Richard had spent the summer after high school with his grandparents in England. They were getting on in years and needed help on their country property. His parents brought him over with them by plane and they all had an enjoyable two weeks for his father's holidays from work. They flew home and had booked Richard a steerage passage home to Montreal from Liverpool at the end of the summer. His parents thought it would be a good experience for him to travel on his own, and he was excited to do so.
The ship loaded the hundreds of passengers during the afternoon of departure. He was assigned a room with three other guys. When they arrived, the young men were all immigrants to Canada who spoke halting English, and didn't seem very friendly. He thought to himself that this was going to be a long trip on his own. He could not have been more wrong.
Before dinner, he made his way into the bar. He was barely 18, and in those days 21 was the legal drinking age. At a pub near his grandparents, a friendly bartender sold him a very official looking ID that stated he was twenty one, and it worked like a charm. His grandparents had insisted they pay him for his work, and therefore he worked very hard and they were very pleased. He was coming home with cash in his pocket, and some travelers cheques, but the bulk of the money had been transferred into his bank account at home.
The bar in steerage was packed, and he noticed that a lot of the passengers were immigrant families and individuals. He sat at the bar and an older woman came in behind him and sat beside him. Her name was Sally and she was also travelling on her own, returning to Montreal to her husband. She said she was 'married to a much older man' and that while 35, her husband was a university professor in 'his late fifties' She was an artist and had been on a field trip to England, sketching in the highlands with a tour group. She hated flying and would do anything to avoid it. She asked Richard to join her at dinner as there were so many men around she would feel safer to have a companion. He was delighted. She was very attractive, and although she was wearing a bulky sweater against the cool evening breezes, it looked like she could have full breasts but he certainly wasn't sure. She also wore black leggings that you would normally see teenage girls wearing and the leggings clung to her every curve. When she crossed the room all male eyes were on her pert and perfect ass.
After dinner they strolled around the deck, until it got quite cold on the North Atlantic.
Richard felt quite mature as he walked her back to her room, with her arm linked through his. She said she was thankful for his company, and in the shadows outside her cabin, she moved her head up to him and kissed him on the lips, before saying good night. He had made out with dates in his past, but nothing excited him as much as Sally did in the brief kiss. When he returned to his cabin he fell into a sound sleep. When he awoke it was eleven am, and he had totally missed breakfast.
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Sally was looking for Richard. She had really enjoyed her night with him and wanted to find him. No one had seen him and she became a bit concerned. She knew his cabin number but did not want to wander around below decks by herself especially the crowded steerage cabins. Danger could lurk anywhere for an attractive woman. Finally, after lunch she took her book, got a deckchair, and settled in to read.
A few minutes later the Ship's Purser came along looking for her. She smiled as the very handsome young black officer in his pure white uniform explained that there had been a terrible mistake. Her private cabin reservation was missed when she had registered and she had been placed with other passengers in steerage in error. He asked if he could accompany her to get her belongings and he would have an assistant bring them along to her new cabin. She was delighted, and relieved, and when they got to the new space in First Class she was excited to see it held a large bedroom, bathroom and a small living room with a private balcony. She told the Purser she was travelling with a cousin who was also in steerage, and gave him Richard's name and cabin number. The Purser disappeared to do the transfer papers so the ship's records would be correct, and said he would return shortly. The Purser soon reported that Richard had been located, and they were in the process of moving his personal belongings to her cabin. The Purser explained to her how the king size bed could easily be split into two twin beds. She was very impressed with the young man's confidence, physical presence and obvious experience and good training. Just as he left, Richard arrived. He hugged her with a quizzical look on his face. She continued the hug and whispered in his ear that she had told the authorities that he was 'her cousin' and when she got the cabin she felt he would be more comfortable staying with her and not having to stay in the crowded steerage area. He was delighted, and told her once again how unhappy he had been cooped up with three disagreeable young men. He was suddenly aware of her full breasts and her perfume, and although he had masturbated in bed, he quickly got another erection. Reluctantly they broke the hug and she showed him around the lovely first class cabin.