May 18, 2010
Dear Diary,
Today was such an exciting day. It even had drama, and I learned a lot about traditions in a faraway land. It all began when I wore my 'lucky dress.' It's my powder blue mini dress with cap sleeves and a low scoop-neck design. Anyway, I always take a shortcut through Patriot Park on my way to work at Staples. There's a park bench just inside the park which usually has an older gentleman sitting there in the morning.
For some strange reason, Diary, whenever I wear that mini dress, I always find a one or even five dollar bill that someone dropped on the walkway near that bench. Isn't that the oddest thing!
So of course I bend over and pick it up. It brings a smile to my face to be so lucky. And when I look back at the older gentleman, he's always smiling too. I guess he's happy that I found some money like that!
Well today I had some bad luck as well. I'd pocketed a five dollar bill and walked out to Camden Avenue. Just as I got there, a city bus came by, went through a big puddle of water, and splashed it up on me! The front of my pretty mini dress was soaked through! The fabric was so thin that you could plainly see the outline of my bra, garter belt, panties, everything!
Omigosh, I thought, I can't go to work like this! People were already staring at my wet dress and my undies. So I turned and hurried back into the park on my way home to change.
The older gentleman was still sitting at his bench. When he saw me, he stood up, saying, "Oh my dear girl, what happened!"
I told him about the bus, and that I had to get home. He asked, "How far is your apartment?"
"It's about ten blocks," I replied.
"That's too far to walk, with you soaking wet. Why, you'll catch your death of cold. Please, my apartment is just across the street. We can go there and you can change out of those wet clothes. I have a little fireplace where we can hang them to dry."
"Oh, I couldn't impose like that," I said.
"Dear girl, it would be no bother at all!"
Diary, from the warm gleam in his eye, I could tell he meant it. "I am Senor Felipe Gomez, from the Spanish province of Andalusia," he went on, "at your service."
He did seem nice, very sophisticated and well-dressed. His dark hair was gray at the sides, and he had the cutest pencil-thin moustache. His eyes were deep brown and his skin olive brown, like you see in people from the Mediterranean. I thought, what a gentleman he is, to be so willing to help a girl in distress. I couldn't turn down his kind offer.
I told him my name as we hurried out of the park, across the street, and into his second floor apartment. It was well appointed, with a cozy living room decorated with art and furniture in the Spanish style.
Senor Gomez turned on his gas-burning fireplace, saying, "You may change in my bedroom, Hilda. I'll bring you a robe to put on after you've gotten out of those wet clothes."
Well Diary, I just wasn't having any luck today. I went into the bedroom, closed the door, and began to undress. But that darn zipper on the back of my dress got stuck part way down. I tried and tried, but it wouldn't budge.
Finally I called out, "Uh, Senor Gomez?"
"Yes my dear?" he replied at once.
"Gosh, my zipper is stuck. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you please help me get my dress off?" Well, that man was so sweet! Just like that, he came into the bedroom to help out.
He struggled with the zipper too. He had to put one hand on my butt before it finally yielded and slid all the way down. Senor Gomez kindly pushed the dress off my shoulders and had me step out of it when it fell to the floor. He even unhooked my bra, the pale blue one that is sheer in the front.
I guess helping a girl undress was an exertion for a gentleman his age, because he was kinda breathing hard now. When I felt a tug on my panties, I said, "Uh, Senor Gomez, I think I can take off my panties by myself."
"As you wish, dear girl," I heard him reply. Then he put his hands on my shoulders and I could feel his lips on my neck.
"Senor Gomez!" I cried out in surprise, "what are you doing!" I began to blush, thinking, omigosh, here I am in a strange man's bedroom wearing nothing but my undies! All because of that darn bus!
"I am kissing you, Hilda, and pleased to do so," he replied. "You see, to kiss a pretty girl on the neck is part of an ancient and revered tradition in Andalusia, my homeland."
"It is? What sort of tradition is that?"
"Oh," he replied, "you wouldn't be interested in our quaint customs."
"But I would!" I said. "I haven't traveled much, although I once spent four days in Connecticut. But I'm always curious about how folks in other countries live."
"I wouldn't want to bore you, my dear," Senor Gomez said as he went on kissing my neck.
"Oh you wouldn't, I'm sure," I said. "Please, please tell me, Senor Gomez!"
"As you wish," he murmured. "To begin with, Hilda, this too is part of our old tradition." Then, Diary, he pushed my bra off me and it fell to the floor. I covered my breasts with my hands as any modest young lady would. But then he moved his arms around from behind me, pushed my hands away, and began to caress my breasts!
I was shocked! But he was so suave and gentle that at first I didn't have the heart to say anything. Besides, he'd been awful kind to offer his apartment to dry my clothes.
Then I spoke up, saying, "Well really now, Senor Gomez! Surely it's not a tradition to fondle a girl's bosom too, while you kiss her on the neck!"
"Oh but it is!" he replied. "In fact, our young ladies in Spain consider it a compliment to their beauty. Everyone agrees that it is a fine custom."
I thought, well, maybe it's okay if Senor Gomez is used to doing this with those girls in Spain. I didn't want him to think that American girls are unfriendly or anything. I said, "That's a very odd tradition, Senor Gomez. I'd sure like to hear about it."
That man's voice was so smooth and deep it was almost hypnotic, Diary. So I just closed my eyes and let him kiss my neck and caress my breasts. In between kisses, he began to speak.
"You see, Hilda, I'm staying here in Boston for medical treatment. My bad heart, you know. But at home, I own a vast estate, vineyards and olive groves. In Andalusia, gentlemen my age and position are greatly respected for their wisdom and kindness."
"That's nice," I said.
"Our tradition, my dear, is that when a distinguished gentleman like me offers his time and assistance to a young lady like you, why, it is the greatest honor she can receive. She is forever grateful."
"Really?" I said. "A great honor?"
"Oh indeed, Hilda. Es verdad, it is true. A wonderful honor. From that point on, the young lady and the older man become joined by the bond of his kind and loving heart. She calls him her Don. She is now his young lady, his sancha. That fortunate girl knows that in him, she has found a wise and trustworthy friend. Being sensual and passionate by nature, a young Andalusian lady will shower her Don with affection. In fact, she will want to be as intimate with him as if her were her novio, her boyfriend."
"Well, I've never heard of a custom like that," I said. By now, Diary, Senor Gomez was softly squeezing my breasts, and also holding my nipples between his thumb and forefinger. I began to think, now wait a minute! Would a young Andalusian lady really let a gentleman be this fresh, even if he had been kind to her?
So I asked him that very question. "Of course she would, dear girl," he replied. "In fact, if you were an Andalusian girl, Hilda, why, your heart would swell with pride that a distinguished man like me has invited you into his home. You would welcome such friendly affection as I am showing you now."
"Senor Gomez, I really do appreciate your kindness," I said. "But I'm not really passionate like those Andalusian girls. I'm actually rather shy and modest."
He turned me around, so I quickly covered my breasts with my hands. Then he looked deep into my eyes. "On the contrary, dear Hilda," he murmured in that hypnotic voice of his, "I see within your eyes a wild, fiery spirit, just like an Andalusian girl."
"You do?" I said. I was impressed, Diary, that Senor Gomez could sense something in me that no one else could.
"Yes indeed. What a pity we are not in my beautiful Andalusia. My dear girl, you would be a most charming sancha." A look of sadness crossed his face. I felt sorry for the sweet man. He was so far from home and his native customs.
I said, "Well, gosh Senor Gomez, if we were following your tradition there, and I were you sancha, what would happen now?"