Chapter One, Part One
Josh dropped the stack of boxes he had been carrying onto the front porch of the cottage; he was short for his age, standing only 5’3”, he was dressed for the job with a pair of khaki shorts and plain grey T-shirt. It was his last summer before leaving for university and he had spent the day out at Lake Restoule Kids camp where his close friend Kelly worked as a counselor,. They had needed extra help closing up at the end of the season and he had signed on as he needed the cash, even if it was only a day's work. He also wouldn’t pass up an opportunity to spend the day with Kelly but that was another matter.
Kelly exited the building a moment later; she was a year older than Josh and had about an inch on him in height. She was wearing white shorts and a pink tank top, her hair was up in a ponytail.
“Hey can you give me a hand taking the bug tent apart? It’s the only big thing left”
Josh was about to nod and go with her when Laura yelled over to them.
“Hey guys, me and Alex need to head in, we can take you Josh. Kelly can you finish up and bring the car?”
Kelly was about to answer but josh spoke up. “I would rather stay to give Kelly a hand with the rest if that can work.”
“It’s ok Josh I can get it”
“I don't mind, it's really It’s nice out here too, I don’t get out of the City enough.”
Laura had walked over by then, “well If you want to stay I suppose that can work, the car should have room in the back seat but it has a booster seat in it. It won't come out but you should be ok to ride on it if you’re ok with that, you're under 170lb right?”
Josh shrugged “uh ya I'm only 160 that’s fine, I don’t care"
“Ok I'll take the van then, we're leaving in 5, let me know if you change your mind”
Kelly turned to Josh “You sure you want to wait? I won’t be ready to leave for a few hours, and there’s not much for you to do other than the bug tent.
“Ya that’s great, I wouldn’t mind hanging out here for a bit”
“Ok, you're ok with the booster seat tho? I have my G2 still so I can’t get in trouble for you not wearing a seat belt or anything. “
Josh glanced at her, “Yeah that’s fine, like I don’t not wear a seatbelt.”
Kelly shrugged “Ok then,” she smiled at him. ‘Thanks for the help”
Josh finished taking down the bug tent in less than 30min; Laura and Alex had left taking the van with them. Laura had left her car as promised; an old run down station wagon that was already packed with stuff. Josh piled the bug tent on the front porch and went back inside to see what else he could help with. Kelly was busy going down a checklist of things that had to be locked and removed. She had one or two small jobs for him but for the most part he was just left to sit around and kill time. He tried chatting with Kelly but she was focused on her work so he eventually just went for a walk in the woods. The cabin was way out there and had zero cell reception; it ran off its own water and electrical generator, completely off the grid.
The sun was beginning to dip below the horizon when Kelly was finally finished inside. Josh was sitting down by the water relaxing when he heard her calling him.
“Hey Josh ready to head out? Let’s finish loading this car up.”
Josh hurried up to the porch to help Kelly with the long box the bug tent was packed up in and the handful of small boxes of odds and ends that had not been packed yet. Kelly opened the hatch back of the station wagon, the seats on the right hand side had all been put down to accommodate a pile of paddles and a long tent box. Josh slid the long box containing the Bug tent onto the top of this pile while Kelly crammed in the smaller boxes wherever she could find space. Even with the front passenger seat pushed up tight against the dash the box barely left room to get the hatch back closed. The Car was really stuffed to the brim. There was a small pile of pillows and comforters left that Josh offered to hold on his lap. Kelly had to slam the hatch back to get it to latch properly. It was now dark out and the motion-activated flood light had turned on illuminating the small gravel driveway where the car was parked. Kelly moved around to the side door of the car and began clearing off the seat. Josh walked up behind her. She turned to the side revealing the seat to Josh’s vision for the first time.
