Pretty smoothly

Everyone soon met at the fork. A few eyes noted that Chris' idea of work clothes were a pair of designer jeans and a polo shirt. Alan hadn't changed. The guys had shorts and t-shirts, and the girls had much the same.

Alan led them to the outbuilding that was used for storage. It was stacked to the rafters with mattresses and heavy wood frames. Bobby just groaned. "This is going to take forever!"

Alan laughed. "Not really, it goes quick. You're just getting 11 headboards," he said pointing at one pile, "11 foot boards and 11 springs. They all snap together easy. You can even make them into bunks if you want. Saves space. Then 11 mattresses, which are pretty light. "

"I think he means.." Chris interrupted, "is that it's a quarter mile to the cabins. If we hand carry these, it's going to take a long time just to get them there. Also, we have to clean the cabins, don't we? Isn't there a truck to help, or something?"

Alan thought for a moment. Coach had prepared him for this, plus he remembered last year. "Well, you're right. No truck at the moment. Suggestions?"

Everyone just looked around, at the piles, each other. Alan waited for a moment. "Nothing ever got solved by just looking."

The little girl next to the redhead raised a hand. "What if we split into teams? One does the cleaning, a...and one does the heavy lifting?"

Toni perked up. "OK! Like girls clean the cabins and guys haul the stuff. Then we can all put things together...together? Sorry to be sexist here."

Cindy laughed at that. "Actually, does anyone care if I carry? I didn't get a run in this morning."

No one objected, but Chris piped up. "I'll take her place cleaning, just to keep the teams even."

Alan nodded. "Objections? No? OK, get started."

He let them to a large supply closet in the room. It had space for them to comfortably hand out brooms, mops, cleaning solution and buckets. He also gave each of them 10 screen patches for any holes. The girls and Chris loaded up and exited the door.

Alan turned to the pile. To the guys surprise, he got 3 headboards and 3 foot boards onto each arm, lifting them easily. The other guys just groaned. "Just get as many as you can. Don't kill yourself over it."

Cindy coughed in an obvious manner. She was carrying 2 on each arm. "Yeah, pussies. Get into it!" she said with a sly smile. She walked out with Alan, noticing his surprised look.