Fifteen miles Southeast of Santorini bound for Malta, and they'd been footing along through the clear Mediterranean waters at around 3.5 knots in a light breeze when Belinda first spotted her, moving through the ocean gracefully like a fish.
Chip had lucked out in more ways than one. He'd been in the right place at the right time and his tech startup had ballooned almost overnight. He'd sold out on top, and with fat stacks of cash now safely invested, was pretty much set for life. Belinda and he had decided to retire early and chase the dream of circumnavigating the world on a sailboat.
"Chip. Come up here. What *is* that?" Belinda shouted down the companionway of the boat.
Coming up on deck, it was obvious that he saw it too. "Damned if I know. Never seen anything like it."
Belinda waved at it, and it altered course. It had seen them and was heading towards them on an intercept course. It swam with the fluidity of a porpoise coming up alongside the port quarter and breaking the surface of the water.
"Can I come aboard?" Belinda and Chip heard a very sweet feminine voice say.
"Um.. sure?" Chip replied, lowering the swim ladder.
She climbed dripping into the cockpit, her green hair was long and fine. The sun shone off her skin like it was made of a billion little scales, shimmering as she moved. She was just over five feet tall. Naked, her breasts were small but perky. She smiled, her lips a light bluish color. Her pussy was prominent, smooth, and well formed, her outer labia blue like her lips. Fingers and toes somewhat longer than normal humans and webbed. Oh, and she had gills creasing the sides of her neck. Barely noticeable now that she was out of the water.
"I saw you wave!" She said cheerfully. "So, I swam over to say hello! My name is Beltane."
"I'm Belinda, and this is my husband, Chip. What are you?"
"I think you would call my people Mer." She replied. "We live in the oceans of the world. Usually we keep our distance from humankind."
"So why did you decide not to with us?" Belinda asked.
"Simply that I saw you and thought you were so beautiful. And out here on the ocean sea. I wanted to check you out. So, here I am." Beltane lilted sweetly.
"Well that's very flattering." Belinda replied.
"So, can I take your coverings off of you?" Beltane asked politely.
"That's um... a strange request." Belinda answered.
"Is it? I did not know it was so. I want to see all your skin." Beltane explained.
"We're in the middle of the Ocean, honey. What harm could it do?" Chip chimed in, obviously amused by the exchange.
Chip laughed to himself. His wife was built like Wonder Woman. It had almost been the first thing he'd thought of when they'd first met. He'd made up his mind on the spot to romance the hell out of her...And he had.
Beltane approached Belinda and pushed the waistband of her shorts and panties to the deck. Then clumsily unbuttoned her blouse, removing it, followed by her bra.
"I like all your skin like this." Beltane commented reaching out to touch Belinda's breast. "I have long studied human expressions of pleasure, and I find them fascinating. I would like to learn more." She leaned in and brought her lips to Belinda's nipple.