The sun burst through the thin curtains as another day began on the island and caught the sleeping form of a woman on the bed. The sheets gently rose and fell with her breathing. Outside her window, the sounds of the nearby jungle began to intensify as the animals and birds woke up from their night of slumber. After a while, the woman also started to stir. Her eyes blinked open and she stretched out an arm, longing for it to touch a naked body but finding nothing. She sighed to herself, realising again that she was on holiday, alone and without anybody and she dozed off again, her mind going back to the events that had led her to be here.
Willow was sure she hadn’t made a mistake that night and she wished her ex-boyfriend could realise that. He had been so jealous of her and the final nail in the coffin of their relationship had been when Willow had gone to the bar alone and started chatting to one of the guys there. She’d only been in their a few minutes and she certainly wasn’t considering going to bed with the guy or even kissing him. She just wanted someone to talk to that night. And then her ex had come thundering in and demanded to know what she was doing. They had been planning this trip away for months and instead of spending some quality time together, making love each night, she had cancelled his ticket and left him standing at the airport. It may have been harsh on him, but she didn’t want to know him any more. Willow had called him that night and told him that the relationship was over and that he could and find someone else. She had had enough of his jealous possessiveness over the last few years. It was still a major wrench every morning to wake up alone in bed and not find him lying next to her own naked body.
Willow threw back the sheets and climbed out of bed. Walking over to the window, she opened the shutters and looked out at the day. Her hotel room looked out over the jungle and swimming pool, although she hadn’t used that yet. It was said that there was a small oasis in the jungle with a waterfall. Today she would go out and find the oasis and maybe take a swim there. Although it was in the jungle, there were no dangerous animals around. Willow looked down at the hotels’ swimming pool and realised that there was a man watching her. He was tall, about 6 foot 1 with dark hair and dressed only in swimming shorts. He must have got up early because her watch alarm suddenly beeped, telling her that it was only 6.30AM. Willow suddenly realised what he was staring at as she realised that was completely naked, and yet she didn’t feel like shielding herself from his gaze. He smiled at her, a wolfish grin that expressed exactly what games he would like to play if he and Willow were ever allowed to alone in a room together.
‘Let him look,’ she thought ‘It’s been a long time since I allowed myself to show off my body.’