A Literotica 2018 Summer Lovin' Contest Entry
My eyes were closed, but I felt the shadow move across my face and it startled me. Opening my eyes, I saw that it was just one of the seagulls patrolling this part of the beach looking to snatch anything edible. I sat up on the lounger and drank in the beautiful scenery. The waves were light today, their aqua tinted rolls turning to white foam close to the sand.
I got here quite late last night and was only now enjoying my first beach moments. I had come to this exact spot several years ago with my family as a young teenager.
Back then, they were so focused on other things that we spent very little time at the actual beach. My mother wanted shopping, my brothers wanted to go to a baseball game, and Dad drug us on a fishing adventure. Before I knew it, it was time to pack our things. I said back then, as soon as I was old enough, I would come back out here alone and do very little else but sit at the beach and enjoy it my way. Two weeks ago, I graduated and made a decision that I would take this solo vacation. It's not like anyone was begging to come with me, I only have a handful of close friends and my family is who-knows-where and doing who-knows-what.
Romantically speaking, I'm single. The truth is I have always been single. I have only been on two dates in my life and never had a boyfriend. School was always my main focus and I'm very shy to boot. Not long ago, I also started to think that there is something off-putting about my personality since I'm rarely ever approached by guys. When they do talk to me, it's not for long. I really hope I'm wrong about this, but when I had that realization, I decided to really work on what I do and say around guys. When in doubt, smile and shut up. That's my new motto. No more acting like an awkward dork!
Last week I went shopping for bathing suits for the trip. I was dreading it, having not bought one since before I could fill one out. I just knew I was going to look terrible that close to naked. Even though I dress every day in dorky jeans and t-shirts, I've got quite a nice figure underneath, it turns out. Trying on those swimsuits, in fact, I realized that I had a great bikini body. It may not be the most curvaceous figure, but it's lean with enough up top to fill out a b-cup and a bubble butt that fills out the bottoms pretty nicely as well. So, I bought three of them, each slightly different, none overly skimpy, but all three making me look fantastic.
I started tanning at one of those small tanning salons near the house to get a base tan. I'm such a nerd, I didn't want to get naked, so I wore one of the skimpier bathing suits. One of the girls came in to the booth to help me with the machine and couldn't believe how, "That mousy quiet girl turned into this sexy thing!" I hadn't even noticed until she pointed out that she could even kind of see my abs. Considering that the compliments came from such a pretty and very cosmopolitan girl, it gave me a new confidence. It made me feel pretty.
Maybe this trip to the beach might be the start of something new. A new confidence, a new diploma, a couple of job prospects back home, and, who knows, maybe I would even get noticed by the boys.
Laying there all morning had lulled me into a deep state of relaxation. When I glanced at my phone, I realized that it was already 1 o'clock and I hadn't eaten anything all day.
I walked along the beach to the short boardwalk where I had heard, there was an open-air snack stand. The beach got gradually more crowded the closer I got to it and I could smell fried potatoes and grilled hamburgers wafting the ocean air. The smell really amped up my hunger, but I wasn't single-minded enough to miss the handful of stares that I got from some of the young guys who were hanging by the boardwalk. They were stares like I never got at home in my frumpy clothes.
There was a bit of a line at Sharkey's Snack Shack, but I didn't mind because it was shaded, and I was studying the menu posted above the cashier. A voice from behind me startled me, "If it's your first time here, you should try the grilled shrimp tacos."
I turned to face one of the most beautiful guys I had ever seen. He was at least 6-foot-tall and his shaggy blond hair nearly covered dreamy blue eyes. Before I could stop myself, my eyes quickly scanned down the length of him. His trunks hung low on his torso and it seemed as if I could see his pubic hair if I dared to look closely. His lean and lightly muscled frame glistened in the sun. This handsome specimen was certainly an athlete or maybe even a model.
Catching myself, I shut my mouth, which was hanging open, and felt my cheeks blush a little. I hoped my sunglasses had concealed my exploration of his body.
Compose yourself and don't let on that you're a raging dork!
I took a breath and said, "It is my first time here, and those sound really good. Thank you." I turned to face the front of the line again.
"I'm Adam, what's your name?"
"Stephanie." and turned to shake his extended hand.
"I'm here with my family and staying right there at the Emerald Coast Condos. Where are you staying?"
"Down the beach two or three condos, it's called Pelican Pointe."
"Looks like your next up to order, do you want to have lunch together? I hate to eat alone."
My heart rate instantly shot up and I knew that I would be tongue-tied if I said much. I did my best to give decent eye contact and nodded yes.
"I've got my dad's credit card, why don't you grab that table under the umbrella and I'll treat."
I nodded again and did my best to give a relaxed smile, but I felt faint. This type of thing never happened to me. Walking towards the table I felt my knees shaking.