I'd been at the beach with some friends. We all travelled separately as that way we didn't need to depend on someone else for a lift there and back or risk getting stranded. For some reason I was just a trifle edgy. Nothing I could put my finger on as to the cause, but still I was on edge. Seeing I wasn't going to be much in the way of company I decided to cut out early. I let a few of my friends know, just telling them I was going as I felt a headache coming on.
With that I headed back to the car park. I was feeling too irritable to get changed and I saw nothing wrong in driving home in my bikini. I might change my mind about that if I had an accident but that was unlikely.
Not wanting to face the wolves who hunt in packs along the beach I nipped through the bushes at the back of the beach and took the back path. I just strolled along minding my own business.
About halfway to the car park the track widened out into a little glade. At some stage there'd been a fire there and the dead trees and bushes had been removed with some new ones planted, with the new bushes not really having taken firm root yet. The rye grass had, though, giving the little glade quite a lush look.
Standing in the glade was this man, and he was drying himself off. He had a beach bag next to him, presumably containing his clothes and things. Right now he just had on a pair of bathing shorts.
Normally I'd just have breezed right on past but this man sort of made an impression. For a start, he was black. I don't mean heavily tanned, or brown, or dark brown. I mean so black that he might have been dipped in tar. I couldn't believe a man could be so black. Subsequently I learned that he was melanosis. This I found is the opposite of albino.
My second impression was size. He was well over six foot tall and solidly built to go with it. I'd hate to have to feed him. He probably ate a cow a day just to keep going. I mean, he was huge.
Now his being black didn't bother me. His being of a largish size didn't bother me. What did bother me was that as I approached he casually dropped his shorts and stuffed them and his towel into his bag. I assume that this was preparatory to getting properly dressed.
I promptly came to a halt. There was no way I was moving towards a man who was suddenly naked. Trouble was I'd have to walk up to him and past him to get to the car park. I was sort of stuck as I didn't want to look like a wuss by turning around and running in the opposite direction.
I finished up glaring him and giving voice.
"Do you mind? They're ladies present."
"Really? Where?" he asked, all innocence.
"For a start, me," I snapped.
"Yes, well if you were a lady that would still only be one. Where are the others?"
"You know what I mean and what do you mean, if I were a lady?" I was quite indignant. He was just plain insulting.
"I was just questioning your status as a lady as I don't think a lady would be staring where you're staring."
I hastily directed my eyes from where they'd inadvertently wandered, looking above his head.
"I was not looking at anything in particular," I said in an icy voice. "I would appreciate it if you'd cover yourself up."