English short story

Chapter 10

Martha and Jack walked into the bar together. Martha had just finished her final exams for her university degree, and her and Jack were going out to celebrate. Martha smiled at Jack.

"How often do you drink?" Martha looked curiously at Jack.

"Not very often, what about you?" Jack replied and Martha shook her head.

"I never drink... only on special occasions. How much do you think you can drink in one minute?" Martha smiled at Jack.

"Umm... not much, why?"

"Well... i figure that tonight i don't want to get drunk, so we will simply see who can drink the most in a minute." She smiled at him.

"Do you mean alcoholic drinks?" She shook her head. "Glasses of lemonade. They are much harder to consume closer together."

"You bought me to a bar to celebrate your exams and drink lemonade?" She nodded.

"I have to work tomorrow, and i really don't want to be hung-over. Come on, it will be fun!!" She smiled at him.

"You are serious?"

"Drinks, all night long… person who drinks the least glasses of lemondade does a naked run through town." Martha giggled and Jack dropped his jaw.

"Are you serious about the naked run?" She nodded and Jack shook his head.

"Oh, come on! It will be worth it if you are the winner." She smiled. "Unless of course you are afraid of losing?" Jack sighed.

"IF you are the winner it will be fun. How about we change the prize? I am not really up to showing the whole of my new home my body. Showing you was embarrassing enough!" He coldly replied.

"Fine… how about a nude run along the beach, just the beach?" she tried to compromise but Jack shook his head.

"Gee… you're stubborn! Did you like what you saw or something?" He giggled and she glared in his direction.

"No! Well… maybe a little… well, no! That isn't the point… it would just be something fun! Please, for me?" She pleaded with him using her smile and he finally agreed.

"Ok, I suppose so. So, the person who drinks the most lemonade in one minute?" She smiled. "I can not believe i am having a lemonade drinking competition." Jack shook his head.

"I have to be responsible, i am working tomorrow! If i am going to not be able to drink alcohol on my celebration night then we can have lemonade instead... with a prize at the end." Jack smiled.

"Ok then..."

She grabbed his hand and shook. "Deal?" He nodded and shook her hand back. "Come on, let's go!"

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Martha rolled over onto the other side of the bed and sat up, noticing Jack getting dressed on the other side of the room. She smiled as the sun outlined his masculine figure. He then turned around and smiled at Martha.

"Morning sleepy-head." She looked confused and began to stutter.

"Did we….? We didn't… did we?" Jack smiled and shook his head.

"Nope, I was a complete gentleman. We played some games last night after our lemonade competition and you fell asleep next to the pool table. So, when are you planning on doing this naked run for me?" She smiled and threw a shoe at him.

"Get real; you drank less lemonade, so you have to do the run!" Martha laughed. "You have to do one for me!"

"Nope, you see… you were the last to finish and you took more than a minute! So you have to do one for me!" Jack smiled.

"I am so not doing a naked run for a smug police officer like you; you will probably arrest me again or something!" Martha stood up from the bed and threw another shoe at Jack.

"A deal is a deal." He smirked and Martha shook her head.

"Yeah…. And I drank the most, so I win!" She smiled, proud of her achievement.

"But… you also went over a minute!" Martha ignored Jack's comment and stepped into the bathroom to get dressed.

"I am not running alone naked on the beach where I grew up! It is just insane." Jack smirked and knocked on the bathroom door, and Martha stepped out. "What do you want now? I am finished… I was only in there for like a minute."

"You have to do the naked run! I won fair and square." She shook her head and smirked.

"It is going to take something special to convince me to do it, besides… when I made the deal I wasn't expecting I would lose. I wanted you to do the naked run." Jack turned around to face Martha, with a brilliant idea in his head.

"Why don't we both do the naked run?" He smirked. "That way I get my fair end of the deal for winning, and you can see me naked, just like you wanted? Fair?" She shook her head and laughed.

"You seriously want me to do the run that badly, that you would do it with me?" Jack nodded.

"I believe in a fair game! If you lose, you pay up." She shook her head and finally nodded.

"Fine! I suppose it is only fair." Jack laughed.

"Wow! You must really want to see me naked?" She shook her head.

"In your dreams, smug boy!"