“I’ve missed you so much too, and I was so worried about you,” she said, as she tried unsuccessfully to hold the tears back. “After what Mom has been putting you through, I didn’t know if you’d hate me, or even want to see me again.”

“Oh sweetie, I could never hate you, none of this is your fault. You must know how much I love you.”

Hearing his sweet, gentle words, she hugged him tighter and cried freely into his shoulder.

“Oh Daddy, I love you so much too,” she said, between the tears.
Even though he subtly tried to create space between them, Sydney felt his cock begin to stiffen a little as she pressed hard against him. His growing erection pressed against her thigh for just a moment before he moved back. Although she didn’t expect that physical reaction from him, she was also not put off by it. In this highly emotional, loving moment, it didn’t matter to her. She only wanted to feel his embrace, his arms around her, his love, as he held her tight.

“Syd, I think we should get the drinks,” he whispered, “your friends will be wondering where we are.”

“I doubt it, Dad,” she replied, snuggling closer into his arms, “those two are so caught up in each other they probably haven’t even noticed we left the pool.”

“They do seem to be enjoying one another Syd,” Don said, glancing over her head at the two girls still kissing at the far end of the pool, “and it’s nice to have a few minutes of our own time together.”

“It is,” she whispered and stretched up to lightly kiss his cheek.

That small movement put their bodies directly in-line, the swollen head of his erection inside his shorts now pressing firmly against her bikini covered mound.

“We umm… really do need to get the drinks out now Syd,” he said, slowly disentangling her arms from around his neck.

“Yes,” she said softly, while begrudgingly pulling herself away from her father’s tender embrace, “we should get back out there.”

“You take the drinks out and I’ll stay here and start preparing the food,” Don said.

“Okay, let me know if you need any help,” Sydney replied, as she carried the fresh pitcher of margaritas outside.

While making her way towards the pool with the drinks, Sydney had a chance to reflect on what had just happened. It was a natural reaction, she thought to herself. I’m nearly naked in this tiny bikini and we’re pressing our bodies together while we hugged, it’s only natural for something like that to happen. I mean, he is a man, after all, she thought, justifying the semi-innocent ‘rubbing’ to herself. We are both mature adults, right?

As Don marinated the steaks and chicken and readied them to be taken outside to the grill, he couldn’t stop his thoughts drifting back to what had just happened.

It was inadvertently exciting masturbating while talking to his daughter on the phone last week he remembered, but to actually have his erection blatantly rubbing against her like that, separated from her pussy by only her flimsy bikini bottoms and his shorts, was unnervingly erotic and that made him feel more than just a little bit uncomfortable. The other thing that he found almost as shocking was that she hadn’t said anything about it and didn’t seem to mind.

Sydney returned to the pool area and delivered the pitcher of Margarita’s to her friends. Addison and Kenna had exited the pool and were sitting in the sun-bathing chairs talking and romantically holding hands.

“Wow, I thought you got lost Syd, it took you long enough to get the drinks,” Kenna said, gently teasing her.

“I’m sorry it took so long guys, my dad and I were just catching up,” she said.

“Your Dad is so cool Syd, you’re so lucky to have a father that you can just hang out with. He’s nothing at all like my dad. When he’s not at work, he’s watching a ballgame on TV and will barely acknowledge my presence,” Addison said.

“We’ve always been close, but…” she faltered for a moment, for the first time trying to choose her words carefully to describe their relationship, “maybe somehow, this divorce is bringing us closer.”

“Well, anyone who would let you spend the summer here would definitely get my vote for father of the year,” Kenna joked.

The girls continued to talk, laugh, and joke with each other. Thankfully, neither of her friends picked up on Sydney’s emotional distance.

“What do you think Syd?” Kenna said, the question snapping her back to the now.

“I’m sorry, what did you say?” Sydney asked as she tried to get her mind to focus and return to the present.

“Duh, where are you?” Addison teased, “We were talking about just staying in tonight and hanging out here in the pool instead of going clubbing, what do you think?”

“Sure, I’m fine with that,” she said, still trying to recover from not paying attention to her friend’s earlier conversation.

Don’s booming voice from the kitchen momentarily put a pause to the girls’ conversation.

“Dinner will be ready in ten ladies.”

“That gives you ten minutes to go upstairs and put some clothes on your almost-naked ass before we eat, Addison,” Kenna said, playfully.

