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”
Anna was a year or two
younger than James, short in stature with long straight brown hair and
a rather plain, heavily freckled face, but lovely blue eyes, a cute nose and a
thin-lipped smile, she also had nice legs ensconced in black shabby tights and
she had tiny feet always which was a bonus for him.
The morning after Anna
had successfully lured James to the clearing in the Dancingdean Forest and they
shared an extended period of kissing he rose late and was 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.
There followed a delightful interlude, in which she declared that she
was his girlfriend, that culminated in them making love in his bed.
The next morning he rose late again but this time however when he headed
to the shower the door didn’t suddenly open and Anna did not appear.
This time he was already in the shower and had already given himself a good
soaping before she joined him and on that morning he had no need to undress her
as Anna was already naked.
When Anna got in the
cubicle she was only wearing a broad grin so he kissed her smiling lips and
made love to her.
And after Anna’s timely arrival there followed an exhausting but
rewarding union which culminated in Anna screaming out in orgasm.
She clearly enjoyed it sufficiently that she ambushed him in his
bathroom the next morning when she again left him exhausted.
There was no repeat the following day however, as Wednesday was Anna’s
day off at the Hotel, but being a really hard worker, on her day off she had
another two jobs, one of which was as a cleaner at one of the large Houses on
Teardrop Lake, Forest Lodge.
Anna
finished at 1pm and then she went on and did another job mucking out stables on
the edge of the Forest, and that job finished at 4pm and the plan was for him
to meet her afterwards and they would go and do something together maybe just a
walk in the woods.
So he
had a quiet morning at the Hotel followed by an early lunch before he left to
go birdwatching.
But his heart wasn’t
really in it, he was really missing Anna so after about an hour he decided to
go and meet her from work.
James headed down the perimeter
road towards Forest Lodge and halfway down the road the rain came and so he
took shelter beneath a tree for five minutes and then he got going again, but
that five minute delay was enough to mean that he missed her at Forest Lodge so
he reverted to plan b, which was to catch her at the stables, but he wasn’t
really sure where it was.
But he walked in the
general direction of where he thought it was and after twenty five minutes the
rain came again only this time there were no convenient trees to shelter under.
But he did see, some thirty
yards or so ahead of him, a stable block and thought even if it wasn’t the
destination he was looking for, it was still the most likely source of shelter
so he ran in that direction.
Once he got close he
noticed that the door was a jar so he pushed on it softly.
“Hello” he called as
the door opened and inside he was surprised to find Anna in the stable mucking
out a stall wearing only a baggy sweater and wellington boots.
“Oh” she gasped “it’s
you”
“And what are you up
to exactly?” he asked as he gave her a thorough appraisal
“I’m not doing
anything wrong” she said defensively and giggled “Honestly I’m not”
“Really?” he quizzed
“I got caught in the
rain and my shirt and leggings got wet so I’m drying them on the heater and
this is the only dry thing I had to wear” she blurted out and was almost
breathless when she had finished.
“Well you look really
hot” he said
“Really?” she said
coyly and blushed deeply “I think you’re biased, I know I look like a nutter”
“A lovely nutter” he
said and kissed her
“What
are you doing here anyway?” she asked
“I
missed you” he said and kissed her again
“Well
its lovely to see you” Anna said “But I have to work, and I cant leave until
I’m finished”
“I
know but I can help you and we’ll have it done in half the time”
“Why
would you want to do that?” she said “youre on holiday”
“I’m
doing it so I can be with you” He said
“That’s
so sweet” Anna said but looked at him a bit glumly
“What’s the matter?”
he asked but she just shrugged and then tears welled up in her eyes and he
hugged her
“I’m sorry” she sobbed
“What for?” he asked
“I’ve spoiled
everything” she said
“How?”
“My period started
this morning” she howled and buried her face in his chest.
“So I guess you won’t
want to be with me now”
“When I said I wanted
to be with you, I meant I want to be with you, to be near you and to hold you”
he said “that’s the only place I want to be, with you”
“So you don’t mind
that we can’t make love?” she sobbed
“We don’t need to make
love all the time” he replied “We can just have a cuddle”
And when she looked up
at him through teary eyes he knew he was now in her heart forever.
