My eyes traced figure eights, back and forth, as the hips in front of me rocked with her walking. The skirt would tighten just a little on one side, then the other, showing a demure panty line when it did. Well, she insisted on going first. It must have been what she wanted me to see. To be fair, though, she knew this trail and I didn't.
I had known her for a while. We went out after classes with a lot of the same people, then kept running into each other at random times. It turned out we liked doing a lot of the same things, too, including hiking. So, when she invited me on a day trip, I took her up on it.
I didn't realize it would be just the two of us. I felt a little sheepish about her taking the step that I had been thinking about for so long, but only for a moment. We talked easily on the drive out. She changed into her hiking boots once we got to the trail head. I leaned back against the car next to her while she did. Her balance shifted in one of those moments on one foot, and she leaned against me for support. I reached out to steady her, and was surprised at just how good my hand felt on her hip. I let it go, though – she was just putting on her boots.
We grabbed our packs and set off. She wore a long-sleeved peasant blouse over a dark tube top, a tan, knee-length skirt with a pleat on the side, and a bandanna around her neck to keep the sun off. I told her the skirt looked good, but I hadn't seen anyone hike in one before. She gave me a little look and a smile, and said "I can move well in it."
Then we were off. She took the lead since she knew where the spot was. I followed, watching that deep, strong hip swaying, back and forth. She had that look that female soccer players get, a bit straight-waisted but athletic, so I enjoyed the view.
It was a hot day, and we both worked up a sweat on the uphill path. When we stopped for a canteen break, I took my shirt off and stuffed it in my pack. She said "That's a great idea" and stood up to do the same. I looked forward to seeing that slim bust set off by the bandeau. She surprised me, though.
She stood up and un-tucked the blouse from her waist band. Then she reached up under her blouse and started pulling the tube top down. When it was at her waist, like a wide belt, she tucked the blouse under. Then she worked the dark, stretchy material up, tugging the blouse down with her other hand. The tube went over her head and off, leaving only the open-necked blouse on her top. I had never seen anyone do that before. It must have showed in my face as she tucked the blouse in again.
"You don't do things the way other people do," I asked, "do you?"
There was that quirky smile again. "Should I?"
She asked me to pack it for her. I pointed out that it was a little damp from her exertions. "It will dry in a few minutes," she said, and set off again. We grabbed our packs, I clipped the bandeau to the outside of my pack to dry, and we were off again.
I couldn't help noticing the scent of that clothing still warm from her breasts. The clean smell of her coming from it kept wafting up. Every time I noticed it, distracting bits of fantasy crossed my mind. It didn't help that the sun was in front of us. When she turned, the shadow of her breast showed through the loose blouse. She seemed not to notice, but I sure did. To tell the truth, I'm really not sure how much was real silhouette and how much my imagination filled in. I do know that every glimpse of that curved shadow just made me want more.
We stopped again a while later. I set my pack down and took a few gulps from the canteen. Then I stood up and said, "I'll be right back." I went a little way away, found a spot just out of line of sight, and relieved myself. It took a while, because my half-erection had to subside first. I finished, zipped up, and went back.
"My turn – and no peeking!" She took a small roll of tissue in a ziploc bag from her pack, and went in another direction. I didn't peek, but I did hear her. Leaves shuffled as she walked, clothes rustled for a moment, and I heard her answer nature's call. Another quiet rustling, the sound of dirt being kicked to bury her tissues, and she was back.
"You didn't peek, did you?" She seemed surprised, as if my voyeurism had been assumed. "Here, would you pack this for me?"
She passed me a handful of cloth, robin's-egg blue. It was her panties. This was just too much. With a theatrical gesture, I held them to my nose and sniffed noisily.
She grabbed my arm, punched it and said, "You're terrible!"
"I'm terrible? You're the one undressing from the inside out, and you say I'm terrible?" I noticed that she hadn't let go of my arm. She even hugged it a little closer against the softness of her breast before she released it.
I stood up, reached into my pants, and adjusted the erection that was off at a painful angle. The look on her faced was confused and amused. "What was that?"
"If you must know, you've given me the biggest hard-on I've had all year. It was pointed down my leg, pretty uncomfortable, and I shifted it to a better position."
That thoughtful look again, with a conspicuous glance at my crotch. She shook her head a little and tsk-ed. "The things no one ever tells a girl."
Back on the trail, I could barely keep my eyes on the ground in front of me. She walked on, seemingly oblivious. Her hips rocked like before, but without the panty line showing. It seemed like the skirt didn't pull quite as tightly across that lovely round hip. All I could think of, though, were the bare curves inside that skirt.
After a while, she pointed out our picnic spot just ahead. That last stretch got a little rocky. At one point, she lifted her leg to step up onto a ledge. Her skirt hung down from the lifted thigh, and that pleat in the side unfolded. A slit at the bottom of it opened up, showing just a little more above her knee.
Then it kept opening, up and up, until her thigh was bare to the waistband. I stumbled on a rock (tripped over my tongue, was more like it) and recovered. Poised in mid-step, she looked back at me.
"You're right about that skirt," I said. "You do move well in it." She smiled at me, dipped a little curtsey, and walked on.
We reached a flat grassy patch in the sun, and unpacked our picnic. She started with a light blanket as a ground cloth, and staked the corners and sides. I got out cheese, fruit, and bread. She had a few other things, including a bottle of wine.
I just couldn't figure her out. She sat right next to me, leg against warm leg. When she leaned over, and she did a lot, I caught glimpses of her perfect breasts. We passed things back and forth and her cool fingers touched mine – a lot more than seemed strictly necessary. It thrilled me when she leaned over and her breast brushed my arm. But, when I set my hand on her knee, she picked it up, pressed it to her cheek, and set it back in my own lap. I put my arm around her shoulder, but she slid out from under it reaching across the blanket for something. She had me insanely turned on and must have known it, but I couldn't figure out what she wanted.
After a while, I just stopped trying to guess. I lay on the blanket, closed my eyes, and stretched my arms together up over my head. When I did, she grabbed both of my hands, and I felt her wrap something around wrists. I didn't fight her; I wanted to know what she had in mind. I looked up and saw her smiling, tying them together with her bandanna.
"What are you doing?"
"I want to play with you," she answered in a cheery tone.
"And I want to play with you, too but ..."
"Shh. You don't get it. I want to play with you, like a toy, and toys don't play back. Is that OK?"
"Yes, but – "
"Shh. You'll be a quiet toy, won't you?" She was looking down at me now, upside down in my field of view, her face famed by shining dark hair. "Won't you?"
It was some kind game. I had to say that I wasn't going to say anything, so I answered with a closed-mouth "Unh-huh." At that point, she could have asked for anything and I would have agreed. She smiled; I had worked out her riddle.