Barbados, being an island in the Caribbean, is known for its varied musical and cultural festivals and it is at one of these many events that I met the person whom this story is about. The show had been hyped as 'an event not to be missed' and the massive crowds of people that turned up, despite the non-stop rain that was falling that day, must have believed that to be true.
I arrived early at the park where the show was being staged, armed with a flask of my favorite 12 year old scotch, a collapsible portable chair and a large umbrella, made my way through the security at the gate and found a spot with the best view of the stage I could find. Being a somewhat out of shape, middle-aged (34) desk jockey, I set up my chair and umbrella and sat and waited for the show to begin as others milled in.
As I waited, I took the opportunity to check out the local 'talent'; shows like this one always seemed to attract hoards of very attractive twenty-something coeds and this event was no different. With crowds of people still filing in the show began and pretty soon I gave up my chair, deciding instead to join the crowd moving in unison to the blaring music.
Half way through the show the rain began to come down much heavier and the crown immediately turned into a sea of umbrellas that seemed to be moving to the music with a life of their own. After pulling out my own umbrella I noticed two very attractive and very young women standing not too far from me without umbrellas trying to shelter from the rain and I could tell that they were determined to have a good time despite the fact that the rain was now pouring down. They both had incredible bodies and had both dressed extremely provocatively; one in particular had on a very short and very tight skirt with a shirt with way too many buttons undone down the front showing her incredibly perky cleavage.
After a few more minutes of getting wet one of the two young women, (the one dressed in the short skirt and the bubbling over boobs), turned to me and asked if I minded them sharing my umbrella, and I agreed. She seemed to be the bolder of the two young ladies and introduce herself as Katrina and asked if I was enjoying the show. That started up a conversation and all three of us were soon, passing around my flask and talking and joking around like we were all old friends.