Chapter 9

The following day, Xander had just finished the bench press when John motioned for him to come over.

“Kelly told me we’re double-dating.”

“Any idea what we’re supposed to be doing?” Xander asked.

“Well, if you can get a ride, why don’t you come to my house Friday night? My parents said we could use the basement. We can either play some video games or do other stuff.”

“I vote for ‘other stuff,’” Xander said.

John smiled.

“Aren’t you worried about doing that with other people in the room?”

Xander realized John was nervous about making out with him and Pam in the room, so he said, “Whatever happens, this will just be between us. You don’t seem like some of the other guys and can keep what goes on to yourself. Besides, we’ve seen each other in the shower, so I’m not going to be worried about you seeing me naked if that happens.”

“I’m good, and don’t worry, I won’t say anything. Do you think the girls will keep quiet?” John asked.

“Good question. I don’t have a lot of confidence that they won’t tell the other Princesses.”

“How far do you think they’ll let us go?” John asked.

Xander thought for a moment.

“We’ll be lucky if we get to second base.”

“That’s what my cousin told me. He gave me some tips to get further, though,” John said.

“How about we see how Friday goes before we get ahead of ourselves? If we push too hard with one of the Princesses and piss them off, it won’t bode well for our dating lives in high school,” Xander warned.

“You’re right; we could end up like Donnie.”

Pam had worked that front after Donnie’s rude comment, the one that caused Xander to punch him. Donnie, as yet, had no idea how badly he’d messed up that night.

“Yeah, we could. Okay, I’ll ask my mom to give me a ride on Friday. How are the girls getting there?” Xander asked.

“Kelly’s mom is driving them.”

That made sense because they lived down the street from each other.

“This will be so much easier once we get cars,” Xander said.

John grinned.

“My cousin offered to drive me if we let him watch.”

“Like I said, we need our own cars,” Xander said with a lopsided grin.

After his shower, Xander messaged his mom about Friday night. He knew all the moms would be in contact and didn’t want her to get blindsided.

On the bus ride home, Pam and Kelly sat together, so Xander told Izzy’s friend to sit across the aisle for a bit so he could talk to his sister.

“I need you to cover for me,” Xander said.

Izzy looked at him with suspicion.

“Here’s the deal: we can either be allies or enemies in stuff like this. I bet you’ll want me to cover for you at some point in the future,” Xander said.

Izzy was clever, so he expected her to figure out this was a good deal. But then her eyes clouded over.

“You’re not doing anything shady, are you?”

“Have I ever done anything shady before?” Xander asked.

“That one time—”

Xander cut her off. “—Was one time. Let’s leave that in the past. I promise it isn’t anything illegal.”

“Are you going to Pam’s house to make out?” Izzy asked.

“No. And this has to stay between us; Pam doesn’t need to know what I’m doing.”

“What are you doing?” Izzy asked.

“I’m getting off at the trailer park, and I’ll walk home before dinner,” Xander said.

Technically, ‘getting off’ was a hopeful outcome.

“Doing?”

“None of your business,” he said with a smile.

“Fine, I won’t tell Mom. But if you aren’t home in time and she asks...”

“Got it. I’ll owe you,” Xander said.

He then switched seats with her friend so the two girls could discuss everything that had happened that day.

At Brandi and Chantel’s stop, Xander beat them off the bus so it didn’t look like they were together.

He was surprised at how nervous he was. When he saw Brandi, he could tell she felt the same way.

“You two have fun,” Chantel said and left them.

He followed Brandi to her trailer. It was a newer double-wide with an oversized carport, much nicer than he’d envisioned. When he entered, he saw that the interior also looked better than he’d expected.

“How do you want to do this?” Brandi asked.

Xander was stumped. On one hand, he’d always envisioned dating someone for a while before doing the deed. On the other hand, Xander didn’t see a future with Brandi. But he didn’t want to be a callous dick, either.

“How about we get to know each other a bit first?” Xander suggested.

“How about we just go to my room?” Brandi asked.

“That works, too.”

She walked down the hall. Brandi’s room was painted pink, and she had a canopy bed. It looked like a little girl’s room, not a high schooler’s.

When Xander looked at Brandi, she started to undress.

Brandi was short, coming up just above Xander’s shoulder when they stood beside each other. When she pulled off her shirt, it was clear she didn’t need a bra, though she did have puffy areolas with nice pointy nipples.

Once Brandi had removed everything but her panties, she looked at Xander and asked, “Are you just going to stare?”

She watched as he undressed, her eyes locked on the bulge in his underwear.

“Sorry for being rude. I was just amazed at how hot you are,” Xander said as he picked up his clothes, folded them, and stacked them on her desk chair.

He grasped the waistband of his underwear and pushed it down until it fell to the floor. Brandi stared at his muscular back and thighs, his tight, smooth bottom, and watched him slowly turn around to face her. She forced herself to look into his eyes before her gaze slowly descended along his form. Xander’s chest was smooth with no hair, and he was fit.

Xander held still while she examined him. She let her eyes wander lower to his flat stomach, which was without the paunch her ex-boyfriend, Caspian, had. There was no comparison between her ex-boyfriend and Xander.

Her gaze wandered down his stomach as the heat of arousal flooded between her thighs. Her eyes widened in surprise. When she’d touched it, she judged he was much bigger than Caspian, but this made her swallow a lump in her throat.