I had just stepped out of the shower when I heard the front door open. I haphazardly wiped myself off and slipped into a t-shirt and sweatpants and walked downstairs into the kitchen.
"I'm back Adam," Jessie said, placing two brown bags of groceries onto the kitchen. "You didn't have any food here so i went out to the farmer's market and got some stuff." She said as she tied her long dark brown hair into a ponytail.
"Aww c'mon now Jess, you didn't need to do that." I said as I hugged her. Her 5'6 slender body was small against my 6'2 muscular frame. I for one have never been a big hugger, but she seemed to like it when anyone hugged her.
"It's the least I could do Adam. I'm staying in your house for one week, I should at least get some food for us." Jessie's parents were out on their second honeymoon for their 25th anniversary, and my parents were on a couples retreat in Bora Bora. Since neither of our parents were home, I decided to let Jessie stay at my house for the week.
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I had first met Jessie Slayton in our freshman year of high school. Jessie had moved to my suburban town in New York that year. Like me was a very intelligent. When I walked into my Chemistry Honors class that day, I was assigned a seat at a workstation near the back. The stations were set up so that a pair of people could sit together and be lab partners. I walked to my seat and found a pretty girl sitting at the station next to mine. I sat down at the seat marked "SIMMONS, ADAM" and took out my books. Just as I sat down the bell rang and the teacher started class.
"Class, it appears that we have a new student with us today. Everyone say hello to Ms. Jessie Slayton. Jessie, introduce yourself to the class" the teacher, Mrs. Crowley said. Jessie, who I discovered was the girl sitting next to me at the workstation, stood up.
"Hi everyone, I'm Jessie and I just moved here from New Jersey. I hope to have a good year with everyone here!" She said as she sat down. Mrs. Crowley started to drone on about the usual things teachers talk about on first days, and I took this chance to talk to Jessie.
"Hey there Jessie, I'm Adam. Looks like you're stuck with me as your lab partner this year."
"Ha yeah, I guess so. That can't be too bad Adam." Jessie said with a smile of her own. I was struck by how white her teeth with and how beautiful her face looked, framed by that brown hair of hers.
We became friends very quickly. She didn't know anyone around town, so I helped familiarize herself with the school and the rest of town. She has been my only constant friend throughout high school. I was a somewhat late bloomer in the puberty department. I had always been a really small, scrawny nerd throughout elementary and middle school, interested in computers and online gaming. I had always wanted to play football, but due to my size I never played. During freshman year I grew from 5'5 to 6'1 and began to gain muscle. I pushed myself to exercise hard and became stronger. I eventually deemed myself ready to try out for the football team at my school.
I surprised everyone by making the varsity team at tight end. I befriended most of the senior players, and was frequently invited to parties. I started to abandon my introverted nature, and alienated most of my old friends. I moved up the social "chain", and became one of the most popular guys at school. With this, I started to get alot of attention from girls at parties. I lost my virginity on my 16th birthday, which was in January of my sophomore year, and quickly became known as a stud. But all of that empty sex just couldn't compensate for what I really wanted: somebody to love. My 18th birthday had passed and it was senior year, and I had yet to have a serious relationship before.
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"So what are we doing tonight?" Jessie asked as she walked into the living room. She had changed into a pair of short denim shorts and a black tank top that gave a limited view of her midriff. She had let her wavy brown hair down. I liked it when she did this. "Are we going out? Staying in? Throwing a wild party?" she said with a smile.
"Actually, I was thinking of just staying in an watching a movie or something." I answered. I opened up Netflix on my Playstation 3TM while Jessie went to get two beers from the refrigerator I kept hidden from sight in the basement of my house. She returned with two bottles and placed them on the coffee table. I found one of my favorites, When Harry Met Sally, and put it on.