Laura and Kelly had both described it as a booster seat. To Josh that had meant a block of hard foam that "boosted" the rider up higher so the seatbelt would work correctly. He had wondered why they seemed so surprised when he had said he was ok riding all the way back to town on it. The seat in front of Josh was not the flat hard block of foam he had expected. It had a full back and high panel sides on both the seat and the back panel. More significantly it had a mess of straps and buckles hanging off of it in all directions. Kelly was taking the items she had cleared off of it around to the other side of the car and craming them into any spaces she could find.
"Ahh Kelly, that's not a booster seat it's a car seat, booster seats are just a thing you sit on, nothing like this."
Kelly walked back around to his side of the car positioning herself between Josh and the seat. She put her hands on her hips and gave Josh an annoyed look "Josh It was sitting here all day, you should have looked at it before Laura left if you thought you would be uncomfortable riding in it."
"I'm not uncomfortable riding in it I'm just saying that you said it was a booster seat not car seat"
"So you're not uncomfortable riding in it?"
"No it's fine I'm just saying it's not what you said it was"
"Ok then," Kelly took her hands off her hips and gestured toward the seat.
Josh wasn't sure if he had actually agreed to ride in it or not but he didn't want to fight with Kelly and without reception there really wasn't many options.
Wordlessly Josh moved past Kelly slipping between her and the open door towards the seat. Kelly turned still looking a bit annoyed and watched as Josh climbed into the car and lowered himself onto the seat.
Despite having seen these seats before Josh was not particularly sure about how to fasten the belts around himself.
Even sitting in the seat felt strange the idea of strapping himself into it was bizarre.
Josh was in the middle of pulling a strap out from behind his back when Kelly leaned in and took it out of his hand.
"Here let me,"
The motion light was directly behind her so she was silhouetted in the door frame. She still sounded a bit annoyed but the hostility had left her voice. Josh decided he would take it.
Kelly leaned in taking hold of his left arm and guiding it though the left half of the harness, this consisted of strap that came down over his shoulder and a strap that came around his waist. They met at a small buckle.
Being strapped into the seat by Kelly was unlike anything Josh had ever experienced. She was still a bit annoyed and moved quickly as tho to prevent Josh from changing his mind and making her life more difficult again.
Her hair hung in his face as she leaned over him to pull the right side of the harness over him, Josh shifted passing his right arm though as she did this.
At this point Josh was feeling very strange about the whole ordeal, even without the straps done up it was obvious this was going to be a very strange experience.
"Sit up you're on one of them"
Josh compiled lifting himself slightly off the seat, somewhat awkwardly. Kelly reached under him and pulled another strap, this one with a larger receiving buckle. As Josh lowered himself back seat it was obvious that this strap would be between his legs.
Kelly clipped both halves of the harness into the crotch strap. Josh wanted to squirm away from it but forced himself to relax, he had not actually expected this to be so weird.
Kelly finished up by connecting the two chest straps with a plastic buckle which she positioned at about level with his armpits.
When she snapped the buckles together Josh was struck by a feeling of finality. Almost as tho he had been sentenced to a fate. He was in the seat now. The straps were connected around his body they went over his shoulders, around his waist, and between his legs. It was as much like a normal seat belt as falling out of a chair was like jumping out of a plane.
Kelly leaned in again to make sure the stuff piled up behind the car seat wouldn't shift around, as she did so her hair ended up in his face again only this time he couldn't move because of the straps, this somehow made it all the more intense. He tried to slouch away to give her some space but the strap that came up between his legs caught him short. Caught between the crotch strap and Kellys hair was almost too much for him. Thankfully kelly only took a second doing this before she retreated back to the door frame.
She stood there and pulled her hair out of her face for a moment, Josh was expecting her to shut the door but she leaned back in and grabbed a strap emerging from the bottom of the seat, it didn't look like she pulled it hard, but as she pulled it Josh felt the harness around him tighten down. He had not been expecting that and was completely thrown off by how much tighter it got. The web of straps pulled into him pressing him into the foam of the car seat. His torso was almost completely held in place by the web of thick brown straps. The sensation distracted him to the point of not watching Kelly but he could have sworn by the feeling of the straps that she gave it a good hard yank at the end.
