Sweat slowly dripped down my body as I stared out of my bedroom window into his window. He paced around his room with his back towards me, fresh out of the shower. He had a towel wrapped around his waist and his long, thin fingers ruffled his sweet, strawberry blonde hair. The small of his chiseled back from years of playing sports flexed with every ruffle and made my heart flutter but also jerk at the same time.
"Jade! Earth to Jade!" my best friend, Clara, hissed, reeling me back to reality. I stopped staring out the window and focused my attention to Clara, sprawled out on my floor only in a bra and panties, talking about how we were going to be freshmen in college next year. I glanced down at my body and felt a little inadequate. During our summer before college, her breasts grew larger and her waist thinner. She cut her chocolate brown locks into a sexy and sporty pixie cut and got her nose pierced with a small stud. Her splay of freckles on across her nose gave her an innocent touch but we both knew she was a wild one.
Although it was only us two, she wore a lacy, black push-up bra that made her big boobs even bigger and matching lacy, black panties. Ready to pounce at any time, she called it. I on the other hand, wore a plain white bra and grey boyshorts... my last clean pair. Although I wasn't as hot as Clara, I definitely worked on my figure. My boobs were on the smaller side (think B cup) but I made up for it in a tiny waist, bigger butt, and thin legs. I usually covered my boobs with my long black hair that I rarely put up. I didn't like to draw attention to them.
"Anyway, as I was saying, I can't believe your air conditioning is broken. It's like 100 degrees, Jade."
"Tell me about it. I can't breathe in here."
"Pft. Yeah, and it's not the air conditioning either." She hopped up from the floor and scooched her body to the window. "You're totally checking out Caiden. I mean seriously... If I lived next to that... I would too. Everyday. Like. You." Clara glanced back at me with her playful blue eyes and devilish smirk.
I scrunched up my nose and rolled my eyes. "Yeah, I really like his body... but I hate his guts. We used to be best friends in elementary and the beginning of middle school but as soon as he grew a little he became an ass. Dropped me like a hot pie right out of the oven."
"And you wish that was a cream pie."
"Clara!"
"What!"
Although I was a little ticked off, I giggled because it was a little bit funny. "You know for my 18th birthday he texted me that he had a surprise for me, asked me to come to his house and then nothing. I waited there for like two hours like an idiot. It was so awkward. His parents let me into his room and I just waited there... and then I left. I had to say goodbye to them!"
"Did you snoop? Look on his computer? Find some porn? Maybe some white guy on Asian girl to fulfill his lifelong desire?" Clara asked excitedly.
"I wish. I honestly just fell asleep and when I woke up he wasn't there. I assumed he bailed."
We sat in silence for a little longer as we watched Caiden pick out some clothes. He was very picky about it, trying on four different outfits before settling for a plain grey t-shirt and a pair of black athletic shorts.
"You know... He's having a party tonight at his pool. We should go. And you know what... We should dress you up like an Asian goddess and show him what he's missing!" Clara declared. She jumped up from the floor and clapped her hands together. She twirled around and grabbed the rectangular glasses off my nose and set them aside. She fluffed out my thick black hair and began to giggle, running her fingers through my hair. I knew that I could never say no to one of Clara's makeovers.
I glanced out the window one more time into Caiden's window and gasped.
"What?!"
"It's... nothing." I looked down and my hands. I swore I saw Caiden's icy blue eyes meet mine right before he stepped out of his room.
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A few hours later of trial and error and bags of Flamin' Hot Cheetos, Clara pushed me in front of the mirror. I gasped. I really did look like an Asian goddess. My hair was pulled back in a slick and seductive pony tail that tickled my back. My eyebrows were expertly filled in and she made me wear contacts. My almond-shaped eyes oozed sex appeal with her mastered smoky eye and long, extended fake eyelashes. My contouring and highlight were on point and made me look like an Instagram model and my lips were perfectly plumped and glossed.
"I-I-I can't believe this is me. You are literally a magician, Clara!"
"Haha, I pulled out all the stops for this one. A little last revenge before we go to college."
"Yeah, I think I need it."
As the sun started to set, we began to hear a soft pumping of music coming from his backyard and people coming and going from his house. I picked a simple black triangle bikini and bottoms to match. Clara went all out with yet another push up bra bikini, lavender this time, and black bottoms. We checked ourselves in the mirror once more before giddily going over.
The party was already in full swing when we got there. Almost a hundred people or more were jam packed in Caiden's living room, kitchen, and back patio. Everyone was wearing swimwear and danced to the music that was loudly pumping throughout the house. I honestly could feel my heart and bones shake with the music vibrating so loudly.
As Clara veered off into the kitchen to see some other friends of hers, I slowly stepped out into the backyard. As soon as the sticky, hot summer air touched my skin, I felt like everybody had stopped what they were doing and stared at me. I couldn't hear the music anymore. All I heard was an ocean of nothingness in my ears. I swallowed heavily and continued to walk, meeting stunned expressions of my former high school classmates.
Before long, my eyes found a familiar pair of icy blue eyes. This time, they were even icier than usual. Caiden stood with some of his football teammates, who were also staring at me. While they didn't hide their stunned expressions, his stoic face turned into a glare. He stared at me for what seemed like eternity and then snapped his head away in a second. What was his problem? Why was he ignoring me like this? It was definitely not what I expected from him. Granted, I wasn't expecting him to flock to my side and beg me to be his but I wasn't expecting him to pretend I wasn't even there.
While Clara left early with a hot guy she snagged, I made small talk to my former classmates about which colleges we were going to, final good byes, and the good old days. Throughout the night, I couldn't help but feel a certain pair of eyes boring into my skin and making me a little hotter down there. Eventually, the party died down but I somehow, didn't want to leave. When the backyard emptied out, I sat down at the edge of the pool and dipped my legs in, inviting the warm, yet cooling, sensation of water. I slowly lowered my body in and laid on my back, looking up into the starry sky. I closed my eyes, a little disappointed that Caiden didn't even notice me this whole time.
"Finally. It's just us."
Startled, I opened my eyes and saw his fine, handsome face staring down at me from above the pool.
"What? What do you mean?" I raised myself from my floating position and stared up at him.