It was a hot summer afternoon and Josh looked at the crystal clear blue water in the pool with excitement. He hoped that it was icy. He pulled off his black tank top and tossed it along with his towel onto one of the Daniels’ pool chairs.
Teresa Daniels, had just stepped into the backyard as well, in her bathing suit. Teresa was Josh’s ex-girlfriend, and he couldn’t deny that she looked good in her white bikini. Her curves seemed to fill out the sexy bathing suit even more than the last time he’d seen her in it. Although they weren’t together anymore, the two remained good friends and spent a lot of time together. Despite a mutual attraction on both of their parts, Josh, at least, was determined to stay single. It was the summer after senior year, and after being tied down to Teresa for the past two years, he felt it was time to explore other options.
Teresa pulled her long, straight brown hair into a ponytail laid down on one of the pool chairs with her sunglasses on to tan for awhile. Josh forced himself to pull his eyes away from her and jumped into the pool. His wish had been answered: the temperature was at arctic proportions. After the initial shock and a little bit of shivering, Josh began to enjoy the intense cool.
“How is it?” Ronni called, not moving from her position.
“Just right,” Josh managed to stammer through chattering teeth.
Just then, Teresa sat up abruptly.
“Crap,” she said, pulling the shades off her face. “I forgot my mom wanted me to go to the supermarket for her. She’ll kill me if she gets home and the house isn’t stocked.”
Josh watched her get up and walk toward the screen door leading back into the house and said nothing.
“I’ll be back in an hour or so,” she called after him, heading towards her room to change.
Josh felt awkward. True, he was like the son the Daniels had never had, but something made him uncomfortable with swimming in the pool when none of the people who lived in the house were around. He dipped his head one last time in the astonishingly refreshing water, and then came up, tousling his own hair as he moved towards the pool steps.
He was out of the pool and already missed it.
I’ll just lay out until Teresa comes back,
he thought.
Then I can dive back in
. Resolved to do exactly that, Josh dried himself off, put on his own Oakleys, and laid down in the chair next to Teresa’s.
The sun was hot, but it actually felt good. With his shades on and his eyes closed, Josh felt like he could go to sleep for awhile, even though he knew he shouldn’t because he could get sunburned. Even so, he started drifting off…
The screen door slammed, and Josh wasn’t sure how much time had passed, although he was sure it wasn’t long enough for Teresa to have already come back. Groggily, he looked toward the screen door to see who it was. But there she was, this time in a red bathing suit.
“Hey,” she said in a sexy voice. That was when Josh realized it wasn’t Teresa, but Teresa’s 24-year-old sister Lisa, visiting for the summer.
Josh sat up a little bit.
“Hey,” he responded quietly.
“Teresa go to the market?” she asked, still strolling toward the pool. She tossed her towel onto the chair Teresa had been using.
“Yeah,” Josh responded.
“Hmm,” Lisa said, dipping her toe into the water and quickly drawing it out after feeling the extreme cold. She made her way over to the shallow end then, walking slowly into the pool from the steps. She slowly pushed her arms outward and into the water, dipping her head under for just a second, and then coming up gasping. Josh now sat up all the way in his chair, aware that he was staring at her but not able to stop himself.
