The Village 02 - The Gite and Sex in Southern France
Authors note: If you want to know my vision of Monique, See the BBC 4 series Spiral, (Engrenages en francais) in France, JosΓ©phine Karlsson, played by Audrey Fleurot. I Think of her as similar, but with blonde hair, younger of course, but just as determined.
The Gite is real, and last time I looked, was available for rent...
This is dedicated to glow worms.
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SUNDAY
"GOOD MORNING!" said Denise brightly, pulling open Beth's bedroom curtains, letting the bright French sunshine in. Beth opened her eyes, squinting, to keep the light out.
She looked at the space beside her. Empty.
"They left about six," Denise said, "they had some work to do." Denise looked at the dresser, at the money. "I see he did pay you, like I was. And left a tip too".
Beth looked at the dresser. There were the five 50-euro notes, laid flat, and another 50 note, folded in a Z standing up on top. Beth put her hand to her mouth, sitting up. "They don't really think we are ...?" She said.
"No," retorted Denise, "they know it's a joke, they just went all the way with it."
"Definitely all the way." replied Beth.
"It's nine am." said Denise, "I wasn't going to wake you, but they rang us just now."
"How?" interjected Beth. "The phone downstairs does not work, and they don't know our mobile numbers."
"Ah!" responded Denise, "The phone works now, somehow. Another mystery of this gite. Like where did the large towels come from last night?"
Beth looked pensive as she thought, and realised that they had appeared out of nowhere, somewhere outside the bathroom...
"Yes." said Denise, remembering the message she had to give, "We are invited to a meal at the restaurant, later this afternoon. Others will be there, and I said I would discuss with you and ring back soon."
Beth sat thinking. Denise started to speak and Beth put her hand up. "Please let me think." She said.
Beth said, "Do you think they will want... afterwards... to, er ... with us?" she stopped, not sure what to say.
"With a bit of luck!" said Denise, "Don't you want to? You were rather... enthusiastic about it last night, I seem to remember!"
Beth remembered, and sat there, looking at Denise. "I had a lot to drink." She said, helplessly.
"Try telling that to the priest, as an excuse," replied Denise.
Beth thought a little more. "I want to talk to Andrew," she stated, "and see whether he has... with Rachel. If he has, then I will... if not then I will have to... I don't know" she rambled, reaching for her mobile.
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Andrew was in bed, asleep. He heard a phone ring near him, woke up and looked around. He was in Rachel's bedroom, Rachel lay beside him. His mobile was on his side table, ringing. He picked it up. Rachel woke, and sat up slowly. "Hello?" he said, quietly. "Oh hi! How are you?" a pause "No, I'm not at home..."
"Do not piss me about!" said Beth forcefully.
"OK," replied Andrew quietly, "I'm at Rachel's..." No hope now, tell the truth... "in bed with Rachel." he said.
"Oh! Thank god for that!" said Beth. Not quite the response that Andrew was expecting.
He looked at Rachel, who had overheard.
"She's alongside me, would you like a word?"
"Yes, please." replied Beth.
Andrew passed the phone over, his finger pressing the loudspeaker button, by accident as he did so. "Hi Beth," said Rachel, "so what was your French guy like?"
"Well, "said Beth, not realising she was on loudspeaker, "We started our meal, then these two were placed on a table just next to us, their wives were away, and we started chatting, then we joined the tables together. Eventually, they came back to the gite with a couple of bottles of champagne."
"Champagne?" said Rachel, looking at Andrew, "That is more than I got. Did you get flowers?"
"No," said Beth, "but it was late". Andrew made a mental note, flowers for Rachel today, and Beth when she returned.
Rachel took charge, hoping to hear what she wanted. Andrew looked at her with his eyebrows raised. "So... did you... er ... You know?"
"Yes" said Beth "twice, well twice and a half, really." Rachel wondered what 'a half' was, but decided to park that one for later. Rachel and Andrew looked at each other, with expressions of gratitude. "Can I talk to Andrew please." Beth quietly said.
"It's me." said Andrew, not knowing whether he should be joking, serious, or what.
"Thanks," said Beth. "The problem is that they have just rung Denise and offered to meet us this afternoon, and I didn't want to say 'yes' if you hadn't... Are you seeing Rachel tonight?" she asked brightly, as though Rachel and Andrew were going for a stroll.
"Well," said Andrew, looking at Rachel, "I haven't actually left yet, but I suppose I will soon. So, I will see if she invites me back." Rachel glared at him and started sliding her hand across to him, up his thigh, towards his cock, rotating her fingers as she did so... Reciting quietly an old nursery rhyme, quietly, so Beth would not hear:
Incy Wincy spider climbing up the spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain