I hadn't been back to the beach in a few years. I'd wanted to finish my degree as quickly as possible and summer classes had kept me away. My family still went every year though. Dad still stopped at the same shop every time to get those fireworks. You know, the ones you're not supposed to be able to buy, even down here. He'd stop in every year to load up before driving home. They were still a lot cheaper down here than back home and the slight sense of being dangerous certainly had its appeal to me as a teenager.
I noticed him the very first year we stopped in. He was a little older than me, no more than a few years. I figured it must have been his dad's shop. He had scruffy, dirty-blonde hair, twinkling blue eyes, tanned and toned body, how could I not notice?! I was in my awkward teenager phase and of course I wore my finest beach bum attire and a goofy bucket hat I was particularly attached to. (When I first saw it, I don't know, it just seemed lucky to me I guess.) I was also still a bit chubby after puberty had hit me square in the hips the year before. Still, I couldn't keep my young eyes off of him.
He noticed. Thankfully neither of our dad's seemed to as they talked shop. I wandered off before I could embarrass myself any further. The glass counter they were at was off to the side and had legal fireworks (you had to ask the right person about the kind my dad was buying), knives, and other paraphernalia they wouldn't want kids lingering around. The rest of the shop was more family friendly tourist crap. Overpriced clothes with OBX garishly adorned on them, tacky souvenirs, sunglasses, beach hats, stickers, that sort of thing. I wandered the aisles but kept stealing glances of him. He caught me once and I felt the heat run through every bit of me as I blushed crimson. I was so young and naΓ―ve, but not that naΓ―ve. I had an idea of what was going on, but that was the extent of it.
For the next few years we'd go back like clockwork. The house we rented was a Friday to Friday check in/check out and we'd be there for the holiday weekend. Dad and I always stopped into that shop the Thursday before we'd leave so we could stock up. Every year I'd steal glances out from underneath my dorky bucket hat, my long golden-brown hair somewhat tamed by the thing. He was always quiet and reserved, polite enough about me ogling him, but that was it.
That last year, the summer before I started college, was the first time he said anything at all to me. I still wore that tacky bucket hat. It was cheesy but I loved it and had become somewhat of a tradition. We were walking out to the car, dad's arms loaded down with an oversized box of explosives. A strong wind surprised me, blowing my goofy hat off and halfway across the parking lot. I don't know where he came from, but he jogged past me and darted to pick up my hat. Dad opened the trunk to our SUV and I sheepishly walked to meet him as he headed back towards us.
"Thanks," was all I could manage to mumble as I took it from his outstretched hand.
"No problem, Miss," he replied with enough of a southern accent to immediately wet my panties.
And that was it. That's all he said to me, and he was gone again. I couldn't help but stare after him with my mouth hanging open. Still, I fantasized about him for weeks after that. Laying in bed at night, thinking of all the things I wanted him to do to me, all the things I wanted to do to him. I'd stifle my moans as I made myself cum thinking of him fucking me on the beach as waves crashed into us. Not terribly practical, but hey, it was just a fantasy.
Before I knew it I was packed and headed off to college. My fantasies soon turned to other, more present individuals. It was college and I was trying to graduate as quickly as possible, so my time was limited. This didn't go over well with most college guys that seem to have a primal need to fuck multiple times a day. Not that I minded that, but my schedule was a bit hectic. The relationships would eventually turn into more of a fuck buddy situation which worked out well for a time before ultimately being ended for this reason or that. Through it all, over the course of three years, when the summer heat became unbearable my mind and my fantasies would always wind back to him. I don't even know why. I imagine it had something to do with him being one of my first crushes. He was one of the first seemingly attainable infatuations that I'd fantasize about and the hope that something could come of it kept my pussy wet.
The summer between college and grad school I'd decided to finally take a bit of a break and spend some quality time with my family. I made sure not to schedule anything that would keep me from our beach trip. This time I wasn't going to wait until the Thursday before leaving to visit that shop. We got into town on Friday and while my family was getting settled and grocery shopping for the week I decided to stop in.
I'd worked hard to lose that extra weight I'd never been able to shake before, revealing an hourglass figure I was proud of. I'd also decided to dress a little flirtier for today. Now or never, right? I wore a yellow summer dress with black polka dots. The hem went down to my ankles, but the dress had slits on the sides that went up to my thighs. It had a rather low, V-shaped neckline that my ample breasts strained against and had narrow strips of fabric for the sleeves with a mostly bare back. (Not my dad's favorite.) It was certainly what I'd call a sensual look, but in no way inappropriate for this place. At least not comparatively, I thought to myself as I watched some people walk in before me wearing strappy bikini tops with cut off shorts. After more deliberation than you'd think I'd decided to ditch the bucket hat.
Two of the bikini girls held the door as I followed in behind them. Appreciating the view as much as the gesture I smiled and thanked them. They wandered over towards the glass case and I didn't want to look like I was following them. Besides, I wanted to catch a glimpse of him before just awkwardly not knowing what to say. 'Heya, I've been fantasizing about you for years. Would you like to go fuck on the beach at sunset?' I mean, that might work. I'd gotten rather...flirty isn't the right word. Slutty might be more accurate. Proud slutty? Sex positive! That's what I'd become. I enjoyed sex and saw no reason to deny myself.
As I contemplated having not really thought this through a voice pulled me from my fantasies. "Hey! Bucket hat, right? Well, I guess not anymore apparently. How're ya?! It's been a couple of years." His voice seemed a bit overly excited, and I was more than a little happy to see his expression matched his tone. I was dumbfounded that he remembered me. I knew I'd changed a bit over the past few years. I shouldn't have been surprised that he had as well. He was still tanned as ever, his dirty-blonde hair was lighter, more washed out, and he'd added to his definition. His jawline seemed sharper as well. Baby Adonis all grown up. His eyes were the same though, shining blue and kind.
"Hi! Uh, yea, I'm surprised you remember me, err, it, given how many people come through here. I guess I kind of...outgrew it, I suppose. It was such an awkward thing," I clumsily confessed as I felt my cheeks turning red under his steady gaze.