It seemed like we no sooner fell asleep that the phone rang. I slowly woke up and Lisa jumped in the shower. I got up and started to make breakfast. I asked Barbara and Jane if they wanted anything and they just said "go away we're not getting this early." Lisa came out of the shower about the same time the toast popped. I was just about to go take my shower when the phone rang again. It was the airline calling to say they still hadn't found my bag. I went to take my shower when Lisa said, "eat the eggs before they get cold." I guess I was getting use to being naked because I just sat there and ate breakfast in the nude. It was getting close to eight when Lisa started to gather our stuff together.
All I had was the bikini bottom Jane had lent me and the towel from the bathroom. Lisa said, "Better hurry up or they'll leave with out us." So I grabbed the bikini and wrapped the towel around me. Lisa said, "aren't you at least going to but it on." I slid it up my legs and off we went. Lisa holding our stuff and me clutching the towel. We got down to the activity center and picked out our mask and fins. Everything else was already on the boat. We had to wade out to the boat so I took the towel off and held it over my head as we made it out to the boat. Here I go again. There were only six of us on the boat besides the captain and mate. Two couples, Lisa and I. Once back on the boat I wrapped the towel around me again. I asked the other two if they had a spare wet suit I could borrow but both shook their head no.
The captain said we were going to a spot call the aquarium. It was about 80 feet and had lots of fish. The mate remembered me from the check out the day before. Hard to forget a nearly naked girl scuba diving. It was about an hour to the dive site so Lisa and I when up to the upper deck. I don't think the two girls wanted me around their men. We applied lotion all over and worked on our tan until we go to the dive site. I told Lisa that she needed to be careful. Even though her burn wasn't as bad as Barbara's, it wouldn't take much more sun for it to really hurt. When we got to the dive site, the captain and mate gave us the drill. They asked if anyone needed a guide and despite wanting one, I said no. I didn't need anyone gawking at me the whole dive.
Lisa seemed a bit nervous but settled down. We got our equipment ready and it was time to go. I dropped to towel again and this time everyone just stopped and looked at me. I tried to act like I didn't notice or care but how could I not. Again my nipples started to harden even before we got in the water. I tried to act cool but I have to admit I was a little distracted so I asked Lisa to check that everything was on correctly. At least the vest covered my nipples so I felt a little better. It still felt funny being nearly naked with all that equipment. Usually I have some sort of wet suit or something but now it was just the equipment and me. After jumping in I had to pull my bottoms back in place but overall was fine. We signaled that everything was ok and headed to the anchor line were we headed to the bottom. I checked our depth gage and mine read 84 feet.
We swam around for a bit looking at all the fish. After a while we started to get a little cold so we headed up to a shallower area that was a bit warmer. That bikini was really driving me nuts. I signaled Lisa to stop while I re-tied one of the strings a bit tighter. She looked at me like I was crazy. I think she though I was going to take it off. The thought crossed my mind but that wasn't what I was doing. After a while we checked our gages and headed to the surface. We swam to the dive ladder and handed up our tanks.
Remembering the last time I exited the water I pulled the bikini bottom up before ascending the ladder. We headed up to the top deck to warm up in the sun waiting for the other two couples to come up. Lisa said "I thought you were going to take your bikini off when we were down there." I said, "It would have been easier being naked than constantly playing with that dammed thing." She said "why didn't you then, it was just the fish and us"
"What about the other people." She said, "We didn't see them the whole time we were down there." We warmed up in the sun while the boat pulled anchor and headed to the second dive site. When we got there Lisa and I came down and started to get our gear ready again.
Again. The stares. I should have been use to it by now but I wasn't. We jumped in and after the mandatory suit adjustment descended the anchor line. We saw the other couple ahead of us and headed in the opposite direction. 65 feet this time and a little warmer. I saw a lobster in a hole and pointed it out to Lisa. She swam over acting like she was interested in the lobster but just when she came close to me, she grabbed the ties to my bikini and untied them both. She had both sides untied and off before I knew what had happened. She backed off a bit and just held my bikini there smiling through her mask the whole time. I was pissed and relieved at the same time.