Chapter 13: Carly’s Party – Part II

In Julia’s head

Julia was excited when she arrived and found Zane was there. She had hoped he would be, and in the pool, no less. The sight of him mostly naked and wet and showing off that tight body made her swoon just a little. Julia had had a bit of a crush on Zane since her freshman year. She had been surprisingly shy back then, however, and would never make any kind of move to let him know how beautiful she thought he was. He was not just handsome, although he was, and she thought he was just beautiful. She’d had a couple of dreams about him in the last year that she would never tell anyone about. She never dreamed, however, that she’d ever really have a shot with him.

She went on like that through her freshman year and most of this year, feeding her crush just a little bit every now and then but mostly able to ignore it and concentrate on all the other boys who were constantly showering her with attention. Eventually, her shyness started to subside, and she gained more confidence with the boys, even though most of them were always trying to grab her and grope her. She had found at least one who treated her like a normal human being, and he was the one she had given her virginity to. She didn’t plan to, but at the moment, she found the pressure to be too much, and she couldn’t say no.

As she thought about that, she remembered that she hadn’t been particularly impressed. All that fuss over THAT? It hurt. It was over before she could enjoy it, and it was messy, sloppy, and stinky, and after a few times, the guy seemed to just lose interest in her. It was so disappointing. She knew Zane wasn’t like that. He had to be the prince charming that she’d always imagined, and besides, all of the girls loved him. Even before all this secret vote nonsense, he was easily the favorite of all the girls on the squad. It was no wonder the seniors had picked him for that task.

This secret vote business, however, did give her an opportunity she hadn’t expected. Every girl on the team was constantly flirting with him now. It would almost seem wrong if she didn’t, too, and if he rejected her, she could blame her actions on the feeding frenzy. All she had to do was work up the courage to try something. But he wouldn’t reject her. He would realize she was so much more than just one of the bitches trying to get him to vote for her.

She could make him fall in love with her. It was just like every teen girl’s boy band crush, except this one she actually had access to. Julia honestly didn’t care about the vote or being captain of the squad. She had another year for that, but she would so love to be with him like in her dreams. She looked at him over by the pool and just sighed quietly to herself.

She mingled around with her friends, trying not to be too obvious about wanting to steal glances at him. She tried not to seem so nervous when he actually approached her and started chatting her up. Her heart fluttered, and for a moment, she couldn’t speak. He took it for shyness and thought it was cute. He thought she was cute! HE ... thought she was cute! She finally calmed down and gathered herself up enough to be able to speak with him. She wouldn’t have been able to do that a year ago. She couldn’t believe how nice he was. He was so sweet and kind and perfect and didn’t try to “accidentally” grope her even once while he was taking her pictures, as most guys would have. She was smitten all over again.

When he suggested she change and join him in the pool (he said, “Join us,” and she heard, “Join me”), she ran into the house to change. Actually, she walked, but in her head right now, her entire life was running at full speed. She had brought a few different swimsuits with her. Which one to choose? She’d love to wear the little string bikini, which showed EVERYTHING, and she could make sure those strings were loose so he could just give them the tiniest tug, and she would be ... another dreamy sigh. No. Not with all these people around.

The bright orange one? It was bigger than the others, very conservative, and covered her up very well. No. Too boring. Not the tie bikini. It was black, showed a lot of skin, but the bottoms were sometimes bunchy and made her ass look fat. She did not want her ass to look fat for him. She decided to go with the tie top and the last suit for the bottoms. They weren’t very showy, but she could wear them high on her hips, which all the boys seemed to like. She really wanted him to like it, and even though she’d worn the same thing at the beach a hundred times, with Zane out there, she felt absolutely naked.

A little help

After the crazy little photoshoot, everybody jumped into the pool, and the games commenced. Handstands, whirlpools, piggyback fights, Marco Polo. This time, Zane stuck to Julia for every one of them, and this time, yes, Zane did steal a feel or two every now and then. Every single time made Julia’s heart flutter. His touch thrilled her, and although she wasn’t trying to, Julia stole a few discreet touches herself. His abs were so hard! So was his ass. So was his ... yes, she “accidentally” felt that once or twice as well.

When they got out, Zane was the perfect gentleman. He grabbed his towel, wrapped it around her shoulders, and helped towel her dry. All the while, he himself was still wet and glistening in the sun as he held her close and rubbed her body. They may have been out of the pool, but her head was still swimming. Carly casually walked by and noticed Zane was still all wet.

“Do you need another towel? There should be some by the changing stalls (there weren’t; Carly had just moved them) or in the guest bathroom. You know where that is, right?”

She gave Zane a smile. That was Carly saying, “Get her to the bedroom, boy!”

Zane gave her a wink that Julia didn’t notice and said, “Oh yeah, Thanks, we’ll be right back.” Not “I’ll” be right back, but “We’ll” be right back. He had no intention of being right back.

Then, still holding on to the towel around Julia, he led her into the house and down the hall to the guest bathroom, which was right off the guest bedroom.

They stepped into the guest bedroom, and Zane pushed the door closed behind them. That made Julia nervous, but then he let her go and stepped into the bathroom, where he grabbed a towel and started drying himself off.

Julia’s mind was going a million miles a minute. She was now alone, with her crush, in a bedroom, practically naked. She was more nervous than she had ever been with any of the boys who had actually seen her naked. But then, he was almost naked, too, and she just could not stop looking at that body. Especially as his muscles rippled and flexed when he started to dry himself off. She steeled herself, dug into her last ounce of courage, and said...

“Hey, it’s my turn!”

Then she grabbed the towel from him and took over the drying duty.

As she toweled off his chest and abs, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. She ended up crushed up against him with her arms up over her chest, holding the towel between them as he pulled her tight. Her face was just inches away from his. He stared into her eyes for a moment and then whispered to her.

“You are so beautiful.”

She looked down, turning a brilliant shade of crimson.

With one hand, he took the towel from her, lifted her chin up, and leaned forward to kiss her.

She closed her eyes. They kissed. One short little kiss, and then one long one. It was heavenly. Julia’s head was exploding. Oh my god, his lips are so soft! His body’s so warm. Should I open my mouth? Should I give him my tongue?

Zane answered that question for her, slipping his tongue into her mouth. They kissed soft and slow and sensuous for a few moments, and then they stopped. When they broke, they just stared into each other’s eyes. Wow! Was all either of them could think. They could both feel the sexual energy that filled the entire room.

Zane had known Julia since she was a freshman. She had always seemed nervous and shy and didn’t really talk too much. Over the last year, she had really grown up, at least physically. Her body had developed into this amazing woman that he held in his arms right now. That body seemed to give her a lot more confidence as well, as all the boys in school were constantly hitting on her. He had definitely seen her grow more confident and outgoing since joining the cheer team. Yet, they had never really spoken.

Julia had always seemed so shy around him. Zane had also usually been attached, and Julia had always had a boy or two buzzing around her. She’d never seemed interested in him.

But now, after talking with her all afternoon, and swimming and playing, and now this. Wow, this girl was something else. This felt different. She didn’t seem like she was just trying to earn his favor to get a vote for cheer captain. There had not even been a single mention of the secret vote all afternoon. If that was what she was playing for, she was doing it right. Zane could see himself really falling for this one, even after the voting was over.