Lauryn had seen two familiar faces while checking in to her hotel in southern France. They were unexpected, and showed mild surprise when they saw her, but nothing more. Eddie and John moved on. Lauryn, who had not seen them since high school, was puzzled by this behaviour and could not shake them from her mind as she was shown to her room and she unpacked. But she was staying for two weeks – perhaps she would see them again, and catch up with them.
Lauryn wondered if they were any different from how they were at school... they had always been good-looking, and as a teenager she had fantasised about them mildly. They had always been sexy, as well. Lauryn sighed and continued to unpack, telling herself that she would not act like she had in those days; she was no longer a teenager. She knew now what it was to be loved, emotionally and sexually, and she was more mature than to relapse to old obsessions and fantasies. She drove them from her mind, as far as she could.
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Returning from the swimming pool, Lauryn entered her ensuite bathroom and started to run a shower. In the heat she opted for a cool temperature, which tingled on her skin pleasantly, giving her goose bumps. She ran the shower gel over her body with her hands, lingering on her full breasts, feeling the strange texture the goose bumps gave her skin. She had seen men at the pool, and they had seen her. She had no doubt at all that this would be a fulfilling break in the sun.
She finished her shower, quickly dried herself and threw on some clothes she had collected from her room before coming in. Pulling her wet hair back into a ponytail, she checked her reflection and emerged into her room, flopping onto the four-poster bed with a sigh.