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I sighed and turned from the invitation and pushed thoughts of it away. Instead I let myself smile at the thought of seeing Calvin and playing with Bebe.
Yes. I could afford to go over to Seth’s for a little bit.
Two minutes later, I was walking over to his house. Barking started up and then Bebe came around the corner, charging after me when I made it to the driveway. I braced myself, worried he was going to jump on me. Instead, he stopped and sniffed at my feet and up my legs. He let out a whine and I kneeled down, accepting his doggy kisses. He sniffed at my chest and let out another whine.
“You can tell, can’t you, big boy?” I rubbed his head and kissed the top. “I’m okay,” I whispered.
He pushed his snout into my stomach, almost pushing me onto my butt. I patted his head and straightened up in time to watch Seth come around to the front of the house. His T-shirt saidI’d rather be watching porn. I smiled softly at his shirt. Did he go out into public with that one?
“Great shirt,” I said.
The smile he held brightened at my compliment. “Thanks. How’s it going?”
I nodded. “Good.” I patted his dog. “Everyone already here?”
“Yeah. They’re in the back, swimming. Gonna join us?”
I gave him a brittle smile. “No bathing suit.”
“That’s okay. I can give you some clothes.”
He waved for me to follow into the house. He went up to the second floor and into a large bedroom with an en-suite bathroom. After digging around inside a drawer, he pulled out another shirt that saidWikipedia is accurate. (Citation Needed).I laughed as he gave me dark gray shorts with drawstrings to tighten it.
“Thanks. You may or may not get this shirt back.”
He chuckled. “I have plenty more.”
I went into the bathroom and quickly changed. It took a while for me to talk myself into leaving. Nerves coiled tightly in my stomach, a feeling I hadn’t felt since I got over my stage fright at a young age.
But this was a first for me. A pool party with people I was starting to consider friends.
I could do this.
It was just swimming.
With a bunch of boys.
Yes.
I could do this.
I nodded to myself, attempting a smile in the mirror.
Yes. I was good to go.
Chapter Fifteen
After changing, it took me a moment to find the door to the back deck. It was connected to the living room. I hadn’t spotted it the last time because the curtains had been closed and I thought it was a massive window, not a door. I stepped out onto a nicely made deck that surrounded the huge, inground pool.
Seth was sitting in a chair, talking to Justin, while Paxon, Toby, Bryan, and Calvin swam. I had to admit, I paused for a moment as I took in all the bare chests. All the bare, muscular chests. They hadn’t noticed me yet, so I let myself daydream. They were nice daydreams. I loved my daydreams when I let myself have them. This was one of those much needed moments. Many of them were well toned, ranging from dark skin to white. It was definitely a drool worthy moment.
“Candytuft, you made it!” Toby yelled, breaking the spell. He tossed Calvin into the air and laughed as Calvin made a huge splash and went under water.
I gave Toby a nervous finger wave as the rest of the boys all turned to me. I tried not to get lost in wet bodies, muscles, and wet hair. Holy shit. The pool look made them all even more drool worthy.
Not blushing became impossible, and I knew I failed miserably. The heat in my face was intense, and by the smiles widening on all their faces, they noticed too.
To hide myself, I ran and dove into the pool, letting the cool water wash over me and douse the fire that had been dancing on my face. It also soothed my aches and pains. The doctor had mentioned swimming was good physical therapy for my spine. I just never bothered with it.
