I'd spent my summers as a lifeguard for Bonnaroo Beach Patrol for years, but at no time had anyone ever caused a stir quite like Sophia.
Sophia and her husband and school-age kids had bought the recently-vacated Donovan home two summers earlier and were only at the shore during the season and mostly kept to themselves. So even though Bonnaroo was a pretty tight-knit community with a large proportion of families that lived here year-round (mine being one of them), no one knew much about them.
But that certainly didn't stop the new residents - and Sophia in particular - from being the hottest topic of conversation for the 3rd season running.
"Jesse, good to see you home! How's college? What are you, a senior now?" Mrs. Benzinger, my neighbor from down the street, waved to me from her beach chair as I strolled back onto the sand after my lunch break.
I smiled politely and tried to pretend I didn't notice her checking out my toned arms and tight abs. She reminded me a bit too much of my own mom to think of her in any other way, though clearly she had taken note that the once-little-boy down the street had firmly landed in "man* territory.
"Junior in the fall," I replied, keeping my eyes trained to hers to make sure I didn't accidentally give off any signals that might encourage her undesired attentions to move beyond the friendly.
After all, Mrs. Benzinger wasn't the only woman who had noticed the 3 inches of height and 30 lbs of muscle my hormones had apparently decided it was time to pack on over the past 8 months. The girls at my university kept me plenty busy with... extracurriculars.
"It's going well, keeping my grades up, doing club water polo to maintain my training when I'm away from the beach. Good to see you, too. Have a great afternoon!"
I quickly scurried away, feeling her eyes on my back as I walked towards the guard tent - or, more likely, on my backside.
Something fluttering in the breeze caught my attention out the corner of my eye. It took only one glance at the straw of Sophia's signature oversized hat for what felt like all the blood in my body to rush from my head and extremities straight to my dick. I took a deep breath and tried to focus on something else so I wouldn't get a hard-on in front of the entire beach.
But, boy, did Sophia make it difficult. She was laying on her back on a blue printed oversized Turkish towel, propped on her elbows as she motioned with her head towards her beach bag, directing one of her kids who seemed to be asking for a snack or something.
Her long, shapely tanned legs were stretched out in front of her, leading to a white one-piece swimsuit with cutouts that somehow looked scandalous even though she technically was more covered than the 19 year old two blankets over in a thong bikini. (Is that even legal? I wondered for a split second before Sophia promptly reclaimed my attention.)
Her swimsuit was cut low into a deep v-neck, exposing the inviting swells of her round, glistening breasts, my throat drying as I couldn't help but wonder if they were as soft and squeezable as they looked. Fuckkkkk... How could tits look like that after three kids? Some of the guys had a bet going over whether they were real or not. But I was certain those were all natural - it just didn't fit her "vibe" to be the plastic surgery type, in my opinion.
Her hat fluttered in the breeze again and she reached up to grab the broad brim before it flew away. Her face was momentarily bathed in sunlight, and her bright blue eyes practically glowed against her golden tan and sun-streaked hair. Perfect beachy waves tumbled around her athletic but feminine shoulders as she adjusted her hat and I was just retracing the sweep of her generous curves back down her body when a jolt to my shoulder almost sent me tumbling to the sand.
I staggered forward, catching my balance, and looked up to find our captain, Hank, smirking back at me with a knowing gleam in his eyes. Hank was a good 15 or so years older than me, in his late 30s and married, but that didn't make him blind. He knew better than to say anything, though, with his wife sitting a few umbrellas away. "Ready for shift, JJ? You're on South Chair with Nate," he called over his shoulder at me as he headed towards the North Chair on the other side of the beach.
Nathan, my best friend, sidled up next to me and handed me my towel. "Thought you might need that," he winked and razzed my hair. "Fuck you," I laughed, while gratefully draping the towel over my arm to strategically cover the obvious bulge in my crotch. I groaned. I wasn't a teenager anymore - when would I finally have some control over this thing?
Reading my thoughts - as he had a habit of doing after nearly 20 years of friendship, almost our entire lives - Nate squeezed my shoulder consolingly and under his breath added, "Hey, we don't call it Boner-roo for nothing."
I snorted and shook my head as we climbed up the chair, my dick finally calming down enough that I could place the towel under me instead of over my lap.
"So, I see you got a load of Ms. Loren today," Nathan started once we'd settled in and gotten our eyes trained on the water. "Ms. Loren" was the guards' nickname for Sophia, given her striking resemblance to the Italian film star and icon of sex appeal. "Actually, you're still drooling."
I punched him lightly on the shoulder... and discreetly wiped my mouth, just in case.
I glanced over to Sophia's towel, the sun gleaming off her limbs in the most mouthwatering way. "What IS it about her, man?" I pondered aloud.
She certainly wasn't the fittest woman on the beach. There were tons of good-looking babes around my own age, with perky breasts and round asses, and perfectly smooth skin, everywhere you looked, half of them practically naked other than a couple tiny slips of cloth (Boner-roo, remember?).