I was 18 and a virgin. I didn't know what I wanted or who I was. I thought I knew it all. I had read steamy romances for several years and masturbated frequently. I was a homely girl in my opinion. My folks had me imprisoned in my own home so I had no job, no friends, and no life. I decided to escape by joining the navy. The recruited picked me up at my house on June 18th. It was about 2 PM. I will not forget it. My folks worked at a prison at the time and had been given the option to live in an employee residential section of the prison farm. I chose a pair of very tight blue jeans and a baseball short-sleeved style top to wear. I wore my typical industrial Wal-Mart bra and underpants under my clothes. The recruiter had the kaki uniform on. We picked up two more people in Pine Bluff before we went north to Little Rock.
We got to the Masters Comfort Inn at about 4 pm. I knew they had a swimming pool so I took myself to my room as soon as I could. My bag was heavy and I didn't feel like lugging the thing around. I couldn't swim right away as I had just eaten in the car. I chose to be a little wacky. I rode the elevator all the way up and down several times. You would be surprised who you can meet on an elevator. I saw this Mexican man get on the elevator on the forth floor. He was almost as short as I was. Because I am only 5 feet tall, or 154 cm, that's pretty short. He was very cute. I in my less than wise mind, chose to mention this fact to him. He laughed and told me that he couldn't be to short because I was shorter than him. Then I told him my name and he told me his was Manuel. After he got off I went to the table pool lounge on the main floor. The pool wouldn't open up for another 15 minutes and I hate to just stand around. I then went back to my room to change.
My room had a pair of queen-sized beds and the furnishings were cheap hotel wood and brown. I changed into my black swimsuit that clasped high in the back between my shoulder blades. The front has the front had the top quarter as a see through material and it made my cleavage look really good. I headed down the 5 stories of stairs carrying my key and a towel. I took off my glasses so I could swim. I swam for about 30 minutes when the Mexican I had met along with several other young men of similar age and such came to the pool. I waved at the one I had met and hollered "Hey" to get his attention. I swam to the edge of the pool and Tried to draw him in conversation. He spoke in Spanish to his friend, who I shortly found out was his cousin. Since I only had a couple years of school Spanish and they spoke way to fast I didn't understand much of what they were saying. The cousin tried to flirt with me. I engaged in conversations with all the English-speaking members of Manuel's group. Try as they might, I favored Manuel. We played like children and had a great deal of fun.