Voyeur
Kevin McCallum was irritated. There were horses that needed shoeing, fences to be mended, and he was fairly certain that he smelled like a saddle. Rubbing a sweaty hand against his grimy forehead, he asked, "Endy? Why in the hell are you dragging me out to the swimming hole? We have other things that need to be done."
The ranch boss said nothing, but dipped his head with a strange smile on his face. Kevin was worried. Endy wasn't the type to smile, and the grin on his face was highly uncharacteristic.
"Stop." Endy finally spoke. On a gentle slope above the usually abandoned swimming hole was a copse of trees. Weeping willows moved as a gentle wind floated through. An ever alert Kevin heard voices below. Distinctly female voices. Kevin followed Endy's lead and dismounted, leaving the horses and moving closer to the trees.
Below them, two wet blonde heads appeared. Kevin immediately focused on one pretty face he recognized from earlier in the year. Mina, who had set his blood racing, had been kept under protection from her parents and he hadn't been able to get close to her again. Until now.
"We shouldn't be out here!" An unfamiliar pleaded. Kevin glanced at Endy and realized his friend was very interested in the owner of that voice.
"Why not?"
"We're too old to be doing this. What would Miss Setsuna say?"
"I, for one, prefer being clean. Plus, there is no one for miles around. We're in the middle of the prairie!"
Kevin looked more closely and noticed the white shifts and camisoles the young women were wearing had all but turned invisible in the cool water of the swimming hole. The light colored material molded to their lithe bodies, leaving literally nothing to the imagination. He was rendered speechless. Finally putting the relationships together, Kevin whispered, "That's Serena!"
"I know."
"But her father…"
"I know."
"Have you ever met her?"
"No."
"And how long…how long have you, they been out here?" Kevin asked, unsure how he felt about Endy watching Mina.
"A few weeks."
Endy's response was rewarded with a swift punch to his arm.
"We should go," said Kevin, not moving anywhere.
"Definitely." Replied Endy, staying still.