A/N- Everyone in this story is over the age of eighteen. If any character holds a fraction of similarities it's purely coincidental. Based off an encounter my friend told me about!
Huge thanks to Gentoxic for editing this story! Truly appreciate them.
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The day is warm. Clear blue skies with white fluffy clouds dotted here and there. It's a perfect day to just relax. The afternoon sun is bright and shining overhead, providing even more warmth to the duo outside. Eighteen year old Selena Gamble sits beside the pool with her feet dangling in the cool water. Her long light brown hair is twisted up into a signature messy bun.
Selena bobs her head to the song blaring out from the speakers positioned beside the pool. Large red sunglasses sit upon her pert nose while her skin soaks up rays of the afternoon sun. The other occupant swims laps up and down the length of the backyard pool. Back muscles rippling under the clear water. Tan skin, a beacon to Selena as she watches over her friend.
"Looks like it's time," Selena mumbles under her breath at the sound of the stopwatch timer going off. Kicking her legs up and out of the water, spraying it onto the grass off to the side, she stands from her spot in the shallow end. She walks toward the deep end, stopwatch in hand, and prepares to start the countdown. "Jesse you have twenty-five seconds left before time's up!"
The tan mass doesn't stop once, but continues on with their laps. "Fifteen seconds!" Selena shouts while leaning against the patio table. She twirls a loose strand of hair around her finger. Sparkly nails glittering in the sunlight. She breathes out a sigh as the time dwindles down. "Ten seconds!" then, "Five...four...three, come on Jesse! One...zero!" Selena makes as if to fire off a gun with her fingers towards the pool.
The tan form in the pool abruptly stops once they reach the deep end. Loud, fierce pants come from him as he hefts himself out from the water. Towel already in hand, Selena waves her outstretched arm at the wet and dripping body a few feet away. "Here. Hurry and dry off so we can eat lunch already!" Selena glances up momentarily from her cellphone to peer at the glistening wet body of her neighbor and best friend, Jesse Hayes.
Damn was he fine. A nice developed six pack of rock hard abs, smooth tan skin that felt hot to the touch. It still shocked Selena that Jesse was only a few months older than her, being eighteen also. His usual messy dark hair is slicked back away from his face so that water doesn't drip into his eyes. Those eyes. An icy blue that left girls breathless with their wicked lustful light. And then his smile, the smile that stole her breath away every time he graced her with its glow.
Selena has to shake herself from her inner musings before she starts to drool. "Your water bottle is on the table, want a sandwich?" With one last shameless glance at the water cascading down his torso all the way down to the happy trail leading into his swim shorts, Selena can't help but bite her bottom lip. He's so damn sexy! What's worse is that he knows it too.
The deep timbre of his voice stops Selena in her tracks as she starts to walk back inside her house. Jesse's voice is deep and rich when it meets her ears, causing chills to race up her spine. "Sure, no tomato."
She rolls her eyes behind her sunglasses. As if she would forget. "Yeah and no mustard either," Selena turns and lowers her glasses a bit. Her gaze is filled with mirth as she eyes him over the rim of her shades, "I remember Jesse, I've been making you sandwiches since we were ten."
He gives her a sheepish shrug before towel drying his hair. Selena has to forcibly turn away before she gets caught checking him out. It would be bad if Jesse knew what she thought of him. Which to be fair it only started this past year when he finally got contacts and began to wear clothes that actually fit him properly. Guess that's what happens when you find a crush and want to impress them, because that's exactly what Jesse did.
Inside the house, Selena scrambles together plain white bread and various sandwich meats. She remembers to cut the sandwiches in halves because Jesse will pout if she doesn't. She makes one for herself and two for him, after his swim practice he usually works up an appetite. Hovering about the kitchen, Selena doesn't notice when a newly dried Jesse walks up behind her.
"That looks good," When a slim, muscular arm comes around to sneak a half of turkey on wheat, Selena can't help but jump in surprise.