Author's note: Hi folks. It's been while since I wrote anything. Mostly due to work and the lack of inspiration.
This is a work of fiction that is partly based of true fact. Obviously names have been changed and all concerned are over 18 years of age.
Just for the record, I have been thinking very hard recently about finishing up both The Estelle Years and The Afternoon With Amanda stories as I fell they need a conclusion. It might be a while but I'll get there.
In the mean time, please enjoy this little tale.
Thanks...and let's get on with it
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Trying to have any kind of romantic relationship, when working on a river cruise boat, is not easy. For a start the crew cabins are small two person rooms, with bunk beds and we have to share. Usually it is a same gender paring, unless you have been lucky in creating a romantic coupling during training, in which case couples are allowed to co-habit.
For me, I share my cabin with the night receptionist, so while she is at work, I get to sleep alone and watch whatever I want on TV or my laptop, without bothering anyone. It also means that it I get horny, which I invariably do, I can relieve myself in private.
My name is Elise and I am from Romania. I am forty two now, but at the time of this story, I was thirty eight. I am engaged now and at the time of this story I was going through a phase of not thinking of myself as being overly attractive, but priding myself on having a pleasant personality and great sense of humour. My Facebook status was always set to "in a relationship", mainly so that I could avoid awkward personal questions and stupid sexual advances from the Asian crew contingent. Don't get me wrong, they are nice guys to talk to and party with, but they're not the type I would sleep with.
I have had a few sexual encounters in my life, but none that got anywhere other than a quick fuck and "see you later."
It had been quite a while since I had felt the warmth of a man next to me, or a man inside me. Masturbation cures most things, but it eventually becomes repetitive and boring. So what happened to me in this story will stay with me for the rest of my life.
All I ask is please don't judge me or the man I slept with, even though he was married. This kind of thing happens a lot on cruise vessels. It is a relationship that means nothing, when it comes down to it. Only really special encounters at sea, or on the river, manage to go the distance. Mine lasted three days.
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His name was Philip, but he preferred to be called Phil and he was our resident musician. He sang and played the piano and the object of his job was to entertain the guests in the evening after dinner and to provide pleasant background music during lunch and cocktails.
He was sixty, but didn't look it. In fact I told him that I thought he was in his early forties.
"Flattery will get you everywhere, my dear," he said with a smile.
He was about five foot seven and his hair was more salt than pepper, but at least he wasn't going bald, he once said. He was of an average build. Not muscular, but not weedy thin either. He did have a little bit of belly on him, but his charm and humour sort of steered you away from that fact.
The first time I heard him sing, I felt goose bumps rise on my arms. No one had ever had that effect on me before. His voice had a warm timbre to it which calmed you and drew your attention to him. When he sang, he made you feel that you were the only person in the room and he was performing just for you.
Each time I walked passed his piano, he would wink at me and I would smile back and in some way we began a rapport.
One day I was talking to the receptionist, about ordering a new costume for our German night in the restaurant. The girls had to wear milkmaid type outfits, with quite short skirts and blouses, while the boys wore lederhosen and gingham patterned shirts.
"You can just see that I am fat. I need a larger blouse size, " I was saying, just as Phil was walking down the gangway into the ship.
"I wouldn't say you were fat," he said. "More cuddly."
I was flattered and thanked him.
As he walked away, he said, over his shoulder, "I like a good cuddle every now and then." He smiled and winked in a way that said there was double meaning to what he had said.
Later that day, while I was helping to get the restaurant ready for the German night, I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and was surprised to find that Phil had sent me a Facebook friends request. I accepted it straight away, put my phone in my pocket and thought nothing more about it.
Later that night and after I had finished for the day, I was tired and so decided to get a shower and climb into bed. After getting out of the really nice, warm shower, I dried myself and put on my pyjamas. I always wear a tank top and panties in bed. As I climbed into bed, my phone vibrated again and I saw that Phil had sent me a message.
I climbed under the duvet to read it.
"Found you," he wrote. "Finally."
"Hehe," I replied.
"With only 12 days left," he answered.
We had only 12 days left of the cruise.
"Do you go straight home?" I asked.
"You won't see my feet for dust," he replied. "I've got a noon flight. I just hope we dock in the usual place. Where are you by the way?"
"In my room. Going to sleep, actually."
"Oh, I thought that everyone was still partying at the back of the boat," he replied.
"Been there, done that," I said.
He went on to say that he was still playing but hoped to be done soon.
"I'm too old for all that partying stuff," he said.
"Hey it's not that bad," I replied. "Just crew talking bullshit."
"I know," he replied. "That's not what I meant. If I stay up too late my voice suffers through lack of rest, like it is tonight."
"This I understand," I said. "I sing in the shower."
"Now that's something I'd like to see," he replied. The comment made me shiver and goose bumps popped up all over my body. I also felt my pussy moisten a little too.
I laughed it off and said, "Or not."