Chapter 10: Sneaking a Peek

The next morning the sun shone bright and the air was still warm, as summer had not yet given way to the Midwest autumn coolness. Sonya got up and was excited for the first day of school, and the chance to see her friends, most of whom she’d not seen all summer. She smiled as she stepped out of bed, her body naked except for the new thong. She stood up and went to her dresser, dropping the thong she wore to bed to the floor, and pulling out a fresh one. She stepped into the leg holes and slid them up her slender thighs, wiggling her butt as she pulled them on. She couldn’t resist sliding her hand inside the front of them, to feel the soft skin of her still freshly shaven mound, which drew another mischievous smile to herself. Despite the warm weather, she picked out a pair of jeans to wear, as most of her shorts would not comply with the dress code of her Catholic school. The jeans were very tight however, and she was happy to notice as she twisted to look at her backside in the mirror that with the thong on, there were no signs of panty lines pushing through the denim. A bra, though not needed for support, kept her nipples from poking through the material of her tight tank top. She pulled a light blouse on over it, buttoning it only at the bottom button, and rolled up the sleeves. She knew the teachers and administration might frown on the tank top if she walked in the building with it, but with the blouse, she wouldn’t get any attention from them and could take it off during the day when it got warmer.

The morning was delightful, seeing old friends gathered around the lockers, catching up with each other, talking about the summer’s activities, moaning publicly about having to come back to the grind of school, but privately excited for the new school year to begin. Sonya briefly saw Lauren, who gave her a knowing look as she passed, smiling and nodding.

“She probably noticed the lack of panty lines on my butt, she knows I’m wearing a thong,” Sonya thought to herself as she smiled and nodded back to her friend. A bit later she saw the young boy Sean, her classmate, surrounded by some of the more popular boys in her class. They were the Jocks, the guys who were picked first for every team if they weren’t captains of those teams. And among this group, Sean was the leader. He was the best athlete, the fastest runner, the best soccer player, and the one who could hit a baseball farther than any of them. They were laughing and joking loudly, as those boys tend to do, hassling the less confident boys and girls who walked by their group. Sonya couldn’t help but stare. He was also the most handsome boy in her class; this was her opinion at least, and she knew it was shared by at least most of her friends. She wondered about that day he came to her house when she was naked and just couldn’t even think about answering the door. What had he come there for? Why didn’t he try to come back later, when she might have been decent? These questions tossed through her mind as she blankly stared his way from across the hall when suddenly she realized Sean was looking at her. Her stomach lurched as she realized she’d been staring at him, and as she looked he gave her a charming smile and a nonchalant toss of his head in a nod to her. Sonya blushed deeply and quickly turned away, too embarrassed even to return the nod. She carried the books for her first class in front of her, arms folded over them, and walked as quickly as she could away from there.

The first day of school went as most first days do, friends becoming reacquainted, classes being compared, teachers judged for their relative harshness in grading and homework assignments, and deciding on lunchroom territory. As school was letting out, Sonya had her books packed and was about to head out the door when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and it was none other than Sean. Her eyes went wide and she blushed again as he said “Hey Sonya, what’s up?” with a cocky smile and the same head toss.

Sonya was silent for a second as her mouth hung open before she managed to stammer out barely above a whisper “Umm ... H ... hi Sean”. It seemed like her tongue was barely able to form the words.

“Yeah, so hey, some of us are going to go to the bowling alley after school. You wanna come along? I think your friend Lauren is coming too, plus some other guys, we’re just gonna hang out for a few hours, if you’re down for that.”

Sonya couldn’t believe Sean was asking her to hang out. She wanted nothing more, but the idea of “hanging out” in some casual way was the most terrifying thing she could think of. She cursed her shyness to herself but knew even if she wanted to she couldn’t. “Umm, I can’t, my parents don’t get home until later and I have to go home to take care of my dog. I’m sorry Sean”

Sean looked at her for a second without saying anything, he appeared to be thinking about something. Finally, he said, “Oh, that’s cool, when do your parents get home?”

“I guess like around 5:30 or 6 usually” Sonya replied, wondering why he wanted to know.

“Oh, yeah, we’ll probably be leaving around then, no point in coming then I guess. Oh well, Maybe another time?” He replied.

Sonya thought to herself that Sean must really want her there if he was even thinking she might come after her parents were home. She wished she could, but was also a little relieved to have an excuse to get out of it. “Okay, yeah, maybe some other time. I better get going.”

“All right, see ya tomorrow I guess, Bye,” Sean said and he turned and walked away back to a group of his friends who were waiting for him. Sonya didn’t see Lauren around anywhere. The boys were laughing and poking at him as he returned to the group. Sonya rolled her eyes and turned to head home. “Stupid boys,” she thought to herself.

Back at home, she tossed her book bag on the floor as Max came bounding up to her, excited both to see her and for the chance to get outside and relieve himself after a long day all by himself. Sonya went to her room and quickly changed into her running clothes, some spandex running shorts, and a white sports bra. Max impatiently danced circles while she changed. Finally, she was ready and clipped the leash to his collar. They bounded outside and Max found the first tree they came to, sniffing it to find just the right side, then deciding on one he lifted his leg and let it fly, draining his bladder with gusto. Sonya laughed to herself, that dogs didn’t care a thing about who saw them peeing, how weird would it be if people did the same thing? That drew a cute little giggle from her that only she heard. Soon, Max was satisfied and they headed down the block, past Mr. Johnson’s house. She glanced that way, unconsciously hoping he might be outside to give her one of his friendly, kindly waves, but he wasn’t. She headed down the road and began her daily run, the warm sun feeling good on her face and bare tummy, a light sweat already began to make her skin glisten.

Meanwhile, at the bowling alley, Sean and his pals gathered around a pool table near the lanes, pouring quarters into the table, acting like they knew what they were doing, but mostly pushing the cue ball uselessly around the table. One of his friends, Derek, addressed Sean.

“So come on, what’s up with asking that Sonya chick here? She’s pretty cute and all, but she hardly says a word to anyone but her friends.”

Sean looked at him and smiled. “Yeah I know, I figured she wouldn’t come anyway. But I did get some interesting information about her. She’s home alone after school just about every day.”

Derek replied “Yeah, so? Lots of kids’ parents don’t come home until later.”

Sean rolled his eyes. “Jeez, are you stupid? Yeah, I know they don’t, but they don’t all look like her. Remember when we stopped by her house over the summer? That damn dog kept barking like crazy but she never answered? I still think she was home and just didn’t want to answer for some reason. I say we go over there and check out what happens when we know she’s there.”

“What for?” said Derek. “You wanna see her boobs or something?” With that, he laughed and missed another shot.

“Haha, idiot. You’ve never even seen a boob. But think about it, she’s so quiet and shy, she’d probably do anything if we were nice to her. Maybe I would get to see her boobs. Not that she’s got much haha.” Sean replied. He took his shot and sank the eight ball out of sequence, ending the game. “Damn, game over, you win. Come on, let’s get out of here and check it out.”

His buddy said, “What the heck, all right.” They said goodbye to the rest of their group, not saying where they were going, giving some lame excuses, and they hopped on their bikes and headed for Sonya’s.