Cathy Diaz took a deep hit on the cigarette she was sharing with her friend Kelli Stewart and passed it over to Kelli. Kelli took the last drag off it and stuffed it out in the ashtray they had brought down to the pool. Kelli was spending the Christmas vacation at her sister Laurie's apartment while Laurie was away in England. Kelli and Cathy were taking advantage of the unusually warm December day and soaking up the warm Texas sun while they lay beside the apartment complex swimming pool. Cathy was wearing a white string bikini that contrasted well with her brown skin. The advantage of being Mexican-American was the ease with which she could keep a year round tan.
Kelli's tan was almost equal to Cathy's, but she had to work at it a little harder because even though her mom was Mexican born and raised in Tampico, Mexico, her dad was a blue-eyed Anglo-Saxon. When Kelli avoided the sun, she could easily pass for being white if she wanted. When she was a little girl, she used to love the looks she got from people whenever they heard her speaking Spanish with her mom or one of her sisters. They were always amazed and would make comments about how well the little white girl spoke Spanish. Her bikini was a midnight blue color and was a little less revealing than Cathy's. Her tits were two cup sizes larger than Cathy's, and she had no desire to give anyone a free show at the pool by wearing a bikini they could fall out of.
As well as having darker skin, Cathy had dark eyes that were almost black and neck length, straight, dark-brown hair. By contrast, Kelli's hair was light brown, almost blonde, wavy, and came half way down her back. She didn't have her father's blue eyes, but they were green like her grandmother on her father's side. Cathy reached for the pack of Marlboro lights lying between them; and as she shook one out, her cellular phone that was sitting next to the cigarettes began to ring. She handed the cigarette to Kelli for her to light and answered the phone, "This is Cathy."
After a pause, she continued, "Shit! When's he going to be done?"
Another pause. "Come on, Timmy. That's fucking bullshit. We've been planning this for days."
Another brief pause and she interrupted, "Hey. I ain't going to be no fucking third wheel. You wanna come see Kelli, you better find another date for me."
One last pause. "Who fucking cares that all your friends are busy. If you can't find one that wants to be fixed up with me, you don't deserve to go out with Kelli. So, get hot on it."
At that, she pressed the end call button and carelessly let her phone fall to the towel she was lying on. Kelli handed her the newly lit cigarette and asked, "That your brother?"
"No," Cathy fumed. "It was your boyfriend."
Kelli suppressed a giggle as Cathy hit on the cigarette and passed it back to her. Kelli took a drag and blew out a stream of smoke before saying, "Well, me going out with him a couple of times doesn't exactly qualify Timmy as being my boyfriend. Just like you being pissed off at him doesn't make him stop being your brother."
Cathy glared and proclaimed, "I don't give a shit. We've been planning this thing over a week. Then Laurie leaving and letting us have the apartment made it perfect, but now Timmy is saying Jeff has to baby-sit for his little sister and can't come."
Between her sister and her best friend, Kelli was never sure which had the worse temper. But, she was sure that neither was fun to be around when they were pissed. She hesitated before saying, "Maybe he really does."
"Fuck that," Cathy steamed. "She's twelve fucking years old. You and I were working as baby sitters when we were twelve, not getting sat for."
"Okay," Kelli agreed. "So, us cooking dinner for them tonight is off then?"
Cathy finished the cigarette and smashed it in the ashtray. "What the fuck do you think? I'm not going to help you cook and then sit around and watch you and Timmy make out."
"We could all have dinner and just rent a DVD or something."
"Yeah, right. You know how bad Timmy wants in your pants."
Kelli's face reddened and she said, "I haven't let him in my pants yet."
"That's why he wants in them so bad. I fucked up and let his big shot, University of Texas going, friend into mine the last time he came home and now he's blowing me off."