As Kelly finished securing Josh into the seat she moved to exit the car. She stopped halfway feeling a bit crappy for getting so sharp with him. She looked at Josh, he was pretty cute she had to admit, all strapped into the car seat. He did look a bit upset still tho, if a bit dazed.
"Sorry,"
Josh looked at her he still seemed a bit distant.
"I didn't mean to get pissed, I'm just a bit tired and I really didn't want to make three extra 2 hour drives to come back out here and get you"
Josh smiled "It's fine, I didn't mean to be difficult I was just surprised," he paused "it's actually pretty comfy" Josh grinned and squirmed a bit against his restraints, as little as they would allow, it was really more his arms and legs moving around.
Kelly smiled and leaned in, planting an unexpected kiss on Josh's forehead, Josh felt tingles radiate throughout his whole body, his restraints enhanced the experience significantly.
Kelly leaned back out and smiled "thanks, and ya I think so too"
Josh was surprised, "you mean you've ridden in this thing?"
"Ya, a few times. It's kinda installed in a way that makes it hard to remove so sometimes it just worked out best that someone did and I'm always the smallest"
"What did you think of it?"
"I like it, " Kelly paused as though unsure how much to reveal " it's cozy; and it feels really safe."
Kelly hesitated a moment, before leaning in again,
“Here” Unbidden Kelly reached back down to the base of the seat and pulled the adjustment strap again, it was clearly harder to pull this time requiring her to get a good angle on it. The straps around Josh’s torso pulled inward with renewed force sending cold shivers throughout his body. Josh didn't even notice where the foam block that was now in Kelly’s hand came from, she positioned it between his thighs pressing them apart to the edges of the seat. Kelly checked the tightness of the straps and seemingly satisfied retreated from the back seat. A moment later she re-appeared with the pile of pillow and blankets, which she packed in overtop of Josh, she had to lean against the door to get it to latch closed. The pile restricted Josh’s ability to move his head and arms, although his legs were hanging in an empty space below the seat, the straps and foam wedge prevented his upper thighs from moving much but he could swing his lower legs. There was a sound of a door closing as Kelly got behind the driver’s seat, a moment later the car rumbled to life and the radio began blasting music as Kelly pulled out of the lot and headed down the long driveway toward the highway.
Kelly exited the building a moment later; she was a year older than Josh and had about an inch on him in height. She was wearing white shorts and a pink tank top, her hair was up in a ponytail.
“Hey can you give me a hand taking the bug tent apart? It’s the only big thing left”
Josh was about to nod and go with her when Laura yelled over to them.
“Hey guys, me and Alex need to head in, we can take you Josh. Kelly can you finish up and bring the car?”
Kelly was about to answer but josh spoke up. “I would rather stay to give Kelly a hand with the rest if that can work.”
“It’s ok Josh I can get it”
“I don't mind, it's really It’s nice out here too, I don’t get out of the City enough.”
Laura had walked over by then, “well If you want to stay I suppose that can work, the car should have room in the back seat but it has a booster seat in it. It won't come out but you should be ok to ride on it if you’re ok with that, you're under 170lb right?”
Josh shrugged “uh ya I'm only 160 that’s fine, I don’t care"
“Ok I'll take the van then, we're leaving in 5, let me know if you change your mind”
Kelly turned to Josh “You sure you want to wait? I won’t be ready to leave for a few hours, and there’s not much for you to do other than the bug tent.
“Ya that’s great, I wouldn’t mind hanging out here for a bit”
“Ok, you're ok with the booster seat tho? I have my G2 still so I can’t get in trouble for you not wearing a seat belt or anything. “
Josh glanced at her, “Yeah that’s fine, like I don’t not wear a seatbelt.”
