The next morning, Talia awoke suddenly with the sense that she had had a meaningful dream but couldn't quite recall it. She noticed a wetness between her legs, something that had not happened during sleep in a long time. She quietly nipped out of bed, Tab still dozing, the whisky of the night before leaving him still and motionless, though that was nothing new.
As Talia looked at herself in the mirror, she again remembered her promise, and a plan formed in her mind. She took out the hotel notepad and wrote a message for Tab.
"Gone to the gym; could we stay a little longer, a few more nights? I'm really feeling different here. Kisses, Talia."
She drew a little heart, something she usually did out of habit, but this time she coloured it in, filling it completely with black ink, meaningful only to her.
She left the room, the click of the door releasing her again. With a spring in her step, she walked to the gym. There, she changed into her clothes and began to squat. Short sets of six, using her own body weight. She watched herself in the mirror, admiring her own form, her pale skin, and the way she bounced up and down with excellent form. She felt feline and alive, and as she exercised, parts of her dream came back to her.
She saw a jungle, much like those surrounding their resort. It was alive with sound, but the caucauphony did not scare her but drew her in. As she walked into the jungle, small step by small step, she felt a growing sense of freedom. Her clothes fell away, her skin brushing the leaves, her toes curling into the soil. As she walked, she became aware of her own body: her pert bum was rounded and formed, her breasts hardened, and her hair fell to her nipples, bouncing as she walked forwad. Her breath came freely, and she sensed the jungle around her, the wildness freeing her. She came across two rounded, large boulders and sat down. As she did, parting her legs and gazing upward to the canopy, the head of a snake appeared in front of her. It was black in colour, long and thick, and she watched as it came towards her, then directly followed her hand up her thigh, tongue flicking out to taste her, then moving between her legs, entering her.
Talia let out a small moan in the gym, glancing around to see if anyone noticed. She had always prided herself on being very controlled socially and did not want embarrassment, even for a moment. Fortunately, those on the running machines, headphones plugged in, were looking solidly ahead. She paused her squat at the bottom, holding herself there as the dream stayed in her mind. She felt her wetness again, touching her bikini bottoms under her gym shorts, threatening to come through.
She looked into the mirror, gazing at herself, and thinking through her dream. She realised now what the dream meant: that the black server was not a dalliance but something more; he represented passion and freedom, things that had gone missing since marrying Tab, perhaps even since meeting him. With resolve, she stood and walked out of the gym, intending to go to the pool to see the server again. On her way, she paused on a walkway; the balcony looked out to the ocean. She didn't glance around this time; removing her shorts to reveal her wetted bikini bottoms, and then her top completely, she stood facing out to the ocean, her breasts bare, and felt the humid breeze caress her breasts.