A Family Affair Ch. 05

Then she was standing next to us, bright face beaming down, little pad out and ready to take an order, "Buonjiorno Paolo, I'm glad you've all come back," she gestured excitedly around with her hand, "I've never been so busy! I've had to get my sister over to cook and my daughter to help at the tables." So that explained the rather sour look that I was getting from a young teenager clearing away some plates from another table. She had long dark hair like her mother and a was wearing the same 'uniform' of black skirt, white shirt and pinafore apron but looked much shorter and slimmer.

Rosa got a signal from another table and went off to deal with that, leaving us with some lunch menus. The choice was limited, but looked interesting and I quickly settled on a rabbit stew. Izzy left her choice with us and left to take her turn to 'freshen up' inside, just as Rosa was rushing back to take our order before she had any other interruptions.

"Lunch is on the house," she said quickly, "I can't believe how much trade you've brought us!" before smiling mischievously and adding almost under her breath, "whatever you've all been up to!" I looked hesitantly around and although people had resumed their conversations, we were clearly still the subject of much discussion!

I thanked Rosa for her offer, but declined the freebie on behalf of us all because I knew that she wasn't likely to get rich on this one day alone! She probably knew too, and didn't press the point too much before retreating back to the shop with our order.

On the way she passed Izzy who was gaily tripping back towards us swinging some soft cream material around from the end of her finger as she went. I closed my eyes briefly as I realised that it was her panties! Clearly she was offering me them as my latest trophy, and had managed to do it in such a way that everyone in the cafe could see what she was handing over, generating a new buzz of excitement!

"Izzy!" I snapped as I grabbed them and stuffed them quickly into my pocket to join Ilse's black ones and Frieda's red ones from earlier. 'What's was the matter with my stupid cousins!' I thought in some embarrassment as my three cousins simultaneously burst out laughing again! I looked guiltily towards Rosa by the cafe door. She'd stopped to watch and was smiling as she shook her head slowly in apparent disbelief. I was about to switch my eyes away when I saw her smile widen as her eyes locked onto mine and she lifted up her hand to give me the 'thumbs-up' sign! That's when I really turned red!

The stew was absolutely fantastic and I wolfed it down in record time. The morning's exercise had given me a great appetite and I was already tucking into a delicious sweet by the time that the girls had finished their main meals. I ignored their comments about me getting fat though and finally relaxed as I felt my energy levels building again. Even the women around us seemed content to leave us alone at last and we were able to enjoy a few minutes peace as we discussed plans.

They were keen to go shopping before we went back to the Villa which wasn't that high on my list of priorities, but in the end I said that I'd go with them to the main square again and do a bit of sight-seeing. So it fell to me again to gather together some notes and head off to the shop to pay.

Rosa was behind the counter when I went in cashing someone else's payment. Behind her, a plump woman was busy at the cooker with various pans bubbling away and giving off more delicious odours. Rosa had been right earlier when she'd said that they did good food.

When she lifted her face and saw me, a look of surprise and then, strangely, what looked like disappointment flashed across her beautiful features.

"Oh Paolo," she said sounding a little flustered, "...are you going already? I errr, ... I'll just have to take out this out. I'll be back in a minute." She gave me a quick, shy smile as she brushed past me.

I was just coming to terms with the little flash of excitement that the brief contact had triggered when I was distracted by the other woman who presumably was her sister. She'd turned and was looking at me with an appraising eye from her round, jovial face.

"Ah, the famous English 'Paolo' I presume. It's good to see you at last. Rosa hasn't stopped talking about you all morning." Her eyes travelled quickly up and down me, "Well, a bit skinny perhaps, but not bad for a 'Linguistic' professor. A bit on the young side I suppose, but Rosa's not exactly ancient and she's still quite a catch herself don't you think?"

My mouth opened in silent astonishment as I struggled to process this surprising information. Her English was good, much better than Rosa's, so presumably she meant what she said. So what had Rosa been saying? And what did it mean?

"I err ... well yes, she's very beautiful..." I mumbled in some confusion, just as Rosa re-appeared by my side.

