My name is Rachel. It was the end of my first year at college and I was on holiday backpacking in Sydney, Australia with my best friend Samantha. It was a great place to holiday, the sun , beach and the causal Australians, but we had been there a month and we both were not meeting any guys. We were not bad looking girls and we dressed up really sexy in the new Sydney summer fashion with really short minis that hugged the butt and tight little tops and went clubbing each night, but the Australians didn't approach us. Each night we girls went back to the backpacker hostel alone.
It had been 2 months since I broke up with my boyfriend and I was feeling so frustrated. We both had thought we would have holiday romances or at least some dates, but this was a dry season. Being on holiday and seeing all these hunky guys on the beach, sometimes just lying sunbathing and imagining erotic interludes only made things worse. I was getting to feel like a frustrated teenager, hungry for some raw animalistic sex. To be really honest I masturbated almost daily in the bath but it was not making things better. I only got to feel more irritated and I felt like exploding from pent up sexual frustration. Sam and I were even turning into bitchy little monsters, and taking it out on each other. Then suddenly the one and only day we had a fight and Sam went to the beach alone and met a guy in the surf whom asked her out. This only made me feel even worse.
"What is wrong with me?" I asked myself.
Sam had already gone out when I awoke from an afternoon nap. I was bored. I eventually pulled myself up and decided it would be best to get out, even if only for a walk to the nearest bookshop. I put on a pair of causal jeans and a plain black t-shirt and headed downstairs. As I was going out of the hostel lobby I stopped in front of the notice board and read this advert.
Newly qualified masseuse – 30 minutes massage special promotion, free to first10 calls. Call David. I loved massages and if not for the tight travelling budget I would go for one now.
I tore off the number and went into the call box to try call it.
"Hi, David speaking". I paused, not sure if I should hang up, but then just continued in a bit of a broken voice.
"Hi I read your ad and would like to know if you still have this free promotion on?" I asked him.
"You must be calling from the Oxford hostel" he asked me.
"Yes I am, well is the free massage promotion finished?" I asked.
"No, its still on but I can only come over at 8pm as I am at another day job right now" he explained.
"What is your name so I can book you in to my diary?" he went on to ask.
"My name is Rachel and I am in room 101. The room is booked under the name Sam, my room mate if they ask at reception"
I needed to get some dinner so I quickly went down the road to McDonalds. It was 7:45pm so I quickly ate a burger and fried and made my way back to the hostel to wait for David. My room was in such a mess so I quickly threw Sam's clothes into the cupboard and threw my loose clothes into my suitcase. I was hanging up the towels in the bathroom when I heard a knock on the door.
I opened the door. There was a cute guy probably early thirties standing there looking like he was at the wrong place. He was dressed in a suit holding a brown paper bag. It looked like he was turning up to a job interview at a bank. He was probably not David.
"Hi, are you Rachel. I am David", he said.
"Come in", I invited him in, moving aside to let him squeeze in between the cheap beds in this tiny hostel room.
He seemed quite nervous, but then maybe I was the nervous one. He is the professional masseur I thought to myself.
"How long are you visiting Sydney for? " he asked me, in an Australian accent.
He was being friendly and chatting away as we stood facing each other.
After a few friendly questions about my holiday and where I came from etc, he suddenly said, "Well, I am here to give you the special promotion free massage. Are there any injuries I should know about?" he asked me.
"No, other than sore feet from walking all over Sydney and a bit of a bad tan" I joked with him.
"You can take off your suit jacket if you want" I offered, and then took it from him as he passed it to me and placed it folded over on the suitcase.
"I am a bit unprepared as I came here directly from another job. Do you have 2 towels and can we use the bed as a massage table" he shyly asked me.
"Oh yes, also do you have a match? I am going to light an aromatherapy burner to put a relaxing scent in the air, and do you have a relaxing CD to play?, he asked.
I passed him a match as I looked through my CD's.
"How about some George Benson?" I asked.
"Yeah, that will do" he answered as I put it on. I went to the bathroom and fetched 2 of the white, starched, dried out hostel towels and I laid them on the bed.
I could smell the strong scent permeating the room.
"The massage I give is a therapeutic full body relaxation massage. Unless you prefer a deep tissue massage in a particular area?" he went on sounding very professional.