"You know what you need Tracy?" Nikki said to me, "You need a break, time away to get that cheating scumbag out of your head."
She was probably correct, I hadn't been the same since I'd caught my long term boyfriend of 13 years with another woman. I would've probably dealt with it better if the woman he was cheating on me with was a 20 something hottie. I'm only 32 but I could've still understood the younger model appeal, or even someone around our own age or even a little older but as it was she was old enough to be his granny, I felt absolutely disgusted. She almost put her back out trying to leave in a hurry and would've forgotten her false teeth if I hadn't of swiped them off the sofa at her. I was distraught and kicked him out of my house instantly, still naked with his cock bobbing about, I threw all his clothes out of the window at him and spent pretty much the next week crying about it. I've ignored every single one of his calls and text messages and was luckily out when he came round one time, the neighbours told me he'd been back, banging on the door and proclaiming his love for me, the neighbours told him what they thought of his antics and sent him on his way. Nikki, however, has been my rock throughout this time and I wouldn't have known what I would've done without her around, she's spoken to him and given him a right earful.
"I'm going to get the key to our villa in Lanzarote for you, all you need to do is arrange a flight."
"Really? Are you sure?" I replied.
"Of course, what are friends for?"
"You're the best!" I said throwing my arms around her neck and squeezing her tight and kissing her on the cheek.
"Alright, don't choke me before I get the keys." And off she went towards the kitchen to get the keys which were hanging up. "Oh yeah," she shouted back from the kitchen, "you'll need to hire a car to get there and we just ask that you give the place a little clean."
"It's the least I could do for you, anything you want me to do whilst I'm there?"
"Yup," she said walking back into the living room and tossing me a key. "Have some fun!"
I left a little later and drove home feeling better than I had for a while and a little more upbeat about things after my chat with Nikki. The next thing I needed to do was to get sometime off of work, I gave my boss, Nick, a call as I drove. It rang a couple of times before he answered.
"Well this is ominous, calling on a Saturday afternoon like this?" He said as a way of hello. I was lucky enough to get along well with my boss, I worked as an administrator for him at his own Audio Video Company. It was a small company but a good one, he knew about my history with the granny fucker and had been very supportive during my darker hours.
"Yup you guessed it, I'm after a favour." I replied.
"Go on."
"Nikki has given me the key to her villa in Lanzarote, and well... I'd like to go but need some short notice time off."
The other end of the line was quiet for a bit just the sound of birds twittering in the background. "Nick?"
"Yes, I'm still here. I don't see why not. How long do you want and when? I'll have to get in a temp but I know just the person."
"Nikki by any chance?"
"Of course! She is the reason I'll be short of a person at short notice." He replied with a cheeky tone to his voice.
"Thanks Nick, I'm looking at going for a couple of weeks and as soon as I've found some flights I'll drop you a text. Thank you again."
"No problem Tracy, just promise me one thing? Have some fun."
"I'll certainly try."
He ended the call and I carried on driving home as quick as I possibly could to check on flight availability and car hire. After a little searching on the internet I found a flight leaving on Monday morning for £69, I booked it instantly and then text Nick letting him know I was going to be away for the next couple of weeks. I also managed to book a hire car for £49 for the 2 weeks, it was only a Fiat 500 but it would do for my needs over the 2 weeks
Monday morning came around very quickly. I spent the weekend packing a few things and getting some spending money and also buying a few new bikini's, one of which was labelled as "barely legal" in the shop. The journey to the airport and four hour flight to Lanzarote was pretty uneventful.
I touched down at Arrecife airport shortly after 11am. The pilot announced it was currently 25 degrees Celsius and clear blue skies predicted for the foreseeable future. The warmth was a welcome change as I walked up the walkway before threading my way through the terminal to passport control. I was one of the first few to arrive from the flight. The old Hispanic security guard taking a long look at my picture and then a longer look at my entire body "Si" he finally said handing me back my passport and waving me through. I only had carry-on luggage so didn't need to collect my bags from the baggage concourse. I located the hire car company and after the usual confirmations and signing of paperwork I collected the keys and walked across to the car park and found the car. Opened up the boot and grabbed the Satnav out of my bag before closing the boot and after nearly jumping into the wrong side of the car set off on my way to Playa Blanca.
I followed the Satnav until it led me to outside the gates of a 2 storey villa, like all the buildings in Lanzarote, it was pure white. "Surely this isn't it." I said getting out the car and walking over to the gates. I tried the key in the lock. "Well bugger me, it is." I pushed open the gate, a stone horseshoe shaped driveway made its way round the front of the house. The blinds and curtains all drawn closed. I got back in the car and pulled it into the driveway and shut the front gates. I unlocked the front door and unset the alarm and started to look around. "How on earth have they managed to afford this?"
The front door opened into a small reception room with a set of stairs straight ahead leading up to the second floor. A door to the right led to a games room, complete with a pool table, dart board and a pinball machine. The door to the left from the reception room was for the living room which ran the full depth of the house, I opened the curtains at the front of the room and walked to the back of the room where a set of French doors and windows made up the back wall. I opened the curtains and my mouth dropped open. There was a large patio area with a rattan table and chairs set to one side, three steps then led down to a lower sun terrace area, the centre piece of which was a 20x5 metre swimming pool with a few sun loungers dotted around it. The back drop to all this was the Atlantic Ocean. I just couldn't stop saying "Wow".
I went back inside through a door on the left which then took me into the kitchen diner, this also had two sets of French doors, one on the kitchen end and the other by an oak dining table. I was already to move in by this point. I headed upstairs, there was a door straight ahead, two more to the left and one to the right. I opened the one straight ahead. It was for the master bedroom and again "WOW". The king size bed was to my left facing a set of doors which opened out onto one end of a balcony, at the other end of the balcony was another set of doors. At the far right was an arch way which had a wall blocking the view straight into the room. Curious I went and peered round the corner, it was a fabulous en-suite wet room. Coming off the wall I was peering round was a shower head, no glass sides or curtains. A standalone cast iron roll-top bath, the foot of which appeared to face another set of doors which could be opened onto a small balcony. The wall on the far side was just a massive mirror, making me jump when I thought someone else was there.
I got my phone out of my pocket and dialled Nikki's number, it rang a couple of times before she answered.
"Hey honey, you make it ok?" She asked.
"This place is fucking amazing! How have you kept this quiet for so long, I mean it's just fantastic, the views, the décor, I'm just...well I don't know what I am."
She giggled down the phone at me, "Glad you like it."
"Like it, I love it!" I said unlocking the doors to the balcony and walking out onto it. "You've got a balcony for Christ sake."
Giggling again, "As you're on the balcony I'll point a couple of things out to you. At the end of the garden there is a gate which leads out onto the promenade. That promenade is about 15 miles long and runs the length of the coast. To the right about half a mile up and around the corner is a little local shop which will do you basics of food and water - a lovely old Spanish couple run that. To the left you will be able to see Majures beach, it's a very quiet, small, secluded beach, mainly the locals use it due to it not being very touristy. Just across the promenade from the beach you may be able to see a restaurant/café that does very good food, you can get a table out front and just watch the world go by. Next door to that is a small shop selling everything and anything it can from clothes to tacky presents. If you keep going left, about 2 miles walk is another beach, this one is very touristy. It has banana boats, Jet Ski's, you name it they launch from that beech and there is a bar on the beach. Further on about another mile is the main town of Playa Blanca where there are bars, restaurants, you name it they're all there along the sea front, plus a small beech. If you keep walking then another 3 miles brings you to the Marina Rubicon, which is very well to do. Well that should keep you going for it bit, have fun Tracy."