I had driven about six hours to visit my best friend and her husband for about a week. Their apartment was nice and it was great to be out of the car finally. My friend and I were visiting when her husband and one of his friends came home. The friend's name was Sam and he was attractive with short brown hair, a gorgeous smile with cute dimples, and deep brown eyes.
As we all ate dinner together I found out that Sam was in the Marines which explained his great physique. Since my friend and her husband both had to work the next day Sam asked what my plans were. "I don't have any, just planning to relax during my vacation," I told him. He asked if I wanted to hang out and find something to do. I figured why not hang out with a good looking man and possibly explore the city.
After dinner we all watched some television before my friend and husband headed to bed. Sam and I stayed up for a little bit longer, flirting with one another. Since my friends had just moved into the apartment there was only a couch to sit on in the living room. While everyone was still awake I had offered to sit on the floor near the end of couch so everyone else would have a place to sit. I still sat on the floor while Sam lay down on the couch with his head near mine. After a few hours of talking and flirting the day's drive caught up to me and I was ready to head to bed. Sam planned on sleeping on the couch and as I moved to get up and head to my room I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
I got up after my friend and her husband had already left for work. As I passed through the hallway on my way to the bathroom for a shower I saw Sam lying on the couch, sleeping with a serene look across his face.
As I stood in the shower, letting the warm water run over me I thought I should shave my legs so I could wear my skirt today. I grabbed my razor out of my toiletry bag and quickly began. As I shaved I figured I might as well do my bikini area and carefully made sure to remove every hair. Getting out of the shower I looked around and realized I forgot to bring my clothes for the day in with me. I wrapped a towel around me and began my way back to my room.
As I exited the bathroom I could see Sam was awake, lying on his side with his head propped by his arm. He smiled and looked me up and down as I paused for a moment, blushing, before getting to my room. While I dressed I could hear Sam making his way to the bathroom and showering. I put on my light blue skirt that went to just below my knees, a white cotton t-shirt and my tan sandals.
I went to the kitchen and made toast and eggs for the two of us for breakfast. As I brought them to the table Sam entered the kitchen and told me to go ahead and sit down as he brought two glassed of orange juice over. We ate breakfast and discussed where to go for the day. Sam offered up the mall as we could wander around and it was a central location in case we decided to do something else.
At the mall we went into a few stores looking at clothes, suggesting clothes we thought the other would look good in. Sam found a pair of jeans he thought would look good on me and asked me to try them on.
I went into the dressing room as Sam waited while I quickly changed into the jeans. I went out to the sales floor where Sam was and watched as he looked me up and down and asked that I turn around. "Slower," he said quietly. I don't know what it was about his voice but I slowed down my turn. I turned my head to look at him, expecting him to be looking down towards my ass and long legs but instead it was like he was waiting for me to look at him as I immediately caught his eyes with mine. He slowly smile and said "you make those look great," as I blushed.
I was getting ready to go back to the dressing room when I felt his hand on my wrist pulling my arm and turning my body to him. He drew me closer and looked in my eyes as I thought he would kiss me. He lips were almost touching mine when he moved his head so his lips were next to my ear. I could feel his warm breath on my neck and earlobe. He whispered "I want to have you." My own breathing stopped for a second and I could feel my knees become wobbly. I felt his lips on my neck and all too quickly he pulled back and said "go change." I stood there for a moment remembering where I was as the racks of clothes in front of me came into focus as Sam turned and walked over to the men's clothes. I was grateful to put my skirt back on as it felt like someone had turned up the heat by about ten degrees.
After steadying myself in the dressing room for a moment I found Sam and we got a soda and sat on a bench in a busy area of the mall. We watched the people walking by and made up stories about their lives. I laid one of my hands between us on the bench and he placed his hand on mine, letting his thumb slide back and forth across my skin. Soon our fingers became intertwined as our flirting had continued. As we decided to leave I began to unlock my hand from his and he increased his grip and said, "Don't let go. I want to see how long you can hold my hand." He squeezed my hand for a moment while giving me a serious look before loosening his grip.
"Ok," I said, "I bet I can hold on longer than you."
We made our way out of the mall and to my car. As a natural step I began to let go of Sam's hand in order to get in my car on the driver's side and he said, "This is the only reminder you'll get to not let go." I quickly regained my grasp on his hand but had a puzzled look on my face as I tried to figure out how we were both going to get in the car. "Come on, you can figure it out." he said.
