Brandi smiles and waves at me as I walk out of school. It's been at least six months since I've seen her. It was at the end of last year, our junior year that she dropped out and got her GED so she could, as she put it "stop all the high school bullshit and go to college." It was a community college, but the difference is negligible. I smile and wave back. When you're eighteen, six months can feel like forever.
"Hi!" the words are out of her mouth and she's next to me, hugging me, telling me she's missed me since she dropped out. She hasn't changed at all, really. She lost the glasses in favor of contacts, drawing out her eyes more. Wow. Her eyes are beautiful.
"Hey." I keep my cool. She isn't allowed to know about the thing I had for her through three years of high school together and how often I thought about asking her out. It was her big pouty lips and full figure that drove me so wild. Her ass remains to die for and her breasts still draw my eyes, regardless of what resistance I attempt. It's May, so the black tube top Brandi's wearing isn't unusual. She puts her hands on her hips and looks me up and down.
"You look different."
"Different good or bad?"
"Goodβ¦very good." She smiles and hugs me again.
"Hey, I'm not doing anything this afternoon, do you want to-" she cuts me off and finishes the thought.
"Sure, we really need to catch up. It's been so long!"
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Starbucks is unusually empty and we both get coffees and head to some big comfortable looking chairs in the back. Turns out, they are. I sink into the chair and try to start the conversation, but Brandi beats me to it.
"So how are things?"
"Things are good."