I raised my resting head from my forearms to check the passage of time. My watch showed I'd been lying on the beach for an hour now. The shadows were lengthening, the crowds had thinned. I lowered my head to doze off again when a soft female voice enquired "Excuse me, can you tell me the time please?"
I rolled on my side to look up and find the source of this sweet sound but with the sun directly behind her shoulders, her face was just a silhouette. "5:15pm", I answered, perhaps a little promptly having just looked at my watch.
"Could I drop my things here with you while I have a swim?"
"Sure, that would be fine." I answered, appreciating the opportunity of a little company.
She dropped her shoulder bag, swiftly pulled her shirt over her head and ran off down the sand. I was treated to the sight of a beautifully toned body sprinting on strong lithe legs kicking up tufts of sand as she ran towards the surf, her hair flicking left and right in the breeze.
I sat up on my towel and realized that since I arrived, the number of people on the beach had diminished to a few people taking their afternoon stroll along the water's edge. My recently arrived visitor was swimming strongly towards a wave as she headed out to beyond the breakers. She dived just prior to a wave crashing over her, showing a very sweet rear glistening in the setting sun, her bikini bottoms pulling up between her cheeks as she slid under the surface. "Bless this free country" I thought smiling to myself as I reached for my water to slake my thirst.
Looking back to the sea I saw she was now returning up the sand twirling her hair to one side of her neck, wringing the water out of it. She dropped down on her knees next to her things smiling brightly at me "Thanks for watching my gear. I was hoping you could be trusted."
"My pleasure ......... I'm Dave" I said extending my hand towards her. She stopped rubbing her hair with her towel to lightly take my hand in hers. She held it for just a little longer than I expected, lowering her face slightly but still watching me with a slight grin.
"Hi, I'm Cloud. Do you come here often? I haven't seen you before."
"So you must be a regular then. I've just moved here. You're the first local I've met."
Cloud lay down on her stomach to my right less than a meter from me. She had a truly stunning body, athletically toned with flawless lightly tanned skin and a bright infectious smile that must have been the silver lining that every cloud apparently has. Sparkling ocean droplets ran across her glowing skin, to drip down onto her towel.
"Do you think you could put some sunscreen across my shoulders? I got a little burnt yesterday and I don't want it to get any worse."
Strange, I thought, the sun will set in around an hour so, I don't think there'd be much chance of any damage at this time of day? Not that I was about to refuse such a request based on any logic. She pulled a tube of cream from her bag and handed it to me, pulling her silky brown hair around her neck to expose her golden shoulders.
I filled my palms with some liquid and got up on my knees to lean over her. I smeared the cream across her warm skin, noticing goose bumps appearing across her back. "Ohhh, that feels soooo good" Cloud purred as she lowered her face to her towel facing towards me.
"Not too cold on you?"
"No, it feels delicious on my burns. You are very gentle. Can you just go a little lower too please?"
I spread the cream lower, to just above the string of her halter top. Cloud promptly reached behind with her left hand and pulled on the knot, then deftly slid her top out from under her and tossed it next to her bag. My breathing paused at that moment, thinking that she must feel comfortable with me to be so open. I returned to rubbing sunscreen down across the dimples on her lower back as she let her hand drop onto my towel resting against my left knee. Squeezing some more liquid along her lower spine, I rubbed it across, barely above her bikini pants, I'm sure I heard her exhale a stuttery breath (a stutterfly?) at that moment. "How's that, have I missed anything?"
She replied softly "Could you do my legs to? I feel soooooo relaxed right now, you have a strong pair of hands and they are doing magic things to me."
I squirted a blob of cream onto the back of each of her knees and smeared the cream downwards towards her ankles. Her skin was so smooth, her muscles defined and strong. My hands could complete encircle her narrow ankles. Finishing her calves, I squeezed the last of her sunblock onto the back of her left thigh and began spreading it up and down with both hands. As my right hand dragged it towards her knee, my left spread the cream up towards the swell of her left buttock. I noticed the fingers of Cloud's hand were now lightly caressing my left thigh. With my hands spreading the sunscreen towards the inner thigh, she moved her right knee away from the left, giving an unspoken invitation to where I was heading. I left my right hand inside her knee and slowly, very slowly brought my left up the inside of her soft inner thigh, stopping millimeters before reaching the crotch of her bikini before changing course to rub across the left butt cheek. I felt her flex the cheek in response so I left my left hand flat against her buttock, sliding my right hand along her inner thigh towards her crotch. The closer I got, the firmer her grip on my knee became. I paused with my thumb along the lower edge of her bikini, my palm flat against the inside of her smooth inner thigh and my index finger close enough to her pussy that I'm sure I could feel the warmth radiating out. I watched her face without moving, her eyes fluttered open, and her mouth formed the word "Yessssss" in response to my raised eyebrows.
I moved my hand very slowly and deliberately upwards until my index finger lay along the junction of her thigh and her crotch. I felt her push against me as a soft moan escaped her mouth. I looked around to see if anyone was aware of what I was doing. Noticing a number of people within the surrounding area, I deftly dragged my hand up the crease of her arse, placing a little pressure at her anus as I passed, to rub my hand in a circle over the dimples on her lovely back. "It looks like we've run out of cream Cloud." I tried to adjust my shorts to disguise the tent that had developed there.
"Mmmmmmm, I feel so warm and soothed after that. Thank you Dave. I must remember to bring extra cream next time, I was ready for more you know." She purred with a sexy ambiguity. "You said you'd just moved to the area. Where exactly?"
"You see those apartments at the end of the beach" I nodded to the southern end, "I have one of those."
"You do? Wow, that must be ....." her phone interrupted her response. She took the call, sitting up in a sort of lotus position bringing her shirt up to hold across her chest, eliciting single word responses in a short conversation.
"That was my boss, I was supposed to work tonight but the function has been cancelled. I really needed the money. Maybe a quiet Saturday night at home is what I need anyway."
Drawing my eyes away from her thinly covered crotch I ventured "If you don't think I'm being too forward, would you like to have a meal with me on my balcony this evening?"