I had a spare afternoon and decided to take a stroll down by the river. There were a few secluded places where a body could strip off and take a refreshing dip without having to worry about passing strangers.
So there I was, ambling along, when I reached the largest of the hidden pools. I had no intention of swimming at this point but I was interested in seeing a neat pile of clothes and a towel next to a tree. Female type clothes.
Looking over the pool I spotted a blonde head bobbing in the water. The owner of the head hadn't spotted me so I contemplated my options. Continue on? Call out and wave hullo? Join them? I finally sat down under the tree while I considered what to do.
If the swimmer emerged what would I behold? A lovely young lady, a gargoyle, or something in-between? I relaxed and waited.
Eventually the swimmer came wading ashore. A lot closer to a lovely princess than a gargoyle, I decided. She paused once she was ashore, stretched, and wrung the water out of her hair. Very nice hair, too. Long, blonde, and thick. Then she headed towards me.
Well she was probably heading towards her clothes and towel, apparently not having noticed me. It's surprising how often people fail to see what is right in front of them.
"You're really quite lovely," I complimented her when she was closer.
Did she appreciate the compliment? She did not, although that may have been because she wasn't wearing bathers but was standing there in all her glory. She gave a small scream and tried to hide her more pulchritudinous bits, a lost cause before she started.
"Pervert," she yelled at me. "How dare you spy on me?"
"Me a pervert?" I said, offended. "I'm not the one wandering around naked in public. You can't blame me because I happened to see you. If it upsets you so much why aren't you getting dried and dressed?"
Keeping a wary eye on me she jumped forward and grabbed her towel, deftly wrapping it around herself. That seemed to calm her somewhat.
"Go away. I want to get dressed."
"So get dressed, I'm not stopping you. I'm just relaxing and enjoying the scenery."
"Pervert," she yelled again. "I'm not getting dressed in front of you."
I smiled. "Your choice, but I might take your continued nudity as a silent invitation."
She looked horrified. "It's no such thing and you know it. Don't you look."
"A bit late to say that when I've already seen everything," I observed and she gave me a killer look.
"You're still a pervert. At least turn your back."
I simply smiled and ignored her quibbling. She sidled past me, eyes on me rather than her clothes. I waited until she turned her attention to her clothes and then I reached out and tugged on the towel, causing it to fall. (You couldn't really blame me. She shouldn't have been standing so close. )
"Pervert," she yelled. (She seemed fond of that word.)
I laughed which was probably a mistake. She said something very rude and tried to slap me. That was a mistake. Verbal abuse was one thing - getting physical was something else completely. I caught her wrist and pulled, resulting in her lying face down across my lap.