Chapter 8

I walked out to the pool through the kitchen. I grabbed a number of bottles of water for later. I met Alice and my mother by the pool. I left the water bottles out along with towels and my flip flops. I headed for the water.

Mom was lying on a lounge chair but Alice was in the water when I arrived. I joined her saying, “Hello, beautiful Alice.” I gently pulled her to me for an embrace. Her arms went around me pulling me close and tightly.

She said, “Ah! You’re wearing my favorite suit.”

“Just for you.”

She responded, “I like for you to do things for me. I enjoy doing things for you.” She smiled happily and gave me a light kiss. She released me and then said, “Let’s do some laps.”

I smiled back and nodded. We surface-dived to start our swimming. We churned water getting in four laps each.

We stopped and looked at each other grinning. I said, “That was fun.”

“Yes, it was. Let’s lay out for a while.” I nodded. We got out and went to lounge chairs. We lay on our backs holding hands.

My mother looked over grinning. “I see the abbreviated suits are again in use. I’m guessing we don’t expect guests.” She grinned some more. “Are you going to take those suits when you start school? I think you should. I bet there will be some interesting stories as a result if you do.”

I said, “I will take mine if she will. We can coordinate wearing them as we are doing now.”

Alice said, “I will think about it. Jerry will have to talk to me some about wearing mine. No one has ever seen it before when I wore it earlier. I just wore it at home for tanning. I didn’t even wear it when swimming in the creek at home.”

I hoped she would wear it more and even hoped she might wear it if we went to the creek when at her house this weekend. She added, “Jerry will have to pack his suit when he takes me home for this weekend if he has any hope of seeing this one more.”

I said, “I will pack it and hope.” Mother chuckled at that. Alice smiled and gave my hand a light squeeze.

After a bit, we turned over and switched hands but continued to hold hands. It was a bit later when Alice said, “Let’s get in the pool again.” I smiled and pulled her up gently. We dove into the water and lazed around. Alice asked, “Hot tub?” I smiled nodding. We left the pool for the hot tub removing the cover. I turned on the jets and we got in sitting closely. After a moment, Mom joined us.

Mom asked, “How close are you two planning to get?”

Alice was a bit startled. “Physically, we’re there. Emotionally, there is quite a ways to go. We’re in no hurry. We’ll let our lives progress at a reasonable speed.”

I decided that nodding and keeping silent was a good program. However, my mother wasn’t ready to stop, “Jerry, what about you?”

“I’m happy with fair Galadriel this close as we get to know each other. Like Alice said, we have plenty of time for our emotions.”

Mom smirked, “If you can figure out who you are with.”

I smiled. “That’s easy. I’m with the intelligent and beautiful Galadriel Alice Meadows.”

Alice grinned “Jerome isn’t bad on either of those items either.”

Mom said, “No one has ever called Jerry beautiful before.”

Alice replied. “Well, they should. He’s a beautiful man, inside and out.”

Mother was quiet but looked a little surprised. I was a bit surprised about what Alice said and how vehemently she said it. We continued to enjoy the hot tub quietly.

After many minutes, Alice rose and faced away from me. Her bottom was in front of my face and it was a beautiful sight. She said, “Jerry, let’s get in a couple laps before we go inside for lunch.”

I smiled and said, “Yes, dear lady.”

We left my mother in the hot tub and ran to the pool. We dove into it and began to swim. The cool water of the pool had a cooling effect upon one particular part of my body. I decided that that was a good thing. My suit showed my excitement much too easily. Swimming in the cool water reduced my size appreciably. We did three laps each before Alice stopped. I stopped behind her and watched as she exited via the pool steps. She watched as I walked up. What had gone down started back up.

We toweled dry and followed my mother into the house. Once in there, she asked, “Are sandwiches okay?”

We both responded, “Yes, Ma’am.”

“Good. You can each make your own to taste.” She grinned. I helped her get all the items from the fridge onto the table while Alice pulled paper plates for the three of us. We began to make our sandwiches. Alice watched as I piled meat and cheese high before adding tomato and lettuce. I used dark mustard before piling the meat on. On the other slice, I used Thousand Island dressing.

She smiled. “Jerry, I think your mother would let you have two sandwiches.” She had used regular yellow mustard and mayonnaise on her sandwich like my mother did.

I said, “At least, it’s better than Dad who puts blue cheese on one of his slices.” I grinned.

Alice said, “It’s good on salads but I’m not sure about on a sandwich.”

Mom said, “That’s okay. Your father has other great features.” She grinned.

I took a big bite out of my sandwich. I did manage to chew with my mouth closed. We had some chips and a few sweet gherkin pickles each. I finished everything enjoying the food and the company.

We finished our meals and cleaned up and put away the extra food. When finished, Alice and I took cold lemonades outside. We lay out by the pool.

After about thirty minutes, we rolled over and let the sun shine on our backs. After another thirty minutes, Alice said, “I’m hot.”

I grinned. “Yes, you’re very hot though I’m guessing ‘you’ meant temperature. Let’s get in the pool.” She slowly grinned back and levered up. She very intentionally went to her hands and knees before rising to stand up right. A part of me was now upright! We walked to the water with me following her. I said softly. “I’ll follow you anywhere.”

She said, “Good. Let’s get in the pool.” We walked into the shallow end. Once in the water, she turned to face me. “Jerry, it’s fun to tease you. I don’t want us to do anything too soon and possibly spoil what we’re building.”

“We won’t. However, you are amazingly attractive and sexy even without trying. When you give it a try, you are unbelievable.”

“That’s just your opinion.”

“Alice, I’m not the only one who thinks you are very attractive and sexy. My dad thinks so and he hasn’t seen your suit. Joe thinks so and he’s seen you in your other suit. Alice, you’re smart but you are also beautiful.”