She took one look at our faces, guessed at what her sister must have said and then launched into a short angry tirade at her, and I'm sure that I spotted the Italian for 'mind your own business!' at the end!

Her sister was unabashed however, and gave her a pained look in response, "Oh stop it Rosa, you think he's 'nice' and he thinks you're 'beautiful'. What more do you need to know!" Then she turned haughtily back to her cooking.

Rosa looked as though she was about to explode. Her shoulders were back and she'd taken a deep breath which stretched the material of her white shirt gloriously around her bust. There was no doubt about it, and despite the way that her hair was tied back so severely, she really was beautiful!

"Oh!" she said eventually in evident disgust as she gave up on her sister and turned back to me. I was quick to try and drag my eyes up from her chest to meet her eyes, but not quickly enough apparently as, amazingly, she suddenly sounded flustered and went a little red.

"I errr, well... I'd better sort this out..." she said quickly, dropping her eyes from mine in some embarrassment as she took the Euro notes that I was proffering.

She busied herself for a few minutes behind the till, sorting out our change before taking another deep breath to steady herself and then handing some coins to me. I put them straight into the little dish set by the till for tips. She smiled at me, all composure again.

"Well thank you Paolo, most generous of you. I hope that you've enjoyed the food and our little cafe, and I've loved practicing my English with you," she paused uncertainly for a few seconds, "... will you be long?" My eyebrows narrowed as I puzzled over her wording, "...I mean will you be staying here long? " she corrected hurriedly, before adding quickly"...I mean, I'm sure that we'd all like to see you again ... and your cousins as well of course!"

"But mainly you!" suggested her sister with a laugh behind her.

Rosa's eyebrows rose in exasperation, "Oh Goodness! Come on, I'll see you out," she mumbled, obviously getting flustered again.

I wasn't sure what to say to her as we stepped outside into the sunshine again. After all, I was only in the area for a week and who knew what schemes my cousins had thought up to 'entertain' us for the next few days? And then there was Maria, due home from college in a couple of days and the real reason for me being here in the first place. I shuddered to think what she'd say if she found out what had been going on already.

Seeing Rosa again seemed somewhat improbable and, the more I thought about it, highly dangerous! It may have been the way that my hormones had been stirred up already this morning, but I couldn't help but be attracted to her, despite our age difference. But despite our often trying language difficulties she was so easy to talk to that I felt comfortable with her already, and then there was that gorgeous figure of hers as well! My eyes strayed automatically back to the promising swellings of her bosoms again, but his time when I dragged them back to hers, she was smiling. Evidently a bit of semi-overt ogling wasn't entirely unwelcome!

Her eyes flicked over to where her daughter was busy cleaning a table a few yards away, which she was somehow managing to do while keeping the two of us under the closest of scrutiny.

"And having a handsome young man pay me some attention at least is improving my ... how you say... 'Street Cred' with my daughter at last!" she added with a bright little laugh.

I smiled as well, still not knowing what to say. She seemed to understand my reticence.

"But of course you'll be busy with your cousins, so I understand if you don't manage to call again." Her eyes were bright as she added, "Ciao Paolo" and leaned a little towards me to offer her cheek.

Naturally I leaned in as well, but whether it was a hormonal thing or whatever, I found my lips suddenly straying sideways and planting themselves directly onto hers. I'd reached forward to take her arms in my hands and I felt her stiffen as my lips closed softly onto hers and she gasped in surprise. Not unexpected I suppose given that we were in the middle of her cafe area and only a few yards from her daughter!

But her stiffness lasted only a few seconds before I felt her give a little shudder as she relaxed into my arms and her lips slowly began to work back on mine! Her body seemed to mould itself into me as the kiss deepened, her hand sliding up my back to ruffle through my hair, sending little shivers down my spine. And she absolutely must have felt the response between my legs as her hips pushed into me for a few wonderful minutes before she finally broke off and stepped a pace backwards, breathing deeply.

She obviously had tremendous willpower, because I'm not sure that I could have broken off that kiss so quickly, but her eyes were full of something almost animal like as she gazed back hungrily into mine, before they snapped sideways as we heard a muted cheer go up around us. Evidently my new female fan club, who still occupied a number of tables around us had approved of the action!

I followed her gaze, and saw her sister looking out from the cafe window. She at least was beaming back encouragingly. You couldn't say that about her daughter though who'd stopped working and was looking at her mother and me with an expression of open-mouthed surprise.

I leaned over and whispered into Rosa's ear, "Well, it looks like you've certainly got some 'Street Cred' now Rosa!!"

I turned and saw that my cousins had already disappeared out of sight, heading towards the town square, which was probably a good thing given their likely reaction to our kiss. I turned back to Rosa feeling just as flustered as she probably did, and looked into her eyes again, trying hard to make sense of our little burst of desire. It really shouldn't have happened. But it had! Whatever next? I couldn't just leave it at that could I?

"I errr, I think I'll have to go..." I finally said, apologetically, as I indicated the corner of the square which my cousins had just disappeared around "...I'll try and get back before I go back to England..." before adding in a secret whisper," ...wow, that kiss!!"

Her face brightened as she nodded her agreement, but she still looked a little sad as I turned to chase off after the girls. I don't think that she expected us to meet again and, frankly, I'm not sure that I did either.

30. To Shop or Not to Shop ...?.

By the time I'd caught up with my cousins, they were on the edge of the square looking around and discussing what shops they would honour with their presence. Izzy looked up as I came up to them.

"About time too Paolo, what took you so long?" she laughed, "I bet you were chatting up that waitress again weren't you. What's the matter, aren't we sexy enough for you?"

She was still wearing that see-through blouse and the way that she cupped her boobs as she finished the sentence almost caused a traffic accident as a passing cyclist hit a street lamp and almost fell in front of a car!

"Ooops," said Izzy as the unfortunate young man was helped to his feet, apparently none the worse for his experience, "You'd have thought that he'd learn to control his bike before coming into busy areas like this!"

Ilse lifted her eyes to the heavens and shook her head, and then looked at her watch, "Come on, it's getting late, let's get on!"

It turned out that they'd already discussed the itinerary and Izzy was keen to get me into some of the smaller, modern boutiques scattered around the square so that I could buy something that she thought would be a bit more fashionable. That wasn't going to happen for two reasons. I didn't have enough money, and there was no way on earth that I would have let Izzy clothe me!

We had a short row, while I got my point over, and then Izzy stormed off on her own in the direction of the nearest shops.

Ilse shrugged her shoulders, "We'd probably better get after her Paolo. God knows what she'll do in there in that mood!"

I agreed, but declined their offer to control Izzy's wilder side and told them that I'd go off and do a bit of sight-seeing on my own instead. We agreed to meet back at the car in about half an hour, and I watched them head off into the shop with a distinct sense of relief!

Now that I was on my own at last though, I had to confess that I didn't really know anything about the place and wasn't at all sure what to 'sight-see'. Hanging around the square didn't seem like a good idea in case I bumped into Izzy again, and the town museum seemed equally off-limits for obvious reasons!

I looked around and began to wander aimlessly, looking at the magnificent old architecture of the buildings, searching for something out of the ordinary. My brain wasn't really on it though as I couldn't get the thought of Rosa out of my mind. And particularly that kiss as she'd snuggled into me! Even the thought of it was starting to give me an erection. What was the matter with me!?

I was probably day-dreaming as I eventually sauntered down a side-street, but I was quickly brought back to reality as I turned a corner!

I must have been on autopilot because my feet had somehow instinctively brought me back to our little square and the cafe again!

I came to an abrupt halt and stared across at the cafe in shock. How had I got back here? And so quickly!

A number of tables were still occupied and I saw Rosa's daughter busy taking drinks out to some new customers, but she wasn't looking my way. There was no sign of Rosa though and I wondered for a second whether I should simply turn and go, before life got any more complicated!

Too late! She appeared at the doorway and called something across to her daughter. At the same moment her eyes switched across to where I was standing and she went rigid as our stares met. I saw the shock and surprise flash through them before something deeper and earthier took their place. I suspect that mine went through the same transformation. There was some kind of instant, almost telepathic connection that went something like...

"I WANT YOU!"

"SO DO I!"

