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"MmmMmm, that's good. Pour me another, girl," Katie said, shaking the empty glass in her hand.
"Careful, you've had a lot already," I replied with a playful giggle as I poured her some more of the sweet wine.
Katie gave me a mischievous smile. "Careful-shmareful. You only graduate high-school once, Mel. Now, I may have had a lot, but you haven't had nearly enough. Here." Tossing her hair over her shoulder, Katie passed the glass.
It was true. We had finally graduated and we deserved to celebrate. Admittedly, the two of us drinking wine in my step-dad's basement while we marathoned a string of steamy romance movies wasn't much of a party, but after finals, my brain needed some serious relaxation with my best-friend.
I took the glass from Katie and sipped at the wine, letting the warm notes slip over my tongue. Despite this only being my second glass of the night, I could already feel the prickling sensation of the alcohol as it flushed my skin. Licking my lips, feeling the numb tingle in them, even the cool leather of the couch felt electric as the buzz settled on me. I gave up a small moan at the pleasant sensation, echoing the actress on the tv screen.
"Damn, girl," Katie smirked. "You're really enjoying that wine."
"Shut up," I chuckled, feeling a little embarrassed.
"No judgement. I'm glad my bestie is enjoying herself. But I gotta tease you while I can. You know you're going to miss this snark when you're off at that fancy college of yours." Katie snuggled closer on the couch, squeezing my shoulders in a cuddly hug. "What are you going to do without me?"
I snuggled in too. Wrapping the oversized sleeves of my sweater over my hands as I took another sip of the wine. Katie had been like a sister to me. I did well in school, but all my best memories were with her. When I was too shy to go out, she would bring me. My first high school dance was with her. She was there to offer me my first drink. My first toke. She even tried to hook me up with my first boyfriend. For five years now, she'd been there for me, the little devil on my shoulder.
The sound of footsteps on the stairs pulled me out of my thoughts, and Katie and I turned together as my step-dad came into the room.
"Hey, girls. Pizza's here!"
"Thanks, daddy!" I felt the smile on my face bubble up, and pulled my feet up onto the couch, tucking my bare legs under the edge of the sweater.
As he set the delivery box on the small table in front of the couch, I found myself staring right at the trim line of his waist and the firm imprint of his ass. My breath caught as I hurriedly took another sip of wine.
Shooting me a wicked glance, Katie leaned forward, putting her ample cleavage on display as she opened the pizza box. "Thanks, Mr. B," she said with a flirtatious wink.
Daddy didn't miss the display, and I saw him hurriedly look away from Katie's chest. I wasn't sure in the dim basement, but it looked like he was blushing.
"Sure thing, girls," he said with a hurried smile. "Mel, you need anything else before I go up?"
I shrugged, and the oversized sweater slid off my shoulder, showing off the slender slope of my arm. I let it linger like that for a moment, but Daddy didn't seem to notice.
"No, we're ok," I said softly as my heart sank.
With a short nod, he turned, and we listened to him retreat back up the stairs.
"Melanie, your step-dad is hot. God, I just want to take a bite out of that chest."
"Ohmygod, Katie. Don't be weird. He's my daddy." I tried to keep the jealousy out of my voice, but Katie had only said what I had been thinking. Without mom around it had only been me and daddy for a few years now, but he'd done everything and more to make it work. He was warm, kind, and supportive without being intrusive. When I started being interested in boys, none of them could hold my attention. It had been a while before I'd realized why.
"Mel, be straight with me."
I looked up at Katie, and she gave me a look that straddled the line between playful and curious.
"Do you still have a crush on your step-dad?"
"What?" I felt a blush rush across my cheeks. For a moment I considered denying it, but what would be the point? She can see straight through me. She knew about it before either of us had known what to do with boys. I let out a sigh and flopped back on the couch. "Maybe," I muttered.
"I don't blame you. That is a prime slice of man-meat. Grade-A. MmmMmm," Katie said. "I wouldn't mind breaking off a piece for myself. Actually-" She paused for a moment.
"Actually, what?" I asked, urging her on. "Katie, I can see you're thinking. What is it?"
"Wellll, we're both eighteen now. We're off to college soon. Maybe this would be a good chance- You know, to see what happens?"
"What?" I sat up on the couch. My mind raced and I was sure that I was misunderstanding her. I couldn't say that I hadn't thought about being with him before. I couldn't count how many nights I'd fantasized about him coming into my room, his warm, firm body pressing against mine, but I'd never considered it a real possibility. No, I couldn't. It would be insane. Could I?
Katie seemed to lock onto my indecision, and I could see the mischievous gears turning in her head. "Oh, yes. We're doing this. Trust me, Mel."
"Wait, no. What if he doesn't want me? What if I scare him away?" I felt a small rush of panic. It was what I wanted, and in my dreams he always smiled his kind smile and came to me gently. But, what if he didn't? This wasn't normal. What if he started to treat me different?