Merle

“That was really good, thank you.”

“No problem. If you like seafood, that is the best place around. Whatever they catch overnight and in the morning is what they serve for the lunch and dinner specials. I don’t think I have ever been disappointed.”

“Well I can see why not with the food they have there. This place is just full of surprises.”

He nodded at me and smiled in a way that was making me squirm a little bit. His desire for me was hard to ignore and my own need for him was becoming clear. The man was a mystery and open all in the same stroke. He loved to talk, but I don’t know if I knew him any better after talking for quite some time. He liked to talk about everything and nothing, but I still didn’t know certain details that I was dying to know.

“Do you want to get a drink at the bar or just go back home?”

He said it so causally like it was my home as well and I was surprised by how familiar we were with each other already. It felt like I had known him much longer than I really had.

“No, I think I am ready for a hot shower and a nap. I forgot how tiring diving can be.”

He smiled at me knowingly and said that it sounded like a plan. I could tell that he wanted more. I could only imagine what was going on in his head to make him look at me like that, but I didn’t ask because I didn’t want to know. Whatever it was, it was going to get me in trouble. That was all that I knew for sure.

We drove back to his place in his truck and I saw all of the houses as we passed. It was an eclectic assortment of building style. It looked like there were no zoning laws here. People built whatever they wanted to build and I don’t think anyone said anything about it. It was so different than places were everything had to be the same.

“So are you up for an early morning again tomorrow? I think we will let it run another day and then clean the boxes out. It should be a good haul. I grabbed some pickers off of the top that were for you. The diver always gets the big pickers and there were several.”

He handed me a small jar with several small chunks of gold in it. It was the first of it that I was seeing and I have to say that it made me smile. This is what I was here for, even if my boss was a nice addition and reason to get my butt up and on the boat in the morning.

***

When we got to his place, Charlie let me take a shower first and I went back to the room he was letting me use and I rummaged in my bag for something that I knew I was going to need for all of the lonely nights in Alaska. I knew that I was going to need some relief, I just didn’t know that it was going to be from temptation that I couldn’t have.

I started the hot water and tried my best to keep it down as I pleasured myself. It was hard to do because it wasn’t but a few seconds and I was ready to come. The feeling overcame me so suddenly. I bit my lip to keep the sound inside, but a little bit escaped from my lips and I was lost for a moment.

Leaning against the shower wall, I was embarrassed to admit that I forgot everything else for a shower. All I had brought was my vibrating toy and now I was unable to do anything else. I finally just used his shampoo and bar soap. I smelled like Charlie when I got out of the shower and I can’t say that I didn’t like it all that much. He smelled good and now I was wrapped up in a memory of him that was making it even harder to forget the thoughts that were taking over my brain.

I was so wrapped up in everything else that was running through my head that I didn’t see Charlie in the hallway until it was too late. I ran right into him and if that wasn’t embarrassing enough, I dropped my toy and it fell to the ground with a clatter. I paused in my tracks and I could feel my body growing cold. What the hell had just happened?

As if on cue, Charlie bent down to pick up the bright pink toy and his finger slipped on the controls and it came to life in his hands. He wasn’t expecting it apparently because he dropped it with a sound and I came in to scoop it up and turn it off as quickly as I possibly could.

“Sorry, I…”

I didn’t know what to say and I wasn’t able to face him at the moment. I caught one glance up as I was straightening up and he had the biggest grin on his face. If he didn’t know what it was, he certainly did now. I could have died right there, but I was able to somehow get passed him and to the room. How was I ever going to show my face again? This novelty and attraction that I had carried for Charlie was now even worse. He was going to think I was some kind of wanton woman and it was all going to be weird.

I knew then that I was going to have to find somewhere else to stay and fast. I was never going to be able to live it down otherwise.