It was a blistering hot day and I was just lounging around at home when Suzy dropped by. Suzy is somewhat like me. We're both eighteen, fancy free, and quite attractive. (In my opinion, and the boys seem to agree.) Perhaps I should clarify one point. When I say we're fancy free I just mean that we don't currently have a boyfriend. Suzy, however, has this absolute yen for Brian. She figures that if she seduces him he'll have to marry her and she'll be set for life.
Brian is a year older than us. He's highly personable and with what I can only describe as a ferocious intelligence. He's the sort of person who'll join a corporation fully expecting to become the CEO of the corporation eventually. Either that or he'll start his own business and he's bound to succeed. As proof of his intelligence he can't stand Suzy, considering her a light-weight nitwit, and where her intelligence is concerned he's spot on. She didn't earn the nickname Silly Suzy for nothing. She is however very persistent. He probably has to lock his bedroom windows at night to stop her climbing in.
I was surprised that she'd dropped in to see me because while we're friendly I wouldn't say we were besties. She stuffed around a bit, talking all the time without really saying anything. After about five minutes of non-stop chatting I gained the impression that she thought it was hot. I agreed with her.
It turned out that that agreement was what she wanted.
"I know," she said. "Let's go swimming."
"Where?" I asked, considering that this was a reasonable question. Some equipment had broken down at the local pool and it was shut while repairs were being made.
"We'll go to Brian's place," she said triumphantly. "He's got a proper pool with an outside change-room and shower and everything. I noticed earlier that he was swimming."
"Why didn't you join him earlier?" I asked, feeling slightly suspicious. "You live next door, after all."
"Oh, you know how grumpy he gets at times. He'd probably have said no. If there're two of us asking he's far more likely to agree."
In other words he'd have turned her down flat but with me there he'd probably be more polite. Still, I had to admit a dip would be good.
"Okay. Just hold on a moment while I get my bikini on. I suppose we'll have to stop by your place so you can change?"
"Um, no need, really. I happen to be wearing mine now."
Uh-huh. Just by the purest chance, I'm sure.
I changed and we headed on around to Brian's. We could hear splashing so assumed he was still swimming.
"I wonder if he's swimming naked?" suggested Suzy with a giggle.
I considered this briefly and decided that there was no way. He knew Suzy and with her house being next door he'd have bathers on in the assumption that she'd either be peeking or would actually come over. (Both if she spotted him without bathers.)
We went around the back and called out to Brian. He swam over to the edge and seemed to just levitate out of the water. Much to Suzy's disappointment he had bathers.
"Melissa," he said with a smile. "Suzy," he added, losing the smile.
"Brian," I said with a big smile of my own. "We were wondering if you'd let us go swimming. We're awfully hot."
I tried to look all woebegone and heat-struck and from the smirk on his face I was failing miserably.
"Why not?" he said. "You can put your bathers on in the change-room."
He indicated a small shed over to the side.
"No need," said Suzy happily, whipping off her dress.
Ye gods, I almost swallowed my tongue. She was hunting in earnest. She had on one of the smallest bikinis I'd ever seen. I'd thought my own was quite daring but compared to hers I was a staid old woman.
Brian didn't so much as blink. I took off my own dress feeling a little embarrassed. I felt even more embarrassed when Brian gave me the once over with a very nice smile. I dived into the water, hoping to hide my hot cheeks.
There was another splash as Suzy jumped in and then we all started just general mucking around in the water. At one time Brian surfaced next to me and gave me a wink.
"Don't worry about her," he said. "She's shown me more than that in various ways and it hasn't gotten her anywhere."
Then he had to move smartly to one side as Suzy surfaced next to him. For the next hour I watched with some amusement as Suzy kept trying to latch onto Brian and Brian adroitly avoided her. She was getting quite frustrated while he just remained calm, smiling all the while.
Eventually Brian heaved himself up out of the pool.
"Time for me to pack it in," he told us. "Feel free to stay longer."
With that he turned and headed towards the change-room. Suzy was glaring after him.