Linda and I hadn't seen each other much since she left for college three years ago. Linda had come home from time to time, but most of the time we'd miss each other. We graduated high school together; I went to work full-time at a daycare, and she went off to study acting.
We had only planned to walk to the store, but ended up near the field we spent a lot of time in as girls. I spotted the hillside we used to play on, Linda spotted the rain clouds overhead. I persuaded her to ignore them and race me to the tree on top of the hill. She used to always win, so I snatched off my sandals and took off running before she really agreed. It was about 300 yards from the road to the tree. Linda caught up and passed me just as we reached the foot of the hill. At the top she proclaimed her dominance over me, I was too exhausted to argue. I laid back to catch my breath, as Linda talked about how much she misses this place sometimes. I said I never thought I'd hear her say she missed the country the way she dreamed about getting out of here.
I sat up and started waving the bottom of my short sun dress up and down to cool myself off. Linda looked over and a strange expression came across her face. She kinda stared for a moment, then went down to play in the raindrops that started falling. I wondered what that strange look was about. It was like her eyes locked on me, like she was shocked that I wasn't wearing panties. She and I had discovered the freedom of going without them our sophomore year in high school. Plus, we had seen each other's naked body plenty of times - in the locker room after gym class, getting ready to go out on dates. We had even gone skinny dipping at the pond together with the Foster twins one time (that was the night we both lost our virginity). Maybe she thought I had stopped not wearing panties, which I will never do.