The phone rang early on Friday morning just as Monica and I emerged from the shower and were making our way back to the bedroom. I picked it up and as I expected, Jim’s voice was at the other end. He asked if he could call around to pick Monica and I up at around 10am.
Monica said she would meet us at the beach later and after a short animated discussion I ran back to accept Jim’s offer to pick me up.
I took more time than usual to get ready, carefully packing everything I might need into a small shoulder bag.
Monica and I had breakfast together and she repeatedly asked if I would be all right without her. She had been concerned, especially after my faltering recount last night of my abduction experience. I had gone to sleep, cradled in her arms after an especially intimate lovemaking session where she promised to protect me from any further unsavoury experiences. She even agreed to dress more daringly in future in a brave attempt to make me happy.
She had looked, disapprovingly, as I selected the flimsiest, most translucent dress from my belongings and shimmied into it. She suspected that I intended to seduce Jim before the day was out and sighed, seemingly resigned to the fact that I also found him sexually attractive. As skilful at making love to me as she was, sweet Monica unfortunately lacked the means to fully satisfy my base desires. I’m sure she understood, but it could not have been easy to watch me dressing this way for somebody else. I looked in the mirror, aware that my semi-erect nipples were clearly showing through the thin fabric. What the hell! I was going to be naked all day with Jim anyway and I wasn’t the only one of us that had noticed the attention he had paid to me the day before yesterday.
Monica promised that she would meet us all at the beach by lunchtime and bring some fresh sandwiches for all of us.
“Please be careful sweetheart.” She kissed me and gave me a reassuring hug before I left.
Jim and I took off just after 10am and headed for the coast. I felt oddly awkward and shy at first, with just the two of us in the car. The atmosphere was pregnant with unspoken expectation. On the way he showed me the shopping centre where he worked and Jim tried to make conversation easy as we drove. He pointed out the fitness centre where he worked out, adjacent to a football field and asked about my own hobbies. He seemed genuinely interested in me so I soon loosened up and relaxed into confiding my love of various adventure sports.
I described some of the thrills that I enjoyed during my time at university with Nana. From snow skiing in Aspen to the time that we had gone surfing in California, Nana’s generous allowance had funded some exciting and memorable times together.
“I must be an adrenalin junkie I suppose.” I turned toward him eagerly. “Have you ever tried white water rafting or canoeing for example?” Jim seemed suitably impressed and became more animated.
“No, I’ve always lived by the coast but Annie and I never had the opportunity to try the snowfields or the rapids. Sounds like fun though!” He looked wistfully at me. “Maybe if I come into a bit more money. These things usually cost heaps of dough. How on earth did you manage to afford it?”
I explained that Nana’s father had paid for most of my fun at that time and I assured him that I hadn’t been born with a golden spoon in my mouth either. We were getting on together so well now that by the time we arrived at the beach we were becoming far more comfortable in each other’s company.
I didn’t rush to get out and snuggled up closer to Jim, murmuring about the raw power of the waves crashing against the rocks where I had posed for Monica. There were several groups of young surfers dotted around the beach and I could see the most recently arrived groups making their way to their favourite spots and settling down on the sand, putting up shade for themselves or running toward the water. Jim pointed toward a larger group near the rocks with a stack of surfboards leaning against an open sided tent to provide shelter from the sun. I recognised it as the same multicoloured sun shelter that Annie’s group had brought over to where Monica and I were based, the day before yesterday.
“I see that our group has already set up for the day, Katrina. You’re not in any rush are you?”
I put my head against his muscular shoulder, nestling in closer still.
“I’m quit comfortable here for now.” I cooed at him in my softest and most seductive voice.