I couldn’t really refuse so I put my stuff down and with Ted staring, I took my robe off.
I felt slightly uncomfortable, but my heart beat told another story. Delicately I sat down, then stretched out while Ted tried not to be too obvious in his surreptitious glances.
A few minutes later Ted spoke again, “I’m going in for a swim, are you coming Debbie?”
“No, not yet, I may go and sit in the jacuzzi for a while.”
With that Ted took off and did his customary dive into the deep end. It was blisteringly hot and one of the two jacuzzis was empty, so I walked to the end of the pool where they were situated, and climbed in.
In seconds a deeply tanned Spaniard climbed in beside me, followed by another who sat uncomfortably close on the other side. The chat up lines began and all I wanted to do was relax. I tried to be polite, but the relentless banter went on and on and I was ready to get out when Ted appeared and got in opposite me.
He had completely read the situation and immediately said, “Come here darling, come and sit with me.”
Catching his surreptitious wink I half stood up, then crouching, I moved to sit down beside him. Putting his arm around me and leaning in he kissed my neck, saying loudly, “I’ve missed you, you left me in bed alone?”
The two guys got the hint and so confused by our obvious age difference got out, leaving and muttering something in Spanish.
We both burst out laughing, “I think you’d better take your arm away now, if mum sees us she’ll get the wrong idea!”
Ted did remove his arm, but kept up a jokey, flirty response.
Mimicking a spurned lover he exaggerated his voice, “Ohhhh, when I woke up and the bed was empty…”
“Stop it, the acting’s over, but thanks, I was getting uncomfortable with those two.”
Even though he no longer had his arm around me, his thigh was up against mine under the bubbling water, and I wasn’t moving away. It felt strangely naughty flirting with the guy who’d fucked my mum just hours before. Of course the bubbles made sitting still difficult, and the friction between us seemed to make the skin on skin more obvious.
“It was fun though, those two must be thinking what’s he got that we haven’t?”
“It’s usually money I guess,” my reply came naturally.
“Well it’s not that, I’m sorry to disappoint you Debbie,” he said chuckling.
“Anyway, I’m not your girlfriend, you’re seeing my mother!”
There was a heavy pause before Ted replied, “Indeed, but it doesn’t stop me wishing!”
“Ted!” I retorted, “that’s so bad, you’re old enough to be my… well at least my dad!”
He smiled and squeezed my arm under the water, “I can have my little fantasies,” adding sadly, “I think we’d better get out before your mum sees us. You’d better go first otherwise I’ll embarrass myself.”
“What do you mean?”
I looked puzzled, “You only want to ogle my ass!”
“Not exactly although that would be nice, but it might make me look worse than I am.”
Still puzzled I watched him stand up. His swimming shorts were at water level and he adjusted them with both hands, but not before I saw the partial erection outlined by the clinging fabric.
“Oh, I see,” embarrassed because i shouldn’t have said anything, I stared a moment too long.
“You’ve had an effect… I apologise if I’ve made you feel awkward, but you’re an attractive girl.”
This was blatant flirting, and rather than continue a conversation that was a bit too intimate, I clambered out.
Nothing was said as we walked back to our loungers. We both picked up our towels and dried ourselves in silence. When I sat down and began applying my sun cream Ted spoke again.
“Sorry, I really went a bit too far there. You must think I’m the sort of guy your mum shouldn’t be with.”
“That’s up to her,” I replied, “we’re both grown women, at least I call myself that.. I’m only eighteen.”
“I’ll try not to flirt with you again, I’m sorry.”
I did chuckle and shouldn’t have added, “It’s flattering, it makes me feel good, a proper ‘grown up,’ and you did rescue me. If I need you again like that, I’ll yell.”
“A deal, just don’t let your mother know about our secret then.”
“Hmmmm, then don’t hurt her.”
It was a simple comment, but one I was finding it difficult to foresee in my own mind.
I found mum up and about and refreshed, when I returned to our room around one ‘o clock.
“I’ll let you have lunch with Ted alone, I’ve chatted to him this morning, he seems a nice bloke.”
“Yes I saw you from the balcony, you know that white bikini is worse than your other one, I bet he didn’t know where to look.”
“He was the perfect gentleman, he only looked occasionally!”
“Stop it Debbie, you’re as bad a flirt as I was once.”
“You were once! My god you’ve been really turning it on with him!”
“Ok, ok, truce, thanks for letting me go alone, but what are you going to do for something to eat?”
“I wasn’t going to have anything, I’ll eat tonight, I was thinking of going to the spa, to see what it’s like.”
With that mum left, and I looked in the room folder with info about the hotel facilities.
As it turned out the spa was fun. I’d not been to one before so I used the steam room and had my first ever massage, given by a girl who I gathered in broken English was from Thailand. After two and a half hours I was totally relaxed.
Mum was nowhere to be seen, so I sat on the large veranda and read my book along with a cold beer. Around five ‘o clock both mum and Ted appeared and joined me. Ted went to the bar while mum sat beside me.