*This story was fun to write because I based my characters on people I know....I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it.
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Alex stared at Justin from her perch on the lifeguard chair, admiring him in his swim trunks. He was tall, but then compared to her five foot one inch frame, everyone was. Still though, at six foot four inches, with a shaved head and various tattoos adorning his body, Justin had the bad boy look nailed and appealed to Alex in ways she had never imagined possible. He was twenty seven, and the age difference (Alex being only 20) only made him appeal to her all the more. She waved down at him, hoping he would come up to see her as he occasionally did. She was not disappointed, and moments later he was sitting beside her on the wooden chair, which was completely against the rules.
"You're not supposed to be up here," she said laughing, "how many times do I have to tell you that? This is just for lifeguards, guests are supposed to stay by the poolside!" Alex tried to sound indignant, but knew she failed and didn't really care. She hated to admit it, but she loved it when Justin sat with her, his mere presence thrilled her to the core.
"And do you always follow the rules Alexandra?" Justin asked teasing her, using the name he knew she hated.
"Of course!" she looked at him innocently. "We all know that I'm a good girl! I never do anything wrong, and if I get in trouble for you being up here, I'm gonna blame it on you!" She giggled as she said it, mostly because she knew she had just completely pinpointed the image of herself. Because everyone did see her as an angel. Nobody had any reason to believe otherwise.
"Ok, well I'll get down then, I certainly don't want you to get your perfect little self in trouble because of me!" Justin flashed her that smile, the perfect mix of lustful devilishness and little boy mischief that made her melt. When she saw it, Alex wanted to yell, 'No! Stay up here with me!' Instead however she nodded and watched him climb down from her chair. As he stood on the edge of the pool, he yelled up to her, "You owe me a quick swim when your shift gets out!" And with that, he dove smoothly into the pool, swimming away from her and towards a group of guys that regularly swam with him.
An hour later Alex, waiting for her shift to end, continued to survey the pool. Left now was Justin, two of his friends, and a mother with her small child leisurely floating around the shallow end. Alex checked her watch, nearly 5:00. She began to think of her evening, trying desperately to think of what she would do that night after work. Her mind was a blank, and it depressed her a bit to think that she had no plans. If it had been just a week before she would surely have been going to Tom's house, but since his declaration that he was not going to survive another year of a long distance relationship with a college student things had ended. Alex sighed, thinking of the year she had wasted with the jerk that obviously didn't care about her.
Her thoughts were interrupted as Shelia, the girl who worked the 5:00 -10:00 shift climbed up on the lifeguard chair beside her.
"Hey Alex, anything happen today?" she asked, the standard question as shifts were changed.
"Nope, not really, just another day." Shelia nodded and settled onto her perch as Alex tossed her sunscreen and sunglasses into her canvas bag and climbed off the chair. "See you tomorrow Shelia!" she called up as she began to walk out of the pool area. Just as she got to the gate, Alex was splashed with a huge wave of cold water. Not amused, she turned to see who had splashed her, only to look down into the face of Justin, flashing her that smile again.
"Where do you think you're going Alexandra?" he inquired seriously. "I do believe you promised me a swim." He looked at her, fully prepared to give her a hard time if she tried to bail on him. Knowing this, Alex relented.
"Fine, I'll swim with you for a few. But if you call me Alexandra again I'll - "
Justin cut her off splashing her again.
"Yeah? You'll what?" He laughed as she shivered with the unexpected cold water, and tried to suppress a grin as he saw her nipples stiffen through her suit. "Whatcha gonna do princess?"
Alex offered him no response, and instead did her best cannon ball as close to him as possible, nearly landing on his head. When she surfaced laughing hysterically, he was there, immediately dunking her back under. That time, she surfaced sputtering and nearly choking. "Bastard" she muttered under her breath, laughing even as she choked.
"That's not very nice language for such a sweet girl like yourself," Justin teased her. "I'm sure you don't talk like that around your mother!" He laughed, and she suggested a race across the pool, a challenge he eagerly accepted. "No cheating this time!" he warned her, as the two prepared.
On his command they took off, Alex easily pulling ahead and beating him to the other side by a full body length. She was laughing when he touched the side, exclaiming, "You're such a cheater!" in a voice that feigned anger.
"Yeah right. I didn't need to cheat and you know it! Maybe you should lay off the beer, you might be able to pick up some speed!" With that, Alex took off towards the other side, leaving Justin behind her, sputtering and laughing. She waited for him to catch up, and when he did, she told him she needed to get going.