"Dude, hey dude, DUDE!" I felt something kick my side.
"Dude, wake up, we gotta go," Kyle said. I peeled open my eyes and saw him walk away, navigating through the trash and sleeping people leftover. I slowly lifted myself up from the floor. My head felt a little heavy as soon as I sat up straight. Kenny was asleep next to curly blond on the couch.
"Ken, wake up," I shook his shoulder.
"nnhmm?" Kenny turned his head towards me. His orange hood was down and his eyes were half open. His messy blond fringe got in his eyes. I told him we had to go. He grabbed my wrist.
"Why? It's so... good here, man," he said groggily.
"Come on, we can't stay here forever." I eventually coaxed him off the couch and into the car. We found fat-ass sleeping in the backseat.
"So get any bitches, Cartman?" I asked climbing into the front seat.
"More than you would have," Cartman replied. Well no one seemed to know about what happened last night, thank god. And it was staying that way.
The rest of the day was spent driving around town, stopping to eat, more driving, fill up on gas, driving into nightfall. Kyle pulled over on the side of the road and we all slept in our seats. I woke up and saw the sky was still black. My eyes tilted over to the dashboard clock that read 2:17am. I glanced in the rearview mirror expecting to see Kenny asleep, but only saw his empty seat. I looked around the tiny car for the quiet blonde but only found a fat ass and Kyle.
I got out the car and called his phone. When his voicemail picked up I decided to search for him in the small town nearby. There wasn't much except gas stations, fast food, and souvenir shops. I came across a large building that had moving shapes in the shadows of the windows. Assuming someone was inside, I walked in and realized it's a community pool. The lights reflected the tinged blue water in waves on the walls.
Kenny's back was facing me, standing on the edge of the deep end admiring the light reflections. I don't think he heard me since he didn't turn around. Kenny removed his shoes and socks, placing them neatly on the side. Then he unzipped his orange jacket and let it fall behind him. His shoulder blades were visible in his white shirt. I didn't take my gaze off of him as he lifted his shirt up and tossed it behind him. His jeans followed and left him in only his boxer shorts. The blonde took a step back before canon-balling into the water.
I crouched down near the edge waiting for him to resurface. When he did, his messy blonde hair was sleeked back with water. Revealing every inch of his face.
"Were you watching me?" Kenny asked raising his eyebrow.
"What? No, I was just seeing where you went...is all," I said scratching the back of my head.
"Okay. Wanna come in the water? It's...wet," he said unsure of another adjective to describe the water.
"I...don't know," I felt my face grow warm. Goddammit I was blushing. I tried to turn away but didn't want to stop looking at Kenny.
I sighed and unzipped my jacket. Throwing off my hat, shirt, shoes, socks, and pants. Now I stood only in my boxers. Kenny wasn't even trying to hide the fact he was staring at my body. I plunged into the water and -shit it was freezing. I resurfaced fast and whipped my hair out of my face.
"Freezing your balls off?" Kenny said swimming closer.
"Yes," I crossed my arms in the water and shivered. We talked about pointless shit for a while whilst swimming about.
"So how come you haven't gone out with anyone since Wendy? Like that was years ago dude."
"Oh, yeah, well..." I had to think the answer fast. "I just haven't wanted to go out with anyone, you know." Kenny nodded and started swimming on his back. i stood still in the water.
"Do..." I stammered. "Do you remember last night a-at all?" I asked. Kenny looked into the water. A silence filled the air. He wouldn't respond. I grew impatient and got out of the water. I just pulled my jeans on when something spun me around. Kenny grabbed hold of my shoulders and planted his lips firmly on mine. My shoulders relaxed and I kissed back. His lips were still wet from the water. I dared to lick his bottom lip and he opened his mouth. Our tongues entwined.
It was obvious Kenny was a man of action than words. We could both tell there was something up between us but we never said anything. And now here we were, friends of ten years now making out in a community pool.
