Dionne was true to her word and booked a 2 day trip the following week, persuading her husband without much difficulty that she should sail with me alone. We enjoyed the sailing and fucked in every position possible on every part of the boat and I even broke my rule about leaving the boat to fuck her from behind whilst she hung onto the ladder that enabled you to get back on board from the sea (I justified this by assuring myself that we were holding onto the boat throughout). When we got back to base Dionne handed me another envelope, packed with even more cash than before, telling me that she and her husband were returning to The States in 2 days time so she would not be able to see me again. Whilst I was disappointed as I had enjoyed the sex and the cash bonuses, I was also a bit relieved.
There followed a few uneventful day trips with normal tips from grateful clients, I was totting up my bonuses, realising that I had enough to live for at least my first year at university but for some reason was feeling a bit depressed.
"Permission to come aboard?" I heard as a familiar smiling face appeared at the hatch.
"Simon!" I cried, "I wasn't expecting to see you."
"Last minute decision," he said, "Dad suggested that I come out and see how you are doing, we are getting a lot of really positive feedback about you!"
"That's nice to hear," I said.
"In particular, an American lady, Dionne Kerry was extremely fulsome in her praise for you."
"Oh, that is kind of her."
"Anyway, we have loads to catch up on, let me stow my bag and we can have a few beers."
"Do you want to head out for a bit?" I asked.
"Why not, it will be good to enjoy the sea."
I prepared the boat whilst Simon sorted out his stuff. We set sail and headed for my favourite bay as I knew that it had good anchorage and was nice and quiet.
We dropped anchor and both changed into swimming gear, me in swim shorts, Simon in Speedos.
"We can both swim as there are no clients and the boat is well anchored," he said so we both dived over the side to enjoy the water.
When we got back on board Simon grabbed a couple of beer bottles and we settled into the cockpit, soaking up the sun.
"There is something I need to tell you," said Simon, "and I am just going to come out with it. I'm gay."
I snorted, "no shit Sherlock!"
"You know?"
"I have always assumed it, I don't know why."
"Fuck, I have been so worried about telling you in case you were disgusted and didn't want to be my friend anymore."
"Simon, you are my best friend, you could never disgust me. If you are gay that is not a problem to me."
"Thank you, you don't know what that means to me," he said giving me a hug.
We sat drinking our beer and after a while Simon said to me "you seem a bit down mate, what's the problem."
I hesitated to say anything, so he added "I have shared my secret with you, so come on, tell me what is wrong."
So I told him what I had done with Dionne, leaving nothing out.
"No wonder her feedback was so good" he laughed, "so what is the problem?"
"I feel that I acted like a prostitute," I said, "she is only the second person that I have had sex with."
"The first being my Mum presumably?" He said.
My jaw nearly hit the deck, "How did you find out?" I asked him.
"Semen puddle on the lounger that time I came home to find you sunbathing with Mum."
"Oh shit, I am so sorry."
"What for, Mum clearly enjoyed it and I assume that you did as well?"
"Well yes, but I shouldn't have done it."
"It doesn't matter to me John, honestly."
There was a long pause, "So why are you feeling down, you have earned a lot of money and had loads of sex," he said
"I suppose it is because all of my sexual activity has been with older women, I still can't face asking out someone of my own age, and, as I said, I feel kind of dirty."