It was Friday night; my best friend Tina had come over for some drinks. We had plans to go to the beach party nearby in a few hours. Tina had been my friend since the 7th grade, we quickly became inseparable throughout high school, she was really spontaneous, funny, generous and fiercely passionate. I had always been a bit of an outcast in high school, but she helped me come out of my shell and gain confidence in myself. Deep down, I had a massive crush on her but I never made a move, afraid that if I did, I would be jeopardizing our friendship. I tended to bottle up those feelings and just continue to be a good friend. It was always hard for me to see her flirt with other guys, and enter relationships as I was always a bit jealous. However, Tina was never in any long-term relationship, she had a few boyfriends throughout high school, but it never lasted. She was the kind of girl that hated being tied down to a situation and lived in the moment, I really loved that about her, there was never a dull moment with her. We both were going to the same university now, but in different programs, so we mostly saw each-other in the evenings or the weekends when we weren't too busy with school and part-time jobs. The semester had finished this week and summer vacation was starting. We both had two weeks before we started our summer jobs so we had plans to see each other often during this time off.
Tina and I both had rough semesters, so tonight was the first time we could let of steam and just chill. We shared stories of our semester and talked about our exams as we were drinking some cocktails. As the night progressed, I was getting rather tipsy. Everything seemed to slow down as I was staring at Tina while she was passionately reenacting a story about her realizing she went to the wrong classroom for her exam this week. I couldn't help to be reminded, in that moment, how gorgeous she was. She had a perfect face; it was warm and cheerful. She always had a smile on her face, even when she was describing a stressful and negative experience. She had long light brown hair that ran down about to the middle of her back, and piercing hazel-colored eyes. She was about 5'4, and was rocking an athletic body, she worked out almost every day. She didn't have huge breasts, but what she was lacking in bust was compensated in her ass. She had a really big bubbly butt, it really stood out. It has hard for me not to stare at it when she wasn't looking, I always tried to resist as her friend but sometimes I couldn't help it. She had really nice thighs, results of her discipline at the gym. Whenever we went to the beach together and she'd wear her bikini it was really hard for me to not get turned on. I was usually able to be disciplined, but drinking really made it difficult to not think about her, sexually.
I always thought of Tina out of my league, which was another reason why I never made a move. I was 5'8, pretty scrawny, I had a really hard time gaining weight and muscle. I wasn't really into working out, I was a bit of your stereotypical geek but I never thought as myself as a loser. I had friends, I was never bullied, I got along with most people. I rode the wave most of my life, I didn't stand out in a bad way or in a good way, I was very neutral. I guess that was sad in a way, but I didn't mind not having the spotlight on me, I could do my own thing without judgement. Despite all of this, I was so close to Tina, and I sometimes thought it was crazy that she would hang out with someone like me.
"Oh Tyler, we should get going, the party is probably starting now" Tina said, breaking my trance.
As Tina finished her sentence, a rumbling resonated from outside. I looked outside of the window; huge showers of rain came pouring down joined by loud thunder and lightning.
"Uh oh, Tina, I think our plans just fell through." I said, disappointed.
"Oh, Crap. No worries, we can just keep it low-key tonight and hang out here" Tina said followed by her glowing smile.
As I agreed, the apartment of the door swung open, it was my roommate, Chad. He was soaked from head to toe and was still wearing his muddy rugby uniform. He was on the university rugby team, he had practice almost every night and games on week-ends.
"Man, shit weather out there! I thought you guys were going to be out tonight. I guess the rain ruined your plans?" Chad asked without waiting for an answer as he rushed in.
"Yeah! We were supposed to go to the beach. Oh well, we are going to just hang out here tonight, feel free to join us if you want!" Tina said, being her usual friendly self.
Chad and I were polar opposites, he was your typical muscular, macho jock. He could be an asshole a lot of the times, but he had a good side to him, we actually got along. We had an odd relationship; we had met in first year when I noticed he was struggling with school work. He asked for help, and I have been helping him getting through university ever since. Last year we were both looking for our own places and decided to get a place together to save some money. It was a pretty cheap apartment but it had two separate small bedrooms. We didn't really hang out together outside of our living arrangement, we were rarely both home at the same time and when we were, we made small talk or worked on school assignments together. Chad was quite the ladies' man, I often heard him bring home girls at night and they would spend the night, I noticed them leave in the morning, usually a different girl. He was single and just did his thing, I didn't really inquire into it but part of me was jealous. Chad was here having all these girls and I was a 21-year-old virgin.
Tina didn't really know Chad; they had bumped into each other a few times whenever we hung out together but nothing more. I tried to avoid inviting Tina over when Chad was around, just because Chad was very dominant and usually took over conversations, and I was the one wanting to spend time with her. I guess part of me was also scared that Tina would like Chad and I didn't really want them to flirt, he was my roommate and it would be awkward.
"I wouldn't say no to a drink or two, but I definitely need a shower first." He said and disappeared into his room.
I gave Tina a look, she knew what I was thinking; why would she ask him to join us?
She giggled. "Sorry Ty, it just felt wrong to not invite him to hang out with us. Honestly, I didn't think he'd actually accept, but it might be fun!"
I took our empty glasses to the kitchen to make more drinks. As I was mixing the drinks, Chad walked out of his room. He was basically naked, with just a towel wrapped around his waist heading to the bathroom for his shower. Chad had absolutely no shame, didn't he realize we had company? Part of me thought he was doing this on purpose to get Tina's attention.
I looked up to Tina, she was checking her phone, but I noticed she couldn't help to shift her focus to Chad. It looked like she was trying to not make it obvious, catching him at the corner of her eye but she was definitely looking. Chad was really muscular and had a six pack, I could admit that he looked pretty manly in this moment, his arms seemed huge and he had mud smeared over the side of his body from rugby. I knew that most women found Chad attractive but I always thought Tina wasn't your regular girl.
Chad went to the bathroom and closed the door behind him and I heard the shower start. I came back with our prepared drinks on the couch.
"Thanks Ty, your roommate isn't shy at all is he?" she asked with a snicker.
"No, definitely not, he's a bit full of himself" I said, taking a jab at him.
"Oh yeah, your stereotypical rugby player" she added. I knew Tina was a different, she didn't really like macho men, and usually called them out.
We laughed. After a few minutes Chad came out of the shower, still in his towel but all cleaned up and headed towards his room. Even after what Tina said, she couldn't stop herself. She stopped speaking mid-sentence and locked her gaze onto him.
