I'm Scott. I live on a small farm fairly deep in the foothills. It's a rather isolated place but it suits me, probably because I grew up there and didn't really know anything else. I wasn't what you would call the adventurous type but I was a good woodsman. During slack times on the farm (not that there're many of those) I'd go camping or fishing. (I know, I'm supposed to have a fishing license, but the fish don't know that and game wardens are few and far between.)
The current day was one of those days when I was free to go and dangle a hook. With a bit of luck I'd catch enough trout for several meals. My father suggested that I take my rifle with me, just in case I came across a lost deer. That seemed a reasonable suggestion to me as at this time of the year the deer tended to be nice and fat, preparing for the colder weather coming.
A nice little stream flowed through the hills a couple of miles from our farm and there were several deep pools where trout tended to congregate. If they weren't biting at one pool they would be at another. If the worst came to the worst I'd sharpen a branch and go in after them. I knew the rocks and caves where they would hide out and I was quite adept at spearing them.
I came to the first pool that I wanted to try and I could see at a glance that I'd have no luck. The water was stirred up and the fish were all hiding. Not wanting to go in after them just yet I thought nasty thoughts about the person who'd stirred things up and headed towards the second pool.
When I reached the second pool I found the culprit. Sally-Mae was sitting by the side of the pool, dangling a hook. Something about her attitude suggested to me that she'd had zero luck, which didn't surprise me. She also had zero fishing skills and wouldn't be told.
"Sally-Mae," I said with some exasperation, "just how old are you?"
She screamed and jerked her head around to look at me.
"Damn it, Scott, don't startle me like that," she grumbled. "You know how old I am so why ask?"
True. She was eighteen, same as me.
"Well, here's another question you might be able to answer. How many times have I told you not to sit with the sun behind you because your shadow on the water will frighten the fish away?"
She twisted her head to look behind her towards where the sun was shining brightly, and then looked down at her shadow reaching across the water.
"It wasn't behind me earlier," she protested. "I made sure it was to one side. It must have moved."
"Sally-Mae," I said gently, "it always moves. You have to make allowances for that."
"Well, if you're so smart, how come I don't see you carrying a string of trout?"
"Well, for a start, because someone stirred up the other pool," I told her, jerking my thumb in the direction of the previous pool. "Continuing on, because I haven't had a chance to fish this pool and I don't think I'll have any luck now. I'm going to have to go to the next pool after."
She bit, just as I hoped.
"After what?" she demanded.
"After I've taken of your clothes and played with your naked body for a while," I informed her in a very salacious voice and what I hoped was a lascivious look on my face.
She jumped to her feet with some alacrity, blushing. Not to make a run for it I found.
"Really? You're going to molest me? You're not the first to try but I've always run away. Except for that clown, Gordy. No way would I run from him. I kicked his testicles as hard as I could and he crumpled, wailing like a little girl."
I'd heard that Gordy had been to hospital with a ruptured testicle but had had no details as he wasn't talking. Now I knew. I also knew that I'd have to take care so I didn't end up in a bed next to Gordy. Sally-Mae was still talking.
"Are you going to take my clothes off or are you going to make me take them off. Knowing you, you'll make me. You're so damn lazy at times."
"Now," I said, just waving a hand to indicate her clothes.
"Oh my god, this is so unfair," she prattled on, busy undoing her shorts as she talked. "Making me get undressed just so you can molest me is most unreasonable." She pushed her shorts and panties down, leaving her half naked, and she just stood like that, glaring at me. At least, I think it was supposed to be a glare but there was a touch of excitement to it.