Monday, 23 August 2021

Those Memories Made on Teardrop Lake – (58) Room Service

 

James Ruddock was a 25 year old singleton and was what they used to call a twitcher, although nowadays they prefer to be called birders and he was staying at the Shallowfield Lodge Hotel at the head of Teardrop Lake.

The view of the lake from the Hotel was spectacular.

The lake was shaped like a teardrop, hence its name, and surrounded by the ancient woodland of the Dancingdean Forrest.

It wasn’t a huge body of water, just over two miles long and almost a mile at its widest point.

It was beautiful and relatively unspoilt which was the reason he chose it.

A lot of avid bird watchers gravitated to the Finchbottom Vale and the Dancingdean Forest in particular.

Teardrop Lake and the surrounding woodland was privately owned and divided into twelve parcels of land, each with one significant dwelling on it, although there were a number of cottages dotted around as well, some in use and some not. 

It was both idyllic and peaceful, there was little or no noise pollution and although the lake was used there no speed boats or jet skis, only rowing boats, canoes, dinghies and skiffs.

 

James was a bit of a loaner so birdwatching was the perfect hobby for him.

He would have preferred not to be such a loaner but unfortunately he was a bit socially awkward, but the main reason he was alone was because he was shy and preferred to go unnoticed which is difficult to do when you’re 6ft 4 with flaming red hair. 

On his fifth day by the lake he was up bright and early and headed up into the woods around the Lake and was heading for lover leap.

It was a rocky promontory which was a location that had been recommended to him. 

Anna at the Hotel had given him a number of popular birding sites and after he had spent a couple of hours up at Lovers Leap including the small clearing where a Green Woodpecker had been sited. 

But what he found waiting for him in the clearing, sitting on a blanket was Anna herself.

He moved a little closer and was about to ask her to direct him back to the path to civilization when she stood up and took off her dress to reveal a yellow bikini.

“Oh my” he said to himself as he studied a most interesting scene.

“This is much better than a Green Woodpecker” he said to himself “Much better”

It wasn’t the usual type of bird he was spotting for but it was a rare sighting indeed.

It was his habit to write down his more exotic sighting in his little book and he had nothing in his book to equal Anna.

 

Looking beyond the figure of Anna he could see there was a well-defined path which he thought if he followed would lead him back to Shallowfield as he was ready for his lunch.

It had been a very pleasant diversion from birdwatching but he wasn’t comfortable to spy on her further.

Anna was a year or two younger than James straight brown hair and a rather plain, heavily freckled face, but lovely blue eyes, a cute nose and a thin-lipped smile.

However he still had the problem of getting back to Shallowfield without crossing the clearing or being seen by Anna and it was as he was pondering this problem that Anna turned around and looked directly at him and smiled, and then she gestured him to join her.

 

“I’m so sorry” he said as he approached “I didn’t mean to look”

“That’s alright you were meant to” she retorted

“Wwhat?” he stammered

“I’ve been trying to get your attention all week” she said and slithered up to him and embraced him and when the kiss was over she said

“Now don’t you think that’s better than bird watching?”

“Oh yes definitely” he replied and leant in for another helping and thought.

“This is definitely going in the book”

 

After Anna had successfully lured James to the clearing in the Dancingdean Forest and they shared an extended period of kissing Anna suddenly broke away when her phone alarm went off and she said

“Sorry I have to dash”

“What? Now?”

“I’m afraid so or I’m going to be late for work” Anna explained as she slipped her dress back on. 

“Can I walk back with you?” he asked

“You better had” she retorted “but no kissing and cuddling at the Hotel, canoodling with the guests isn’t allowed” 

So when they got back they just said goodbye and he didn’t see her anymore that day. 

 

The next morning he wasn’t up very early because he had been laying in his bed thinking about the meeting with Anna on the previous day in the Dancingdean Forest and more importantly trying to figure out when he would get to kiss her again.

And it was with those thoughts about kissing the girl in the yellow bikini that he decided he would take a shower and then go in search of her.

However just as he got midway between the bed and the bathroom the maid, receptionist, waitress and all round dogs body Anna Hunt suddenly appeared at the door.

“I’m sor…” she began as she realized the room wasn’t vacant but stopped and stared at him as he stood in front of her in his boxers.

And there they stood for an indeterminate time, Anna fully dressed and James in his pants.

“I thought you’d gone already” she explained whilst still staring at him.

“I slept in” he said strangely feeling no embarrassment under her gaze and in fact the opposite was true and he found it rather exciting and when she stepped inside the room and closed the door the excitement grew.

Anna walked slowly yet purposefully towards him and she flicked her eyes up and made the briefest contact with his, enough to cause her to blush but not enough to prevent her from returning her gaze immediately to his semi naked body.

Then she continued walking towards him and wrapped herself around him and kissed his chest and worked upwards until she found his mouth, which he didn’t resist but stopped after a few moments.

“No don’t stop” Anna said

“But I thought there wasn’t supposed to be any kissing and cuddling at the Hotel” he pointed out, evading her lips

“Shut up and kiss me” she demanded

“Canoodling with the guests isn’t allowed” he reiterated “you told me that”

“I’m not canoodling with a guest, I’m snogging my boyfriend” she said

“Oh well if you put it that way then pucker up” he said and kissed her

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