It was early afternoon and there was a shout from the back of my house, which was my friend arriving to hang out. We had been friends for years and she knew it was fine to just come around the back. We met through playing sport. Actually, we met through my older sister. They met through playing sport. But now we have all played in different teams together at different times and are almost like family.
My parents were out for the day so it was just us. It was a beautiful day and there was never any question that we would do anything other than sit on the lounges next to the pool and tan. My friend doesn't have a pool at home so she is always up for a bit of tanning and swimming. And it is good for me because, well, when it is there all the time you kind of forget about it.
I was lying on a lounge on my belly by the time she had changed into her bikini. She came over to lay down next to me, but before she sat down I asked her to put some sunscreen on my back. I undid the tie for my bikini top that was behind my neck, and moved my long pony tail out of the way. I wouldn't say that this had happened hundreds of times, but certainly we'd spent many lazy days lying around the pool and it always involved rubbing cream into each others' backs.
I felt her rubbing as usual. Both hands had cream on them and she started rubbing it into the back of my shoulders. She went down my back and undid the bow on the strap around my back. The last thing holding my bikini top to my body. This wasn't something she normally did, but it also wasn't something that I really thought about. I just accepted that she was doing a thorough job. She kept going down my back, rubbing her hands all the way up and down my back, slowly going lower and lower until the was almost rubbing my butt. But before I could really think about it she moved to my sides and started rubbing some cream up and down my sides, almost hitting my side-boob but not quite. I was enjoying myself enough to realise I was disappointed when she stopped.
'Thanks, that seemed very thorough,' I said.
'Haha. No problem sweetie. It is going to be hot today so I thought I better do it properly.'
Then she dragged the other lounge a bit closer to me and lay face down on it, facing away from me.
'I suppose you want me to get up and do your back now?' I asked.
'Well, it is not going to do itself, and you do owe me. So, yes. Please.'
I stood up and then suddenly realized that my bikini top did not stand up with me. I quickly covered my boobs but then realized it was silly as no one could actually see me. I thought about putting a top on just while I was up, but that seemed silly too. So, I decided to put sunscreen on my friend's back, and I have to admit, I was a little excited about being topless out in the open like I was.
As I moved over she reached to undo the bikini tie behind her neck, same as mine. So I asked if she wanted me to undo the other one.
'It seems a bit silly as it is only a little piece of string, but there is no reason to risk tan lines when it can just be undone, especially in the privacy of your backyard.'
'Are you saying you wouldn't do it at the beach?' I asked, and I untied it as we were talking.
'Well, ok, I would most likely do it at the beach. I'd be really paranoid that I would forget to do it up again before sitting up though.'
I hesitated for a moment. Did she know that is exactly what just happened to me? But she didn't say anything else, so I replied, 'no one would be dumb enough to do that.'
She laughed and then let the matter rest. Meanwhile I had moved over to her and started to put cream on her back. I started on her shoulders and moved down her back. Doing a thorough job, just like she did for me. As the heels of my hands were just about on her bikini bottoms I heard her say, 'Can you pull the bottoms down a tiny bit and put some sunscreen there?'
This is not something she'd ever asked before, but I couldn't really think of a reason to say no. So I slid them down a fraction. 'Nice butt crack,' I said.
'Haha. Thanks. I'm glad you like it. Can you do the sides as well. I can probably reach myself but I'd have to move, and I really don't want to do that right now.'
Of course, I agreed, and put some more cream on my hands. I rubbed in the cream, up and down her sides, almost hitting her side boob but not quite.
'All done,' I said, and moved back to my lounge and lay back down on my front.
'Thanks sweetie,' she said. 'That was awesome.'
'What was awesome?' I asked, a little puzzled. 'I just put sunscreen on your back.'
'And my butt.'
'Well, not really but ok.'
'And my sides.'
'Yes, and your sides, ok.'
'And my side boob.'
At this point I hesitated a moment. This was not the sort of conversation we had had before. But we were very close and also very sarcastic, so I decided to fully commit.
'I did not touch your side boob, thank you very much.'
'Umm, I'm pretty sure you did,' she replied.
'I most certainly did not'
'Well, never mind then. I must have misremembered it.'
'It literally happened 12 seconds ago,' I exclaimed. And then we both laughed. Then she turned her head to face me.
'So what was that like?' she asked.
'What?' I replied, not knowing what she was talking about exactly. Was she asking about me touching her side boob? Surely she knew that I didn't really.
'What was it like walking around half naked while you put sunscreen on my back?'
I immediately went red.
'I'm so sorry,' I stammered, 'But you were facing the other way and I didn't think it would matter.'
'Oh, it doesn't worry me at all. Don't worry about that. I'm just curious. What was it like?' she asked again.
'Well, I don't know,' I stammered again. Not really knowing how to answer.
'It's ok, I'm just asking, not judging. If it helps, I'm really jealous you did it. I wish I had.' Then she paused for a moment before continuing. 'Ok, let me ask a different question then. Was it the first time your boobs have seen sunlight?'
And I went red again.
'I'll take that as a no.'
'Well. Yes. It is a no.'
'So. When?'
I was desperately trying to navigate this conversation. I was so uncomfortable, but I know my friend didn't mean any ill will. And, I completely trusted her. So I took a couple of breaths and replied.
'Ok, to answer your first question, it felt great with my tits out.'