Kelly shrugged “Ok then,” she smiled at him. ‘Thanks for the help”
Josh finished taking down the bug tent in less than 30min; Laura and Alex had left taking the van with them. Laura had left her car as promised; an old run down station wagon that was already packed with stuff. Josh piled the bug tent on the front porch and went back inside to see what else he could help with. Kelly was busy going down a checklist of things that had to be locked and removed. She had one or two small jobs for him but for the most part he was just left to sit around and kill time. He tried chatting with Kelly but she was focused on her work so he eventually just went for a walk in the woods. The cabin was way out there and had zero cell reception; it ran off its own water and electrical generator, completely off the grid.
The sun was beginning to dip below the horizon when Kelly was finally finished inside. Josh was sitting down by the water relaxing when he heard her calling him.
“Hey Josh ready to head out? Let’s finish loading this car up.”
Josh hurried up to the porch to help Kelly with the long box the bug tent was packed up in and the handful of small boxes of odds and ends that had not been packed yet. Kelly opened the hatch back of the station wagon, the seats on the right hand side had all been put down to accommodate a pile of paddles and a long tent box. Josh slid the long box containing the Bug tent onto the top of this pile while Kelly crammed in the smaller boxes wherever she could find space. Even with the front passenger seat pushed up tight against the dash the box barely left room to get the hatch back closed. The Car was really stuffed to the brim. There was a small pile of pillows and comforters left that Josh offered to hold on his lap. Kelly had to slam the hatch back to get it to latch properly. It was now dark out and the motion-activated flood light had turned on illuminating the small gravel driveway where the car was parked. Kelly moved around to the side door of the car and began clearing off the seat. Josh walked up behind her. She turned to the side revealing the seat to Josh’s vision for the first time.
Laura and Kelly had both described it as a booster seat. To Josh that had meant a block of hard foam that "boosted" the rider up higher so the seatbelt would work correctly. He had wondered why they seemed so surprised when he had said he was ok riding all the way back to town on it. The seat in front of Josh was not the flat hard block of foam he had expected. It had a full back and high panel sides on both the seat and the back panel. More significantly it had a mess of straps and buckles hanging off of it in all directions. Kelly was taking the items she had cleared off of it around to the other side of the car and craming them into any spaces she could find.
"Ahh Kelly, that's not a booster seat it's a car seat, booster seats are just a thing you sit on, nothing like this."
Kelly walked back around to his side of the car positioning herself between Josh and the seat. She put her hands on her hips and gave Josh an annoyed look "Josh It was sitting here all day, you should have looked at it before Laura left if you thought you would be uncomfortable riding in it."
"I'm not uncomfortable riding in it I'm just saying that you said it was a booster seat not car seat"
"So you're not uncomfortable riding in it?"
"No it's fine I'm just saying it's not what you said it was"
"Ok then," Kelly took her hands off her hips and gestured toward the seat.
Josh wasn't sure if he had actually agreed to ride in it or not but he didn't want to fight with Kelly and without reception there really wasn't many options.
Wordlessly Josh moved past Kelly slipping between her and the open door towards the seat. Kelly turned still looking a bit annoyed and watched as Josh climbed into the car and lowered himself onto the seat.
Despite having seen these seats before Josh was not particularly sure about how to fasten the belts around himself.
Even sitting in the seat felt strange the idea of strapping himself into it was bizarre.
Josh was in the middle of pulling a strap out from behind his back when Kelly leaned in and took it out of his hand.
"Here let me,"
The motion light was directly behind her so she was silhouetted in the door frame. She still sounded a bit annoyed but the hostility had left her voice. Josh decided he would take it.
Kelly leaned in taking hold of his left arm and guiding it though the left half of the harness, this consisted of strap that came down over his shoulder and a strap that came around his waist. They met at a small buckle.
Being strapped into the seat by Kelly was unlike anything Josh had ever experienced. She was still a bit annoyed and moved quickly as tho to prevent Josh from changing his mind and making her life more difficult again.
Her hair hung in his face as she leaned over him to pull the right side of the harness over him, Josh shifted passing his right arm though as she did this.
At this point Josh was feeling very strange about the whole ordeal, even without the straps done up it was obvious this was going to be a very strange experience.
