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"I'm going for a shower." Heather said, as she climbed out of the pool.
"Ok." I replied, watching from my poolside chair. She pushed back her wet dark hair, adjusted her bikini top and padded softly through the open glass doors of our chalet. Although forty, Heather had the body of a thirty year old, with a light brown skin tone that suggested she may be part Spanish. Her breasts were tiny and pert ("My bee stings." She self-consciously called them) and her round behind was just breathtaking. Despite her attractiveness, Heather was not an easy person to like. She had a rather intense character and was liable to brood or sulk for reasons I could never fathom. To be honest I had always been slightly wary of her.
We had spent most of the morning in the pool, more to get some needed relief from the blazing sun than for the actual enjoyment of swimming. The other two members of our group; Jane (my partner) and Tom (Heather's husband), were away for the morning visiting a nearby castle and it's associated village. Heather and I were supposed to be with them but, still feeling the effects of last night's wine and tequila, I had decided to give the sightseeing a miss. After all, holidays are about relaxing, not trudging around with a hangover in the stifling mid-summer heat. I wasn't sure why Heather had stayed here with me, but I did suspect she had something on her mind. Whatever that 'something' may have been, she hadn't felt the need to mention it during the morning.
I decided to close my eyes, slump back in the chair, and maybe drift off to sleep. As I relaxed I turned over the details of the previous night's conversations in my mind. The four of us had been playing some sort of truth or dare board game, a potentially dodgy pastime when all the players are a bit drunk. During a 'confessions' part of the game, Jane told us that at the age of 19, she and her friend, Maggie, had caught Maggie's brother standing naked in front of a full length dressing mirror; he was also masturbating feverishly.
"I couldn't believe it." Laughed Jane. "He didn't stop when he noticed us. He just turned round, stared straight directly at me and then came all over the floor."
"What did you do?" I asked, surprised I hadn't heard this tale before.
"Well, I was too stunned to do anything really, but Maggie totally freaked, she swore at her brother and then rushed me out of the house.* Jane laughed again. " She was so apologetic. Mind you, I'd be fucking apologetic if my brother had just knocked one out in front of my best friend!"
Jane, Tom and I continued to discuss the event with glee, our comments and theories becoming more and more ridiculous. Heather, on the other hand, remained tight lipped. Sitting silently with her legs crossed, she slowly went into one of her broods. After the game had finished, when three of us had calmed down and the sulky Heather had managed to cheer up a bit, I went in to the kitchen to get us all a round of tequilas. Heather joined me moments later, leaning up against the cooker, she crossed her arms and watched me pour the drinks.
"Men are all the same." She announced, giving me a stern look.
"What do you mean." I asked.
"You're always playing with yourselves, wank, wank, wank, that's all you do, it's pathetic."
"Well..." I began, trying to think of a reply that showed her accusation wasn't entirely true.
"I mean it's disgusting," She interrupted, her demeanour becoming slightly aggressive. "It's animal, you haven't evolved beyond those wanking chimps on wildlife programmes!"
The only response I gave was to do my rather impressive chimpanzee impression (I was drunk after all). I then smiled a stupid smile, picked up the tequilas and carried them into the lounge. Passing through the kitchen door I looked back at Heather and saw she was also beginning to a smile.