It was so hot, you just wanted to melt, if you didn't suffocate first.
I'd gone to have some end of the week drinks with friends after work, then dinner and we'd found ourselves at a house party. I'd drank a lot of Sangria. But it was summer--you're allowed to.
When I went home my housemates were out back, in the yard. They'd set up an inflatable pool and a few of them were in it. There was Sasha, tall, intimidating Sasha, and Ryan's girlfriend, Sophie, in a bikini. You couldn't take your eyes off Sophie even when she wasn't basically showing everything off. She could've been in a burqa and you'd still be gagging with lust.
I sat down on one of the benches, opened a bottle. Techno was thumping out of a Bluetooth speaker. It was late now, well past midnight, but it might have well been the middle of the day, such was the ferocity of the heat. The humidity would steam you like a plum pudding.
Our one time housemate, Margo, she was next to me and--don't ask me how--I ended up with my head in her lap and one of my hands on her leg. Margo was all right, no, better than all right. And, oh man, her legs were the just about the smoothest thing I'd ever felt in my life, outside of maybe a piece of marble. They weren't long, though, she was what you'd call a pocket rocket and my hand just glided up and down like it was ice skating or something.
Sometimes Margo'd squeeze my side, once or twice her hand brushed my cock area, but nothing else happened. Just that.
The morning began to rise and some of us drifted inside. The heat still hadn't recessed any. It was brutal, sickening.
"Can I borrow your shower?" Margo asked.
"Mine?"
"Yeah. The main one's shit. I used to use your en suite when you weren't home. You never even knew."
"Sure, go ahead," I told her and she did.
"Right," I said and sat up. Ryan was gone. I still had some beer and I drank it. Sasha and Soph were making out in the pool, and I watched them for a while as I finished the beer, which was almost as warm as the coming morning. All up it was a couple minutes.
"I'm gonna crash, have fun with those two" I said as Ryan came back outside, grinning and goggle-eyed. The music seemed louder.
I went to my room, and closed the door. Taking off my shirt and shorts, I left my underpants on and fell into bed. The shower was running as I drifted off. It occurred to me that I didn't know if I was totally drunk or it was just the heat. The shower seemed to run for ages, and I wasn't even sure if I was asleep and dreaming it but it was true that Margo had been prone to long showers when she lived there. I was grateful that I had my own bathroom. Out the back, bass thumped like a heartbeat.