower. Naturally, I went in to see what was going on.
I barely got out of my cabin when I heard music and laughing coming from the bathroom about two hundred feet from where I was staying. I went to the cabin I was assigned to, unpacked my stuff and then headed out to walk the grounds and see how much had changed since my sixth grade class had attended five years earlier.
After the hour long lecture, we were given free time until the students arrived around noon. After eating, the senior camp counselor took to the stage to explain the rules and our responsibilities. We got out of bed at 7:00 AM, got dressed and headed off to breakfast.
Our first full day at camp started out much as you would expect. This meant we had a lot of free time during the day when the students were off doing various activities. Basically, our job was to be with the students when there was no instruction and to sleep with them at night and to make sure that no one caused any trouble. They had juniors and seniors in our districts only high school attend as camp counselors. For many years, all the sixth graders were sent off to camp for educational purposes. My junior year of high school, I volunteered to be a camp counselor for sixth grade boys in my school district.