“Wow! That was quick!”
Hopefully she wouldn’t be saying that in my ear in bed, I thought, but said, “I have some help.”
“That’s great! More the merrier! I’m surprised you could rope any of your friends into getting up on Saturday morning.”
“They didn’t. Sam’s helping me out.” Even as I said it, I wondered why I brought her up.
“Sam?” Jen laughed. “I can see that. She doesn’t look like the kind of girl who minds getting her hands dirty. Probably didn’t even have to worry about what clothes to wear. She looks like that every”
“Jen.” I turned around, putting my back to Sam and speaking lower. “I’ve told you about that. Why do you always pick on her?”
“Why do you always defend her?”
“Because she’s my best friend.”
“Men and women can’t be best friends. One of them always ends up wanting it to be more.”
“Wise for your eighteen years,” I told her.
“It’s true.” She sighed. “You hang with her because she’s like a guy, but without the attitude, and she hangs with you because she … well, she proves my point.”
“That again? Come on, Jen. I’ve told you Sam’s just a buddy.”
“You see it that way. But anyway, thank you so much for helping me with this, Justin! Earth Day’s in the middle of the week, so this Saturday is really the best chance we had to get a lot done.”
“No problem.” Sensing movement, I looked over my shoulder to see Sam slipping her sneakers back on. “So, what are you doing tonight? My mom is leaving in a few hours.”
Sam got up and putting her Red Sox cap on backwards she grabbed her trash bag and headed for another clump of bushes leaving the backpack behind.
“Well, seeing it’s going to take a good part of the day up here, we thought we would make the most of it and throw a little party, make a fire, hang out, have some fun.”
“Really?” Recalling Rob was there, I felt more than a twinge of unease. “How about I come up?”
“Well …” Jen paused, and the twinge grew into a twisting sensation in my stomach.
“Well, what?”
“Look, Justin, sometimes I just want to hang out with friends and, you know, not always be with someone.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” I said, raising my voice and glancing over at Sam to see if she had noticed, but she was on her knees pulling beer bottles out from underneath the bushes.
“Hey, don’t get mad, baby,” Jen purred. “I just want to chill with some people I haven’t seen in a while, okay?”
“I just figured—”
“Now, tomorrow, on the other hand,” she said, giggling, “rumor has it my hot boyfriend is going to have his place all to himself until the next day. Hmmm.”
My jealousy was quickly replaced by another twinge, but this one lower than my stomach.
“You know, Justin, you’ve been so sweet about waiting for me, I think it’s time you and I got a lot closer.”
“You do?” It wasn’t exactly smooth, but I couldn’t think about anything but Jen in my bed looking up at me with those big blue eyes, her naked body moving against mine.
“I do, baby. I have some things to do in the morning, but how about I come over around three?”
“Yeah, that sounds great.”
“I’ll see you then, baby.” Jen released a sweet sigh into the phone that caused my cock to throb and added, “I’m going to so make it worth you waiting.”