About this time last year I was coming back to London on the train from Manchester. I sat in my reserved seat and hoped that somebody attractive, interesting or both would sit at the same table. Unfortunately I was soon joined by three women probably in their sixties with nothing funny, bitchy or even philosophical to say to one another. They just chatted about nothing, complete with all kinds of mild prejudice.
We'd gone past Macclesfield I think before I noticed somebody sit down in one of the seats on the other side of the aisle facing me. Actually, the first thing that caught my eye was the straight, almost black hair, just past her shoulders; then I took in the small, pretty face, the plain, tailored black jacket and the cerise turtle neck; then, oh God, the legs. Sitting down, her sharp black skirt rode well past the middle of her thighs, and the creamy colour beneath that skirt, ending in ankle-length, tall-heeled, shiny black boots, was already too much for me.
I immediately turned away for fear of having stared too long, but I couldn't help glancing back frequently. None of the women on my table showed any signs of noticing my looking across them, but the object of my looks pretty soon did. And that's when I began to get very excited. She caught my eye momentarily, leant forward and removed her jacket, making sure her breasts were pushed out as far as possible. I couldn't help but keep my eyes on her, but when she looked at me again she appeared almost shocked at my interest.
I tried to ease off for a bit to avoid the one-track-mind assumption - but it wasn't long before I got drawn back, and, it seemed, so did she. After I'd glanced at her a few times, she angled herself towards me, outstretched her perfect legs, considered them, and began rubbing a forefinger up and down from her knees to the top of her skirt, even pulling back the bottom of the skirt a fraction to examine her thighs more closely. This continued for long enough to send a pretty direct signal, especially as the only times she interrupted herself were to check whether I was watching.
I felt wild. I kind of presumed she wanted nothing more than to be admired, but I still felt wild. I didn't want to bring the show to an end but after a twenty minutes or so of this I was burning up and needed to provoke something extra, or perhaps pause and replace some of my intensity with a bit more honest enjoyment.