It had gotten murderously hot, even in the country where Richie's Place was. At least the evenings were slightly cooler. Richie was busy with events at the Nugget, he had a new band called Phoenix Express coming in for the weekend.
For the most part the town's elders saw The Nugget's crowd as largely harmless kids. They brought a lot of business to the country store, mostly in the sale of beer and wine. Richie jokingly referred to the older couple that ran the store as Ma and Pa Kettle, they seemed not too far removed from backwoods hillbillies. Between their duties at the Nugget, Elena and Kim would hang around outside the store sipping orange soda and people watching. But they'd also begun to notice a young kid who worked there, he seemed to be related to the owners but they couldn't figure out how, or what his name was. He noticed them too, and he seemed to stumble about when he saw them. They thought it was cute the way he reacted to seeing them in their cutoffs, t-shirts or peasant blouses, if he only knew they wore nothing underneath.
One particular day, Kim was in a naughty mood and as they strolled around the store, she made sure she could be seen by the smitten kid stacking the shelves, Elena did too. The two girls probably drove him mad when they each got strawberry popsicles and seductively licked them while he watched from a window inside the store. It made them giggle watching his reaction. Now that they had a break from work, they eagerly headed over to the store, hoping to come up with some new bit of naughtiness, but to their disappointment, he wasn't there.
"...Well, it's another fun day for us." Elena said with a sigh as they sat outside the store.
"Could be worse." Kim replied
"Really?" she said "How could it be worse?"
"It's probably twice as hot down south, at least here we've got someplace to go cool off."
"Yeah, it'd be nice to have a beach like where Danny and Sofia went."
Elena had met Danny and Sofia on one of her first nights there before they'd left to do work on a house project. Elena always wondered what Kim would've thought of Sofia's body, it was just as hot as hers, she knew they'd be comparing breast sizes. And also knew they'd be comparing pussies too. It made her smile.
"Well, I better get back and see if Richie needs help with the setup." Elena said as she finished off her drink "You gonna walk home?"
"Sure, might do my legs some good." Kim said as she stretched out her legs.
Both girls wore cutoff shorts, Elena had on her STP shirt and Kim a brightly colored peasant top and sandals.
Elena started off across the street to the Nugget and Kim began walking back to the house, it was a mile at the most.
She loved the feel of the hot sun on her already tanned skin but soon the heat made her head for the shade of a tree to cool off. Maybe I can hitch a ride home, she thought. An old Buick sedan rolled towards her and she stuck out her thumb. As it stopped, she leaned in and saw the driver was an elderly man.
"Where you headed little lady?" he cackled
The inside reeked of booze and old man
"Uh, somewhere else...thanks anyway." She said with a smile.
"Suit yourself, honey...I may be old but I can still get it up!" he cackled as he drove off.
Kim shook her head and rolled her eyes, too many thoughts were going through her mind, none of them pleasant.
The dust down the road showed another vehicle coming, this one a rusty old red Chevy pickup. Again she stuck out her thumb. The rusty truck stopped and she looked in, but this time it was a much better sight she saw.
The driver was not much younger than her wearing dusty blue jeans, a white t-shirt and a green John Deere cap. It was the young kid they'd seen at the store.
"Hi, uh, looking for a ride?" he asked
"Sure! I'm heading up towards Ridgetop road, do you know it?"
"I think so, climb in."
The creaky door swung open as she eagerly climbed in. He had an 8-track tape player mounted under the dashboard and was playing a Johnny Cash tape.
"I'm Kim." She said as they drove off
"Billy." He replied "I think I've seen you in town with your friend."
"You have?"
"Uh-huh, outside my Uncle's store."
"Oh! He's your Uncle, I didn't know that."
"Right, I'm here for the summer before I leave."
"Leave? Where are you going?"
"I'm going to school back east."
"Man, that's a bummer."
"What about you?" he asked eager to change the mood.
"Oh, uh, I'm staying with some friends. One of them runs the Nugget."
"I've heard about that place, my folks won't let me go though."
"Why not?"
"They think you're some kinda commies."
Kim laughed
"Far from it! It's just a cool place to be, that's all. You should come and see it...Ridgetop is up there."
Billy turned the old truck onto the dirt road and soon pulled up to the house. Kim looked over at Billy, she thought he was cute now that she saw him close up.
"Uh, would you like to come in for a drink, cool off a little?"
Billy looked apprehensive now
"OK, but I can't stay long, I have to, uh, get back to the store."
"Okay." Kim replied flashing a sexy smile
The house was empty and the screen door banged behind them slightly as they walked in. In the daylight, you could see the walls covered with various posters and a giant American flag with a peace sign replacing the stars. A stereo was in a corner and huge stack of records were scattered around it as well as some cushions and pillows of various sizes. A gentle breeze blew through the open windows and around the big couch and armchairs of different sizes.
"Is water OK?" she asked him
"Oh, sure...that'll be fine." Billy said as he looked around the room.
Kim got 2 cups of water with ice. She really liked this guy but knew it might not go anywhere, at least not yet.
As she returned, Billy had removed his hat and ran his fingers through his brown hair, damp and matted from the heat outside.
"So, does this look like a den of commies?" Kim asked
Billy looked around
"No, it looks kinda neat-o." he said
