It was the summer of 2011, just a few weeks before my 19th birthday. I had just completed my first year of college and managed to convince my parents to let me spend that summer in my family's village in southern Belgium, so I could finally get to know my dad's side of the family. It would be my first international trip without my parents. The village where my dad's family lived was quite boring, but I was young, adventurous and my international travel list was still fairly small, so I was excited to simply be in another part of the world. After a month however, the village began to feel like a prison. I was antsy and eager to see more. So when the opportunity arose to do a spur of the moment trip to the French coast with my Aunt Genevieve and Cousin Charlene, I immediately jumped at the opportunity.
Even though my cousin Charlene was 35 at the time, she had the mental and emotional state of a teenager, which is why I think we got along so well. She also didn't hide the fact that she was quite unhappy with her marriage, and a trip like this was just the thing she needed to destress. And so eventually, the three of us found ourselves in a small village on the coast of Brittany. Our week and half long holiday was a combination of sight-seeing, shopping and beach lounging. Visiting the French coast in peak season had its pros and cons, one con being, ferry tickets were almost impossible to get last minute. But I wasn't about to leave Brittany without visiting at least one of its picturesque islands. We lucked out however and managed to find a private company that did day cruises to the nearby island of Belle Γle and I convinced my aunt and Cousin Charlene to come with me.
The first part of the cruise involved a stop at a traditional French seaside town. The town was beautiful and charming, and unlike any I'd seen before. Normally, this would have been the highlight of the tour, but it was actually the beach stop I was most looking forward to, as I had heard about a great nudist beach located just a short hike from where our boat dropped us off. I had casually mentioned the beach to my aunt and Charlene, after all you can't come to France and not visit one of its iconic nudist beaches. To my surprise, Cousin Charlene seemed somewhat eager to visit.
What should've been an awkward family moment, to the contrary, seemed like a nice opportunity for some private bonding with my cousin. Although Cousin Charlene was an attractive woman, I felt no sexual attraction towards her, though I did feel a strong emotional one. I was an only child, and she was like the older sister I never had, spending time with me and always protecting me. I'll admit, my feelings for her did go slightly beyond just a plutonic brother/sister thing. It felt pleasant to be in the presence of a female that I had such good vibes with, even if that female was my first cousin. Of course, I never dared to discuss any of this with her, and never imagined our relationship would go as far as it did.
After a few wrong turns, we finally arrived at the nudist beach. This was only my second time at a nudist beach, and to my disappointment but not surprise, aside from a handful of topless girls, the majority of patrons were gay men and older couples. Not exactly the sort of people one wants to see naked. Regardless, the idea of being naked outdoors amongst other people, amongst whom was my own cousin, really turned me on, and just thinking about it was making me hard. I wanted to strip down and flaunt my goods, but at the same time, I was nervous as the last time I only stripped off in the water, and I had no idea how the other beach goers would react to seeing a nude teenager with a hard-on. But the gays and seniors were the least of my concerns. What would Charlene's reaction be? Regardless, I wasn't about to hold back. I'll admit, I had never been in the presence of a naked woman before and I'd probably gotten a little too comfortable with Cousin Charlene and completely lost sense of any sort of boundaries, but I had been up-front with everything else up to this point. Besides, she volunteered to come with me, so she should have known what to expect.