Lewis and I have been best friends since the 3rd grade. We've gone through a lot of stuff together: we've played on the same youth baseball leagues, gone to the same parties, and gotten into tons of trouble together. He's the Murtaugh to my Riggs. If you didn't catch that last reference, it meant that I'm white and he's black. Granted, he's not my only black friend, but he's definitely my closest black friend.
One thing we definitely didn't expect to do as friends was lose our virginity to the same woman in the same weekend. Before you start jumping to wild conclusions, let me tell you what happened.
It was Labor Day weekend of 2015. Lewis and I both were both 18 and both seniors, and the world was ours. We were spending Saturday afternoon shooting hoops at the park, and were about to head back to Lewis' house, intent on finishing the day playing video games, watching Netflix, and eating junk food. I had slept over the previous night, and would be going back home on Monday. I was definitely relishing the day, loving the free time away from home, where my mom had been relentlessly hounding me to study as much as possible. College applications, SAT prep courses, and homework could wait; it was time to let loose.
Just as we exited the park, we saw a familiar face hanging out in the parking lot: Sarah Ames. The skinny girl was lounging on the hood of a beat-up 2004 Pontiac Sunfire. She was wearing blue jean pants and a white tank top. Lewis and I had been classmates with her since elementary school as well. She had long, straight brown hair, and dark, hooded eyes; she wasn't ugly, but could be described as mildly pretty.
"Hey, guys," she greeted us.
"Hey, Sarah," Lewis said.
"What you been up to?" I asked.
"I was driving by on my way home from the store; I bought some smokes and a bunch of cereal. You guys wanna swing by and go swimming?"
"Sure!" the two of us said in almost unison.
We both climbed into Sarah's car; I sat in the passenger seat, while Lewis took the back - the three of us laughed as he cracked a Rosa Parks joke. We were having a great time just driving and talking about all the fun things we were going to do for our senior year. Sarah was the chillest out of all of us, lighting up a cigarette, blasting Sublime on her car stereo, and telling some dirty jokes.
"Oh, shit, we don't have any swimming trunks," I realized.
"We could stop at my house and get some," Lewis suggested.
"It's okay," Sarah assured us, turning the corner onto her street. "Just swim in your basketball shorts; I can always throw them in the dryer after we're done."
We all nodded in agreement and resumed our conversation as we continued driving to Sarah's. Once we got to the house, Sarah led us inside, got us some towels, and then took us to the backyard, where our cool, chlorinated maiden awaited us. The heat seemed to make the pool even more alluring.
"Jump on in, if you want to," Sarah said. "I'll be right back."
Sarah went back into the house and closed the sliding glass door behind her. Without another thought, Lewis and I got rid of our shoes, socks, and shirts and jumped into the pool. The cold water shocked our bodies, but it felt great to be in the pool. A few minutes later, Sarah arrived clad in a two piece swimsuit and with three glass bottles in her hand.
"You guys like Yuengling?" Sarah asked, offering the beer to us.
"Sure!" I said, eagerly taking the bottle from her.
"Ummm...won't your dad miss those?" Lewis asked nervously.
"Relax, Lewis. I drink his beers all the time."
Lewis shrugged and joined us in popping the caps off and drinking them deep. Sarah sat down at the edge of the pool and stuck her feet in the water, using the perspiring beer bottle to mop her forehead. Lewis looked more relaxed, but I was on edge, consciously trying not to stare at Sarah. Sure, she wasn't a ten, but she was a girl in a bikini who had given us beer and was letting us chill in her pool. For a high school virgin, this girl with her flat stomach, skinny arms and legs, and good-sized breasts was looking better by the second.
"You remember the last time all three of us were here?" Sarah asked.
"I think it was back in 7th grade," I said, grateful for the distracting question. "Your dad made those awesome burgers from scratch with the chopped bits of bacon in them."
"Yeah," Lewis said. "Your mom also made that nice cake with the buttercream icing on it. She sure..."
I shot Lewis a dirty look, and he clammed up immediately. I was entirely certain that Sarah noticed. Sarah's mom got uterine cancer a few years ago, and it was a big deal in our neighborhood. Ladies brought the Ames family tons of food, tons of people mailed them greeting cards and money, and the local news even did a continuing story on her. Thankfully, everyone got the news that Mrs. Ames had made a full recovery, but we barely saw her after that. Before the illness, we saw her everywhere: she was a volunteer at our school, she went to our church, and she always made Sarah and her older sisters go caroling around our neighborhood at Christmastime.
"Guys, it's okay to talk about my mom, she's not dead or anything," Sarah assured us.
"Well, how's she been?" I asked.
"Good. She's not as social as she used to be, but she's been keeping busy."
"That's good to hear."
"Matter of fact, she's upstairs right now. Do you guys want to go in and say hi to her?"
Lewis and I looked at each other and shrugged. All three of us got out of the pool, dried off, and headed inside. Lewis and I followed Sarah upstairs, where she took us into a bedroom without knocking. We saw Mrs. Ames sleeping peacefully in the bed, which worried us two.
"Sarah, your mom is asleep! We should go!" Lewis whispered.
"It's fine, believe me. She's ready to wake up," Sarah assured us. "Mom, wake up!"
We felt a pang of guilt as Mrs. Ames stirred in the bed and sat up, looking at us dreamily with her tousled blonde hair, wearing a faded purple Northwestern University shirt. It seemed that as soon as she noticed that Lewis and I were in the bed room, her eyes went huge. I don't know how Lewis felt, but I was fearful that we weren't supposed to be here right now.
"Uh...Hi, Mrs. Ames," I stammered nervously. "How are you?"
She responded by quickly exiting the bed and running towards us. Lewis immediately bolted for the door, while I wasn't so lucky; in my haste, I tripped over my own feet and fell to the floor. Mrs. Ames pounced on top of me and ripped both my shorts and underwear down to my ankles, making it extremely difficult for me to regain my footing. I was then roughly flipped onto my back, and I saw Mrs. Ames' head swoop down towards my crotch. All the while, Sarah was watching calmly as she leaned against the wall.
I was flaccid from terror, but that didn't stop Mrs. Ames from sucking my limp cock into her mouth. In confusion, I looked up at Sarah, who smiled at me, and I was convinced that she had fully intended for this to happen. I wanted to ask what was wrong with her mother. Was she mentally ill? Was she on some kind of medication?