Lockdown nearly killed me.
I'm a twenty-eight year-old guy, pretty good-looking (at least I think so!), have a good job and a flash car, the only down side being I still live with my parents, but hey, the rent is cheap.
I live in a small town just twenty minutes outside of Edinburgh, so commuting is really easy, and with plenty of friends at work, I can also find somewhere to kip if I don't fancy the trip home.
I also don't have a girlfriend, well not a long term one anyway. Living close to Edinburgh means that there are loads of young, gorgeous students always going around, so hitting some of the 'student' pubs on a Friday or Saturday (or any other night of the week) nearly always guaranteed a good fuck.
However, all that was soon stopped when lockdown started.
I suppose I was one of the lucky ones whose job just moved from the office to my bedroom, where I found I was just as effective, holding meetings over Zoom etc, but the sex life really took a nosedive.
From March 23rd for nearly three months, with virtually no chance of meeting anyone, apart from my parents, it was a real bind.
But then suddenly we could meet people outdoors, fucking fantastic, literally.
Straight away I was on to a bunch of friends in Edinburgh in order to arrange an outdoor gathering, a group of pals, in the Meadows with a pile of booze and hopefully a shag or two thrown in as well.
It was going to be Saturday night and being the middle of June, we'd arranged to meet at nine, still plenty of drinking time in the beautiful evening air, it not getting darker until about eleven at that time of year. I was going to get a bus into town so I could have a good skinful, then work out how I was going to get home, if at all after that.
I went for a bus just after eight, on the way passing the local convenience store where I picked up a two-litre bottle of Pepsi and a bottle of Vodka. The plan was that I'd drink enough of the Pepsi on the bus on the way in then pour in the Vodka and then I had two litres of readymade Vodka and Coke, perfect.
I got to the bus stop just in time, as the bus was just coming round the corner of the street as I arrived. But then disaster struck.
As I climbed on to the bus, I was about to ask for my ticket when the Driver asked me where my mask was. Fuck! I'd forgotten to bring a mask with me, it was now the law that everyone had to wear a mask on Public Transport.
I tried to reason with the guy, but he just wasn't going to listen. Either I got a mask, or I got off his bus before he called the police. I got off the bus.
I was livid with myself; how could I have been so fucking stupid. The biggest problem was that the next bus wasn't for another hour, so it would be nearer ten before I got in.
As much as I craved meeting up with my pals, hanging around for nearly two hours was a big fucking waste of time, and I still didn't want to drive in as getting parked in town, then getting the car back out the following morning would also have been a pain in the neck.
I stood at the bus stop for another five minutes weighing up my options and wondering what I should do. Then I had an idea, and a smile broke out on my face, as I suddenly remembered just what I would normally have done on a night like this several years ago.
Across the other side of town is a Country Park, nature reserve sort of place, and as a teenager I used to hang out down there with my pals, drinking, and having sex with our girls. I'd need to do without the sex tonight, but I could go down there with my Vodka and Coke and reminisce about these old days.
It took me about half an hour to walk across town to the entrance of the park, by this time of night there might still be a few dog walkers going about but they would soon be tucked up at home watching the telly.
By now I had also necked a good bit of the Pepsi, so topped up the bottle with my Vodka and then dumped the empty bottle in a bin. I'd rather carry one than both.
I was heading for the BBQ area. It was a typical Country Park, it had been the wooded parkland around an old stately home, which no longer existed, but the old stable block and adjoining walled garden still existed and had been turned into a Visitor Centre. About a hundred yards away in a large clearing in the woods was a couple of brick-built BBQ's which were surrounded by four or five tables with benches.
This was where we used to come all those years ago to hang out. I was pretty sure that I'd find the place deserted these days, imagining that most kids would be home in their bedrooms texting away to pals or on their X-boxes etc.
However, as I nearer the clearing I could hear some voices, so slowing, I approached a little more cautiously to see who had stolen my spot.
Sort of hiding in the shadow of a big Beech tree I saw a group of six teenagers sitting at one of the benches, chatting away while they drank from a series of bottles which they passed between themselves. I couldn't believe it; it was as if I was watching myself all those years earlier. I grinned as I stood there watching them, thinking to myself that I was sure they wouldn't get up to some of the other 'tricks' we used to get up to. If only they knew how many girls had been fucked at that very table at which they now sat.
After a couple more minutes I heard a moan of dismay and saw one of their bottles, now empty, being lobbed over in the direction of the litter bins. From the shape and colour of the bottle, even I could tell it had been a bottle of 'Bucky', but now that that was finished, it looked like all they were left with was a couple of bottles of cider.
I had a way in.
I wandered out from where I was standing and headed towards the group. I'd got to within about fifteen yards of them when I was spotted.
"Who the fuck are you?" came the cry from one of the guys, I wasn't sure who.
"D'you mind if I join you?" I asked holding up my bottle of Pepsi.
"Ha, ha, ha," laughed one of the other guys, "You think a bottle of Pepsi lets you join us? Fuck off pal!"
I unscrewed the cap and took a swig from the bottle.
"Aaaaah!" I exhaled as the vodka burnt in my throat a bit, "More than just Pepsi this," I replied, and having reached the side of the table, I passed it to the guy sitting beside where I stood.
He took a drink himself, then nearly sprayed it across those sitting opposite him.
"Fucking hell! What's in there?" he asked when he got his breath back.
"Just Pepsi!" I said sarcastically, "And a fair amount of vodka."
Suddenly, they were shuffling along the benches a bit and a seat appeared next to the guy I'd handed the bottle too. He went to hand it back to me, but I just waved that he should pass it on.
"Go on," I said, "Pass it round."
As they passed the bottle round, I got a better look at the group. There were three guys and three girls, and I assumed that they were paired off, but it wasn't entirely clear who was with whom.
"Hi, my name's Mark," I said as a way of introduction, holding out my hand, which they all shook politely.
"Didn't think I'd find anyone down here tonight," I explained, "Didn't think you youngsters would do this sort of thing these days. I used to come down here with my pals years ago."
"We're not 'Youngsters'," replied one of the girls sitting directly opposite me on the other side of the table. She was a pretty little thing, with one of the biggest chests I think I had seen, bursting to get out of her tight t-shirt, "We're all over eighteen, and going to College or Uni after the holidays."