"Yo, Daisy."
Daisy-Mae froze, and then looked towards the shore. That idiot Bobby was standing there, a big smile on his face, just looking at her.
"Um, Bobby," Daisy-Mae said hesitantly, "I'm bathing. Could you come back later."
"I can see you're bathing, Daisy. You're real pretty, you know. Especially like that."
Like that, was naked as a jaybird. The river pool at the back of her place was normally private, and she always bathed here, especially on hot days like today.
"That's the point, Bobby. I'd rather you left and came back later," Daisy-Mae said, wondering how to drive the request through the idiots head. Bobby could be remarkably obtuse at times. At times she thought it was deliberate. No-one should be as dumb as he was.
"But I'm here now," pointed out Bobby, "and I was looking for you."
"I'm not really ready for visitors, Bobby. Why don't you go around to the house and wait until I come?"
"Why? I can talk to you like that. Actually, I think I'd rather talk to you like that," returned Bobby, running an appreciative gaze over her.
It took an effort, but Daisy-Mae managed to stop herself from trying to cover her breasts and pussy with her hands. If she did, she thought, that idiot will wonder why.
"All the same, I'd rather you waited up at the house for me. I won't be long."
"Go away, you idiot," she thought savagely. "Can't you see I'm naked?"
"Um, OK, but I thought you'd want to hear about Billy-Joe. He's looking for you."
Daisy-Mae sighed, knowing she was fighting a losing battle. She could argue herself blind, but Bobby wouldn't budge until he got whatever he wanted to say off his chest.
"All right, Bobby. What do you want to tell me about Billy-Joe?"
"He's looking for you."
Suddenly Daisy-Mae felt exposed and nervous. Billy-Joe was older than Bobby and herself and was a rather nasty piece of work. She had already had to steer clear of him on a couple of occasions when he came sniffing around.
"Why is he looking for me?" she asked Bobby.
"Birthday," said Bobby.
Daisy-Mae looked blankly back at him.
"I didn't quite get that?" she told Bobby.
"It's your birthday," explained Bobby. "Billy-Joe says you're now eighteen and you'll be waiting for him to give you his present."
Butterflies were suddenly alive and well and living in her tummy, Daisy-Mae realised.
"I wasn't actually expecting a present from Billy-Joe," Daisy-Mae told Bobby. "Have you any idea what it is?"
Bobby nodded. "Of course. He was telling everyone. He reckons that he's got the biggest dingas in the town and that you'll be wanting him to give it to you, so he's out looking."
"Oh, shit," thought Daisy-Mae. "At least I've got some warning."
"Thank you for telling me, Bobby, but I don't think I want anything that Billy-Joe wants to give me. You might let him know that I said no, so he won't have to come and ask me."
"OK," said Bobby, and seemed to consider this for a moment. Then he spoke again.
"Ah, Daisy, I don't think he intends to ask you. He just wants to give it to you."
"I know that, you screaming moron," thought Daisy-Mae. "I've known what's on his mind for the past year."
"I sort of knew that, Bobby, but if you let him know I don't want it, maybe he won't bother bringing it around. My father wouldn't appreciate him giving it to me anyway."
Bobby looked blank this time.
"Has Billy-Joe ever cared about what father's think?" he asked curiously.