Blip, blip, the sound was almost hypnotic as one article after another was scanned as I passed it in front of the scanner. My butt hurt, my legs were asleep, and I wanted to go on my break which had been delayed due to a rush of customers.
“Cash or credit card?” I asked the construction worker in front of me.
“Cash.”
The fucker took out a fifty Euro bill to pay for a bun and a small bottle of water. The till opened and I looked down at the dwindling amount of change I had left.
“Here is your change, and have a good day,” I said with a big smile as I heaped loads of small coins into his hand. That will teach him a lesson I thought.
There was a crackle in my headset and my supervisor, Eva’s, screechy voice said, “Linda, take your break.”
Thank god, I thought as I put the till in pause and scurried off into the changing rooms for my hand bag.
I never took my break in the designated break room. I liked to be alone outside, so I sat down under a tree in the parking lot and took several gulps from the fruit juice I had brought from home before I lit a cigarette. I had a twenty-minute break, which meant, half a bottle of juice and two or three cigarettes.
As I sat there smoking a low-slung sports car entered the parking and made a few circles before parking as close to the entrance to the supermarket as possible. I watched the car wondering what it would be like owning one. Expensive I expected. The driver’s door opened and a woman got out. Tall, in her late forties, white summer dress, sunglasses pushed up holding her dark brown hair away from her angular face. She looked around like if she was expecting an applause or some other recognition for being there. Rich bitch, I thought and finished off my juice.
Back at my till I put on my happy to see you smile and chatted with the customers as they came and went. I was about to change the ticket roll when something caught my eye. The woman from the parking lot came walking towards my station with a shopping cart filled to the brim. Oh fuck, I thought, here we go. She will probably bitch and moan about something. As she began piling her shopping on the belt, I scanned them and pushed them to the side.
“Excuse me, ma’am. Are you shopping alone?” I asked.
“Yes, why?”
“Well, it would be easier and faster if there was someone bagging your things while you put them on the belt.”
She smiled at me. “I know, but today I’m alone.”
I did the best I could by trying to place each item as best I could, but the mountain grew and some bags of fruits almost fell to the floor.
I got up and began to bag her things. This was something that we never did, it wasn’t part of our job description.
“What are you doing, Linda?” came the screechy voice in my ear.
“She is alone, and I’m just helping,” I told Eva.
I could see her watching me from the aisle with cleaning products. Her narrow lizard’s face and stringy hair, begging me to punch her lights out.
“We will talk about this later.”
“Fine.”
I sat back down and continued passing the items until the last one had come through.
“Cash or credit,” I asked.
“Cash.”
I waited until the woman had counted out the money while watching her. Up close she looked a bit younger than I had thought, maybe she had done some work around her eyes.
“There you go,” she said, handing me the money.
I gave her change back. “Thank you, and please come again.”
She tilted her head and almost whispered. “I’d love to come again, and again.”
She turned and walked away with the bagged items in her cart. I just stared at her back, not quite sure about what I had just heard.
A few days later I had my day off and since it was early in the summer, I decided to work on my fish belly white body and went to a beach. Not one of the big a famous ones, but a smaller less known one.
When I arrived, it was fairly empty and I parked my motorcycle under a tree where it would stay in the shade so I wouldn’t burn my lower ass and thighs when I sat down on the saddle later on. I wore short shorts and a halter top to cover my bikini.
I lay down my towel and spread plenty of sun lotion on my body. I wore no bikini top and my firm C tits got their fair share of the cream. I couldn’t help pulling and pinching my nipples a bit, it had been a while since I had had sex and my body was telling me I needed it.
I was dozing off when I heard the deep rumble of a large engine and I looked out to sea. A white speedboat had entered the cove and as I watched, the anchor dropped and the engines turned off. The lovely silence was back and I lay down again closing my eyes.
Sex, that’s what was on my mind as my body soaked in the sunlight. The last good fuck I had had was with Michael a month ago. God that man could fuck well. He had a nice cock that wasn’t too long, but thick so I really knew he was inside me. And he loved to lick me, and could do it for a long time, making me come over and over again.
But now there was no more Michael, the wimp had fallen in love he had told me and we had to end our fuck buddy relationship. I guess I was glad for him, but at the same time frustrated since I now had to find someone new. I wasn’t ready for a serious relationship. At twenty-five I liked being single and to do what I wanted when I wanted. Playing with myself took the worst of the tension away, but it just wasn’t good enough.
“Excuse me, do you know if the bar is going to open?”
I came out of my daydream and focused on the shape in front of me. There was something in the voice that I recognized so I sat up and pushed up my sunglasses.
It was her, the woman from the shop.
“Oh, hi, I didn’t recognize you without the uniform on. Enjoying your day off?” she asked.
“Yeah. I’m not sure when the bar opens, what time is it?”
“Just after ten.”
“Strange, it should be. Maybe the owner is stuck in traffic?”
“Maybe. The thing is, I didn’t bring any food with me and I’m kind of hungry. I only have drinks on the boat.”
