At seven o’clock on a Saturday morning the autoroute was virtually empty. I’d left the convoy of trucks rolling off the ferry far behind me and the few dozen cars that had been on that first boat of the day had soon dissipated leaving nothing but kilometre after kilometre of open road. My trusty Transit van and I were on our way to the alps where a friend had asked me to help him move apartments. It perhaps wasn’t the most logical way of doing things -- vans were available for hire closer than the UK - but we hadn’t seen one another for a while, I wasn’t busy at home and I was planning on hanging around post-move for a few days’ walking and mountain biking.
As the minutes and the kilometres ticked away a few more vehicles joined the dual carriageway; a wheezing old Citroen here, a little white Renault van there. I wasn’t speeding -- in fact its previous owners had limited my van to 70 mph -- but I was moving faster than most of the local traffic so I’d pull out, overtake, then slot back in, my arm out of the window and stereo booming in true white-van-man style. Occasionally something more thrustingly aspirational would appear in my mirror as I overtook but, unable to speed up, I didn’t let it worry me so I’d complete my manoeuvre then pull over to the right while the powerful car roared past, keen to let me know just how irritating it was to be held up even for a moment, especially by a
rosbif
.
Somewhere south of Reims I pulled out to let a vintage Peugeot convertible join the autoroute. It was bright red and straight away it reminded me of one I’d spent hours on end gazing lovingly at on a baked campsite in the Dordogne sometime in the 80s when, with not much else to do, from time to time I’d put down my Asterix book and shyly wander over to admire the pretty little car parked a few pitches down from my family’s tent. It wasn’t a fast car or even particularly glamorous but it was a convertible and that made it exciting. On the final day of the holiday the owner finally took the not-so-subtle hint I’d been dropping and took me on a spin around the campsite letting me change the gears. It was without a doubt the highlight of the holiday. Probably the year.
There was something else about this particular 204 that caught my eye though. The car had accelerated in the inside lane and was keeping pace with me. I looked across to judge if I should ease off and slot in behind and found myself eye-to-eye with a smiling woman. She wore a 50s-style headscarf and sunglasses giving her a kind of retro film star look. We cruised along for a few minutes, side-by-side, my right-hand-drive van an advantage for once before another big German car appeared in my mirror and I reluctantly pulled over as the Peugeot driver gave me a grin.
Once the coast was clear I pulled alongside once again and looked down into the open-topped car where I was met with another smile. My new friend wore a thin, pale blue halter-neck dress that ended just above her knees and was cut low enough for me to see from my elevated position more than a hint of cleavage. She must have caught me looking though because the smile suddenly became an unreadable pout. I slinked back to the right-hand lane and told myself it wasn’t polite to ogle strange women.
Despite my crude staring the Peugeot soon slowed slightly and with nothing better to do for the next few hours I decided to ogle some more. I’d just be more subtle this time. I pulled into the left lane once more and drew alongside. She gave me another smile and I grinned back. Her dress had ridden up her thighs a little and was flapping in the swirling air. The position of the pedals meant her tanned legs were apart and I allowed myself as long a look at the tantalising space between her thighs as was safe. She was clearly teasing me, and I was perfectly happy with that, and as I allowed a faster car to pass I tucked in behind her, keen to play for as long as she was.
We carried on like this for a good few kilometres. I’d drive alongside when I could, we’d exchange smiles and I’d enjoy the view. I tried shouting a hello but my voice was lost in the wind and she simply shook her head and laughed. The hem of her dress was inching higher but she did nothing to pull it down. I’m sure the rushing air felt wonderful on her bare legs. My mind wandered, imagining what she looked like underneath the flimsy material. She looked to be a couple of years older than me, perhaps in her early forties but no less alluring for it. Underneath the scarf stray strands of light brown hair whipped around in the wind. I began to hope she was on a long journey south. Realising my top speed was limited she toyed with me, speeding up just enough to mean I couldn’t keep up then slowing just enough for me to be able to see into the car. Each time we were alongside her dress seemed a little higher and another inch of soft thigh was exposed. My thoughts were becoming lewder and my cock began to respond accordingly. I sat up in my seat and did my best to rearrange things causing a slight swerve which only made her laugh again. Once I’d regained my composure I glanced over again and what I saw strained my driving skill to the extreme.
The hem of her dress was now scandalously high, barely covering her modesty. She smiled and pouted yet again then coolly lifted the material and the mystery of what was under there was solved: nothing. Nothing but parted thighs and closely trimmed pubic hair. I stared hard, trying to work out if what I could see was merely a shadow or if the beautiful stranger in the chic little car next to me really was showing me her pussy but there was no doubt. She let me look, the corners of her pouting lips twitching as she tried not to smile.
The blare of a horn broke the spell and my mirrors were filled with angry black Range Rover, left hand indicator flashing as a warning to inferior motorists. The Peugeot driver threw back her head and laughed then accelerated away. I let the livid Belgian man overtake and tried to stop my boxer shorts from doing actual physical harm to my erection.
It seemed as though her flash marked the end of our encounter as the little Peugeot drew further and further away. I tried stamping harder on the accelerator but to no avail and I cursed the previous owner who had installed the governor and thus thwarted my chances. Of what, though? Madame was just killing time on a long journey. She was probably doing exactly the same thing with a driver up the road. My hard-on subsided, I stored the mental photograph for later use and my thoughts returned to the road.
It wasn’t long afterwards that the fuel light pinged into life and with it, thoughts about breakfast. The autoroute was heading up a long hill and had grown a crawler lane. I was able to keep at 70 mph whereas the gradient slowed less powerful vehicles. A sign told me there was a service area in a kilometre; what I really wanted was an ideal little French café where I could relax for half an hour. However, as I neared the exit I saw in the distance a red dot move to the right and pull into the
aire de service.
It may or may not have been a Peugeot 204 that I’d seen but suddenly my tolerance for instant coffee in a plastic cup jumped a few notches and I decided to find out.
The service station was really a set of pumps with a kiosk and a block of toilets all set within a large wooded area. A handful of trucks were parked up and the car park was dotted with a few cars but I couldn’t see a red Peugeot. I filled up and bought a terrible coffee and a microwaved croque monsieur then got back in the van and drove towards the shady woods to enjoy my breakfast. In a few hours the rows of picnic tables would be heaving but for now it was still almost deserted. I was almost at the slip road before I saw what I’d only half-thought would really be there -- a red convertible parked in the furthest corner, a lone figure beside one of the tables. My heart was pounding as I drove across but a stirring of the loins spurred me on.
Clearly not someone who made do with motorway food my sexy friend had laid out a tartan rug on the grass beside the table and was unpacking things from a wicker hamper. She had taken off the scarf and was using her sunglasses to keep her hair off her face. She gave me a little wave as I pulled up that sent blood rushing to my groin and as I walked towards her she settled onto the rug and smiled. She was beautiful; elegant, poised, and had a wicked smile.
“Bonjour,” I said, suddenly wishing I’d paid more attention at school.
She laughed and patted the rug. “Bonjour. Un café?” She didn’t wait for an answer and poured two tiny
cafés