Chapter 2: Too Many Beds

‘After sitting looking at him for a while I said, ‘Well I suppose some of it must come naturally, otherwise the human race would have died out by now. And at least if we make a mess of it this week, it won’t really matter. We’ll be bound to have learnt something at least.’

‘I suppose so,’ he said. ‘Anyway, knowing my luck I won’t even get the chance.’ We settled down and went to sleep.’

‘The next morning, we went down for breakfast then we were going to see the Caves of Drach. Everyone turned up on time and at ten we were all on the bus heading along into the countryside.’

‘We were taken down into some caves and got into boats. Then we sailed across an underground lake all illuminated and with music playing. It was fascinating to see. Percy was in another boat, and I’d noticed he was sitting by Jane.’

‘I had Fiona sitting by me. She seemed nervous about getting into the boat, so I had helped her get on board. As we started off, the boat bumped into the side and wobbled very slightly. She grabbed hold of my arm. ‘I’m sorry,’ she said, ‘I’m scared.’ ‘It’s ok,’ I told her, ‘Hold on as much as you like.’

‘She wrapped her arms around my arm and seemed to relax a bit. By the time we came back up out into the air we felt quite used to each other. I noticed Percy and Jane seemed the same.’

‘The bus wasn’t due to collect us for another hour, so we went for a walk round the area. Fiona linked arms and said, ‘I feel so safe when I’m holding on to you, do you mind?’ ‘No,’ I said, ‘I like it.’

‘We chatted and I learned that she was twenty-four and this was the first time she’d been away on holiday on her own. She told me she was a nursery nurse at a playschool and still lived with her mum and dad.’

‘What made you pick this holiday?’ I asked her. ‘I thought it would be nice to mix with people my own age for a change,’ she told me. ‘I love children, but they can get too much at times.’ ‘How did you feel about the changing of rooms?’ I asked.’

‘I didn’t anticipate it would happen to me,’ she said, ‘But I thought it was nice they were catering for people who had met someone special.’ ‘Why don’t you think it would happen to you?’ I asked her. ‘Boys have never seemed to take any interest in me.’ she said. ‘So, I didn’t expect it would be any different here.’ ‘Just suppose someone did take an interest,’ I asked, ‘Would you want to spend the night with them?’

‘I don’t know.’ she admitted. ‘I’d want to, and I’d love to feel wanted and I’d love to experience it. But I’d be terrified at the idea wherever I was. Here with strangers, I’d be even more scared.’

‘I can understand feeling like that, I’d be the same.’ I told her, ‘Yet you still came.’ ‘I know,’ she said, ‘But if you don’t keep trying things, nothing will ever happen, will it?’ ‘That’s very true.’ I agreed.’

‘We had strolled along as we talked and were now back at the pickup point. The others were already there. The bus soon turned up and took us back to the hotel. The arrangement was trips out in the morning and a free afternoon to please yourself.’

‘Fiona had told me she had shared with Jane last night and they got on really well together.’ ‘I’m the same with Percy.’ I told her.’ Percy and Jane came over to join us outside the hotel so we decided that we would go for an exploring walk together.’

‘We walked away from the hotel and came to a snack bar on the edge of the shore. We went in and had a drink and a light snack, then we walked along the sand. Fiona had taken my arm and Jane had taken Percy’s. I began to wonder if this was going to work out well.’

‘We walked for a couple of hours in total and we also stood for a while on several occasions looking at things happening and some of the views. As well as walking along together as a foursome, there were occasions when one or the other couple was ahead.’

‘During one of those occasions, I said to Fiona, ‘I’m not going to ask you, but from what you said earlier, I think you are still a virgin.’ I felt her grip on my arm go tense. ‘I just want you to know two things,’ I told her.’

‘First of all, I am too. And secondly if you did decide to try a night together, I would not take that to mean we were going to have sex. I would never force myself on anyone and even just sharing a bed would be a lovely experience.’

‘I just don’t know if I could do either,’ she told me, ‘But if I did, I think I would want it to be with you.’ We smiled at each other and caught up with the other two. By the time we returned to the hotel we were all ravenous, so we went into the hotel restaurant, got a table for four and had our evening meal.’

‘At the end of the meal, we went up to our rooms. On the landing both couples had a quick hug and a short kiss before we returned to our respective bedrooms.’

‘When Percy and I got into ours, Percy said, ‘That was a lovely day, I like Jane and we seemed to get on well.’ ‘I was the same with Fiona,’ I told him. ‘Did you talk about spending a night together?’ ‘No,’ he said, ‘I didn’t like to mention it, in case I frightened her off.’

‘Did you?’ he asked. ‘Yes, but only briefly,’ I told him. ‘I discovered that she is still a virgin, so I told her I was too. Then I said if she wanted to try spending a night together, I wouldn’t expect sex, that would be up to her. I told her just sleeping in the same bed would be lovely.’

‘Wow,’ he said, ‘How did she react?’ ‘She said she didn’t think she could do either, but if she did, she’d want it to be with me.’ ‘I wouldn’t mind trying that too,’ Percy said, ‘Just sharing the bed as friends without actually doing anything.’

‘Well tell her that tomorrow,’ I told him, ‘She might be as frightened at the idea as Fiona seems to be. Have you ever shared a bed with a mate, on holiday or a sleepover?’ I asked him. ‘No, never.’ he said, ‘But I did dream about it once.’

‘So, I take it you’ve never had any close play with a pal either?’ I asked. ‘How do you mean?’ he asked looking embarrassed. ‘Seeing him naked or feeling him.’ I told him. As I spoke, I spotted a bulge growing in his trousers. ‘Well, I can see you like the idea,’ I said, ‘And it is certainly very nice.’

‘You’ve actually done it?’ he asked looking astonished. ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘On holiday once I had to share a bed with one of my best mates. By the end of the week, we were even better mates.’

‘How did it come to happen?’ he asked. ‘I explained about sharing the double bed and Dorian moving up close in the night in his sleep and how it developed. His trousers were really sticking out now which told me he wasn’t large but definitely bigger than me.’

‘I’ve missed out on so much,’ he said looking sad. ‘Have you got any close friends that something like that might have happened with?’ I asked him. ‘No,’ he said sadly, ‘I’ve always been a bit of a loner, I had a few I got on well with at school, but not that well. And since school no one.’

‘I’d have never dreamt that my pal Dorian would have done anything like that,’ I told him, ‘You never know until it happens.’ ‘No one ever invited me to go anywhere with them.’ he said woefully.’

‘You know when Jane kissed me tonight?’ ‘Yes,’ I said. ‘Apart from my mum, that’s the only kiss I’ve ever had.’ Percy told me, ‘I have no idea if I kissed back correctly.’

‘You need a friend you can trust who will teach you,’ I told him. ‘Dorian and I had quite a bit of practice at that too.’ ‘You kissed each other as well?’ he said sounding even more amazed. ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘It was lovely.’ ‘Wow,’ Percy said, ‘I’ve never even dreamt anything like that.’

‘So, what did you dream?’ I asked. ‘I just dreamt one of the boys I was pally with at school came and stayed one night,’ Percy said. ‘Being a dream there was no preamble, we were just in bed together naked. He was running his hands over me, and I was doing the same to him.’ ‘And who had the biggest cock?’ I asked. He went very red then. ‘I did,’ he said, ‘How did you know about that?’