Coach reached down, tracing his finger along his chest, collecting the runaway beer and licking it from his finger. The whole scene seemed to play in slow motion. My eyes taking in every detail of his body and his actions. A lump grew in my throat and I had to swallow hard to move it. It worked, the lump now settled firmly in Coach's swimming shorts that covered my lower half.
I was entranced. My eyes remained fixed on his golden, statuesque figure.
I was shocked back to my senses as I felt a presence approach me in the water. I turned, half scared to see what was heading my way.
"It's time to leave." The tour guide advised as our eyes met.
"We'll be out soon." Coach responded before I had chance to acknowledge the tour guide's words.
Coach swam towards me and threw his arms around my neck from behind.
"I'm tired, carry me to the stairs."
Even in the water he was heavy. My mouth protested while my body tingled, happy to have his muscles once again pressed against my back.
I half-swam and half-walked towards the stairs, Coach's body bobbing behind me. As I put my foot on the step I tried to shake him off, he wrapped his legs around my waist and I nearly went under the water.
"Carry me!" He sounded like a child.
"Are you kidding? You're way bigger than me! You're too heavy, get off!" I laughed as I tried to prise him off.
My hands tried to grab his legs but they were far too thick and muscular to get my hands around. How would I get him off?!
As if a lightbulb went off my hands instinctively flung behind me, connecting with his sides. As soon as my fingers pushed into his skin he let go. His laughter filling the darkened sky. I quickly dashed up the stairs as I could hear his grunts trailing behind me. I ran through the open door and into the shower room. Coach came barrelling behind me, that same evil grin on his face. But there was no snow for him to attack me with this time.
His hands shot up above my head pinning me against the wall as the shower began raining down on us.
His body undulated with ragged breaths, his intense eyes locked on my own.
My heart felt like it wanted to pound its way out of my chest. Coach's face started edging closer to my own. My eyes slowly starting to close. I wasn't sure what my fate was going to be but I had to accept it.
A cough came from behind Coach. My eyes jolted open as Coach spun around on the spot. We had completely forgotten we weren't alone. The shower room filled with the rest of the men from the tour.
Coach cleared his throat, dropped his arms and moved over to the shower next to me. He shot me a wink and went on cleaning his tanned body.
I finished as quickly as I could and made my escape while Coach had a face full of shampoo suds. I grabbed my items from the locker and threw the towel around me so I could shimmy back into my clothes.
"You British guys are really shy huh?"
I wasn't willing to react to Coach's question. I simply carried on getting dressed. I could hear Coach remove his wet Speedos as they fell to the floor with a wet splat. My body burned, screaming at me to turn my head. I ignored my body with all my might and exited the changing room.
Coach caught up and once again draped his arms around my shoulder.
"Still embarrassed Week?"
"No" I responded coldly "Just tired."
"Shame, I was gonna see if you wanted a couple of drinks at the hotel bar before calling it a night?"
I took a second to think.
"Ok, let's do it." I smiled.
Although I couldn't see his face I'm sure I could feel the smile grow on his face.
We stepped onto the coach and sat down before heading back to the hotel.
We spent the time chatting, joking and laughing. The more time I spent with Coach the less I found myself getting angered by him.
We arrived at the hotel and stepped out into a blizzard. Coach unzipped his coat, pulled me into his side and wrapped his coat around me. He hadn't reapplied his woody cologne but he smelt so fresh all the same.
We made our way in and pulled up some seats at the bar. Coach ordered us both an Icelandic beer. While most beers taste the same to me, Icelandic beer was a lot more refreshing and crisp.
