It is recommended to read the earlier chapters for context, but it is not required. I recap required elements for understanding.
There are some morally dubious elements in this story. It is meant to be a pure fantasy and not an endorsement of such behavior in real life. This is meant to be sexy, not instructive. All characters are eighteen or older.
Comments are greatly appreciated and are the reason I continue this series.
For my semester abroad, I studied at the University of Barcelona. My Spanish was so-so, but many people in Barcelona understood English, and the graduate engineering course I'd been accepted into was also taught in English. I had never lived in such a large city before and as I rode in from the airport in my taxi, I was overwhelmed by the scale of it. So many people and buildings, some of which appeared ancient. The narrow streets and cultural richness was something a girl from small town America had only ever seen in pictures before.
I was staying in the Gothic Quarter, in a house owned by two university professors, a married couple, Fernando and Selena Aguilo. I had been in contact with Fernando over the past month as we arranged my stay. I was to be given one side of the house which had been converted into an apartment, but they would be there to greet me and give me my keys on my arrival. As we drove down La Rambla, past the great promenade where all the people milled and gathered, I felt my heart swell with excitement and possibility.
And then Anna's words came to me. Anna was my friend, or rather, my fuck buddy, from my college back home. We'd made a promise to each other. To try something new and sexually adventurous, with a foreigner.
I knew Anna would have no problem with that. She was much prettier than me, and not half the geek that I was. No, I would content myself with my studies at the university, and perhaps if I was lucky, a chance to spy upon and masturbate to a beautiful woman. That was my basest of instincts, my natural state. What I did not expect was that the opportunity would present itself so soon.
The driver dropped me off at the house, which was tucked away into a narrow street, cramped between hundreds of other houses. The streets in the Gothic Quarter were like something out of a historical novel, and they held a certain romantic aura to them. Wheeling my bags up the small flight of stairs in front of the house, I felt my stomach lurch nervously. But I steeled myself and rang the doorbell. From the window on the second floor, I heard someone cry out,
"Ya voy!"
and I waited patiently as their footsteps clattered down the stairs.
The door opened and I felt my jaw drop as I looked upon one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen before.
Tall for a Catalan, she had pale skin and soft green eyes. Her black hair was cut into bangs and a sharp, tight helmet, reminding me of Uma Thurman in
Pulp Fiction
. She wore a ratty white t-shirt with the name of some punk band I didn't know on it, low cut to reveal cleavage, and torn black jeans. I pegged her to be in her mid-thirties, though she dressed like a younger woman. Barefoot and smoking a cigarette, she was the epitome of sexy, effortless cool.
"You must be Kate.
Bienvenidos a Barcelona,
" she said, flashing the lisp the Spaniards were so famous for. "Come,
ven aca
, Fernando is making dinner." I wonder, to this day, how different things would have been for this family, if I hadn't shown up there. But as she turned around and walked up the stairs, her well-toned, shapely ass swaying in her tight jeans, I was certain of one thing.
I had to see her naked. Her husband be damned, I was ready to put my perverted, voyeuristic skills to the test. I was going to find a way to watch her in her most intimate moments. Events had already been set in motion.
But for the moment, I just played the gracious house guest. "Thanks for letting me stay here." We stopped on the first floor, as she pushed open the door to my quarters.
"Of course, we're happy to have you. My daughter, she started boarding school, so we thought it would be nice to have a young university student stay with us." She exhaled smoke and then blinked. "Sorry,
chica
, do you mind if I smoke? I can put it out."
"
No, no, esta bien.
" The smell made my nose wrinkle a bit, but it was her house. "I'll get settled in, then. How old is your daughter?"
"Fourteen. And hey, just leave your bags." She grabbed one of them by the handle and pushed it inside. "We'll go eat across the hall in our place, then you can get settled in for siesta." Selena grinned. "In Barcelona, we take siesta in the afternoon. You'll love it."
I offered her a polite smile, though I rather hated napping. Anyway, I was curious to see their chambers, if only to find out the layout of their floor, so I could figure out how to peep on Selena. My voyeur's mind was always thinking about the next opportunity to watch someone unawares.
As we turned to the door on the other side of the hall, Selena tapped the ceiling. "Your
cuarto
only takes up a quarter of this entire floor. Our quarters cover the entire half and also expand a quarter into your side, with shared walls. Garage is below. My husband has two sports cars." She rolled her eyes. "Which he barely uses in this city. Traffic is
pura mierda
. Hey, also," she said, turning the cigarette in her hand and eyeing me coolly, "speak English with my husband, okay? You want to practice Spanish with me, that's fine, but he hates makes a point not to speak Spanish unless he really has to."