Her Wet Bikini

Chapter 11

“They can do it anytime they want. Why should they do it in the water?” I asked.

“It turns them on doing it in front of other people, especially when nobody suspects they’re doing it.”

“I know. A couple last year was doing it in half a meter of water. They pretended nothing was happening but everyone knew what they were up to. Some kids wearing goggles were able to take a good look at what was going on beneath the surface.”

“That’s funny,” she said and giggled.

For some mysterious reason she was enjoying herself more than usual. Ever since Angelo and Karen had shown up, she had become merrier and more outgoing. Had their appearance somehow affected her mood or was it that I was simply too much of a bore? How else could I explain the monotonous expression of the past few days? Her sudden change meant that this wasn’t her default condition and this somehow worried me.

“What do you think about Karen?” I asked her.

“She’s pretty. Her skin is so white and smooth. I like her eyes too.”

“Compared to local women, the Northern European girls that visit our coasts every summer, are like divine beings visiting the mortal world.”

“Yet they are willing to copulate with the scruffy locals.”

“Didn’t Jupiter do the same every time he came for a visit? Find a good looking village girl and impregnate her.”

“Who knows, maybe you can get lucky too.”

These words made me wonder in which category Paula belonged. Was she the village girl waiting for the divine being that would mate with her or was she the Goddess from the cold Northern country?

In a sense, she was both.

She was one of us while at the same time she was one of them. The same applied to Angelo. Both he and Paola were trapped between Heaven and Earth. Better than the rest of us who were stuck here for life, while not good enough to be on equal terms with the beautiful Northern people.

At that time Luigi and my aunt showed up, and came to sit with us. They weren’t holding hands or anything but, they both were in a very smiley mood. About twenty minutes had passed since they left us. It was definitely enough time for a quick f**k.

My aunt took off the white gown she was wearing to expose her gorgeous body in a black strapless bikini. Her waist and flat tummy reminded me of an old photo of Sophia Loren I had seen in a magazine when I was about twelve, to which I had m*********d several times.

“I’m going in,” she said.

The rest of us just stared at each other without saying anything. Nobody was willing to follow her in the water.

“Okay,” she said and headed to join my mom and sister. An elderly couple joined them and all together, they formed a circle and started chatting.

“What an interesting situation,” said Luigi with his poetic tone. "We're sitting on the sand, observing the shadow play that takes place in the deep blue background."

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

“If you look straight ahead in the ocean you will see the lovers longing for a few minutes of privacy. In the safety of the shallow waters we can see the younger generations and the older generations, and on the coast, far from the maddening crowd, we got the rejects.”

“How come Luigi decided to stick with the rejects?” asked Paula.

“I’m a sort of an outcast myself,” he replied. “I don’t belong with the lovers neither with the family. Plus I don’t like the water much.”

“What did you do with mom?” Paula asked in a bold brazen manner. After so many days of vague ambiguity, her straightforwardness came as a surprise to me.

He didn’t seem taken aback by Paula’s question nor did he seem particularly evasive. I was certain that if Paula asked him whether he was f*****g her mom, he would have replied yes.

“Let’s see…” he said and stretched out his back and legs while shifting towards her direction. “I changed, I showed her around the house, then we came here to find you.”

“You just said that you don’t like the water much but you were in a hurry to go back to your place to get your swimsuit. That’s highly suspicious behavior,” said Paula.

“I also wanted to show her some things. Old photos and stuff.”

“Which part of the house did you show her? Was it the bedroom?”

“Why would I do that?” he asked in an amused tone.

“When you came to our place, she showed you her bedroom.”

Luigi swallowed nervously. He wasn’t expecting Paula to take things this far.

“How do you know that?”

“I was next door and I couldn’t sleep. I went out in the corridor and I found him jacking off outside your door.”

I couldn’t believe my ears. I felt the whole world was about to collapse around me. However, I was well aware I would never be reprimanded for such an act. Luigi was the one that was being cornered here, not me.

“Paula, my darling,” he said. “Me and your mother go back way long. We used to be lovers in college.”

“Yeah, I know. Actually, I’m happy about her. I suspect that dad has a girlfriend in Canada. That’s why he never goes with us on summer holidays. He says he’s too busy with his job.”

“You’re so mature for your age,” he said.

“I hate those drama queens who never stop whining. My school is full of them. They pretend to be so sensitive while the only reason they’re behaving like that is to gain attention from others.”

“You don’t mind your parents cheating on each other?” I asked.

“Did they ever ask me for permission when they decided to cheat on each other? Nope. That’s why I don’t give a toss. It’s their life anyway. I wouldn’t mind even if they decided to divorce.”

“Don’t forget they’re both strong-minded individuals,” said Luigi.

“That’s why I should not allowed myself to be crushed between those two,” she said.

“Just one thing,” asked Luigi. “Can we pretend that this conversation never happened?”

“Sure,” said Paula. “That’s the easiest thing. Everyone here has their dirty little secret.”

I was further shocked when Luigi called me a Peeping Tom and shuffled my hair. This made Paula laugh aloud. She was enjoying making me seem like a little fool in the eyes of Luigi.

“There’s a question I want to ask,” she said staring at Luigi.

“Anything you want,” he said.

“Is it okay if you want to f**k your cousin?”