The summer was dragging on. Sure, there was plenty of stuff we could have entertained ourselves with, but we didn't feel like doing any of it. So, we just sat on the couch...just Chris and I...but that wasn't going to fly for too long.
This was our last free summer together. It was supposed to be the best, but it was turning out to be the worst. Of course we weren't really trying...and granted, we weren't even past the first week of being free...we just hadn't found our groove yet.
I had just turned eighteen in the spring, and Chris was a few months older then me. We had been friends and neighbors for as long as I can remember. Now we were grads, about to go our separate ways. Sure, we'd keep in touch, but it wouldn't be the same.
So, we decided to take the summer off so we could be together as much as possible. Chris was going to stay with me while my parents were on their cruise. They would be gone for a better part of the summer, which would work out very nicely for the two of us.
"Marie...are you alive?" Chris sounded dead just saying it.
I couldn't help but laugh, "What?"
"Not funny. I'm barely breathing. We've gotta do something before I..." He just stopped talking mid sentence, with a sigh.
"What do you wanna do?" I turned to face him and his placid features.
"Wanna go swimming?" He droned.
"Nah," I wrinkled my nose. Wasn't up for being gawked at by the neighbors, and oh how they did. Early afternoon, they'd surely all be out and about. If they were any nosier they'd be voyers. It was pretty much the only downside to our neighborhood.
"It's hot as balls...please!" He was such a whiner sometimes, like an annoying brother, but thankfully so much better. As much as I loved hanging out with him, I was thankful to be an only child...sometimes.
"What else ya got?"
"Take a drive?"
"Nah."
He shot me a look of disgust, and then shook his head, "Video games?" He looked hopeful. I gave him a pleading smile, which he knew was my no. I'd never get him away from them, and that's what our summer would consist of. I wasn't going to allow that to happen.
"Mow the lawn? That would be such fun." He continued sarcastically. "Oh, I know...how 'bout we make a bird house? Climb the hills? You won't go swimming, but I bet you'd do that. We could always work on my car. Oooh, you could wash it for me." There was a pause, his face in the distant land of thought. "Sex," He announced low, clearing his throat...then quieted completely. He wouldn't look to me at first.
I thought for a long moment."Maybe."
"Seriously?" He looked up with this smirk of absolute excitement.
"Yeah, I mean...we haven't climbed the hills in forever," I almost let out a laugh, "Should be fun."
"What the hell..." He was so thrown off it was almost sad.
"I'm kidding!" I interrupted.
"You're such a buzz kill...damn. You had me hard for a second there. Then...." He made a horrendous raspberry noise, like a deflating balloon, in the crook of his arm.
"Very funny, jackass."
"Well I'd like to..." He started laughing, "never mind."
"No, what? You know I hate it when you do that."
"Nah, I can't."
"You're such a jerk!" I punched him in the arm, "just tell me."
"It's the corniest thing I think I've ever thought up. It doesn't deserve a birth of words."
"Oh please...I've heard all your stupid shit. You can't hold back now."
"Well...you said I was a jackass. So, I don't know why...but the first thing that popped into my head was, jacking your ass." He almost didn't get it out before laughing, "See what happens when my brain sits for too long." He shook his head, "I'm sorry."
"For what?" I stood up and turned my backside towards him. "This ass?" I slapped my jean covered cheeks with both hands, before laughing. Although, the thought of us having sex had me a bit horny. I'd thought about it before...no doubt he had as well.
"Marie...yes. That tight ass that you taunt me with all the time." His face was turning red. I couldn't believe he actually said it.
"I taunt you?" I half laughed, and approached him slowly, "does this taunt you?" I undid the button of my shorts, but left it at that.
"Yes," he answered nervously, before clearing his throat.
"Why are you so nervous? It's just me."
"Yeah," he scoffed..."cause...I don't wanna screw it up."
"What?"
"Our friendship...but...I..."
"I'm not wearing any panties," I said boldly. I watched him swallow hard, and look away for a second. "Do you wanna see?"
He looked back to me. Took in my olive green eyes first, and then trailed down to where the button was calling him, "Well, yeah...but."
"What do you mean, but? This is the most exciting thing we can do...plus we're alone...extra plus, we know each other....and...we are alone."
"You already said that."
"I wanted to make sure you had the magnitude of our situation. We are...alone."