Chapter 5

• I followed Mark out our front door and down the sidewalk to his house two doors down. Aftershocks from what we’d just done still rolled through my limbs. I tried to ignore the slippery feeling between my legs as I followed him. He’d set a fast pace, so I had to jog to keep up with him after I shut our front door.
• He gave me a heavy sigh and worried glance when I reached his side. His discomfort did nothing to reassure me. Whatever madness that had taken over my body while we were in my room was gone. I’d never even kissed anyone before and now I’d begged Mark to do more than kiss me. To touch me. Everywhere.
• I was scared he would change his mind now, and even more that he wouldn’t. The reality of what we’d done hit me as hard as the bright summer sun. I hadn’t had time to process what it all meant. What had been a crush was now crushing me. Did he really like me or was this some kind of game to him. Did I even have the right to ask, given that I’d basically forced him to do what we’d done?
• I knew he had an off and on girlfriend. Sophie. She laughed too hard at things that weren’t really funny. And the way she ordered Mark around, like he was her personal slave, had always pissed me off. He had put up with her for a long time. Too long.
• But now he’d kissed me and taught me about orgasms. Holy hell, I was still trembling from that lesson. I felt like a puppy looking for another scratch as I paced along with him.
• When we walked up his driveway, he glanced up and down the street. No one else was out, not even kids playing. I noted that his hand shook when he punched in the code on his front door.
• I almost turned around and left right then, but his shorts were still tented and my reservations immediately gave way to curiosity. He gave me a nervous smile when I followed him inside. Biting my thumbnail, I watched him lock the door behind us, my stomach doing flips.
• Mark kicked off his running shoes and went into the dark house. “Come on.”
• I followed him through the familiar living room and out the sliding glass door that opened into the covered pool area. We came over to swim all the time. Usually just me and Joe, and Mark with his little brother Mason. Sometimes Bethany swam with us or Mason’s best friend, Trevor.
• Mason was cute like Mark, but he was so immature. Instead of hanging out or being cool like everyone else, he always tried to dunk me or feel me up. Every time I tried to talk to him, he clammed up or ignored me. That was a shame because he was my age and had a nice body like his older brother.
• I stood in the middle of the patio while my heart pounded in my ears. This was the moment of truth. Do I really want to do this? My body trembled its response. Yes!
• Mark ignored me and just pushed down his shorts and underwear. His sudden nudity did funny things to me. I noticed he didn’t have tan lines. His muscles looked so hot, defining his back and legs. I’d never seen a guy’s naked butt before in person, but the skin looked so soft I wanted to walk over and rub it.
• When he turned, his cock still jutted and bounced up and down as he moved. I couldn’t take my eyes off it. It was thick and veiny, with a pink head swollen wider than his shaft. I knew from my internet inventory of cocks that he was circumcised. It was big, but not freakish like some I’d seen online. The heat returning to my belly drained away the last of my fear.