As long as I had to switch this over from the "Gary X. November" story list to the "Gary Alexander" story list ("Gary X. November" suddenly ceased to exist in Literotica's database; don't ask), I did a bit of rewriting and I think I made it a better story.
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"I'm going to a pool party tonight," Mindy said. "You don't have to come if you don't want to."
That seemed to be an odd thing for her to say: I was staying with her for a week, and I'd just naturally gone wherever she went. "Of course," I said. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, sometimes Kathy's parties get a little... don't tell my mom, okay, but sometimes there's a lot of kids making out. And last time somebody brought beer."
"Horrors," I said. "Mindy, kids in my town do drink."
"I'm just saying..."
"We've even been known to cuss. Listen, if you think I'm going to embarrass you..."
"No. No, you're right. I'm sorry. I want you to come. Really. A little fun will do you good."
Mindy always thought that just because I'm a bit on the quiet side, and I live in a rural part of my state and I was homeschooled, I don't know how to have fun. And that even though I'm eighteen, and she's just half a year older, she has to take the role of "older cousin."
But I did want to go to the party, so I didn't say anything and risk getting into a fight with her.
"Did you even bring a bathing suit?" She asked me.
"Of course I did," I said, and pulled it out of the one of the bureau drawers I was using for the week.
"Shit," she said, "is that what you wear when you swim in the creek with Laura Ingalls?"
"Stop it," I said, getting annoyed. "It's a bikini. What do you want me to wear?"
She rummaged through her drawer, pulled out one of her own bikinis, and tossed it to me. "This should fit you," she said. Then she turned her back to me, since she knows I don't like to be naked in front of anybody.
I quickly took off my clothing and pulled on the bikini. Mindy and I are about the same height, but she's a lot skinnier than I am. I was surprised the bikini bottoms fit as well as they did; maybe it because there was so little material to them. The top did
not
cover my breasts as well as they should have. "Are you ready?" she said.
"I guess so."
She turned around, and raised her eyebrows when she saw how much of my breasts were exposed. "Wow, you'll attract some attention at the party."
I crossed my arms over my chest. "Thanks. Now I feel even more self-conscious than I did a few seconds ago."
"Jen, I know it's not your style, but the bikini top you brought with you looks like you're wearing an underwire support bra."
"I can't wear this in front of people."
"Tell you what: don't wear it under your clothing, just bring it along. If you need it, and you feel up to wearing it, fine. Otherwise, you won't."
A couple of hours later, we got dressed for the party. I thought I looked pretty nice in a pink, summery blouse and knee-length denim skirt, but of course Mindy shook her head at my outfit as if I were some innocent, ignorant farm girl, and her attitude was starting to tick me off. She was wearing a sleeveless t-shirt and shorts that were smaller than some of my panties. I wanted to tell her that we might be a bit behind the time in Iowa, but let's just say that I've been to Duluth, and I've seen the girls who work the streets at night in the downtown area, and how they dress... well, let's just leave it at that.
But before we left, I ducked back into the bathroom and removed my bra. I made sure nobody would be able to tell by looking at me, of course. I don't think I'd been out in public without a bra since my body began developing -- but I just wanted to be able to tell Mindy later on, if she started getting all cooler-than-thou with me again later, that I'd been naked under the shirt all night.
"I want to warn you right now," Mindy said as we were getting out of the car, "Kathy's parents aren't home, and there are going to be a lot of couples there making out."
"I've been to parties before," I told her sharply.
"As what," she said, "the chaperone? At least unbutton a couple of top buttons, okay?"
I did. I wasn't accustomed to my shirts being this open, but it wasn't nearly open enough that anybody could tell I wasn't wearing a bra. "If you're so sure I'll embarrass you, why did you invite me along?"
"Because my mother told me I had to. Look, Jen, you know I love spending time with you -- but I didn't think you'd like it here, and I couldn't not show up."
"Why not?"
"Because my boyfriend Rob is going to be here, and... well...Didi."
"Didi?"
"You'll see." We walked around to the back of the house, where the pool and the party were, and things were quieter than I'd been starting to fear. Kids were eating and most of them were drinking, though there was plenty of Pepsi and bottled water for those of us who didn't want alcohol. Mindy introduced me around, then spotted Rob and went over to him.
