Marcie kicked a stone that skittered along the sidewalk and bounced off the curb into the street. She carried her damp towel over her arms, folded across her chest. Her sandy blonde hair hung loose in straggly wet strands that touched her bare shoulders. The sun was warm on her back and dried her wet bikini top slowly. Her bikini bottoms left wet marks in her cut-off shorts. Beside her, Sheila carried her towel over her shoulder. Her dark hair was pulled back in a ponytail. Her wet bikini was drying, too, but she wasn't wearing cut-off shorts over the bottoms.
"So what'd you do last night?" Sheila said.
Marcie shrugged. "Not much, just watched tv. What'd you do?"
"I went over to see Philip last night. We got in so much trouble."
"What happened?" Marcie said.
"We were like, making out on his bed in his room and he wanted to have sex with me, but I couldn't because I was like, having my period and everything, and he didn't have a condom and that was like, such a drag."
"What'd you do?"
Sheila chuckled. "He said he had to get his rocks off because his balls hurt, so he took out his dick and asked me to jerk him off."
"Did you?" Marcie said, staring at her friend with wide eyes.
"Are you crazy? Of course I did. I'm not gonna turn a guy down when he shows me his dick."
"How'd you get in trouble?" Marcie said.
"His Dad busted us. He was so pissed."
"Oh my God."
"He said he was taking me home like right now and he grounded Philip for like, the rest of his life. And get this, when we were in his car he asks me what we were doing."
"No way. What'd you tell him?"
Sheila shrugged as if it was nothing.
"I told him I was jerking him off, what do you think, and he's like, you were jerking my son off, what are you, some kind of slut, so I'm like, I'm no slut, he wanted it. So he like, pulls the car over and says why don't you jerk me off? And I'm like, whip it out dude, and I will, so he like, whips out his thing, right in front of me."
Marcie's mouth hung open. "What'd you do?"
"I jerked him off, what do you think?"
Marcie covered her mouth and laughed. "Oh my God. You jerked off Philip's Dad in his car?"
"Yeah, and we were like, right in front of the school, too," Sheila said with a grin.
"Was he like, really big?"
Sheila shrugged. "Not much bigger than Philip."
"Oh."
"Why, were you hoping his dick was like, real fat and long?"
"I guess," Marcie said.
Sheila sighed. "Yeah, I guess me, too."
They walked on quietly for a bit, passing some of the shops on Fort Street. When they walked past the bike shop, a couple of guys inside stopped to stare at them. Marcie grinned but didn't look back. Something about the town was different, now that she and Sheila were eighteen and high school was done. It was going to be strange to go to college at the end of summer.
"You know what happened next? Philip's Dad told me my hand wasn't enough. He wanted me to blow him," Sheila said.
"Did you?"
"Yeah. What else was I gonna do? I needed a ride home. Besides, he's kinda cute."
"Was it gross, I mean, putting his thing in your mouth?" Marcie said, wrinkling her nose.
Sheila shook her head. "Not really. It felt kinda cool, actually, the way it rubbed on my tongue. My jaw got sore. But then he shot his wad in my mouth and that was really gross, I mean really gross. I just rolled down the window and spit it out."
"Yeah, that would be gross," Marcie said, but in her belly she felt a pang of envy. She remembered the one time she jerked off Dean in the bathroom at McDonald's after the senior prom. He wanted to have sex with her then, and she said no. Instead, she rubbed him until his stuff spilled over her hand. She wished she had let him shoot his wad in her mouth.
"Are you gonna be pregnant now?" Marcie said.
Sheila stopped suddenly and grabbed Marcie's arm. "Oh my God, I hope not. I don't what I'd do if I got pregnant. My Mom would kill me. If I do, though, I think it'll be with Philip's Dad. I hope he gives me a ride home in his car again. Next time I wanna do more than just blow him. I'm gonna let him fuck me. I don't care if I get pregnant. It'll be worth it."
"Yeah," Marcie said.
"Come on, let's get to my house and get something to eat," Sheila said.
They laughed and ran the rest of the way down the street, swinging their towels.
* * * *
Dean smiled at her from across the church basement. Marcie felt her skin flush. He nodded toward the side doors and she suddenly felt warm all over. He pointed to the doors again. Marcie nodded.
Mom and Dad were sitting with the Johnsons at another table. Marcie stuck her fork in the piece of cake in front of her. The church basement was full of people, all sitting at the tables or standing around, talking and eating cake and punch. At the other end of the basement, by the stairs, Pastor Nowicki, Dean's father, was helping the old ladies cut the cakes into pieces and serve them on paper plates. Standing next to him was Pastor Oliver, the younger Pastor, smiling and handing plates to people as they went by. He was cute, but not really good looking like Dean was good looking. He was more like a brother she could talk to. Dean made her insides melt when he looked at her.
Marcie took a sip of punch, pushed her chair away from the table with the paper tablecloth, and walked between all the people to the other side of the basement, her hands clasped together over the front of her white dress. She felt ridiculous in that stupid dress. Mom still treated her like a toy doll. She was eighteen now. When could she be a woman?
At the door, she glanced at Dean. He smiled, but looked at her for only an instant. Again, Marcie felt a flush of warmth through her body. The crotch of her white cotton panties was already stained.
She went through the door and up the stairs, the heels of her black patent leather shoes clicking on the steps. At the top, she went around the corner and waited, hoping Dean would hurry. She heard the door open and footsteps coming up. He appeared in front of her and she let her breath out in a big sigh.
"I thought what if it wasn't you," she said.
"Yeah," he said.
He put his hands on her waist and kissed her. She closed her eyes, letting his tongue push into her mouth. His hands moved down to the back of her dress and squeezed her ass.
"Where do you wanna go?" Marcie said.
"I know a place."
Dean pulled her by her hand to a girl's bathroom on the second floor. With his hands on her waist again, he lifted her on the counter. He pulled her knees apart and moved between them, pushing up her skirt.
"What if someone comes in. They'll see us," Marcie said.
"Yeah, I know."
Dean bent forward and kissed her again. In the front of his pleated slacks, a hard bulge pressed against her warm mound. Marcie shivered, imagining what he had in there.