Carla, the ex-wife and I are still friendly. Even better she's still up for the occasional down and dirty hook-up. She owns an interest in and manages a couple of local dive bars. She maintains the majority owner is an OK guy, other than his occasionally becoming this penny-pinching, purse strings clutching ogre. He can drive her absolutely bat shit crazy. But then, at least in my opinion that's one monumental understatement.
Sometimes I get the call. Usually all I have to do is listen, make soothing noises, and if I'm lucky take her mind off things with a good hard fuck. However, that wasn't the case last time around. I listened alright and even made the appropriate noises, only I made them from the passenger's seat of Carla's Porsche Boxster as we raced Northward, up the coast on Highway one. And, we didn't get around to that good hard fuck until the middle of that road trip. It was worth the wait.
I took the call on a Thursday evening. An irate Carla, spitting and yowling like an aggrieved cat barely managed a yowled "It's me," before she was off on a rant. I started to pay attention when I heard "The fucking cheap-skate finally got tired of my bitching; and then, like no shit he practically ordered me to take the weekend off." She paused, and I jumped in.
"Unreal," I exclaimed. "Don't tell me; you're planning to run-off for a wild weekend of sex with one of your boy-toys. No, wait; maybe it'll be with one of your pussy-munching gal-pals," I teased.
"Asshole" was the Ex's instantaneous rejoinder. But then, she followed that up with a half-snarled "Well if you're up for it, which means if you're up for keeping me distracted, throw a change of clothes in a bag. Be ready bucko! Just let me get this fucking Bar closed, dash home, pack a bag, and oh Hell yes, I'll be by to pick you up!" So of course, I was already thinking road trip when she said "What I'm thinking is a run up the coast and then maybe up in to the hills above Santa Barbara. Something like that; butt, who the fuck knows?"
Where didn't matter much to me. After all, any somewhere would have a Hotel, or at least a Motel, which meant a bed and the chance to get Carla naked and horizontal. So of course, I quickly declared "Road trip, well yeah, I'm always up for a road trip!"
In College, for my crowd of party-minded crazies anyway, the road trip became a somewhat hallowed tradition. Sometimes it was nothing more than a beer fueled run through one canyon or another, perhaps with a moonlit snipe hunt on tap. Then again, sometimes it was a run up the hill for a visit to one of the local mountain resorts. And, when wild and crazy was the call there were runs south, across the Mexican border in to Tijuana. Best of all though were the frequent last minute calls for a run across the desert, destination Las Vegas. Wherever; its viva the road trip!
It was a couple of hours later, but the squeal of brakes and the blare of her Porsche's horn announced Carla's arrival. Better believe it, I was ready. She popped the trunk and I tossed in my overnight bag. And, as I settled in to a cloud of pot scented smoke she pushed a fat joint in to my hand. Not wanting to appear overly eager I sucked down a hit before reaching for her. We kissed, hot, heavy, and quick. And then, without a word she was burning rubber and we were on the road. Bummer, but no one whooped road trip, oh well!
We worked our way through the nightmare of Los Angeles traffic, caught US-1 and headed north. Mostly, and I'm sure not complaining, but we ran North in a comfortable silence. Three plus hours and a second joint later we were winding our way up along Route 154 and for no particular reason towards Santa Maria. Breakfast was on my mind as I read off the results of my online search. I got to the listing for Santa Maria's Holiday Inns Suites. "Suites," barked a tired, and yeah grumpy sounding Carla. "There's going to be a mini-bar and that works for me," she declared before demanding directions.
We checked-in and two Tequila minis later I had Carla naked. Too bad she was comatose and snoring softly. But then, we did sleep-in, right through breakfast; and then, on past lunch. So, it was mid-afternoon when I called room service.
Carla sat, her long legs stretched out on the room's sofa leafing through a stack of "Things to do" brochures when breakfast arrived. And, she hadn't bothered to dress, which of course didn't appear to bother the guy setting out our long overdue breakfast. He did sneak in quick glances, something far less dangerous than the alternative. Then, when what I knew was anything but a casual shift left bare laser smooth pussy exposed, the poor guy's next sneaky peek lingered. Why not; after all, in anyone's book Carla rates a long appreciative look.
The Ex is a tallish, long legged, green-eyed, raven haired woman with a lean curvy body, a year-round whole body tan, and a cock-hardening smile. She turned that smile loose as she rose gracefully from the sofa. She padded over, ignoring a bowl of granola and fruit as she snatched a strip of bacon from my plate. Then, as she nibbled, utterly shameless and having read his name tag she introduced herself. "Hi Paul, I'm Carla and the guy with the big grin is my sometimes boyfriend Doug. And here's the thing Paul, we're bored. OK, and actually I'm horny, bored, and curious." What does she have in mind, I wondered. And, I wasn't sure whether to be disappointed or relieved when all she did was ask a blushing Paul if Santa Maria had a sex shop. Paul said there was, still ogling Carla as he gave me directions. The unlucky guy didn't get "Lucky," but he did get a big tip.
We tucked in, and while I ate my downsized breakfast, I listened attentively as Carla told me what would make her happy. So, later, as she worked in a workout in the Hotel's gym, I was downtown perusing the shelves of Santa Maria's one and only sex shop. While she hadn't come right out and said it, I know my ex. She was both horny and bored; so, I was on the hunt for more than a kinky medley of sex toys. But, even knowing she would happily settle for an open-minded boy-toy, what were the odds on my coming up with a playmate of either sex? Seriously, she should have gone herself.