A GRAND ADVENTURE
Chapter 5

Jess awoke, being nudged by Ron. She looked up and noticed the credits running from the movie they were going to watch. "You fell asleep, so I let you sleep," he smiled. "We should get to bed. Tomorrow morning we head to Paris." She stood up to go to her room. "By the way, nice outfit," he commented, even though she was only wearing the pearl thong, making her giggle, but also pleasing her with the compliment.

"I don't know... Maybe I'm a little overdressed?" she joked, then went to her room.

The next morning came early, or so it felt. They lined up their luggage at the front door for Paris, made another pile in the center of the living room for Africa, then ate breakfast. A car was there to drive them to Paris as they finished eating. Ron gave instructions to the driver about the Africa luggage, then they left for Paris.

The two hour trip was uneventful and they arrived at the hotel, which Jess felt was quite nice. American hotels all seemed modern. This one wasn't, but was almost medieval in style. Ron checked in for the conference, then went to the hotel desk to register. He had handed Jess the itinerary for guests on the way by. They had a tour of Paris scheduled, lunch, then a visit to a museum for the afternoon, before returning to the hotel about 3 PM. Ron's conferences went until 4 PM so she'd have an hour for herself.

Ron finished registering and walked back to where Jess was sitting. "I have some good news and bad news... first the bad. They don't have any rooms with two beds, so we'll be sharing a bed. The good news is I talked them into providing you a hairdresser tomorrow afternoon when you return to do your hair for tomorrow night. All you need to do is wash your hair before she arrives and leave it wet," he explained.

"The hairdresser is coming right to the room?" Jess questioned and Ron nodded. "Wow! I feel so important," she beamed. The maitre d' led the way and Ron followed with Jess excitedly behind him going up to their room. He opened the door, said a few words to Ron, then handed him the key and left.

Jess was impressed. The room was exquisite! The decor looked old, but was sparkly clean. She opened a set of double doors which went out to a balcony overlooking Paris. Jess had never spent a night in such a fancy place. There was a knock on the door, Ron answered it, and a man brought in some garment bags and hung them in a closet like cabinet. "What's that?" Jess asked.

"I had put out clothes for tomorrow to be pressed," he answered, then continued unpacking his things. "Are you going to unpack?" he asked. Jess quickly opened her suitcase and pulled out what little she had, putting it into a drawer.

The hotel had a small luncheonette and they grabbed a light lunch there, they walked around the area near the hotel. Jess was surprised it was so different from what she was used to. There were no really big stores, but rather smaller specialty shops. The "big" stores in the area weren't even a quarter of the size of the stores at home.

In one of those stores Jess saw what she assumed to be a mother, son maybe 10 or 11, and a daughter probably a year younger. They were trying on clothes right in the store. Jess had seen that before, but both the boy and girl were standing in the aisle in just their underwear. "Don't they have fitting rooms here?" she whispered to Ron.

"Yes, but most don't use them, especially with children," he answered calmly. Jess was shocked. "Europeans view nudity a lot different than Americans. The children are covered. It's not like they're naked in public. That you usually only see on beaches," he explained.

"There are nude beaches that kids go to?" she questioned.

"Yes and no... They have nude beaches here, but on any beach you'll see nude children. Many women will be topless too. Both men and women can be seen with just bottoms on. To them bare breasts are no big deal," he chuckled as a horrified look came over Jess's face. "Think you'd like to go to a nude beach?"

Jess paused before answering. "I don't know. I've never really thought about it." The subject was dropped and they continued wandering around for a couple more hours, then ate dinner at a sidewalk cafe. Ron suggested going back to the hotel, but Jess wanted to walk around more.

The sun was setting. "Do you know what time it is?" Ron asked.

"I guess around 8 maybe, since the sun is setting," she answered.

"It's almost 10. I think we should head back. We have a long day tomorrow," he told her.

"I'm sorry! I didn't realize it was so late," Jess apologized as they walked back to the hotel. They went up to their room and the realization they would be sleeping in the same bed hit Jess. "Um... Would it be OK if I wore panties to bed?" she shyly asked.

"If you wish. Remember, in the field you won't have that luxury, but we're not in the field yet," he answered as he turned out the light.

As Jess took her clothes off, she watched Ron take his shirt off, then pants. Even though the lights were out and it was dark out, there was still enough lights to see somewhat, although it was more like looking at shadows. Jess took her bra off, then climbed into the bed wearing just panties. She was a little nervous, but there wasn't much choice.

Ron folded his shirt and pants placing them on a chair. Jess expected him to climb into the bed, but he took his underwear off, then walked into the bathroom completely naked. He peed, then came out and walked towards the bed. Jess could see his cock swaying as he walked. She instinctively held onto the blanket tightly, holding it at her neck, as he climbed into the bed.

Jess stared at the ceiling wondering what was going to happen and her breath caught every time Rom moved. As she lay there she thought about what he had said. He had told her that the thin material of her panties wouldn't protect her, but he would. He had seen her naked many times and the night before she had actually fallen asleep next to him wearing only the pearl thong, which covered nothing.

Ron's breathing was slow and even making Jess believe he had fallen asleep, so she began to relax. His words about her sleeping naked in the field replayed in her mind. He had never forced her at all, well, except for spanking her, but that wasn't sexual she didn't think. He had fingered her, but it wasn't forced and certainly was not against her will.

Gaining confidence Jess reached under the blanket and, with as little movement as possible, lifted her ass and pushed her panties to her upper thighs, exposing her ass and pussy under the blanket. She waited for a while with her hands still holding her panties. Of course nothing happened, so she pushed them further down her legs, as far as she could reach. Her panties were no longer covering anything.

Again she waited trying to gain more courage. She didn't want to move too much and risk waking him. Slowly she leaned to one side, pushing her panties down more on one side, until she couldn't reach any further. She had managed to get her panties below her knee on that side, but that was it.

"Just take them off and stop wiggling so we can get some sleep," Ron mumbled, making Jess jump. She wasn't sure if he had been awake the whole time or she had awoken him, but it didn't make much difference. He knew she was taking her panties off and it was too late to stop now.

"Sorry," Jess muttered as she lifted her legs and finished taking her panties off. She was embarrassed, not because she was naked, but because she had been caught trying to sneak her panties off.

Jess lay there, now completely naked and mad at herself for not taking her panties off before she climbed into bed. She wouldn't have embarrassed herself if she had. The next thing she remembered sounded like a shower running, which confused her, but it soon ended.

"Morning," she heard Ron say, shocking her back to reality.

Jess opened her eyes to see Ron standing there drying off. "Morning," she groggily replied. Still half asleep, she threw the blanket off her to get up and go to the bathroom. It was then Jess remembered she was naked and blushed. She fought off the urge to bull the blanket up again.

After taking a deep breath, Jess stood up, allowing her body to be displayed to Ron. She wanted her mind to know it was OK for him to see her. Jess stood for a minute letting him look at her, then went into the bathroom to pee. Once more she challenged herself and didn't close the door.

When she came out Ron had finished drying off and had his underwear on. He picked up something off his dresser. "I have something for you. You may need something during the day," he smiled as he handed her an envelope.

Jess opened the envelope and saw it was money. She took it out and counted 200 euros. "Oh thank you!" she gushed as her hands went around his neck and she gave him a big hug.

"I have to get going," Ron said after his hug. He finished dressing as he told her, "You can order room service and charge it to the room or eat breakfast in the hotel restaurant. I'm speaking at the first seminar, so I have to be there early. Have fun today." He then left the room.