Okay, I'm not a writer, so this is going to be short. I live in a major Mexican resort town. Name is Anna. Lived in Los Angeles for many years, but have come home to Mexico now. I speak perfect English, which is useful, for reasons I'll explain later.
My husband died unexpectedly a few years ago, leaving me comfortably off. We had a beach cottage, and his life insurance plus social security from the States meant I could live a life of leisure. Problem is: I didn't know what to do with myself.
I'm 42, quite tall for a Mexican, strong firm breasts, trim, no cellulite. My hair used to be long but I cut it short a few years ago. I like to wear bikinis, unlike most women my age. Every year, spring breakers from the U.S. over-run the beach. MTV comes down sometimes, doing events a mile or so away. The kids go wild. They bring cases of Coronas and tequila to the beach, and party day and night. It's fun to watch.
After my husband died, I started lazing around on the beach a lot. Boys often talk to me. Like I said, I still look pretty good. It feeds my ego. But my attention is on the girls.
I realized the girls in their skimpy, wet suits turned me on. I'd always admired pretty women, but I never considered myself a lesbian. Now, however, it felt different.
One day, I chatted up a girl. We went back to my cottage. After wine and a nice dinner, we made out.
I was surprised at how excited I got, and that the girl offered so little resistance. Maybe because she was on vacation, maybe because she knew she'd never see me again and there would be no "complications." At any rate, she claimed she'd only kissed one girl before, on a dare in high school. We went slow that night, but by dawn we were making love.
It changed my life. Every year I would find a few girls who were willing to try something new. I bought a toy or two, for the more adventurous ones.
This year, spring break had just begun and the beach was the usual party scene with lots of drinking, rowdiness, boom boxes and frisbees. As I surveyed the scene from my towel on the sand, I noticed one girl sitting off by herself, reading. She had blond hair, sunglasses, a rather plain bikini, and a frowning expression as she turned the pages. She was not fat, but chubby. C-cups. Her hair was in a ponytail, and I could see that she had not used a strong enough sunblock on her fair skin.
A frisbee landed near her, and she looked up. A boy ran up to retrieve it, ignoring her. She turned back to her book.
I rose, taking my bag and towel, and re-positioned myself near the girl. She did not notice. After a moment, I smiled.
"What are you reading?" I asked.
She started, looking quickly at me. Then she returned my smile. "Just some Conrad." She showed me the paperback's cover. "It's for a class. I'm behind."
"I'm amazed you can read anything with this racket."
She laughed. "Well, it's hard actually. I've read the same page five times."
Stacey was from Salt Lake City. She attended a midwestern college, and this was her first real trip. She and her friends had pooled their money for a group deal on the airfare and hotel. The other girls were further down the beach.
"Why aren't you with them?" I asked.
She wrinkled her nose. "These obnoxious guys came by, drunk and everything. They kind of joined us. The girls didn't seem to mind, but I did."
We spoke a while longer. A boy running by between us kicked up sand.
"Ptuh!" Stacey spit a bit of sand, and brushed her face.
"Hey," I began. "Want to get out of here?"
"Sure." She tried to brush more sand off herself, scraping the suntan oil with her fingernails. She looked back at me, uncertainly.
"My house is right there." I pointed to the cheery little cottage, 100 yards away. "We can get away from this, and have a drink. You'd better get out of the sun, anyway. You're starting to burn."
"Oh, yeah." She touched her pink skin. "Okay. I don't drink, though. I'll go find my friends and tell them, in case they look for me."
We said our goodbyes, and parted. I quickly hopped in my car, and made a beeline for the store. I bought a special Mexican cake, and a few big bottles of cider. I'd barely returned home when there was a knock on the door.
"Hi!" Stacey smiled. She had raccoon eyes from where her sunglasses had shaded her face, and her nose was red. Her eyes were light blue, innocent and friendly. The straps of the plain yellow bikini cut into her pink flesh. I welcomed her in, closed the door, and told her to make herself comfortable.
"Y'know," she began, "I've got suntan oil all over me. I'd better not..." She glanced uncertainly at the upholstered chairs and couch.
"I've got just the thing," I said. I retrieved an old blanket, and we sat on the living room floor.
"Would you like some apple juice?"
"Sure!" she said. "That would be great."
I entered the kitchen and poured one of the big bottles of cider into a carafe. It was strong stuff, more potent than beer, and it "crept up" on you. I joined Stacey with the carafe, and two glasses.
"This is apple juice?" she said, making a face after the first sip.
"Yes, a special Mexican kind. It's less sweet, but more soothing."
"Oh." She took another sip, then another. As we chatted, I confirmed what I had already guessed: she was a Mormon, and never drank alcohol. "Or so she thinks," I chuckled to myself.
We talked for a couple of hours, getting to know each other. She did not have a boyfriend. There were no prospects. She wanted a boyfriend, but was afraid.
"Afraid of what?"
"Well..." She glanced at her watch. "Oh my gosh, it's five already!"
"Do you have to go?"
"My friends are all, we're all going out tonight."
"Where to?"
"Some place called Tequila Frog's."
I told her about the place: lots of drinking, lots of obnoxious boys, nudity...
She was repulsed. "Ugh. I think I'll pass. Y'know?"
"Yeah, I don't blame you."
"I should let them know, though, so they don't worry."
I fished out a phone book and she left a message for them at the hotel.
"If I'd known this trip was going to be one big booze-fest, I never would have come," she said, slurring slightly as I refilled her glass. We'd gone through quite a bit of cider. The sun had made her thirsty.
"It's like," she continued, "all the girls wanna do is drink and let guys hit on them. They flaunt it, y'know? Linda, oh my gosh, you wouldn't believe how skimpy her bikini is. It's like it's not there."
"You were saying," I reminded her. "What are you afraid of?"
She slowly told me that she was afraid that if she got a boyfriend, she would have sex. "I'm waiting 'till marriage. That's it. Period. But, it's like, I'm not afraid of a guy forcing me or anything, I know I have better judgment than to date a boy like that. It's more, I'm afraid of myself. Giving in, saying, 'Okay, what the hell.'" She giggled, covering her mouth. "I said hell!" She cackled, rolling on her back.
I smiled. "We should eat something. Want some cake?"
I got the cake. "This tastes funny," she said, licking at her fork delicately. Her pink tongue darted out again. Her tongue was moist and pink. It made me breathe heavier.
"It's a Mexican specialty," I replied. It certainly was. A local bakery made a famous torte that contained rare, blue agave tequila. Lots of it. Smoooooth. It was expensive, but worth it. "Don't you like it?" I asked, making an anguished face.
"Well..." She registered my hurt expression. "No, it's good." She took a big bite, washing it down with cider.
We kept eating and chatting a bit longer, then she suddenly came back to the subject of boys. "I'm just afraid that... In the heat of the moment, I'll suddenly lose perspective." She looked down at her thighs, which were still sand-speckled and glistening.
"Stacey," I said suddenly, "I know exactly what you mean."
"Really?" She looked at me, wide-eyed.
I proceeded to make up a story about how, when I was her age, that exact thing had happened to me. I had been kissing my first boyfriend, and I had lost all control and before I knew it we, we were...