The blonde girl dropped her backpack and shrieked. Keisha and Jennifer jumped apart only to shriek right back at her. A second ticked by. Then, another.
"P-p-penny?" Keisha asked.
Penny raised an eyebrow. "Ally? Is that you? What are you doing in here?"
"Ally?" Keisha mumbled under her breath. "Wait, what are you doing in here?"
The blonde girl held up her phone. "You said I could change in here, you said no one would be home. I thought you were having a pool party—not whatever this is. Where is everyone?"
"They, uh, I guess everyone went home. They left when you didn't show up. Why were you late?" Keisha asked.
The blonde girl studied the two in the Jacuzzi. She was immaculate as she stood there in ordinary, but very tight, cargo pants that barely went up to her waist. And she wore a t-shirt in the same fashion as Keisha's, though Penny's chest didn't threaten to overwhelm the thin fabric. Penny reached down and collected her bag off the floor.
"Sorry, my parents wanted me to have dinner with them first. I couldn't get away, they're old-fashioned." She narrowed her eyes, annoyance crept onto her face. "Wait, was this another one of your 'Oh my God, I want you to meet some new people' things? How many times do I have to tell you I just want to be your friend, I don't need to meet everyone in the school," she complained as her eyes settled on Jennifer. "And who's this? Ally!"
Keisha put an arm over Jennifer's shoulder. "This is Jennifer. She's my best friend."
The annoyance fled in a heartbeat, replacing it was surprise and confusion. The blonde girl just seemed to notice Jennifer for the first time. She blinked. She shook her head. But no matter what Penny did, the scene remained the same. The small white girl with glasses stood boldly in the center of the small spa as her nakedness bled through her soggy top.
"Uh-huh..." Penny began, "And why haven't you ever mentioned her before?"
The two, wet girls looked at each other. Keisha froze, her eyes searching and pleading for help. Then, Jennifer spoke up.
"I'm not exactly, you know, popular," she said.
"So you're secret best friends, that do what? Shower with each other?"
Jennifer considered before answering, "Oh, no. This is the first time actually—and it was just hot, that's all. Aaliyah—I mean Keisha—was using the pool, so we just came in here."
The tall blonde's bright eyes sparkled. She nodded. "I see. I mean, I guess it does look kind of fun."
"Yeah," Keisha said, "and all those other girls that were here earlier, well, that was a mistake. I don't like them anyway. So, I made them leave. Sorry about that."
Penny nodded thoughtfully.
Keisha squeezed Jennifer's shoulder and took a breath. "You can come in—I mean, if you want."
"I brought my bathing suit," Penny said, holding up her bag. But then she paused. "I guess I'd be overdressed though."
Jennifer clutched the bottom of her shirt and pulled it down into the water.
"You could just go in, you know, with what you have on?" Keisha suggested.
The girls held their collective breath. Penny eyed her bag, then brought her gaze back to the two nearly naked teenagers. As time ticked by, the boldness and audacity of the idea wrapped around Keisha's neck like the moisture in the air. It closed in around her like it was strangling her. She started to panic.
She suddenly blurted out, "But you don't have to if you don't want to, that's fine."
"No, I mean I guess it's cool... Why not?" Penny eventually said.
It appeared that Penny was almost reluctant to turn away, but when she did, the two terrified girls sighed in unison. Relief washed over their faces. They watched as the pretty girl set her bag on the counter and began removing her shoes.
When Penny kicked her leg up to peel off her sock, the hem of her pants plummeted below her waist. They were tight around her full bottom, but they still slipped down more than an inch. There, sprouting up in its place, was a preview of the pale skin of her buttocks. It contrasted sharply with the darker, tanned skin of her lower back.
She shifted her weight and began working on her other foot. Another inch. Penny tugged at her pants, but they sank right back down. She abruptly stopped fidgeting with the stubborn sock still clinging to her calf. Penny peered over her shoulder and caught the girls staring.
"It's just, you're, you know—" Keisha started to explain.
"You're so pretty!" Jennifer added.
Penny rolled her eyes and turned back to her leg. But she didn't immediately resume what she was doing. Instead, she paused, hunched over, and flashed swaths of her pale skin. Her tone softened.
"It's just, I, well... I'm not wearing, you know..." she said.
"We're not wearing bras either," Keisha replied.
"But I'm not wearing—" she gulped "—any panties."
Keisha coughed. "You're... You're not? But then how do you—I mean doesn't it, you know, like get in the way?"
"I never wear them," Penny said.
The nervous black girl looked to her friend, then back to Penny. She swallowed. "But what happens when it, you know, gets hard?"
Penny shrugged and started peeling her sock away. The cargo pants fell a little lower but got caught up on her hips. She grunted. "It normally doesn't, I mean it does but—I can't believe I'm telling you all of this. And I can't believe that I'm even doing this. This is crazy!"
Keisha pressed her. "But what happens when you see, I dunno, a pretty girl?"
"I like boys," she said plainly.
"Oh, right. Us too, right Jen?"
Jennifer nodded emphatically.
The sock finally came off and Penny stood up straight. She checked herself in the mirror, adjusting her hair and smoothing out her light blue top. "So what do you guys do when you're horny?"
Jennifer's eyes went wide. She would be no help fielding that question. Keisha tried her best to sound calm, "Oh, you know, nothing much. It's not a big deal."
Penny frowned in the mirror so they could see she wasn't satisfied.
"I just, you know, cross my legs and just like ride it out, I guess," Keisha explained.
"Me too," Jennifer said, nodding.
The blonde girl produced a small hairband from her bag and tied her hair back. "So, I keep my shirt on? Is that the way this works?"
