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“I don’t think so, although he ran into her at the store last week and somehow ended up at her place.”
“They hooked up?”
“He said they didn’t, but I don’t know if I believe him.”
“Dean, I gotta go,” I say, noticing it’s almost noon. “I’ll talk to you later.”
When I get to Tara’s apartment, it’s ten past noon. I normally wouldn’t care about being late, but today I do. What if she thought I wasn’t coming and left?
“Jake!” I look over and see Tara coming out the side door of the building.
I walk over to her, smiling when I see she’s wearing overalls. They aren’t like the kind she wore as a kid. Those were really baggy and made of dark blue denim that was worn down on the knees, which is where the stain was that wouldn’t come out. The overalls she’s wearing now are a faded blue denim with tears on the knees that look like they’re intentionally there as a fashion statement. The t-shirt she’s wearing underneath is tight and the neckline’s cut low enough that I can see the top of her breasts spilling out from her bra.
“What do you think?” she asks, spinning around. As she turns, I notice her t-shirt is cropped, leaving some skin exposed along the sides of her overalls. Damn, she’s hot. Maybe Dean is right and I shouldn’t be here.
“I like it,” I say, answering her question. “If you’d worn those yesterday, I would’ve recognized you.”
“My aunt got these for me. She always thought it was cute when I wore overalls as a kid. When she gave me these, I didn’t have the heart to tell her that I have nothing but bad memories of those overalls. But I actually like these. They’re really comfortable. I wear them all the time when I’m home.” She smiles at me and I get that weird feeling in my chest again, like my heart’s going faster than it should. I don’t feel nervous around her, so I don’t know why this keeps happening.
“So what do you want to do?” I ask.
“Let’s go upstairs and figure it out.”
When we’re in her apartment, she takes me to the kitchen. “Help yourself to whatever you want. I have to go change.”
“You’re not wearing that?”
“No.” She laughs. “I told you I only wear these at home.” She tugs on the front of her overalls. “Look how baggy they are. I feel like I’m wearing clown pants.”
She’s standing in front of me, and being so much taller than her, I can see down her overalls, even more so when she tugged on them. I couldn’t see a lot, but I caught a glimpse of her panties, which were bright pink and didn’t cover much. I keep telling myself she’s just a friend, but my dick isn’t on board with that. It’s reacting to what I’m seeing, which is a really hot girl who’s standing close enough that I could kiss her.
“I’ll be right back.” She takes off, leaving me alone in the kitchen.
Opening the fridge, I see three boxes of pizza from the place where she works. I wonder if that’s all she eats. It probably is, since she gets it for free. I close the fridge and look at the calendar that’s taped on the door. She’s marked her work schedule on it. I get out my phone and snap a photo of it.
Why did I do that? So I’d know when she’s free and could ask to come over? I can’t be doing that. She should be spending herfree time with her boyfriend, not me. I almost delete the photo, but then don’t.
“Hey, Jake!” Tara calls out from the bedroom.
“Yeah?” I call back.
“Can you help me?”
Help her? She’s in her bedroom. What does she need help with in her bedroom?
“Um, what do you need?”
“Just come in here.”
I go through the living room and down the short hallway to Tara’s bedroom. She’s standing in front of a mirror, wearing a dress that reminds me of one Haley had. She called it a sundress, whatever that means. Tara’s is white with little red flowers printed on it and tiny straps at the top. When Haley wore dresses like this, it always led to us having sex.
Shit. This is bad. Now I’m thinking about sex, which is the absolute last thing I should be thinking about when I’m with Tara. In her bedroom. Unable to deny my attraction to her.
10
JAKE
“Could you zip me up?”Tara asks, turning her back to me.
