34 Seconds by Stella Samuel Read Free Book Online

cloudy. We couldn’t really see anything. Neither of us knew what to say to them or to each other. After standing on the edge of the pool for a minute or two, I heard one say, ‘Ready?’ and then they both cannon balled into the saltwater pool. I wondered if and how much it would hurt a naked boy. Liza and I were back in the shallow end, and when they came up, we both started cussing at them. Being naive teens, we certainly weren’t thinking any harm could come of us. We were trying to sound like we were really upset, but really wondering what fairy godmother had come our way and sent the two gorgeous naked guys into our pool.
    We spent the rest of the evening in the middle of the pool. Away from the shallow end where shadows hide, and boobs can be seen clearly by the soft light of the moon. They were both from Richmond. Will’s grandfather owned a house on the Chesapeake Bay nearby, and he decided to spend the summer at his house to help out with the maintenance. Brian was Will’s best friend and was here for the week. After spending the evening naked in the pool with two local girls, he decided to stay the summer with Will. I guess there was too much to do around the house for one cute boy. Watching them do the yard work was a fun and exciting past time for Liza and me all summer. It always meant they would be shirtless and sweaty.
    “What do ya’ll do here during the winter months? My grandfather lives here all year now, but I’ve never stayed for more than a weekend. It seems most of these houses here are summer homes. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a local outside of the cashier at the Stop and Shop,” Will said, talking of the old lady who usually forgot to put in her teeth before heading to work at the local super market. I was never sure how that place had stayed open this long. No one who lived locally shopped there. There was a Wal-Mart fifty miles away, and locals usually shopped there about twice a month. If you were out of milk and were in desperate need, you’d go to Stop and Shop and pay six dollars for a gallon of milk which was sure to expire the next day. The locals all knew only the summer vacationers shopped there.
    Liza spoke up. She was never very tolerant of the summer folks and the ignorance they brought with them each year. “We may not be a thriving metropolis, but I’ll have you know we have a few hundred people who live here year round. We could all live just fine without all you summer folks coming in and filling our streets with big Suburbans, expecting to get your big ass boats down our little country roads. At least us locals don’t go around stealing clothes from a lawn chair late at night.”
    Brian spoke this time, but I could tell Liza was just getting more and more irritated by the minute, “Whoa, he’s sorry, girlie. Don’t go flying off the handle there. Your clothes are not far away. All you have to do is go get them.”
    “Girlie! Did he just call me girlie?” Liza climbed out of the pool ready to join a fight. Only then she realized she was naked, and her boobs were exposed. In haste, she found her footing on the concrete and delicately placed an arm in front of her chest, leaving the rest of her totally exposed.
    “Yes, he did, Liza, but he also said our clothes are close by, so don’t piss him off until we know where they are. And, by the way, covering only your boobs while standing naked outside of the pool defeats the purpose of covering anything at all,” I whispered to her. “How about we get off the local talk, and you two tell us what you’re doing out here at a private pool at this hour?”
    “It may be private, but I know it’s open to anyone who lives here in Stingray Bay Hills and their guests,” Will said swimming a little closer to me. I felt my hand touch my stomach as he got closer. Not exactly hiding from him, but feeling a little self-conscious, I kept my hand on my belly in an effort to calm the butterflies taking flight.
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