Always Summer (10 page)

Over the
break, Blake had begun to get pretty fit.
 
He was still all skinny, but he was stronger, and his endurance on his
skateboard was impressive.
 
It was fun to
be hanging out with him, skating around town, and Jordan was pretty cool
too.
 
I was still unsure of how I felt
about Cameron and Dylan... the jury was still out concerning them, but I was
willing to let them prove themselves.

Blake.

Stepping
out of the
DMV
, I scanned around the
parking lot looking for
Summer
.
 
She was supposed to be waiting for me out there.

I felt her
hands on my shoulders, before I felt her pull herself up and jump on my
back.
 
I grabbed her legs which were now
wrapped around me, and I walked a few steps forward.

Summer had
always been a bit touchy feely... and I didn’t mind, in fact I encouraged it
when I could, but recently, our mucking around had been getting a little out of
hand.

Last week,
while she was studying for her learner’s permit test; she was seated at my
desk, and I was on my bed, asking her questions; she had gotten bored and
started throwing spit wads at me, using some scrap paper I had left on my desk.

“Summer!”
I warned.

Another
spit wad... on my cheek... and she was smiling.

“Don’t
start something you can’t finish!” I growled, wiping off the offending glob.

So she
picked up my jar of paper clips and tossed them all over me, before sprinting
out my door laughing.

I howled
aggressively and made chase, down the stairs... through the kitchen and into
our back yard.
 
She would’ve been at a
greater advantage if she had’ve run through the front door.
 
As it stood, our back yard was fenced in and
locked... with 6ft fences.

She ducked
around garden furniture, threw outdoor cushioned seating at me and continued to
evade me for as long as she could.

When I
finally caught her... I tackled her to the grass and pinned her on her back
beneath me.

Her hair
had fallen out of her standard ponytail, and it was splayed across the grass
around her head.
 
Her hands were pinned
beside her shoulders by my hands pushing her wrists into the soft grass, and
her body was trapped by mine, since I was straddled over the top of her hips.

She was
laughing up at me, and her chest was rising and falling in big waves.

“You’re in
trouble now!” I warned... feeling more in trouble myself than the other way
around.

“Yeah?
 
What are you gonna do?” she challenged,
sarcastically.

And the
fact was... what came to my mind immediately was that I should lean in and kiss
her.
 
My cock began to stir at the
thought, and I had to stop myself, but not before leaning in an inch from her
face.

“Uncomfortable?”
I asked.
 
Her eyes hadn’t even blinked...
I wasn’t sure if she was actually wanting me to kiss her, or not believing I’d
do it.

She had a
boyfriend... Jordan... and he was my friend too!

I had a
girlfriend... Stephanie... and she
was
friends with
Summer too!

Complicated!

“Not at
all!” she answered... but there was something distinctly different about her
voice...
was it huskier?

We stayed
like that for a minute more, staring into each other’s eyes; before I stopped
myself from ruining things, and instead, turned my head, and licked her cheek
from her jaw to her temple.

“
Aaarrrrrhhhh
!”
Summer screamed, giggling and thrashing
underneath me.

“Told you!”
I chuckled.
 
Leaning back and watching
her face shows signs of distress and disgust.

“You’re
disgusting!” she laughed, and I finally let her up... yet I stayed there and
let her hit me, before I could get up from the grass myself... for fear of her
seeing my reaction to her close proximity to me moments before... clearly
displayed in my pants.
 
All the same, I
had no doubt she’d felt it, despite my attempts to lift my hips slightly from
her body.
 
I was just glad she hadn’t
said anything.

Now outside
the
DMV
, with
Summer
on my back, talking directly into my ear, I was working hard not to... um...
get excited!

“So, you
got it too now... another few months and we’ll be able to drive everywhere
instead of skating.” She enthused.

“Yep.”
I
agreed, a tickle spreading from my neck and down my entire right side till it
pooled in my groin.
 
I swallowed, “At
least it will be handy during
Winter
.
 
I can’t say I’ll miss trying to get to school
through the cold weather with just a skateboard.” I laughed.

“Like you ever did.”
She huffed, as she shifted further up my back to get a better purchase.
“You walk everywhere when there’s ice around.”

“I’m smart,
what can I say?” I replied.

Jordan was
walking up the path; he’d gone and bought ice-creams... a celebration?!
 

I dropped
Summer
from my back, since I felt funny touching her with
him around.
 
I knew he didn’t like it...
I wouldn’t either.

Jordan had
finally hit 5ft 11in.
 
Summer had slowed
down in her growing, maintaining a 5ft 9in height for the last year. I too had
slowed down, measuring in at 6ft 3in at last Christmas.
 
I didn’t feel as though I was going to grow
much more, I had been filling out a bit since the Winter break.

Jordan and
I had maintained our boot camp antics throughout the last two years, and it was
noticeable.
 
I was the happy owner of a
decent six pack, and Stephanie, my girl, was pleased too.

Thoughts of
Stephanie often brought with them, feelings of guilt.
 
Don’t get me wrong, I really did like her...
a lot.
 
But
Summer
was still my goal.
 
I texted Stephanie
that I had successfully obtained my learners permit.

