"You guys think Alex is gonna make it?" Vern asked, shoving a marshmallow into his mouth. "I wope swe mhakes wit." We all laughed.
"Nice Vern, real classy." I grinned, shoving a stick into the fire we had built. "She might make it man, who knows? Her dad might not let her get out tonight." I shrugged.
"Her fathers an asshole." Chris said. We all nodded, but no one said anything. We all knew it, there was no point in discussing it further.
"I say, if she doesn't show up in the next half hour, we sneak into her backyard and kidnap her! Yeah!" Teddy said, throwing his fist into the triumphantly. We all groaned.
"Teddy, even if we were stupid enough to do that, which we probably are, she has a dog. A big fucking dog. Like, one huge mother fucker of a dog. Wolf mix or some shit like that. No way am I climbing over her fence to get my ... leg ripped off." Chris said.
"Then what are we gonna do if she doesn't come?" I asked
"We'll have a guys night. Ya know, hanging with the boys!" Teddy said.
"You can't have a guys night without me. It's just no fun without me. I'm the life of the party." Alexia grinned, throwing her sleeping bag at Teddy. "Miss me?" She smiled and pushed the hair that had managed to escape from her ponytail behind her ears. She shoved her hands into the pockets of her jeans almost as if she were nervous.
"We were just about to come kidnap you, Alex." Vern said, grinning widely. Alex laughed and shook her head.
"I appreciate that. Truly." She nudged me over with her knee and sat down between Chris and me. With a sigh she got herself comfortable and stole a marshmallow out of my hand.
She looked different. I mean, physically she looked basically the same. Well, maybe a little cleaner. No dirt smears across her cheeks, and her hair was neatly tied back, all shinny and smooth and I could almost smell her hair from where I was sitting. Other than that her physical appearance was the same, yet there was still something different about her. I wondered if I was the only one to see it.
"What are we gonna do tonight?" She asked, plopping a piece of marshmallow in her mouth. I noticed she didn't shove the whole thing in like us guys did, but neatly tore off a piece and rested it on her tongue before brining it into her mouth.
"I dunno. We didn't really plan anything. We could play cards." I said, shrugged my shoulders, already bored with the idea.
"Nah, we do that all the time. I mean, lets do something different for once. I say, we go down to the Cantrell Creek and skinny dip. Or at least go swimming. The weathers nice enough." Alex said, placing another marshmallow into her mouth, chewing softly while grinning. We all smiles and perked up.
"Yeah!" We all yelled at once.
"Ah, man. Why didn't I think of that? Good thinking there, Alex. Real good." Teddy said, already up and ready to go. We put out the fire and grabbed a few of the flashlights we had brought out with us earlier.
"You think anyone else will be out there? With how hot it is tonight." Vern asked.
"Nah, if anything, everyone went up to the river. There's a tree you can swig off of. All the seniors hang out there." Chris said, kicking a rock along with him down the path. Teddy led the way, followed by Vern, then Chris, Alex and me. I watched as Alex walked in front of me. She had let her hair down and was now running her fingers through it to get all the kinks and tangles out. Her hair seemed darker, but I figured it was because it was dark outside and I'd never really seen her much after sundown. She walked with her head up, but not like the snot nose bitches that walked down the hallways at our school. I began to wonder why it was that I was watching Alex so much tonight. The idea that I had a crush on her past my thoughts once or twice but was quickly forgot. She was like my sister. The thought of kissing her worked my gag reflex.
She did carry herself differently tonight. Maybe that's why I was so interested. To know why, exactly, was she different. I hoped in watching her, I would be the first to find out. She lowered her head and began to look down as she walked.
Chris looked behind him, I'm guessing to make sure we were still there and not too far behind. The trail to Cantrell Creek wasn't a difficult one by all means, but it did get a tad rocky when you got to walking down the hill. Chris looked at me and smiled quickly. Had he noticed me looking at Alex?
I was close to her now. Real close. Teddy had begun walking down the hill, finding a path for all of us to follow and Vern slowly trailed behind. Chris watched carefully, and made his way down once there was room for him. He turned around and offered his hand out to Alex. She grinned one of she lopsided grins that made her look younger than she was and took it. She hopped down and waiting for me to follow.
"You guys think the water will be cold? I mean, I'm not gonna have to go retrieving my balls am I?" Vern asked, slipping slightly as he jumped off a rock and grabbed a hold of Teddy's T-shirt.
"No. I highly, highly doubt that Vern." Alex said.
Teddy had made it to the creek and was now stripping off his clothes. He stanched off his glasses and tossed em down on his clothes before running butt ass necked into the creek, yelling all the way. We all chuckled and made it down to level ground before the rest of us began taking off our clothes as well. That's when it hit me, and I'm sure it hit the other guys as well.
We're about to see a girl completely naked.
It wasn't our first, of course, but that was in a magazine. This was life, and she would be standing in front of us. Only, she was Alex. I don't think any of us thought of her as a girl until that very moment when her shirt was removed and all she had on was a white bra. I don't know if the other guys had to catch their jaw, because my eyes were no where near focused on them.
"Fuckin-A..." I heard Chris mumble and fight to make his eyes look somewhere else. I guess Alex heard too, cause she looked up and I could almost see a blush on her cheeks in the dark.
"Come on guys...You've seen a naked girl before. I'm no different. Well, maybe a lil worse, so stop looking at me like I've got 3 nipples." We all turned our eyes to look on something else, embarrassed.
This would not be an easy night. No way in hell.