I looked past her at the white boat bobbing on the surface. “Is that yours?”
“My late husband’s actually, but I enjoy it when I can.”
“I bet you do. Looks nice.”
She moved so she wasn’t standing in front of the sun. “Would you like to come on board for a drink while we wait for the bar to open? Then I’ll buy you lunch.”
This was odd, I thought. What would an obviously very wealthy woman want with someone like me a simple teller girl?
She must have noticed me hesitating because she smiled and continued. “I don’t have many friends, they were mostly my husbands and when he died, well, they scattered I guess.”
“Sure, why not. I could use a drink.”
I grabbed my purse and followed her down to the water’s edge where a small dinghy was pulled up on the beach. I helped her push it into the water and when she started the electrical engine the little rubber boat moved surprisingly fast across the water.
Her boat was much bigger than I had first thought, and it was anchored further away than it had seemed. The sea, sometimes gives you the illusion that things are closer than they really are. I guess it was close to fifty feet long and as I climbed on board, the woman hooked the dinghy onto two hooks on a small crane and it was lifted out of the water.
“I’m Marie, by the way. Please sit down while I get the drinks. What would you like?”
“White wine? My name is Linda.”
“Sure, Linda.”
I looked back at the beach and the ant sized people walking along the edge of the water. Out here, there was a breeze and my hair got into my face. As I was brushing it away Marie came back with a wine cooler, a bottle and two glasses.
She opened the bottle and then poured. The wine was perfectly chilled and it was amazingly good.
“Wow that is nice.”
Thanks, it’s from one of my wineries.”
“One of them?”
Marie giggled. “Yes, my husband was in the wine business. The company owns vineyards in California, Spain, France, Italy and Greece.”
I whistled through my teeth. “You must do a lot of travelling, then?”
“Not really, I have others for that. I spend most of my time with my passion. Children homes. I was an orphan myself and since I am in a position where I can donate large amounts of money I like to give back.”
Marie was not what I had thought of her the first time I saw her in the parking lot. My respect for her grew tenfold.
“Anyway, what about you? Do you have a boyfriend, family…children?” she asked.
We sat down on the white sofa, with her next to me.
“None of the above. Not ready to have children and haven’t found a man who I felt was boyfriend material or husband material yet.”
“Yeah, they are hard to come by. My Gregory was fifteen years older than I. We met at a fundraising for children’s homes. At the time I was working full-time in a hotel, but when I could I would help an organization where I lived. It wasn’t love at first sight. He was older, and I was dating a guy. But we kept in contact and when my, at the time, boyfriend left me, my work with Gregory became more frequent. I guess our feelings grew and then one day we were in love.”
“Wow, that is so romantic.”
I finished the wine and Marie poured me some more. “So, how long are you on the island?” I asked.
“Another week, then I’m off to Argentina. We are building a few schools there and I want to see how it’s going. Do you live here all year?”
“Yes, I’m and islander, not from birth, but for ten years now. I like it and don’t have the need to get off it during the winter as many do.”
“Must be a very relaxing lifestyle.”
“It sure is, but a lonely one, sometimes.”
We sat in silence and I noticed a pair of binoculars by the helm. I picked them up and looked at the beach.
“The bar is open.”
Marie put a warm hand on my right thigh and I jumped. “Oh, I’m sorry,” I said.
She laughed. “What? Did you think I was going to molest you?”
“No, no, it’s just been a while since I felt another person touch me.”
Her hand was back on my thigh and this time it felt good, strangely enough. It was soft and she gave my leg a light squeeze. “Maybe, just maybe, we could change that. If you want?”
She got up and didn’t give me a change to answer. I was silent all the way back to the beach, looking at it growing closer, and thinking about her hand on my skin. I had never had a woman touch me like that before, and it felt strange and exciting. I was no stranger to same gender sex, many of the people I hung out with were very liberal in their sexuality without seeing themselves as being either straight, lesbian, gay or in-between, they just were. For some reason I had never felt the need to explore my own sexuality like they did, I was happy with Michael and his thick cock. He got me off, he was kind, handsome, and funny, just what a girl needed. But now there was no Michael, and maybe I should venture out past my comfort zone and see how it was there?
Marie had a conversation with the bar owner in Spanish and ordered for both of us. It turned out to be an expanded Surf and Turf dish with plenty of seafood and meats. To this we had more white wine. I was becoming a bit tipsy and asked for a bottle of water. Marie seemed not to be affected.
“Coming back to what I said before we left, how do you feel about same gender sex?” asked Marie over coffees. The question was stated so simply as if she was asking about the weather, but her eyes were exploring mine for any sign of discomfort.
I explained about my friends and how I have passed up the opportunities that had opened themselves to me.
“You still haven’t answered my question, Linda. I like a straight up yes and no answers.”
I sipped from my water and looked at her over the rim. She was a stunning woman and the bikini she wore showed off a firm body with the right curves. She must spend a lot of time in a gym, I thought but then corrected myself. Women like her didn’t go to gyms, they had personal trainers, diets and an army of other specialists that kept them in shape.