After a tough day, I like to unwind and switch off by going for a long walk. My wife is rarely interested in joining me as she much prefers to get her exercise-kick at the local gym.
Luckily for me my walks are brightened up by two things. The first is the great British countryside which I can explore to my hearts content within a few minutes from my home and the second is a young lady dog-walker who I have met recently whilst out on my walks.
Whilst I walk I rarely see other people as the coastal path near where I live is expansive and I can often walk for a few hours without seeing another soul. I like to follow the costal path which zig-zags in and out of the woods along the cliff tops. It's a mixture of sea views and woodland. As its so quiet, I was surprised when for a few days in a row last week, I walked past a very attractive young lady walking her little dog.
She is petite and stands approximately 5'4" with long blonde hair which has a wavy curl and bright sparkling green eyes (which are a weakness for me). The first time I saw her she was dressed in knee-high black boots, black tights, an above the knee, black, green and red tartan skirt, a bight red roll neck sweeter and a light-weight black leather jacket. The main thing though, that immediately caught my eye and captivated me, was her freckles. I have always been a sucker for women with freckles. When she smiled at me her her little button nose wrinkled up and her freckles were beautiful.
After a few days of seeing each other we progressed to saying 'hello' and I joked by a few seconds later as we passed one another by saying 'goodbye' and then she would chirp cheerful, "see you tomorrow". It became a little routine that I enjoyed and she, at least, tolerated.
Inwardly I felt like a fool at how much I was would look forward to seeing her each day.
It had been a while since such a fine-looking young lady had paid me such attention. At 43 I was not in bad shape and my wife would often say that I still looked good and that she was proud to have me on her arm. I generally had no trouble attracting women of my own age but my mysterious dog-walking friend was much younger then me; probably only in her mid to late twenties.
The next day, as usual I set off for my walk. I followed the same route hoping that I might, once again, see my dog-walking new-friend.
I didn't have to wait long because as I turned right onto the woodland path that carved and weaved in and out of the woods and traced along the top coastal road I spotted her in the distance and I blushed at how pleased I was to see her. My excitement grew as I thought she was calling out to me but as I got a closer I could hear that she was actually calling 'Gunner' and she was rather agitated.
Once I was close enough to her I asked if everything was ok, and I could see that she was upset and looking very frantic. She told me through her tears, that her dog had managed to tangle himself in his lead and when she'd attempted to untie him he'd slipped from her and run off into the scrubland.
Her tears fell heavily as she told me she'd been searching for him for fifteen minutes already and that she thought he might have chased a rabbit down a hole and got stuck or fallen off the cliffs. I did my best to calm her and said that I was sure that wasn't likely and that I'd happily help to look for Gunner. She thanked me and said that she'd go left off the path if I took the right. We set off to search.
I searched for a few minutes energetically calling out his name and moving deeper into the woods. I was far enough away that I could no longer hear her calling out and I began wondering how long I might spend looking for this strangers dog. I called again, albeit I was starting to lose hope. To my surprise and delight, Gunner came happily bounding out of the trees towards me. I gave him a friendly scratch on the head and quickly slide my fingers under his collar.
He trotted happily along beside me as I quickly turned and made my way back towards the path.
In no time, I was back on the path and I was soon able to find the young lady. She spotted me, or more likely, Gunner, from a distance away and almost sprinted out of the woods towards us. She was both ecstatic and yet sobbing. The relief on her face was palpable. She fell to her knees and hugged and kissed the dog. (I felt a little jealous).
After a few moments she slipped his lead back on him and stood back up. She thanked me profusely and told me that she would have 'just died, if she'd lost him'.
I garbled something about it being 'no problem' and that I was 'glad to help' but when she said, "However, can I repay you?" My raised eyebrows and my 'dirty old man' grin made her laugh and playfully punch me on my shoulder. (Which I secretly enjoyed).
To my surprise however, she asked again. "What can I do to thank you?" Her question had an undoubtedly inference. It was strangely worded. The usual response or wording would be, 'You must let me thank you?' Or even, 'However, can I thank you?' But she had asked, 'What can I DO to thank you?'
I was conscious that I was now taking too long to answer her question. I was clearly thinking about what she could 'do' to thank me, and, I had little chance in thinking that she might be so nice as to not know that I was thinking about sex. Lots of sex. Lots of sticky, naked undressed sex. Sex with her.
In, what was becoming a little panic, I blurted out, ruining all my chances in one foul sweep, "I don't think that a beautiful young lady like you, should be asking a married man like me, what you can do to thank me. As I'm probably going to say something awkward and uncomfortable".
Oh no. What a twat. What a sad old fool I was. Not only had I been awkward and uncomfortable, but I told her that I was being awkward and uncomfortable. Plus, I'd told her that I was married and that I was much older than her. Well my work was clearly done I told myself. I should just say goodbye and walk home, crawl under my duvet and stay there for approximately, forever!
God what a berk!
But whilst I was recoiling inside and running my personal monolog to confirm that I am in fact a complete tosser my lady friend was standing smiling at me.