BEACH BABY
Steve was at his computer when he heard a knock on his bedroom door. It was open, but a giant stuffed rabbit peeked inside, just above the door knob. "Oh, hi, Sherry. Come on in."
The rabbit shook to indicate motion. "I'm not Sherry," it said in a childish voice. "I'm her stuffed rabbit."
"That two-timer!" Steve said with mock indignation. "She told me *I* was her stuffed rabbit."
Sherry came in from behind the door, closed it, and kissed Steve on the top of his head. "You are," she said. "What are you doing?"
She started unbuttoning her uniform blouse. She finished in the time it took him to answer, "Working on a term paper. What's up?"
"One of my co-workers was talking about the pictures she sent her boyfriend. It's a long-distance thing; he lives in Tulsa. Anyway, I realized you never showed me most of my pictures, especially the ones from the shower."
"Okay, but don't talk too loud. Mom and Dad are still awake." Steve saved his work and got his camera case out of the closet. He took out the camera and connected it to the computer. While he did that, Sherry took off her skirt.
Sherry ignored a row and a half of pictures from Christmas. She pointed to the pictures Steve had taken of her in, or nearly out of, the dress, and said, "You already gave me the CD of these." They were followed by a man on a horse near their grocery store, a distant shot of a bird she didn't recognize on the tree in their front yard, and the shower door pictures Steve had captured. "I love these!" she cried.
Steve put his hand in front of his mouth and pushed down, motioning her to keep her voice down. "Mom and Dad are still awake," he pointed out.
Sherry pointed to various pictures from the shower. "Here I can see your shoulder blades against the door and my hands on your thighs while I sucked you. This one, all I can make out is our shadows while we were in the middle, just kissing, but I could feel your dick getting hard again. Here you see my handprints while you slid inside my pussy. Then, in this next one, you were all the way in, and my tits were mashed up against the door." She pointed to the first picture that didn't feature the door. "You
did
get one after I left the shower. Too bad all it shows is my butt."
Steve was still sitting. Sherry stood to his right. He put his hand on her butt and said, "Yeah, but it's a really sexy butt." He rubbed it through her nondescript, light pink underwear for emphasis. "Plus, the high-speed lens captured the moment where you were turning the corner. A cell phone picture would have been blurry. It would've captured the speed but not the feeling."
"You're just saying that 'cause you can't wait to see it again," she said.
"I'm saying it 'cause it's true," Steve insisted. "But you're right, I can't wait for the next time the coast is clear."
"Anyway, registration for summer school starts next week, and they've got a picture of someone who's carrying a blow-up ring shaped like a duck. It looks stupid, but it reminded me. You said you wished I'd worn my bikini for the pictures. Let's do it. I want you to have the pictures to look at when you go away in the fall."
"It's too cold. Maybe when it--" He looked across the room at a movie poster on the wall and realized he could fake the outdoor setting. "That's a great idea. I just have to find some backgrounds to use." He got up and kissed his sister. She reached around and squeezed his butt.
The next day, Steve texted Sherry. "When U off next?"
"Thurs."
"Meet me on campus at 5." It was accompanied by directions to a building at his college, including the bus schedule for the stop nearby.
"Bikini?" she asked.
"Bring 2 or 3 in case they clash with the background."
Steve went out with friends that night, and Sherry was asleep by the time he came home.
On Thursday, Sherry found the building. It was in the art complex. Steve explained, "They have drawing and painting classes in here, but they make it available for people in photography classes."
"I didn't know you were taking photography."
"I'm not, but any student can reserve it for up to two hours. I've got it from six till eight."
"Then why'd you tell me to be here at five?"
"'Cause I want to take the prettiest girl in town to dinner."
Sherry practically melted when he said that. "How can I turn that down?" she asked. "Where are you taking me, Rabbit?"
"I figure you won't want to even smell pizza for two months after you stop working at the mall, but there's a sandwich shop across the street."
"You got that right," she mused. "I guess I should wait before I change clothes, then. Or were you planning on letting me wear your coat like a gentleman?"
Steve opened a tall bag that already held his camera and some rolled-up objects that looked like long posters. Sherry put her brown paper bag inside it. Steve carried it with him across the street. "How'd you get here?" he asked.
"I took the bus," she answered.
"I was hoping you'd say that."
"Wow, I knew you were nice, but I never thought you were devoted enough to public transportation that you'd ask your date to use it."
"No, but I forgot to look at how late this bus route is open, and I figured if we both took my car, it wouldn't matter."
Sherry smiled. "You mean this was an elaborate plan to get me into your car so we could go somewhere and park?"