2011
Barrica, Spain
I watched Oscar open the door to his condo and noticed his giant grin that wasn't there moments before. We had been friends for many years; he was a short man in his forties with wild untamed dark hair and skin the colour of beach sand.
I was in Spain for a conference where I ran into him. He absolutely insisted that I stay with him and his wife while his children were out of town.
"Follow me!" He declared showing me about his spacious condo, "Let me show you how I live."
I wanted to sit and have a glass of water; aside from the effects of jet lag on me, I actually wanted to do a hike. I had never been to Spain before and I wanted to explore it! Oscar's cheery demeanor as he opened doors and told stories however had me smiling and forgetting my worries, which at this point were legion.
"Come to my room," my friend declared leading me, "I want to show you a turquoise piece of jewellery I bought in a Kabul market."
I tried to stop dead in my tracks, if he didn't have a grip on my wrist I might have turned and ran. Long ago I swore I'd never to go near blue jewellery again!
"It has to be somewhere." He said pulling me through his bedroom. "Perhaps in the bathroom."
I understand that some folks would be uncomfortable being lead through a home in such a manner, however as I said Oscar and I had been friends for years, I knew he wasn't leading me astray, or at least I hoped.
Glancing about I did see that his bedroom wasn't as tidy as the rest of his home, there were gold coloured clothes on the bed and gold high heels nearby. His hand held me tighter; I could feel sweat forming on his palm.
"Sí, sí," He declared as if he remembered. "I left it by my shaving mirror."
"Maybe I'll wait here for you..." I tried to say as he pulled me into his bathroom.
Oscar pushed open the door and dragged me with him. Inside the room I did eventually see a nice non-magical turquoise brooch; what however caught my attention was his naked wife!
"Ualaaaaa!" She screamed as if the Umayyad's had returned. She was completely nude in front of us, her towel was on the counter nearby. "Ostras!!!"
Her skin like Oscar was a very light brown, and her nipples a very dark brown. Her body was slim and taught, you could tell she worked hard to look good.
Her light brown hair was wet and loose, it looked to be about shoulder length.
"I am so sorry." I said trying to leave; her husband however wouldn't let me go!
I brought my free hand up to cover my eyes, then regretted it instantly! I hadn't seen a fully nude woman in so long that I was hard! Very hard! So hard I feared that tent in my drawers was visible!
"¡Fuera!" She roared loud enough to make Hannibal himself blush.
"Venga Si." Oscar said meekly as he turned to lead me from the bathroom.
"Um..." I need to pack I said to my confused friend.
"Sí..." Oscar said in a defeated tone.
The last five minutes had been baffling to me, I sported a painful erection... and I didn't know why. Well I knew why, but I didn't know why Oscar led me to his naked wife. I wanted to ask him, but alas, I had somewhere to go.
I went to his living room and quickly unpacked my luggage as I packed my day bag. Oscar stood by and helped as best he could, neither of us spoke of his wife, or what happen. She quickly dressed to lurk in the shadows; with angry eyes at us.
"I am so sorry señora" I said to the fiery mad woman. She huffed in disgust.
"Where will you go?" Oscar asked.
"It's called San Carlos de Barclay..." I started to say.
"The abandoned church?" Oscar interrupted. "Why there."
In the background I could see that Oscar's wife held her breath, unsure if this were a good thing or bad. She wore a gold dress with a matching gold coat overtop, it was low cut displaying the tops of her firm breasts teasing me. I could still close my eyes and see them without any clothing covering.
"I have many friends from an island named for the Saint." I said my bag now packed.
"Ah yes." He said following me to the door. "Will you let me drive you?"
His wife seemed to follow us close enough to hear us speak. Her eyes seemed more full of anger than before. It seemed almost as if she feared I would defile the old holy place.
"No you go back to the conference, I will take a cab and be back for lunch." I said opening his door.
"As you wish. I shall see you soon my friend." He said as the door closed after us, I could see his wife's brown eyes staring at us full of fury.
"Oh take this for good luck." Oscar exclaimed jamming something into my hand.
I opened my palm to see the blue gem we invaded his wife's morning routine to find. I didn't want to be rude, but I also didn't want to keep it, much like all other blue jewellery I had encountered, it only brought bad luck.
Sometime later I was outside the city in what felt like the Wild West of America! It was arid and dry, there were even cactus! All that was missing were saloons and tumbleweeds. I was only a few kilometres away from the abandoned church; I wanted to clear my head before with a relaxing walk before entering.
From what I had heard of the Church, it was a place of pilgrimage up until the Spanish Civil war when it was used by one of the factions as a hold-out. After that it remained unoccupied.
I could already feel the walk refreshing me, literally the day before I was working in the Multi-National Head Quarters in Afghanistan. Days before that I was on a combat patrol; re-adjusting to a non-conflict zone took time.
I looked over and saw a shepherd with similar clothes to me; khaki shorts with a khaki shirt.
"He doesn't have to worry about camel spiders." I said to myself out loud laughing.
My mind wandered off as I continued to walk, I thought about Oscar's wife. Her body was so tight! I doubt she could run a marathon with me, but I had no doubt she could cycle one.
I mused about her firm breasts with their dark nipples; my penis started getting hard as it did before... she was beautiful! Too beautiful! I would need to find a hotel; staying there was mistake. If I stayed there the night more mistakes would surely follow.
A glint off in the distance had me spooked! I was on the ground and rolling away in the standard anti-sniper maneuver.
"Sniper! Sniper! Sniper!" I yelled rolling in the sand.
"Someone get some Whiskey Papa up on that hill!" I roared out as I took cover behind a large rock.
"Kanker!" I swore as I rolled, I didn't want to face a sniper again!