Amy finished her homework finally. It was much more difficult for her today than normal. Her mind could not stop wandering to Jim. This was the first time that she remembered obsessing about what lay under a boy's clothing. From the tight shirts, she could tell Jim had an athletic body, and his butt was certainly cute. And her curiosity wandered to his hard penis, which she saw signs of the previous day.
"Amy!" she admonished herself in her thoughts. "Get it together. This is why you avoided getting entangled. You need to keep those A's rolling for getting into college."
She rolled over and hugged her pillow, which always made her feel safe and secure. Except this time, she imagined embracing a hard muscled lean boy. "Mmmm," she muttered, letting the pillow slip between her legs and squeezing it. "Nice." She could picture her hand wrapping itself around Jim's dick, stroking it through his pants. Her tight control of her thoughts was definitely failing.
Her legs wrapped around the pillow and hugged it tight. She felt the beginnings of a hunger. It was becoming more familiar, this wanting, but it was still somewhat foreign to her. Her body began a slow humping motion. The pillow pressed against something that made her want more and more. She was nearly grinding against it hard when she heard a noise. Just in time, she tucked the pillow behind her as her mother barged into her room.
"Amy, I need you to cleanup after dinner tonight. Grandma is coming tomorrow, and I don't want the kitchen to be a mess."
"But, Mom!" Amy started. "I need to go clothes shopping."
Her mother stopped with her mouth open. Never had Amy asked to skip out on chores for anything other than homework and the occasional school play. It made her nearly reconsider. But, her mother was like an inspector when she came to the house. No one was happy when she would passive aggressively make remarks on the general state of cleanliness standards in the world.
"You do not need to go TONIGHT. Postpone it until tomorrow."
Amy thought about how difficult it was this morning for her to find anything worthy to wear; she stumbled upon the skirt, but had nothing acceptable for tomorrow. Tears formed in her eyes. "Please?" she pleaded.
That nearly did the trick, but her mother was never to give into manipulation.
"Sorry, Amy." And she turned on her heel and left the room before those tears could manifest. She was not sure her resolve could stand waterworks.
Amy buried her head in the pillow and nearly cried. She was not one to get too emotional over things, especially something as minor as this, but the turn of events had definitely caught her by surprise, and that made her unhappy. She pulled herself together and went to do as asked, grumpily cleaning the house for dear old grandma.
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When Amy awoke the next morning, she sighed. Knowing what her choices were, she decided to just go with her usual outfit of loose jeans and shapeless shirt.
"I used to wear this every day," she thought, "so why does this make me unhappy now?"
She was so mad at her mother! When she left the house, she slammed the door and stomped off. Her anger filled her chest and she could not shake it off until she reached school. It was going to be one of those days.
Her arrival at school went completely unnoticed. Yesterday, she felt that something was wrong, that the atmosphere had changed. Today, it was back to normal. Except that normal had a certain amount of sadness to it. Her friend Jennie waved and smiled, which made her smile back reflexively. She was the only one who really noticed her and she missed the attention from yesterday.
"Wow, Jennie is cute today," she thought, as she appraised Jennie's plaid skirt, tight buttoned blouse, and a thin sweater covering.
Amy had always been a tad envious of Jennie's breasts. They were just so big on that otherwise thin frame. And she was never shy about showing off her frontal assets. Today was no exception, as her shirt had two buttons unfastened, showing a generous amount of cleavage and just a peak of a pink lacy bra underneath.
Opening her locker, Amy used the door to shield her spying on the reactions of people around Jennie. Many of the boys almost fell over trying to get a better view without trying to be obvious about it. Some of the girls would glance at her and then quickly away with a disapproving expression. Amy suspected that it was mostly based on jealously. A couple girls would check her out almost like a guy, scanning her up and down and pursing their lips appreciatively.
Her concentration was directed at Jennie when someone tapped her on the shoulder. She almost jumped out of her skin!
"Oh, hi Jim. You startled me," Amy said.
"I noticed," Jim replied.
They stood there and made some small talk about how they had spent their respective evenings yesterday. As they talked, Amy caught Jim appraising her outfit. From the disappointed expression on his face, he was not appreciating the return to her normal wardrobe. To his credit, though, he did not say anything. The spark in his eyes, the mischievous smile, though, were gone.
His conversation stumbled a little and his focus wavered just a second. Watching his eyes, Amy glanced over. Jennie was tying her shoe just down the hallway. From where they stood, her breasts were straining to erupt from her poor overworked blouse. She was also showing a generous amount of leg under her cute skirt. Jim tried not to stare, but failed miserably.
And then Amy experienced an emotion she had never felt before: jealousy. She was jealous because she saw that spark in Jim's eye, that smile that had more than a little devil in it. And it was because of Jennie. She almost wanted to punch her.
Amy gathered her stuff quickly, trying to beat a hasty retreat. Jim saw Amy and knew that she was upset from catching him checking out Jennie. But, he stopped for more than just small talk today, so he proceeded with the rest of the reason.
"Hey, Amy," Jim said, and Amy met his eyes. Jim felt guilt when he saw the anger on her face. "Um." He stumbled, suddenly nervous. "Would you like to go to the prom with me?"
The question was so unexpected that Amy's mouth literally fell open. Her brain failed to work for a precious minute, and Jim nearly thought that he had done something wrong. Finally, she said, "Yes, Jim. I would love to go to the prom."
All the anger and jealousy melted away. It was not just that he asked, it was his tone, his bearing - all which pointed to him caring about her saying yes. She put his arms around him and gave him a hug. She whispered, "thank you," into his ear.
Jim hugged her back. And then they parted ways, going to their different classes.
Amy walked down the hall a happy girl. She nearly skipped. And then she paused almost mid stride. Two kids behind her nearly collided with her. "I don't have a prom dress," was her thought. And she had no idea even how to shop for one.
"Well, I am not going to let that problem get me down," she promised to herself, "I will approach it like all problems in my life. Rely on friends, do my research, form a plan, and execute the plan." She marched down the hall again. So full of energy that it nearly burst from her, she checked to make sure she was not radiating light from her skin.
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"Jennie, can you go to the mall with me and help pick out a prom dress?" Amy asked on the phone.
"Sure," Jennie answered enthusiastically. "I need to get one for myself."