“I'll be there,” Bob yelled as the gate snapped shut . “Just give me a few minutes with Sandy.”
“That was rough, I'm sure,” said Sandy.
“Yeah... well it was brewing even before the summer break, but it really came to a head after that other day in the pool,” Bob said, “I just wasn't ready to admit it.”
“Uh huh, me too. I mean uh, you are talking about us aren't you?”
“Of course,” Bob said emphatically. “Can we go in the house?”
Sandy looked into Bob's eyes. “Kiss me first, like you did in the pool.”
Bob took a step toward Sandy, narrowing the distance between them. He leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. Sandy was still dripping wet and wearing only a pair of wet, almost transparent panties and Bob did so much want to press that gorgeous body against his. Still, he wasn’t sure he should even be touching her. After all, she had been his stepsister until their parents divorced. Bob kept his hands at his side.
Sandy, at seventeen, was two years younger and not yet a senior in high school. Still, she had no such reservations. She closed the remaining distance between them and putting her hands around Bob's waist, pulled his body into hers. As their tongues became entwined, his hands encircled her butt and grabbed hold of her wet panties.
As they continued to kiss, Bob moved his hand slowly up Sandy's side, caressing the bare flesh along the way. His fingertips reached the side of her breast and danced lightly across the skin, coming ever nearer to their ultimate prey, one of the rock-hard nipples that was currently pressed against his chest. As he was about to realize his quest, Sandy, still very much in tease mode, broke their kiss and said, “I promised you lunch.”
Bob stepped back and eyed Sandy with a look of befuddlement. After a brief pause he said, “That you did.” Still not sure what was going on, Bob took Sandy's hand and led her up the steps of the pool, toward the back-door of the house, hoping he would have the answer soon.
On a shelf, inside the back-door, was a pile of fresh towels. Sandy took one for herself and handed another to Bob. Although they studied each other intently as they toweled off, nothing of consequence was said by either.
After drying off and patting the moisture out of her panties, Sandy wrapped the towel around herself. As Bob threw his damp towel into the soiled linen basket, Sandy said, “I know this doesn't make a bit of sense. I have been running around practically naked in front of you and your friends for like, well at least the last hour, but for some stupid reason, I want to put some clothes on. Would you mind terribly?”
Bob hesitated, then said, “Truthfully? I was feeling a bit uncomfortable myself, us being alone in the house and all. No, you put on whatever makes you comfortable. I'll go out in the yard and get my shirt and flip-flops.”
Bob was sitting in the kitchen when Sandy returned. He was still wearing his damp cutoffs but at least his shirt was dry. Sandy was wearing a button-front blouse and ripped jeans with the top and bottom buttons of the blouse left undone. She was probably braless but the heavy material of the blouse left that as an uncertainty. Her look was sexy, but certainly within the norms of what a girl her age might wear to the mall.
Sandy remembered Bob's favorite lunch – it was hers too. After frying up some bacon and toasting several slices of bread, Sandy assembled a couple of BLT's on toast. She placed these on the table along with a couple of soft drinks, then sat down across from Bob, who was still trying to accept that he was not only 'in lust', but also quite probably 'in love' with the girl who - for a time at least - he had thought of as his sister.
Between bites and with frequent pauses for chewing and swallowing, the two carried on a semblance of a conversation.
“Did you have fun today?” Sandy asked.
“Uh huh,” Bob answered, “especially when it was you and me fighting for the ball.”
“Which did you like best, me kissing you, or you sucking on my boobies?” She reached up and undid the second button on the blouse.
Bob pretended not to notice, although he definitely had. He choked momentarily before responding, “Uh... I think I liked them both.”
“But you didn't like it when Paul was playing with my, uh...”
Bob interrupted, “No, no, you don't understand.”
“So tell me then. What?”
“From where I was sitting, I couldn't really tell what was going on, but I could tell from the look on your face that something was, and that you weren't acting all that upset about it.”
“And...” Sandy prompted.
“Look, I told you I was okay about you playing with my friends. Yes, I get a little jealous, but it also uh... well it turns me on.”
“But you acted upset.”
“A little, I suppose. Hey, I trust Paul. He'd never do anything to hurt either of us, especially not you. You're the sister he wishes he had.”
“Then what?”
“Charlie - its not the same with him. Oh, he loves you too, just not the same way.”
Sandy gave several seconds of thought to Bob's last statement. She looked intently at him and said, “You're going to have to explain what you mean.”
Bob complied, “When I was home over Christmas, Charlie and I got to talking about you.”
Sandy’s face lit up. “Oh yeah? And what were you saying?”
“Well, Charlie said he’d seen you a couple of times after he got back from his trip, but you had acted kind of cold. He didn’t know about our, quote, practicing, and chalked it up to the family splitting and things just not being the same.”
“You think he was guessing anything?”
“Nah. You and I had pretty much gone our separate ways. In fact that’s why it came up.”
“What? What came up?”
“He was still interested in you, talking about the time last summer when we were swimming and you had let me and him take your top off and play with your tits.”
“So he liked that, huh?”
“Shit yeah, he liked it. He thinks you’re just about the hottest girl he’s ever known.” Bob hesitated, looking at the sliver of bare skin being exposed by the two undone buttons. For sure not wearing a bra. He continued, “He was still thinking he might get hooked back up with you – asked me what I thought about him asking you for a date.”
Sandy turned kind of serious. “Well at least he was going to ask. He’d always just assumed before. That was why I kinda got fed up with him – him always acting so superior.”
“Well he is kind of that way, but he is still one of my best friends, and I expect a friend of yours too.” Sandy nodded. Bob slowed down and began to choose his words carefully. He looked off to the side as he said, “But that was when I realized I was thinking of you as more than a friend.” He returned to looking at Sandy. “So I told him I didn’t think it was a good idea.”
“Oh wow!” Sandy's face turned a light shade of pink. “Let me guess then. In the pool, you knew Charlie wouldn't be playing, and you didn't want to take the chance I might like it.” Sandy ran her fingers through her hair. “Oh jesus!”
Bob looked down at the table. “Yeah, I guess something like that.” He looked up and suggested, “How about we talk about something else?”
Sandy nodded and said, “Okay.” She turned slowly to the counter behind her and picked up Bob's phone from it. “Sure,” she said, pushing the phone toward him. “Here's your phone. I deleted the girls' phone numbers, but I left the pictures of me.”
Bob's head jerked up, his eyes widened and he hastily covered his mouth with his hand. After several seconds he uncovered his mouth and said, “You saw the pictures.” It was a statement, not a question. “Oh my god, Sandy, how can you ever forgive me?”
“I don't have to. I'm not mad. I like it that you want pictures of me on your phone.”
“You do?”
“Uh huh. You want some more?” Sandy asked with a sparkle in her eyes.
“Well yeah, of course.