I was nineteen at the time, just finishing up my second year at university. Those were lean days, and to save some money I rented a room in a house with four other people. My timetable wasn't too bad, but there was much more extra work to do at home. I was in class three days a week, and always off on Tuesdays and Thursdays for independent study. My housemates were all doing business courses, which meant they were in class all the time, so I usually had the house to myself on my days off; except, of course, when Rosa came.
Our landlord, not trusting the hygiene of a bunch of students, had recently hired a cleaner to come into the house every Thursday. The first couple of times I had slept through her visits, awakening to find the place impossibly tidy and sweet-smelling. Then, one morning, I decided to get up early and actually do some work for a change. I had completely forgotten what day it was when I strode out of my room in just a towel.
She was crouched down by the skirting-board, plugging in the vacuum. I gasped and froze on the spot. She turned her head sharply, almost as shocked as I was. Then it all came flooding back to me: Thursday – cleaner – not a burglar. I managed a weak smile. She smiled back, which put me at ease. She looked to be in her early thirties, with deeply tanned skin and hair the colour of dark chocolate. She was wearing a pair of faded jeans and a white tank top, but she still looked incredible. For me it was instant. I wanted her. I said hi and introduced myself.
'My name is Rosa,' she said. Her Spanish accent seemed to melt all over my naked chest. I nodded and made my way quickly to the bathroom, my face burning with embarrassment. As I passed her, I glanced down to where she was still kneeling and noticed that her eyes were fixed on my towel. As I opened the bathroom door, I knew she was staring at the shape of my ass.
When I came out of the bathroom she wasn't around. I couldn't hear any noise from downstairs, so I assumed she'd gone. I went into my room and started drying off. I'd been thinking about her in the shower and had got pretty aroused. I couldn't help fantasising about all the ways I wanted to fuck her. As I turned to reach for my deodorant, I caught a reflection of something in my mirror. I quickly looked to the door and saw it open. Rosa was standing there.
I expected her to run away, or at least say something. But she just stood there, looking at me. I was shocked. I knew that I should probably have been yelling at her to get out. Instead, I looked back at her in silence. She wasn't smiling, exactly, but her eyes seemed to twinkle. Her eyes dropped to my crotch, where I was holding on to the towel, then moved back up to meet my own gaze. I understood what she wanted.
Very slowly I let the towel drop. My heart was pounding. Rosa was staring right at my cock as it stiffened. I wasn't very sexually experienced, but I had never been so aroused in my life. I was determined to have her. As I took a couple of steps toward her, she held up her hand to stop me. She said, 'I just want to look at you.' I stood still, not knowing what to do. 'Touch yourself,' she said, lifting her top.
I began to stroke my balls, concentrating on her fingers as they pulled down the cups of her bra. I had never seen nipples as long and hard as hers. They jutted out from her full breasts, inviting me to suck and bite. As she played with them, I started to masturbate for her. My hand gripped my shaft and pumped it long and slow. My legs were shaking, so I decided to sit down on the edge of my bed.
With my legs wide open, I worked my cock faster, grinding my butt on the bed. Rosa popped the front of her jeans and lowered her zip. Then she pushed her hand inside her panties and began to masturbate with me. She leaned against the doorframe, moving her hips in circles as she held onto the wood above her head. I kept looking from her breasts to the hand going like crazy inside her pants, and lingering on the smooth expanse of stomach in between. The feeling of her eyes on me as I jerked off was incredible. It was as though I could actually feel her gaze moving over my naked body.
I came before her, catching it in the palm of my other hand. I collapsed back on the bed, and I heard Rosa grunting on the other side of the room as she got herself off. When I opened my eyes and sat up, she was gone.
The next week was surreal. It had happened, I was sure, and yet I still found myself questioning it all. I was dying to tell the other guys in the house, but I didn't. There was a part of me that loved the secret. And if nothing like it ever happened again, at least I would have that private memory all to myself.
By the next Thursday I was strangely unsettled. I desperately wanted to confront Rosa and ask her what the hell was going on. Did she want me? Had it just been a one-off? Had she left so quickly out of embarrassment? Disappointment? I got up and showered early. When Rosa arrived, I was playing my guitar in my room. I took a deep breath and went downstairs to the kitchen.
She was cleaning down the countertops when I cleared my throat to get her attention. She showed me that same warm smile, but said nothing.
'Listen,' I began, 'about what happened . . .'
I trailed off. She put down the cloth and turned to face me. She was wearing a low-cut short-sleeved shirt with a pair of very skimpy denim shorts. Her long brown legs looked shiny in the light from the kitchen window. My mind went completely blank.
Rosa walked slowly towards me. 'I liked what we did,' she said. 'I was thinking about it all week.'
'Me too,' I replied.