Author's Note: This is another
FICTIONAL
story. All characters in the story are
FICTIONAL
the exception of my wife and I. All of the actions and conversations in this story are
FICTIONAL
.
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It was a quiet early October evening and, as per usual, we were sitting watching tv. We'd had a busy summer but now that the cooler, darker autumn evenings had arrived it seemed like we were already hibernating. That didn't usually start until December when the nights were long and cold.
"I'm bored." My husband groaned.
"Me too. What do you want to do?"
"Something, anything before I slip into a coma."
"Think of something." I knew that I sounded exactly like someone who couldn't think of something themselves.
"Ok, I'll think of something." He promised.
When we were both home from work on the Friday evening, I asked him "So, what did you think of?"
"Well, nothing specific, but I know that there are a lot of Fall Fairs going on in the area what with it being Fall an' all." He gave me a goofy smile. "Why don't we pack an overnight bag and, after breakfast tomorrow, we just pile into the car and take off somewhere. Maybe we can find a fair to go to and then look for a B&B or something were we can spend the night and then see if we can find another fair or something interesting on our way home."
"Sounds ok. I'll go and put a few things in a bag." In truth I wasn't convinced that it was something that I wanted to do but I couldn't think of anything better.
During our leisurely breakfast on Saturday morning I asked "Which way are we heading?"
"Well, I don't really want to head Niagara way. We were already down there several times this year and we spent some time in that Cambridge/Waterloo area too. So that really just leaves north west or north east. Do you have a preference?" He answered.
"No, let's just toss a coin."
"Ok, heads it's north west and tails it's north east."
He gave me a quarter and told me to toss it. I did and it landed with a clatter on the hardwood floor and rolled under the sofa.
"Got another coin?" I laughed.
"No, give me a hand with the sofa. If we toss again we'll just start second guessing it."
We pulled the sofa away from the wall and found the coin. It was tails. We were heading north east.
We decided to stay off of the highways and stick as much as we could to the rural roads. An hour and a half later we were in country that neither of us were familiar with.
Around midday we both started to get hungry. We drove through several small communities and then found a quaint looking restaurant and farm store.
We were the only customers in the restaurant and I quickly realised that we outnumbered the staff. We were about to get up and leave when a plump middle- aged woman appeared. She was clearly flustered as she handed us menus.
"Sorry luvs. Been helping out in the farm store. Just had a new crop of apples arrive. What can I get you?"
There wasn't much on the menu so we both ordered toasted sandwiches. When she brought them, my husband asked "London?"
"Yes luv, Peckham. Been here nearly thirty years and I can't get rid of this bloody accent. What about you?"
"Swindon. I've been here nearly forty years and I lost most of my accent in the first year. Still comes out after a few beers or if I'm watching football." He giggled.
"I had an uncle that re-settled in Swindon after the war."
Is he still there?" My husband asked.
"Nah. He died years ago." She replied.
The conversation died right there too. We finished our food and bought a few apples and some veggies and set off again.
Perhaps forty minutes or so later we saw some tents and tractors and figured it was a fall fair. When we pulled into the part of the field that was being used as a parking lot we got out of the car and asked a farmer what was happening.
"It's a ploughing match." He replied.
There was a tractor trundling slowly across the field and we weren't exactly trembling with excitement when we got back into the car and drove away.
About twenty minutes down the road we found what we were looking for. It was a fully-fledged fall fair with old steam tractors, horses, cows and sheep, a midway and stalls selling arts and crafts and hot dogs and beavertails. A large sign advertised a "tractor pull 6.30 pm until 8.30 pm.
It was still early afternoon so we went into the village to see if there was somewhere that we could stay for the night. We were surprised to see an old inn with a restaurant and bar. It was just what we were looking for. We checked in and put our overnight bag in the room. Then we had a quick look around the village and headed out to the fair.
We stayed at the fair for three or four hours and thoroughly enjoyed it. Alan shocked me with his marksmanship and won a large teddy bear for me.
After resting for an hour or so in our room we made our way downstairs to the restaurant and had an excellent country cooked meal.
During our meal we became aware of a lot of shouting and cheering interspersed with loud rock music coming from the bar. We decided to go and check it out.
Seeing a sign that pointed to the bar we walked along a short corridor, through a set of double doors and found ourselves at the top of a flight of wooden stairs that led down to the bar. The room was far larger than I thought it would be and was decorated in an old wild west theme. Sure enough, I did see a number of cowboy hats in the room.
The main attraction and the subject of all of the yelling was a very large kids inflatable paddling pool. At best estimate this pool was thirty feet long by about fifteen feet wide. The pool contained no water at all. In fact, the only things in the pool was four very shiny women in bikinis. The women were writhing in a heap and then I noticed that two of them had no top on and their breasts were flying around for all to see.
Then it dawned on me. This was oil wrestling and I knew immediately that I was going to take part at some point this evening. I looked at my husband and I could see immediately that he was resigned to the idea of me being in the pool before the evening was over.
We found an empty table close to the pool and sat down to wait for a waitress. When she finally arrived, she took our drink order and told me that they were always looking for girls to take part in the wrestling.
"Let me know if you are interested." She told me as she brought our drinks.
I smiled at her but the only thing I said was "Thanks" when she put our drinks down.
"You're going to do it aren't you." My husband asked.
"I haven't made my mind up yet. Would you be upset if I did?"
"Not at all. I think it would be fun." He replied.
In my youth I had regularly participated in pillow fights in my local bar but there was never ever even a suggestion of nudity. Now, with my new found sexuality and confidence, I was certain that I would soon be in that pool. I noticed that there were other women in the bar with their boyfriends or husbands and we all seemed to be sizing each other up.
Forty minutes and several drinks later our waitress leaned over and asked "Well, have you thought about it?"
"Before I had a chance to say anything my husband said "Go ahead. You know you want to."
"You ok if I do?" I asked him.
"Yep, I'm looking forward to it."
I couldn't tell if he was sincere or if he was just appeasing me.
The waitress led me to a makeshift changing room where three other women were already putting their bikinis on. I quickly stripped and put my bikini on. I saw that two of the women had red bikinis on and the other woman and myself wore blue.