Holidays in Australia

"G'day mate, welcome to straya!"

"Sorry?"

"I said welcome to straya mate, you're a Yank aren't ya?"

I was standing outside the Brisbane Airport in Australia, in front of a very interesting character. The guy in front of me was in just a singlet and a pair of shorts. Instead of shoes, he had flip-flops on, and a cigarette in his hand.

My first thought was that he was homeless but he was standing at a bus bay outside the terminal. After further conversation, I figured out he was actually part of the bus company, assisting foreigners in getting them on the bus to their hotels.

They may have been odd but the Australians I met right away were certainly friendly, wanting to help.

I was led onto a bus that was heading south, down the coast to the Gold Coast, a real tourist destination. Following Tayla's texts, I worked out exactly where I had to go. Standing outside the front of a double-story house by the beach, I checked the address three times before finally knocking on the front door.

Just the sculptures out the front of the property made me think about how much this place would be worth.

"Hawkins!"

Opening the door to greet me was Declan Walker himself. He had his arms wide open, a beer in his hand, sunglasses on and a big grin on his face.

"Hi Declan," I said in a quieter tone, standing in front of him with my suitcase.

"Come on, get inside," he told me as I wheeled my suitcase inside.

Everyone knew the Walker's were rich.

But I never knew they were this rich. To have this sort of property on United States soil was one thing but to have it in foreign countries too, showed just how much money they possessed.

"Can give you a tour a little later, you need a drink first," he told me.

We then made our way further through the house, Declan led me outside where we stood on a large patio deck that overlooked the beach in the distance. Just below us was a decently big backyard with an area dedicated to a beautiful in-ground pool that was right next to a bubbly spa.

In amongst the bubbles, I saw Annie relaxing.

My heart skipped another beat. Maybe for a couple of reasons, she was looking amazing of course but I began to get nervous with the two of us still not on the best of terms, not having a chance to clear things up at the end of the semester.

"Beer pong," Declan said as he lightly pushed me in the back as he walked past to head down the outside steps from the deck, "Me versus you next game!"

I followed him down to the grass, I was more interested in chatting with the girls than getting straight into a beer pong game but this wasn't my house I guess.

"Look who I found roaming the streets," Declan said to the girls as he approached the outside table that had red cups set up there.

Midway through a game was Rose and Tayla. The two brunettes squealed as they came running in my direction. I can't describe how quickly my excitement to be here rose at that moment. The girls were both in two-piece bikinis. Tayla had a normal dark grey string bikini, her long brown hair flowing down past her shoulders, and dark sunglasses on. She came from behind as Rose reached me first for a hug, her brown hair up in a messy bun, the sex bomb in black bikini bottoms and a yellow bikini tube top that covered up her breasts.

They both gave me big hugs with Rose leaving a sloppy kiss on my cheek. I could smell the **** on her, it was about 1 pm in the afternoon here but she was already pretty drunk.

"Our boy's here!" Rose exclaimed.

It was hard to forget our last encounter in the bathtub. My very own bathtub...

However, it was nice that we had moved on from the awkwardness of the aftermath of my little incident with Bella. If only I could fix my issues with Annie, everything would be sweet.

Speaking of Annie, here she came.

I watched her body closely as she exited the nearby spa. Coming out of the water, her red bikini bottoms were wedged right up her ass cheeks. She fixed them up as, her butt in our direction before exiting the fenced area to join us.

She politely smiled in my direction but it wasn't the same enthusiasm I received from the other girls.

"Hey Leo."

"Hi Annie," I said hesitating as I initially leaned in but stopped myself.

She put her arms out and looked at her own dripping wet body, "Probably shouldn’t hug you, I'm a little wet."

"Preach sister," Rose joked as she grabbed the ping pong ball off the table and tried to hit one of her cups from a distance.

"Hey! That's cheating!" Tayla called out behind her, chasing back after her.

The two girls began to wrestle over the little orange ball for their game. They laughed as Tayla was almost humping Rose on the ground. Declan stood back with his drink, enjoying the little show the girls were putting on.

It made me very horny but I was also aware that Annie was beside me. There was no way I could enjoy this New Year's holiday here overseas if I didn't sort out our problems right here, right now.

We made small talk before I suggested we go for a walk while the sun was still up and shining. She was happy to do so after drying off and throwing on some short shorts over her bikini bottoms.

With Declan's place so close to the water, it was naturally the ideal place to walk to. The beach was beautiful despite the packed crowds of locals and tourists on the sand. I certainly wasn't the person who liked that sort of environment.

There was a genuine awkward silence as we walked down the Australian beach. Besides some very brief casual conversation starters, we didn't speak. It was obvious that we were both thinking about what we could say.

Eventually, I went for it, opening my mouth to speak, "Annie, I..."

"Leo..."

It turned out she was about to bring it up as well.

"Sorry, you go first," I told her.

"No it's okay, I just was going to say I'm sorry."

"No way, I'm the one who should be sorry."

"Seriously Leo, it's my fault, I know you've changed and I didn't mean to speak to you like that, I didn't mean to embarrass or make fun of you."

Annie seemed genuinely upset about it like it had been playing on her mind as much as it had been for me. I directed her to the park bench as I noticed in the corner of my eye. Now sitting down, we had a chance to let everything out, every single thing we had to get off our chests.

By the end of it, we both felt a million times better. I leaned in and gave her a big hug, holding her closely. Her blonde hair smelt amazing up against the side of my face, somewhat eerily comforting.

"I've missed you," she said to me quietly.

"Annie, I've missed you too, you have no idea how much better I feel right now, I'm sorry for the way I treated you, it was stupid."

We kept embracing in what was a really long hug.

"Come on, let's go back and see the others," she said with a smile.

She offered her hand to hold as we got off the bench. I couldn't tell you that we were about to resume where we left off with Annie being flirtatious in my bedroom. But at least we were definitely still friends.

Where that would lead to from here? I'm not sure.