The beach is a wonderful place to relax and enjoy the sunshine on your skin. Feeling the surf brush against your toes as you lie out on the sand. This is the life. She thought to herself about the work she had in store when she got home and almost grimaced before realizing this was exactly why she had needed this day away from it all. She could hear the gulls above her and was glad for the lack of company. Coming during the off season was perfect. No lifeguards on duty and no fussing children running past her today. Nope. A mid-week trip in early September was just what she needed to unwind. Alexis closed her eyes and allowed herself to slip into a quick nap.
The man who stood over the sleeping beauty didn't quite know what to think. He always came here because it was so quiet this time of year. It was like his own private sanctuary. Now there was a trespasser. Granted, it was actually a public beach and it wasn't yet sunset. But to him this was an invasion. He was still so angry from his day and he just couldn't go home yet. The quiet would drive him mad. However, the crashing surf, the gulls overhead and the wind blowing past him normally would calm him like nothing else.
Alexis opened her eyes and was startled to see what appeared to be a very angry man glaring down at her in her beach chair. She licked her lips and looked up at him trying to figure out how to ask what he thought he was doing invading her personal space this way. "Um, can I help you?"
Adam looked down at the woman more closely now that she was awake. "You're in my way," was all he said to her in short terse words.
Alexis looked around her at the otherwise deserted beach. Obvious confusion was written all over her face.
"Look," the man said, "I come here to be alone. You're here. I'm not alone. You need to go." He knew he was being unfair but damn he didn't need anyone else here right now.
"Mister you got a problem then. I came here to get away and there's no one here but me & you so you can just go to the other side of the beach!" She had tried to get up from her chair while stating this but being awoken and startled by this harsh man had thrown her off balance and made the workings of getting her feet back under her a bit more difficult than normal. Her plunge into the sand at his feet had him quirking a brow at her dilemma.
"If you laugh after you just insulted me I swear I'll deck you."
When she managed to get herself up off the ground and brushed off the worst of the sand he got his first real look at the intruder. She stood all of five foot with an amazingly petite body. Her curves were fairly subtle but they were certainly there. And the top of her bikini was filled out very nicely as well. His mouth went dry as he looked down on her and the jiggling breasts before him.
"Are you leaving yet?" She all but yelled up into his face. Her only answer at first was a quick flash of a smile followed by "I'm Adam."
Sarcasm dripped from her tone as she said "So very nice to meet you." He liked her gusto and nearly forgot why he'd been upset to find her there. Maybe this wasn't so bad after all.
"And your name....."
"Why do you want to know?"
"Come on. I'm sorry, ok? I just didn't expect to find anyone here. As you said it's just the two of us here. Maybe we can at least get to know each other a little better." Adam tried to flash a winning smile but she just frowned back at him. "Let's start over. I'll walk over again like a normal human being and introduce myself. Then you can tell me your name." Without waiting for an answer he turned and jogged about 10 feet away. He then turned, plastered on a huge fake smile and walked towards her. "Friend! I'm Adam. Who is the fair maiden I'm to share my space with this lovely evening!"
Ok, she thought. He's got a sense of humor. Giving in she replied "I'm Alexis. I came here to be alone for the day. But... I guess I could share my space with someone so friendly." Sensing that each had given some ground they actually smiled at each other.
Alexis finally really took his measure. She was quite a bit shorter than him but she was shorter than most men. The sculpted look of his muscles was noticeable under his shirt and his face looked like it belonged on the big screen. Maybe her luck was changing after all. Maybe she'd meet a nice guy.
That her mind was on the nice guy line should have worried her after the way he'd started this encounter but instead she felt suddenly oddly comfortable. While she was thinking "nice guy" thoughts he was thinking "bad girl" thoughts. He sat in the sand and motioned for her to sit next to him. He smiled at her again and took her hand when she sat. She started to ask what brought him here but somehow sensed this wasn't a good time for that. Instead she just leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder.