Memories of those I've met

Flashes of R's face, of L bold and unashamed. J, sitting cross-legged on my bed. K, her wild red hair whipped across her face while beaming that ever-present smile. J, a protective father, but so young at heart, stilling living life like the adventure it is. 

Written on my phone

Memories of people... Russians. The VT crew, each one them a gem. Emerald, a female Chinese Ultan. Jeany. Lee. The Easy Riders. Bobby. Team Denmark, so daft but welcoming. L&C, J&T. Team Scotland, who did so much to bring me out of myself.

Debbie. M&J. The Western Exposure band. The guests of Annie's Place. The Uluru tour group. Lisa and Marco, and the Japanese. The camping families. 4bg.

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Lena like Yuliana. Michelle a much nicer N. A lot of young kids, nineteen or twenty - Gea or Laura for example - such confidence they have. I still feel obliged to protect them though.

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For L: Your piece of information to keep you interested for the next two days is: my hair is currently pink, and my nipples are purple.

J

I comfort her, and am unsure if she made a remark that I "can be with anyone [I] want".

Laila

Not long has passed, with a tequila and some dancing, and then L is on me, smooching! So delicious. A disappears, and I spend the evening with his friends instead, dancing and kissing L.

I have the lovely L to myself for a night and a morning. Soft and dark, it's great to lose myself in no strings attached pleasure, laughing, joking, touching, singing, grabbing, feeling. Delicious.

R

She reminds me a bit of J, spreading herself thin, trying to meet and please everyone. Or maybe just not me. Either way, it leaves me a bit pissed off. If she's gone cold on me, I'd wish she'd just say, rather than let her actions make me angry.

Jen

I sit beside J, and we're very comfortable with each other, like lovers. I wonder if I should've taken advantage of our own room last night, but I'm looking forward too much to seeing R, and I didn't want to spoil it.

G

I get the feeling G wanted me to kiss her, but she's only young really, both in age and maturity. Also, it would be pretty awkward if I met R again. So no go.

K

If she didn't have a boyfriend, I'd almost be in love. As it is, five years they've been together, and he's 29, so it's obviously serious. I'm not going to mess with that.

Rangitata

Stefan sits on the couch beside me, his arm wrapped around Barbara. It evokes a twinge of jealousy in me. I never had that intimacy with R, just relaxing in front of the television. I'm making too big a deal of her, but my heart has caught, snagged on her. She texted yesterday, but it makes no difference, we won't be seeing each other. Should I find someone new?