Part 1
"Fuck!" said Ciara.
"What?" said Patti.
"I've just shut the door with the keys inside and it won't open."
"Fuck," said Patti, "It's turning into a very bad day."
Patti was referring to the washing machine repair man that was supposed to have turned up that afternoon.
Ciara and Patti had rented an apartment in Spain for their annual Sun Holiday only to find that the Washing Machine was dodgy. More than that, it had locked itself, half full of water two days ago, with all their first weeks washing in it. Frantic messages to the apartment owner back in Ireland resulted in a false promise that there would be a man around to fix it right away. He hadn't turned up, and now this, locked out and only clad for a late afternoon sunbathe on the beach in the most scanty of clothing.
They looked around, it wasn't looking good. How on earth did it happen?
Ciara and Patti were close friends and had decided on the sun holiday a few months back. They were both very attractive ladies -- of a certain age - who were great fun to be around as well as warm and friendly like most Irish women. The sun holiday was to have been a relaxing break, well away from their current love interests who had no interest in laying on beaches all day. And who knows? Maybe a nice young tourist or two might stroll along the beach to tickle their fancies as they speculated on their possible prowess while feasting their eyes on their suntanned, beerbelly free bodies. There was a small quarterlight window still open along their private balcony and they were both looking and considering the possibilities when,...
"Hi there, are you the two ladies who need help to get your clothes out of the washing machine?"
They both jumped, somewhat startled before Ciara said somewhat hesitantly as she swiftly gave the guy's muscular body the once over,
"Errr,, y'yes," she stumbled, "That's us,...it's broken,... but - but we can't get back in,.... and we, err, we're running out of clothes."
Ciara later wondered why she even said that. Probably because the guy was a sublime Adonis with a bronzed, muscular body, about six foot tall, a gorgeous smile and what could only be described as a very suggestive twinkle in his eyes. Not that he shouldn't as Ciara was extremely attractive, shapely and also had a welcoming smile. She looked at least 15 years younger than her recent retirement age and astonished everyone with her fresh young outlook on life. There was never a likelihood of Ciara retiring to domestic oblivion, in fact she lived for holidays, dancing, gigs, entertainment and new adventures.
Patti spotted the opportunity,
"You don't happen to have a builder friend that could change our lock for us, or just get us back inside so we can get the key?"
"I certainly do Miss, I'm Pedro by the way and my friend Juan, who is a builder, is working just around the corner. I was helping him out only ten minutes ago. I'll call him now as he owes me a favour."
"Oh, thank you Pedro," say Ciara and Patti simultaneously" "I'm Ciara!" said Ciara, a fraction before Patti said, "And I'm Patti! "
Ten minutes later, after they had exchanged views on the very hot weather, the beauty of the resort and the vagrancies of Spanish locks that close so easily with the keys are still inside, Juan arrived. He was even taller and more muscular that Pedro. Patti decided they must also be Gym buddies that work out together. She was just pondering checking out the local Gym that evening when she made herself re-focus,.....
Introductions dealt with, and Ciara still speculating to herself if Juan had a big a juan as the bulge in his tracksuit suggested, they turned their attention to getting into the apartment.
"It's a good, strong security door," said Juan.
"No breaking in that way," said Pedro, "Even the hinges have steel plates over them."
"Oh!" said Ciara and Patti in unison.
"So it will have to be a window," said Juan. " There is an open quarterlight up there but no way to open the main sash if I put my arm through it."
"One of us will have to go in through the small window and unlock the door from the inside," said Patti, looking at Ciara.