“Hey, we were just about to watch a movie. Why don’t you join us?” the vaguely familiar girl asked.
She had stepped in close to me when Ava had stepped back, and was brushing one hand over my biceps as her other hand was pulling a strain of shoulder-long ash-brown hair behind her ear. She looked remarkably cute. Her head tilted slightly to the ground with an almost sheepish expression, looking up at me with doe-like big brown eyes and a shy smile. It didn’t help that she was barely five feet tall, with a slender frame supporting maybe an A-Cup chest. I just wanted to cuddle her to death.
“Oh, yes! Please, join us!” threw one of Ava’s known friends into the round, but she was giving the small girl a conspiratorial grin. I looked at Ava, awaiting her answer. It was her birthday party after all. It was up to her who she wanted to spend time with today. When she nodded her approval, I looked back at the cute one.
“Don’t take this as a cheesy pick-up line, but ... do we know each other somehow? You seem familiar, but I just can’t place it!” I finally caved, and asked.
First, she acted a little insulted that I didn’t remember her, but then she seemed to reach a conclusion and lit up again.
“I’m Jenny. That... “ she pointed at the girl that supported her when asking me to join them “ ... is my big sister, Joan. You helped me out last year, when Jack and his friend wouldn’t leave me alone.”
“That was you! I remember now! But it was more you helping
“You did bust them up pretty good.” Joan commented, laughing “Not that I’m complaining. They had it coming!”
“Don’t encourage him!” Logan injected by shouting from the other side of the room.
“Well, I’m gonna have to get out of this suit. I’ll join you in a minute.” I said, before making my way to my room to get changed.
For a moment I was thinking about getting into my own swimming trunks, since the people downstairs were all still wearing their swimsuits. And Jenny seemed to appreciate my looks, so sitting there topless would certainly be advantageous. But sitting with three, well four if you count Ava, basically naked hot girls in only my trunks would certainly lead to embarrassing displays on my part. So, I compromised on cargo shorts and a tight T-shirt. I had just put the shorts on, when my door flew open, and Logan stepped into my room.
“The fuck are you thinking, Tiny Tim?” he seethed.
“What do you mean?” I asked, smirking. There were certainly quite a few things coming to my mind he could be pissed about, and I enjoyed how much it seemed to have gotten under his skin.
“Really? Do I need to spell it out for you? Ava doesn’t want you there with her friends. She just feels guilty about your little hurt feelings. Get over it. I put in a lot of effort to make this fun for us. How the hell am I supposed to do this with your sorry ass around?”
“I don’t know. Fuck yourself?” I asked in an aloof voice while pulling my shirt over my head.
I looked at him for a moment with a blank expression. I didn’t know what he would do next. I didn’t expect him to try and attack me, he knew better than to even try. But if he had some other mean move up his sleeve, I’d rather he tried it before we met up with the others. And I hoped he was angry enough to not realize that. Problem was, he just glared at me before he turned and left. So, I had no idea if he was out of options or wanted to put me down in front of an audience again. I resigned myself to whatever my fate would be and got downstairs myself.
The lights in the living room were dimmed and all of the others had already found their seats. Ava and Joan sat to either side of Logan on the sofa. Mia had made herself at ease in the armchair. The only free spot, other than the floor, was right next to Jenny on the loveseat. She had pulled her legs underneath herself, in that impossible way only women could ever find comfortable. She was giving me a huge smile as I spotted the empty seat next to her, so I took that as an invitation and sat with my arm over the backrest while maintaining a respectful distance between our bodies.