We held each other's gaze for what seemed an age before she beckoned me over.

Her daughter fixed me with that shocked, open mouthed expression again as I strode past her wondering if I could just pull Rosa into an embrace right there on the doorstep. But she had other ideas. As I got nearer, she put out her hand and almost dragged me inside the cafe. Her sister was still busy in the kitchen section and was sipping a drink which she spluttered into as she turned to see what our little commotion was about, just as Rosa was dragging me past the counter and into a little corridor leading into the back.

Rosa's sister was definitely a wordly woman though, "Don't worry, I'll look after the shop!" she called out as Rosa opened a door near the end of the corridor and pushed me in!

It was a small office of some kind. Rather gloomy with small, high and barred windows. Not that I took that much notice because Rosa was standing just a few electrifying inches from me after she'd impatiently slammed the door shut behind us. Her lovely hazel eyes were still locked on mine, suddenly smouldering with desire. She hadn't said a word, but her lips had parted and I knew that it wasn't to speak as she reached out and pulled me into a close embrace as, this time, those soft lips closed hungrily over mine!

This time the kiss went on and on and on, our tongues quickly getting into the action, sliding together and performing a breathtaking, erotic wrestling match that I would have liked to have gone on forever! One of her hands was behind my neck, still pulling me into her while the other roamed sensuously around my back. She seemed to have lost all her inhibitions!

Mine too were busy, raking up and down her back and sides, sliding over her sensuous behind, enjoying the feel of the beautiful curving contours under my fingers. As I lifted one hand up her side to find the side of her bosom, she pulled back a little to invite it to explore further and instantly my hand had slipped between us to cup her breasts. She let out a long low moan from the back of her throat as I began to massage them through her blouse, and responded in kind by dropping her hand down my back and gripping my buttocks, pulling my hips harder into her as she grounded her pussy up against the big bulge that had instantly appeared in my slacks.

We were both looking distinctly hot and bothered when we finally did surface for air, and leaned away slightly in our tight embrace, our eyes devouring each other's features from so close together.

"Oh Paolo," she whispered hoarsely, almost in wonder, "I ... I ... didn't expect to see you again...and when I saw you ... I..."

I knew exactly what she meant! I didn't know how I'd got back here but I put it down to fate (and a strong dose of extreme physical attraction!) She still sounded a little unsure of herself though. I needed to find the right words.

"Rosa, Rosa ...Oh God Rosa ... I just can't resist you ...you're so, so beautiful... I don't care about anything else... I just want you so much!"

That seemed to do it!

She let out a strangled little gasp and then her hands were back between us, deftly unbuttoning my shirt so that she could slide them across my chest. I let out a long sigh as my skin responded to her thrilling touch, and then her hands were slipping lower, making my abdomen tense as she started to pull the shirt out of my trousers. It seemed like a good time to return the favour and my own hands were quickly on her bosom, dragging open the buttons of her white blouse and quickly revealing the rather simple white cups of her bra underneath. I didn't care what the bra looked like though, because I just wanted it off so that I could see her full, promising breasts that were pulled tightly together under the plain white material. My hands slid instinctively around her side, following the bra straps under her blouse when she wriggled away from me in apparent annoyance. I stopped, confused, but my eyes widened when I saw her fingers snap to the front of her bra, releasing a little catch between the bra cups. Idiot! It was a front fastener and I hadn't noticed!

It didn't matter though as my fingers instantly retraced their steps around her side, gently eased away her hands and slid under the now loosened cups to slide over the underside of her two full, firm orbs. Her eyes closed and her head went back as she responded to the electrifying feel of my fingers caressing both her taut breasts and when they slid over and captured her nipples she sagged into me as the surge of pleasure almost overwhelmed her!

God but they felt good and I leaned back a little further so that I could look down and enjoy the sight. Her breasts felt so lovely in my hands. Her nipples were long and dark brown, and quickly hardened under my touch as I rolled then between my thumb and fingers before starting to seriously squeeze and pull at them. Her breathing had suddenly shortened as she felt the effect of my attention on them and I watched her face with awe as a look of pain and ecstasy quickly spread over her features.