Cynthia and I had been spending our holidays at the beach. Not that we had much choice, our parents dragged us down here, but we were managing to keep busy. We'd both finished school and after these holidays we had to find work and support ourselves. We hoped that if we both got reasonable jobs we'd be able to pool our money and get a place of our own to rent. I mean, we didn't want to live with our parents now we're eighteen. I don't want to have to explain why I was out so late every time I have a date or have my father give a boyfriend the third degree when he comes to pick me up.
On this particular day, it had been hot and muggy, but with evening setting in a light breeze was coming in off the ocean and it was delightful outside. It was still twilight so Cynthia and I were strolling along the beach, just chatting and enjoying ourselves.
It was still twilight, and probably would be for another hour, and we could see quite a way. There was a lot of activity further down the beach and we headed slowly in that direction.
As we got nearer it became plain that someone was having a party, and quite a noisy one at that.
"Shall we join the fun?" I asked Cynthia. I didn't mind gate-crashing someone's party and I'm quite sure the party goers weren't going to object to a couple of attractive young things joining them.
"Ah, I'm not sure that we should," Cynthia demurred. "I've heard that some pretty wild parties go on along here at times. I'm told that the police have raided several of them already this year. It could be dangerous."
"So what? We just wander in and take a look and if we don't like what we see we wander on out again."
"Um, yeah, if they let us. That's what one of the police raids was about. Some party goers grabbed some local girls and dragged them to their party. One of the girls had to ring the cops so they could get away."
That put a different slant on things. Who wanted to find themselves stuck in what could be a really nasty party?
"I'll tell you what. If we go into the dunes back there we can sort of edge up to the party and view them from a safe distance. If it looks dicey we can get the hell out of there."
A plan decided on we started moving through the dunes, looking for a nice vantage point to review the goings on. We were just starting to climb up a dune that I thought would give us an excellent view when there was this growling voice behind us.
Geez, we jumped. The guy just seemed to have emerged out of thin air.
"And just what do you two think you're doing? Sneaking around looking for pickings for light fingers?"
We both spun around and looked at the growler. He looked huge, towering over us and wider than both of us put together. That was my impression, anyway. Despite the heat he was all dressed up in leathers with lots of studs. You know the type of guy you don't want to meet in a dark alley? Take it from me, you don't want to meet that guy in the dunes at night, even if it was still twilight.
"Ah, we were just going to do a discrete check on the party," I gabbled.
"Right," said Cynthia. "We don't mean any harm. We just wanted to know if it was the sort of part that is safe to attend."
"Mm, fair enough, I guess. Why don't you finish climbing up that little hill and tell me what you think."
I'd already decided that if he was the sort of person hanging around this party then it wasn't a party that I wanted to attend. I tactfully refrained from saying so and scooted up to the top of the dune with Cynthia and peeked over to see what was going on.
The first thing I noticed was looked like hundreds of motor-bikes, although it was probably far less than that. Still, several dozen of them. With the motor-bikes were the riders, all seeming to favour black leather, studs, and chains. There were a number of women scattered around, half of whom seemed to be topless. If drink and drugs weren't freely available I'd hate to imagine what sort of party would have them.
The only point in favour of this party was that the cops wouldn't raid them. The army might, but nothing less than that.
"God! Definitely not our scene," I whispered to Cynthia.
"You aren't kidding. Have you seen what's happening on the beach?"
I looked and blushed. How could they do that sort of thing in public? Looking at one couple it seemed the question should be how can you DO that sort of thing.
Cynthia and I backed hastily down to where that guy was standing, glowering at us.