That good-natured, but saucy remark resulted in another round of kissing between Sydney’s best friends, however, she barely noticed. Mentally, she was still in the kitchen with her father.

A couple of hours later, everyone had eaten their fill of char-grilled steak and chicken and they were on their third pitcher of margaritas. They were all relaxing on the lounge chairs in the warm evening air, chatting and putting the world to rights. The ambiance on the deck of the beach house was relaxed and easygoing, aided in no small part by the copious amount of alcohol the four had been consuming.

“God, she looks just like that girl you used to hook up with Kenna,” Addison said while watching a young couple stroll down the beach hand in hand.

“No, she doesn’t!!” Kenna screeched, punching her lover’s shoulder.

“What’s that girl’s name… Ummm… Gina right?” Addison quipped.

“Yes, her name was Gina.”

“You’re right, that doesn’t look like her. Her ass was so much bigger than that girl.”

Kenna blushed while the other three laughed almost uncontrollably.

“God, you’re such a bitch Addison,” Kenna said, smiling.

“Damn, did you see that guy who was holding her hand? He looked just like, ummm… what’s his name Syd, you know, that guy from your biology class last semester.”

Now it was Sydney’s turn to blush as she looked across at her father, “He was just a friend,” she said a bit too quickly.

Both Addison and Kenna burst out laughing.

“He was a friend that would come to your dorm room a couple of nights a week right?” Kenna said, between giggles.

“Well, we were studying,” she said.

The girls burst out laughing again.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen Syd’s face turn that shade of red,” Kenna added.

Don listened to the verbal exchange, taking in all the implied sexual innuendos, his eyes flitting from one girl and then to the other, but resting mostly on Sydney. Maybe his daughter wasn’t quite the naive, innocent that he always assumed.
“Don’t listen to them Dad, it’s just the alcohol talking, and both of them have big mouths,” Sydney said, before joining her friends in a fit of laughter.

“As much as I’d like to continue making fun of the virginal Sydney,” Addison said, once the laughter died down, “that pool just looks way too inviting, so who’s going to join me for a skinny dip?”

Without warning, Addison stood up unsteadily, stripped off her jean shorts, bikini bottoms and freed her breasts from the tiny bikini top until she stood naked in front of the other three.

“Well what are you all waiting for?” she said and headed to the pool.

Without missing a beat, Kenna stood up and quickly removed her clothes too, creating a second pile of apparel at the feet of the deck chairs, then followed Addison.

Sydney rose to her feet on wobbly legs, turned and then faced her father.

“Are you game, Dad?”

“Well, I guess it can’t hurt,” Don said, “but it might feel a little awkward, you know… with you ..”

Sydney looked into her father’s eyes and slowly let her clothes fall to the ground.

“Oh, let’s worry about that later,” Sydney said, and without further hesitation, turned and walked towards the pool.

Don stood up slowly and watched as Sydney walked away from him. He noticed the sexy sway of her hips, and the slight gap between her thighs. Almost without thought, he pushed his shorts down, and despite knowing that the very sight of her had made his penis come to life, he followed her into the pool.

The three girls were already in the water when he got there, swimming and splashing each other. Hoping they might not notice his aroused state, he slipped quickly into the pool and made his way over to them.

“Glad you decided to join us,” Addison slurred, as she noticed him swimming across.

“Yes come and play”, Kenna shouted, “the water feels great,” she added, clearly buzzed and enjoying it.

“Dad, catch!” Sydney shouted, throwing a large ball towards him, the water only up to her waist so that her breasts and hard nipples faced him.

Don didn’t even come close to catching the ball. He was too preoccupied with the sight of his daughter’s gently swaying breasts as she threw the ball.

“C’mon Addison, I want a rematch,” Kenna shouted, giggling, “it’s my turn on your shoulders and I bet they won’t get me off first.”

“No but I might,” Addison said giggling, then blowing her a kiss, before diving down between Kenna’s legs and hoisting her onto her shoulders.

“What are you waiting for Syd?” Kenna shouted, wobbling precariously on Addison’s slim shoulders.

“Dad, I can’t possibly support you, I will have to be on top again,” Sydney said, wading over to him.

Don didn’t know what to do. His erection was rock hard now from watching his daughter and her two friends frolicking about. Being in the shallow end of the pool he could also see that the swollen head of his cock was clear out of the water, like a submarine periscope.

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