"Sit up you're on one of them"
Josh compiled lifting himself slightly off the seat, somewhat awkwardly. Kelly reached under him and pulled another strap, this one with a larger receiving buckle. As Josh lowered himself back seat it was obvious that this strap would be between his legs.
Kelly clipped both halves of the harness into the crotch strap. Josh wanted to squirm away from it but forced himself to relax, he had not actually expected this to be so weird.
Kelly finished up by connecting the two chest straps with a plastic buckle which she positioned at about level with his armpits.
When she snapped the buckles together Josh was struck by a feeling of finality. Almost as tho he had been sentenced to a fate. He was in the seat now. The straps were connected around his body they went over his shoulders, around his waist, and between his legs. It was as much like a normal seat belt as falling out of a chair was like jumping out of a plane.
Kelly leaned in again to make sure the stuff piled up behind the car seat wouldn't shift around, as she did so her hair ended up in his face again only this time he couldn't move because of the straps, this somehow made it all the more intense. He tried to slouch away to give her some space but the strap that came up between his legs caught him short. Caught between the crotch strap and Kellys hair was almost too much for him. Thankfully kelly only took a second doing this before she retreated back to the door frame.
She stood there and pulled her hair out of her face for a moment, Josh was expecting her to shut the door but she leaned back in and grabbed a strap emerging from the bottom of the seat, it didn't look like she pulled it hard, but as she pulled it Josh felt the harness around him tighten down. He had not been expecting that and was completely thrown off by how much tighter it got. The web of straps pulled into him pressing him into the foam of the car seat. His torso was almost completely held in place by the web of thick brown straps. The sensation distracted him to the point of not watching Kelly but he could have sworn by the feeling of the straps that she gave it a good hard yank at the end.
As Kelly finished securing Josh into the seat she moved to exit the car. She stopped halfway feeling a bit crappy for getting so sharp with him. She looked at Josh, he was pretty cute she had to admit, all strapped into the car seat. He did look a bit upset still tho, if a bit dazed.
"Sorry,"
Josh looked at her he still seemed a bit distant.
"I didn't mean to get pissed, I'm just a bit tired and I really didn't want to make three extra 2 hour drives to come back out here and get you"
Josh smiled "It's fine, I didn't mean to be difficult I was just surprised," he paused "it's actually pretty comfy" Josh grinned and squirmed a bit against his restraints, as little as they would allow, it was really more his arms and legs moving around.
Kelly smiled and leaned in, planting an unexpected kiss on Josh's forehead, Josh felt tingles radiate throughout his whole body, his restraints enhanced the experience significantly.
Kelly leaned back out and smiled "thanks, and ya I think so too"
Josh was surprised, "you mean you've ridden in this thing?"
"Ya, a few times. It's kinda installed in a way that makes it hard to remove so sometimes it just worked out best that someone did and I'm always the smallest"
"What did you think of it?"
"I like it, " Kelly paused as though unsure how much to reveal " it's cozy; and it feels really safe."
Kelly hesitated a moment, before leaning in again,
“Here” Unbidden Kelly reached back down to the base of the seat and pulled the adjustment strap again, it was clearly harder to pull this time requiring her to get a good angle on it. The straps around Josh’s torso pulled inward with renewed force sending cold shivers throughout his body. Josh didn't even notice where the foam block that was now in Kelly’s hand came from, she positioned it between his thighs pressing them apart to the edges of the seat. Kelly checked the tightness of the straps and seemingly satisfied retreated from the back seat. A moment later she re-appeared with the pile of pillow and blankets, which she packed in overtop of Josh, she had to lean against the door to get it to latch closed. The pile restricted Josh’s ability to move his head and arms, although his legs were hanging in an empty space below the seat, the straps and foam wedge prevented his upper thighs from moving much but he could swing his lower legs. There was a sound of a door closing as Kelly got behind the driver’s seat, a moment later the car rumbled to life and the radio began blasting music as Kelly pulled out of the lot and headed down the long driveway toward the highway.
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