Most of the girls were dressed petty much the way Mindy was, though a few were already wearing their bathing suits. One girl was wearing running shorts, low enough on her butt that the top of her red bikini bottom showed, and a red bikini top that barely covered more than her nipples, with an unbuttoned shirt over it. Later on, I'd learn that this was the infamous Didi.
Nobody was in the pool yet, though a couple of girls were sitting by the edge, both wearing short shorts over their bathing suits, dangling their feet in the water as they ate.
At the far end of the pool, away from everybody else, a boy and a girl were sharing a lounge chair, and I was pretty sure he had a hand under her t-shirt. It made me remember that one time I'd let Andrew touch me under my shirt.
I took my food, kicked off my sandals, and went to sit poolside with the other girls, introducing myself. I had to hike up my skirt a few inches to sit comfortably there, and I wished I'd brought my own bikini with me -- or that I'd had the nerve to wear the one Mindy had lent me.
The girls were friendly, and they seemed to welcome the chance to tell somebody new about the various relationships in play around us that night. The couple on the lounge chair were Paul and Berni, and they'd been dating since the spring. As far as I know, one of the girls said, tonight was the first time Berni had let Paul "get any bare tit." I was starting to think this wasn't such a wild crowd after all, until the other girl added "Berni's probably the only virgin here tonight."
The next thing we knew, we were hit with a wall of water, then another: Rob and another boy had cannonballed into the pool. They came back to the surface laughing, and I saw that Rob was wearing bathing trunks, while the other guy had denim shorts that sagged with the weight of the water as he started to climb out.
Kimi, one of the girls I was sitting with, nodded her head in his direction. "The hunky guy's Davy. He's our dumb blond. Hey, it's only fair that we get to objectify the guys sometimes."
Davy peeled off his sodden shorts, wrung them out, and then lay on one of the lounge chairs in only a wet pair of boxers. "Later, girls," Kimi said, getting to her feet and walking over to him.
Meanwhile, Mindy was standing by the deep end of the pool, showing off her bikini. I was startled at how little it covered, and then realized that the one she'd given me was only slightly more modest. She dove in, swam over to Rob, and kissed him hard, rubbing her body against his. The next thing I knew there was another splash, and the girl with the skimpy red bikini had jumped in, hitting the water only a foot or two from where Mindy and Rob were standing. When she came to the surface, her right breast was exposed and she adjusted her bikini top. Rob certainly got a long peek, though.
I giggled nervously and said to Tiff, the girl sitting next to me, "I'd have been mortified." I didn't add that no boy had ever seen my bare breasts before.
She shrugged. "Pool party. Accidents happen." More people started jumping into the pool, girls in bikinis, some wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms, and boys, some wearing bathing suits and some in cut-off shorts or gym shorts. "Come on," Tiff said, sliding into the pool and pulling me in with her.
As I sank to the pool's floor, my skirt floated straight up, exposing my panties to anybody who might have been near me underwater. I frantically grabbed at the hem to pull it down, at the same time trying to kick my feet to push myself back up to the surface.
What I managed to do instead was flip myself over, almost hitting my head on the pool floor. I let go of my skirt and became disoriented for a moment, starting to panic. Then suddenly I felt arms around my waist and I was being grabbed out of the water, and there was light and there was air. Davy was holding me, and my skirt was bunched up above my waist. I realized my panties were exposed, and Davy almost dropped me as I quickly pulled the skirt back down.
I climbed out of the pool with as much dignity as I could muster, reminding myself of what Tiff had said: accidents happen at pool parties. And that even with the pool lights, probably nobody could tell that I'd exposed my panties. They could have been bikini bottoms. Davy knew, but... well, he was running around in his boxers. And he might have just saved my life, so letting him have a peek at my panties was a small enough reward.
Then I noticed that everybody's eyes were on me. Was it because I'd almost drowned? No, that was over in only a few seconds, most of the kids probably never knew it was happening. One boy applauded, then another. I realized that my shirt had become plastered onto my chest, and that everything was showing.
Everything
.
I ran into the house crying.
I don't know how long I was in the bathroom, with a bathtowel wrapped over my shirt, when there was a knock on the door. "Jen, you in there?" Mindy was saying.
"Just leave me alone so I can die in here."