"Okay, get away from me!" I finally managed to gasp out.
"Why? You having some problems here?" Mark leaned closer to me and breathed the words onto my neck. Oh yeah, I was having some serious problems.
"Hey Mark, you finished there? Why don't you two hop in the hot tub and warm up? Jaimie's lips look pretty blue already." Derek called from somewhere far away. I was definitely in another world.
"You want to go hit the hot tub or am I warming you up okay?" Mark asked, his mouth a little further from my neck this time.
"I swear to God, Marky get off me now before I hurt you." I clenched my teeth and with all my might shoved him backwards. He released me and I swam over to the deck to get out of the pool before something happened that I knew I didn't want to stop.
"C'mon Jaimie, don't be like that." Mark whined as he followed me out of the pool. I stood up on the deck and turned to face Mark as he climbed out of the pool. He stopped dead in mid-climb with one leg up on the deck, and I immediately noticed how plastered his shorts were to his legs and other things. I realized he was staring at me as I stared at him, and I closed my mouth. I looked down to see what he was looking at and gasped.
My thin white t-shirt was now see-through and it clung to my breasts and stomach like a second skin. I usually don't wear bras, as my breasts are just small enough to not need one on a regular basis, and just perky enough to stand up proudly. Of course at this moment, I really wished I'd been wearing one. My large nipples were sticking out against the shirt as hard as they could, they hurt they were so beaded up from the cold. I immediately crossed my arms across my chest as my teeth began to chatter. I was absolutely freezing.
It was only the beginning of the summer, and the sun had not warmed the pool up to comfortable swimming temperature yet, and the air had a bit of a chill in it as the clouds blew across the sky to cover the sun.
Mark regained his composure and completed his climb from the pool. He stood in front of me and I think for once he didn't know what to do with himself. Proud, confident Mark was actually speechless.
"Um, I'm freezing." I spoke up to stop the uncomfortable silence as each of us digested the sights we'd just witnessed for the first time in our friendship.
"Yeah, freezing, right. Um, towels?" Mark started walking towards the house and grabbed my elbow to bring me with him. I followed like a little puppy who'd lost her way.
"How about a hot shower?" I suggested as I rubbed my hands over my arms, noticing all the goosebumps that were suddenly there.
"Hot shower sounds like a great idea, I'll grab us some towels, you can go first." Mark agreed enthusiastically and led me upstairs to his room.
I had been in his room many times before, but it had always been with a group of friends, we'd never been in there alone before. It felt a bit strange and something inside me was telling me it wasn't a good idea to be alone with him in there.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you my big news!" Mark exclaimed as we reached the top of the stairs. He turned left and walked down the hall towards the bathroom. He popped in and started the shower and then led me to his room.
"What's that? You get promoted to superstar of the b-ball team?" I teased.
"No, I've got a date for you!" He grinned wickedly at me and for a second I wasn't sure what to say.
"What?" It sounded so dumb, but it was all I could manage. A date? Please, the guys thought I was poison or something, they wouldn't come near me with a ten foot pole and he'd gotten one to agree to date me? Impossible.
"Yeah, with this guy Trey from the b-ball team I play with down at the rec centre. He's new here and looking to meet some friends. He's really cool, great sense of humour, and from what I can tell, he's a ladies man." Mark smiled his electric smile at me and I knew I couldn't say no to him. It sounded like he'd tried really hard to get this guy a date, or tried really hard to get me one... really wasn't sure which one it was.
"Okay, and how much did you pay him? You know the guys are afraid of me or something, just because he's new you're going to subject him to the poison that is me?" I pouted, happy that he was trying to help me out, but mad that guys were such jerks to me.
"What are you talking about? Poison? Gimme a break Jaimie, you're a hot catch, the guys around here just aren't good enough for ya, that's all." Mark handed me a fluffy blue towel. His towel. I hugged it to my chest to cover myself again.
"How would you know what's good for me and what isn't?" I raised my eyebrow at him and waited to see what kind of answer he'd come up with for that one.
