Hide and Seek

She walked toward Steve and Kimberley. I watched her. There was a

stupid grin on my face and very little immediate possibility of making

it go away. I watched the easy grace of her. There was nothing to do

but stand there until the muscles of my face worked again.

The others got out of their clothes.

Kimberley had larger breasts than I'd have expected. They were

heavy-nippled, slung low and wide apart but very pretty, very lush.

She had a prominent mound of red-gold pubic hair. A little more in hip

and thigh than I'd have asked for in the best of all possible worlds,

but very much a green-eyed eyeful. Steven was hung like a ranch

animal. And he wasn't shy at all.

I have cheap thoughts sometimes. They just come to me, unbidden. I

had one now. I thought I was beginning to understand why Kim kept

looking at him so fondly.

But I couldn't keep my eyes off Casey.

She waded into the sea and I watched the frigid water tighten her skin

again. I thought I'd never seen anything so beautiful. She looked up

at me, and I felt a clear silent summons. The grin was gone by then,

so I climbed down off the rock. Compared to her I felt clumsy. A

little muscle but no style.

"Come on in."

"You're kidding."

"Oh, come on. It's no big deal."

"Neither is pneumonia."

She swirled the water gently around her calves.

"Now look. Steven doesn't swim and Kim's a chicken. Are you going to

make me do this all by myself?"

"I'll get my jeans wet."

"So take them off."

"My shirt, then."

"That too." She laughed.

What the hell, (thought. It was an easy way to get naked in front of

them. I needed an excuse.

I let the clothes lie where I dropped them. I saw her watching me and

felt two sets of eyes from behind. Hope it's up to snuff, I