"If you want, yeah. But Penny, can I ask you something?"
She shrugged.
"Do you have like, a boyfriend?"
"Nope. Not right now anyway—but I've told you this. You're acting really weird, Ally."
Keisha gave a sheepish grin. "Right, yeah, it's just hard to believe, since your so—"
"Pretty!" Jennifer shouted.
Penny laughed. "Oh my God, I can see why you keep her, she's fun."
Jennifer slouched her shoulders. "Oh, right. I'm sorry, I just—I mean it's true, you are! And I just get kind of nervous, I'm not exactly the same as you, you know? Like, we couldn't be more different. I'm just amazed you're even here with me, that's all."
"You look alright to me if that's what you're asking. But I guess you're kind of sweet in a way, so thank you. Most people just want to, you know..."
The scraggly brown ponytail wagged in the air as she gave her most disapproving nod. "Some people are just jerks, that's why."
"You can say that again." Penny zipped up her bag and backed away from the counter. She took a breath. "OK, this is crazy, but, whatever. Fuck it!"
"Fuck it!" Jennifer repeated.
"But you can't tell anyone about this!" Penny insisted. "Promise me! Both of you!"
Jennifer was quick to answer. "We promise—believe me—we promise! Everyone thinks I'm a lesbian anyway."
Penny narrowed her eyes. "Are you?"
"I don't think so—no! I like boys too, just like you."
Keisha added in a quiet voice, "At least I don't think I am."
That stopped Penny in her tracks. She was just a few feet from the tub. "I see why everyone likes you now, Ally. You just say what's on your mind like you don't care what anyone thinks."
Jennifer opened her mouth to say something, but Keisha pinched her side and silenced her. The irritated brunette just rolled her eyes instead.
"Well," Penny said. "I guess this is it." But she didn't exactly start unbuttoning her pants. Instead, she just stood there, looking down at them, her arms dangling at her sides.
Keisha floated to the edge of the spa and beckoned her over. "It's OK, we were nervous too. It's easier if someone else does it."
"Seriously!" Penny exclaimed. "How do you do it? You're so confident. I don't know anyone like you."
"Neither do I," Jennifer mumbled.
Penny took a tentative step. Then, another. Her cargo pants skimmed along the tile wall and came away damp. She raised her arms to her chest, clasped her hands together, and peered down at the flat skin of her abdomen. It wasn't lined with the rigid lines of a six-pack, but rather had the soft, feminine shape of a girl who exercised regularly and paid attention to her core. Just below that sat a long runway of flesh that turned white and kept going all the way down to the sagging waistline of her pants.
"May I?" Keisha asked politely.
Penny nodded.
The black teenager took a breath, then dropped low into the water until her chest was even with the waterline. Her breasts floated on the surface, bobbing as little waves lapped against them. Voices picked up outside just as she reached out a hand and connected with the flimsy, dark material of Penny's pants.
"Who's that?" Penny asked.
"Uh, oh, no one—it's just my sister."
"What's her name?"
"Keisha," Keisha lied.
"What's she like?"
Keisha bit her lip. "She's, I dunno, quiet—"
"Kind of a nerd," Jennifer said.
Penny shuddered. The clasp on her pants hung freely in the air, and without any support, the zipper glided down all on its own. "She sounds mysterious," Penny thought out loud.
Keisha ignored her. She slowly peeled away both ends of the opening. The blonde girl's stomach went rigid as she flexed in front of her, right as Keisha began to tug.
"Are you ready?" Keisha whispered.
Penny pressed her hands tight into her chest. She blinked her big, bright eyes and nodded. Her pants gave way.
Jennifer opened her mouth and gaped stupidly as the base of the trans girl's shaft materialized in front of her. It was the same pale, white complexion as the soft skin that surrounded it. It was thinner than she'd imagined though, narrower. But as the dark material descended lower, and more of it came into view, Jennifer gasped. She did it loudly right there in front of everyone. Penny's long penis drooped between her thighs, dangling there in the open.
"How do you hide that?" Jennifer wondered out loud. She immediately covered her mouth.
But Keisha had fewer reservations and seconded her friend's opinion. "Seriously, it's so big," she mused.
Penny promptly took over and slipped her pants over her thighs and down her legs. She bounced right back up and stood there before them with what Keisha estimated was five inches of flesh sticking to her thigh. Penny sounded different too, like there was less energy in her voice.
"Really?" she asked. "Do you think so? I've never really, you know, been with anyone."
The girls nodded emphatically. "It is," they said. Then Keisha asked, "Wait—does it get bigger? I mean, it's not like, you know, hard yet, right?"
Penny shook her head. "No—yeah, it gets bigger."
"It's so pretty, just like you," Keisha said. “Oh my God! You're blushing!”
A rose color crept over Penny's cheeks as she and the others stared at the shape between her legs. "So, can I like, get in now?" she asked.
Keisha apologized. She rose and escorted the girl up the steps and into the water. "You can sit right here, right between us."
Penny did as she was told. She gave a puzzled look to Keisha who turned and started fidgeting with the controls. "What are you doing?"
"The jets, I'm trying to... Ugh! I know it's here somewhere. Ah! There we go!"
A moment later the little motor came to life and bubbles started pouring through the small nozzles in the walls.
Keisha raced back to her seat beside the leggy blonde girl, a proud look on her face. "I just thought that maybe you'd want some privacy."
Even in the dark, they had been able to see through the crystal clear water, but now it was covered in a white foam. The girls stretched their legs and got comfortable. It was Jennifer's shy voice that broke the silence.
"Penny, can I ask you something?"
Penny splashed the foam, trying to keep it away from her top. "Sure, I guess."