They could stay for a couple.

The girls decided they should stick around for a couple of afterwork drinks to celebrate Robyn’s first night. With the surf tournament finished for the evening the pub actually started to get busy once again. Robyn offered to jump behind the bar again to help out but the owner told the girls he’d got it and just really needed the help while the kitchen was open and to give him a chance to get his paperwork done.

Free to enjoy themselves Robyn and Emma were quite happy hanging out with the couple of regulars still there but as the place got busier the old fellas left one by one, grumbling about the amount of tourist ruined their town. All alone they turned their attention to the crowd, surprised at just how much it had filled up.

Emma saw numerous people from the surf event and pointed them out to Robyn. She could see the girl that had won the bikini comp, still with her golden sash around her body. Objectively Robyn could see why the girl had won as she had the most amazing body and incredibly tall legs under her short dress. As best friends do, Robyn was quick to agree that the girl was a dog and butt ugly and should never have won anything.

Around the pool table was a bunch of guys who had entered the pro surfing portion of the event. Emma pointed out a pair of guys that came from Brazil, along with an American, a Canadian, a South African and a number of local Australian surfers. Robyn loved how they all looked. Fit, tanned and healthy and she could only dream of the amazing life they must lead, travelling the world doing what she loved and getting paid handsomely to do it.

Also, having entered the pub that night was a bunch of locals. Robyn thought she could see a number of different guys that Emma would be interested in given half a chance and if she was being honest, there were probably a couple that took her fancy as well. Having drank a couple of pints, Robyn found herself with the sort of self confidence Emma normal had. Emma for her part was actually the more subdued and self-conscious of the two, perhaps embarrassed at herself from before in the bikini comp and knowing that a fair number of people here tonight had seen her.

Still Robyn wanted to chat and meet people. Picking up her glass, Robyn pulled her friend to her feet from the bar stool. “Come on Emma, lets go and say hello,” she told her friend.