A Greek Odyssey - Jason Fic

CHAPTER 10

James woke up and gingerly waggled his head about to see if it still ached. By the time he'd fell asleep last night his head had still been banging like there was a jack-hammer stuck in it. Thankfully the banging had stopped and he no longer felt sick either, he just looked like a lobster still. The medicine must have helped that the doctor gave him, he thought to himself. In fact, he realised how hungry he was as his stomach growled loudly. He slithered out of bed carefully so as not to disturb Lexi who was lying on her stomach fast asleep, looking like she didn't have a care in the world. He pottered about the kitchen putting his eggs onto boil and slicing a slightly stale loaf from the day before to toast. He didn't notice he was leaving a trail of crumbs everywhere, all over the worktops and some all over the floor. He was feeling rather pleased with himself that he was getting his own breakfast with no help. He stuck the bread on to toast and then disappeared into the bathroom for a shower. Lexi was awoken about 5 minutes later by the smoke alarm going off as James had completely forgotten the toast and the eggs were boiled dry.

She rushed into the kitchen and found a scene of mayhem and James whistling away in the shower, trying to compete with the cockerel next door, which yet again was crowing for all it was worth.

She quickly switched the toaster off and removed the eggs from the hob, wafting a tea towel frantically until the alarm stopped screeching loudly. Pushing the bathroom door open, she called through the gap. 'James your breakfast's ready!' No answer. In the end she yanked the shower curtain back and repeated herself again.

'Oi you! What do you think you're doing, you perve!' he shouted, immediately cupping his naked dick so she couldn't see it.

'Feeling better then bro?' she asked him, taking in that apart from the livid red colour he did indeed look much better.

'Yeah, I feel much better. I'm just really sore where I got sunburnt'. he replied, indicating all the red patches which were pretty much everywhere whilst simultaneously trying to hide his nakedness from her.

'Great! Well you can sort out the trail of crumbs in the kitchen before we're over-run by ants and think about scrubbing the burnt pan where you let the eggs boil dry, if you're feeling so well,' she said smartly, before letting the shower curtain drop back into place.

After breakfast Lexi decided to go out for a walk to explore the area, so she set off at around 11am and wandered along the main road which ran behind the resort and out towards the towns of Methoni and Pylos. There was a fairly fresh breeze which stopped her getting too hot and she made sure she had plenty of lotion on to stop her shoulders burning. 'Can't have two of us being ill on one holiday with sunstroke,' she laughed to herself. 'Mum's got enough to contend with having James around.'

She must have walked at least 4 kilometres when she realised she was starving hungry so she headed down a little pathway where she could see the sea glinting through the trees. She then headed back in the same direction she'd come, back towards Finikounda but along the beach path instead. After about half an hour she found a tiny taverna with wooden chairs and stopped for some lunch and a read of her book she'd brought with her. It was a very peaceful spot there under the plane trees with the odd yacht sailing by and windsurfers on the water and with her IPOD playing the new album by the group Hurts on her earphones. She was feeling thoroughly contented and full after her lunch.

Suddenly a voice interrupted her thoughts and she looked up, annoyed at being disturbed. 'Is this chair free? It's just that the other tables are taken,' he gestured around the small taverna. To her amazement in the 45 minutes or so that she'd been sitting there she hadn't noticed it was now full, with locals eating and drinking, she'd been so much in a world of her own. She nodded and said; 'help yourself.'