“Blake.”
Jordan announced, handing me an ice-cream, and patting me on my shoulder.

I tilted my
head up in answer, took the ice-cream and smiled, before I referred back to my
texting conversation with Stephanie.

Jordan
grabbed
Summer
by the waist and swung her into
him.
 
She giggled, and I felt an urge to
vomit.
 
I covertly watched as he planted
a kiss on her cherry glossed lips, before taking a bite of her ice-cream.

“Hey you...
eat your own ice-cream!” she squealed back.
 
He just grinned at her.

Yep, I was
intensely jealous.
 
Worse still, although
I got to touch her too... she wasn’t mine, and our contact wasn’t anything like
the way Jordan described their making out... fuck!

Summer, to
her credit, never, ever talked about Jordan to me.
 
Since we hung out alone a lot of the time, it
was good to know when we were alone, it was just us.

“Glad
that’s over!” Julie said from the
DMV
doorway, walking over to us.

Summer
grabbed the last ice-cream from Jordan’s hand and trundled over to Julie to
hand it to her, giving her a great big hug.

“A couple
of months, and we’ll be driving everywhere!” Summer said to her.

Julie
smiled knowingly at
Summer
and gave her a cheeky wink.

“Now,”
Julie started, “
Summer
and I are going shopping for
dresses... you two go and do boy things.” She announced.

This had
been the deal from the get go... Julie had made it perfectly clear that she
wanted to buy herself gifts today... for getting her permit.
 
She’d also made it perfectly clear that she
didn’t want any guys to attend.

That was
cool... we were off to Cameron’s house anyway.
 
He had a games room, with a pool table and a huge TV that we could play
Playstation
on.
 
We would be in boy heaven for hours.

Summer went
over to Jordan and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, before he grabbed her
and forced a breath stealing kiss on her mouth... Ugh!
 
I turned away... forming another text on my
phone.
 
I still had time to put my phone
away before he had finished with her.

Then, she
turned to me and for the first time in ages... at least in public; she grabbed
my left cheek and forced my right cheek into her lips for a crushing kiss.

“Mwah!” she
said as her lips mashed against my face, leaving sticky traces of her lip gloss
on my cheek.
 
She stood back and gave me
a wicked grin before meandering off with Julie, arms interlocked.

I looked
momentarily in shock at Jordan... but he just shrugged and shook his head.

“Ah...
sorry, man!” I apologized.

“Pffft...
it was nothing!” Jordan announced.
 
“She’s just being
Summer
.” He smiled, but I
could tell he was pissed about it.

“So how is
Steph
?” Jordan asked, as we turned to leave in the opposite
direction.

“Yeah good.”
I answered.

“Hey, can I
ask you something?” Jordan asked.
 
He had
that uncomfortable look he sometimes got when he wanted to ask me about
something to do with
Summer
.
 
I didn’t like that look, it made me
defensive.

“Um... sure?”
I said uncertainly.

“How far
have you gone with
Steph
?” Jordan asked.

“How far?”
I returned.

“Yeah, you
know... making out.” He explained.

“Oh... um,
I’m not sure she’d like me tellin’ you.” I suggested.

“Blake...
I’m not gonna tell her, I’m just needing some direction... some comparison.”
Jordan reasoned.

“Oh,
okay... well, I’ve copped a feel before... you know... her breasts.” I
replied.
 
It was only last weekend in
fact.
 
Stephanie wanted to go further,
but my nerves got the better of me.

“Yeah?
 
Skin?” he inquired.

“Yeah!”
I
confirmed.

“Cool,”
Jordan said, and then he offered, “
Summer
won’t let me
touch her like that at all.
 
It’s all
outside the clothes!”

Thank God!
I thought... I didn’t want her to let him
touch her either.

“Yeah, I
imagine she’s one of those girls who’ll wait till she’s 17.” Jordan said.

“I imagine
you’re right.” I suggested.
 
Could we get off this topic now?

*

Summer was
one of those girls after all, so... I was one of those guys too... by which
time, Stephanie had moved on from me, and was ‘doing it’ with Cameron... and my
first time was with a girl named Kim - who was just a random girl at Dylan’s
17th birthday party, who I took a momentary fancy to, after finding out Summer
and Jordan had done the deed; information courtesy from Jordan... of
course.
 

I had
wanted to punch Jordan’s face in, before I realised I couldn’t!
 
So I did the next best thing, and fucked some
random chick!
 
Just handed over my ‘virginity’
to a complete stranger!
 
I didn’t want to
get to know her... since any girl would’ve been okay!

I was
between my junior and senior year, and I had been without a girlfriend for
about 5 months, since I just couldn’t lie to myself anymore and continue to use
girlfriends as preparation for
Summer
.
 
It was far better to use random girls who
knew that they were only getting a one night fling.
 
So, the remainder of the holidays saw me
whoring myself around at every possible party... one night stands were the
order of the day!

After the
break, our senior year continued in much the same way as previous years.
 
Summer and I returned to a semblance of
normalcy... I ignored the intimacy of her relationship, and continued to broker
several short relationships with different girls; they always were concerned
over my ‘odd’ relationship with
Summer
.
 
None of them lasted very long.