This is entirely a piece of fiction... one would think...
To catch you up, dear reader, Cindy, a 19 year old red-head college girl, former high school cheerleader, has a summer job at the beach tending one of many lemonade/soft drink kiosks in the shadows of one of the lifeguard stands. She's rooming with three other girls, who she discovers are all topless dancers at a local strip club. Cindy, who's no prude, got peer-pressured into sunning topless by the apartment pool yesterday, her first day in town. There she met Donnie, a summer lifeguard who is a beefy lacrosse coach in the winter months. Now, on to today's story!
I met with Bill at the warehouse promptly at 9:30 like he asked. I needed to sign some paperwork in the office -- all normal employment stuff -- and then I followed him for a 10-ish minute drive to the north end of the beach where my kiosk was located. He showed me where to park in the Condo parking lot where my car would be safe, and we walked to the kiosk. His assistant had already restocked the kiosk with drinks and ice and set up the umbrella and a small stool for me. Bill handed me my cash box, I pulled off my t-shirt, and I was ready to go.
To allay Bill's fears that I might be one of 'those girls' who use the kiosk to set up 'dangerous liaisons', I was wearing my most conservative mother-approved bikini, almost no makeup, my hair in a cheer-leader stereotype ponytail, a visor, and cheap sunglasses. I looked for all the world like the girl you'd hire to babysit your kids or walk your dog, but nothing more.
The kiosk was very near the lifeguard stand, which doubled as a stand to rent umbrellas and beach chairs. Two guys -- I assumed life guards -- were busy setting up and I hadn't paid them any attention. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted one of them walking my way, and my worst fear was coming true -- it was indeed Donnie. Of all of the lifeguard stands on this beach... Donnie had to be working at mine.
"Hey, Cindy! Lucky seeing you here! Good luck on your first day."
I started blushing. It was like a reverse walk-of-shame. Here was the hunky guy who'd met me while I was nearly naked by the pool yesterday, and now I had to work under his gaze for the next 8 hours. I tried to make the best of it, and said, "Yeah, thanks. You're working this one today?"
He nodded. "Yeah, like I said yesterday, they move me around to wherever they need a filler. Two lifeguards to the stand, one on duty for 2 hours and the other renting beach chairs. Then we reverse."
Yesterday, he'd been wearing skin-tight shorts that really accentuated his man-ass. Today, however, he was wearing a much more demure set of board shorts and a red tank top. Somehow he looked older today, although I was still pegging him at late 20's.
Just then, the other lifeguard came over, and Donnie said, "This is Carter, my accomplice for the day. Carter, this is Cindy. I met her yesterday. We're staying in the same apartment building."
Carter reached out to shake my hand, and the whole affair had the air of normalcy, like seeing a girl nearly naked the first time you meet her was something normal here. I guess if I was going to survive the summer, I was going to have to get used to a teeny bit of debauchery.
"Cindy. Great to meet you. Maybe I'll see you over at your apartment. I live near you in a house I rent with some other lifeguards." Then he turned to Donnie and said, "Hey, bro, you gotta invite me over sometime. No pool at my place. I'll bring the beers."
Carter hit me more like a college guy, but like Donnie, built like a brick wall with zero body fat. How exactly did these guys float well enough to swim?
Donnie said, "Well, gotta get back to work. If you have any problems, let me know. Do you have a whistle?"
"Whistle? No."
"I'll get you one. We have several spares. Great for calling for help if you need it. You should carry one all the time. I'll bring it back to you later. Otherwise, good luck."