“You’re thinking awfully hard over there,” Kayleigh said, interrupting my thoughts. “You wouldn’t happen to be thinking about Bodie would you?”
“I was actually thinking about sex.” I grinned, just to get to her.
Just as I had planned, she blushed. Even though Major had helped her a lot, Kayleigh was still on the shy side whenever the word “sex” was mentioned.
“Whatever. Shouldn’t we get going to practice?” she said, rolling her eyes and changing the subject.
I laughed at her. “Yeah, I guess we should.”
I went to my room and changed into my bathing suit and then threw on some yoga pants and a sweatshirt. One of the things I liked best about going to school in California was the winter. Back in Oklahoma I would have needed a jacket and shoes but even in January I could still wear my flip flops in California.
On the way over to the swim complex, I asked Kayleigh about her first day of the new semester. She was disappointed she didn’t have any classes with anyone she knew. I told her she would just have to make a new friend or two. But after the whole Wes incident I knew she was reluctant to do that, and I couldn’t really blame her.
When I opened the doors, I breathed in the familiar scent of chlorine. The pool was my second home and it still amazed me that I got to go to school and be on the dive team. Kayleigh and I put our bags in our lockers and jumped in the pool for warm up laps. Two hours later, practice was over, and I was starving.
“Major invited us out for dinner,” Kayleigh said, checking her phone as she got dressed. “Want to go?”
“Sure, it’s a free meal and probably better than what we can get in the cafeteria.”
If we were having dinner with Major, that meant Bodie would most likely be there. I just had to remember that he was my best friend’s, boyfriend’s best friend. That was how I needed to think of him, not all hot and sweaty as he made me come. I didn’t want to be the one that made it awkward to hang out as a group.
“Okay, cool. I wasn’t sure if you had plans or not tonight,” she said, texting Major back.
“No, not tonight.”
“So, what’s-his-name from last month didn’t make the cut?” she asked.
I laughed. “No. He was way too vanilla in between the sheets.”
“I don’t want to know,” Kayleigh said.
“I mean he only wanted to do it one way, how boring is that?”
“Okay, I’ll give you that one,” she said. “So, I guess that means you’re on the hunt again.”
“Yep. Time for a new flavor of the week,” I said, with a wink.
Kayleigh just shook her head at me. We were complete opposites, but I think that’s why we were still friends after all these years.
“So, what are the plans for dinner?” I asked. “Staying in or going out?”
“Major said something about a new restaurant.”
“Going out, good. I’ll get to wear those new skinny jeans I got on the weekend. You should wear yours too. But not with the boots. I don’t want to watch Major picturing you with nothing but those boots on,” I said, faking a repulsed shudder.
She laughed at me, but promised to not wear her now favorite pair of boots thanks to Major.
At 7pm we were both ready and met Major in the lobby of the dorm.
“Beautiful as always,” he said to Kayleigh. “And Karma, looking hot as usual.”
I just smiled and shook my head at him. If he wasn’t so in love with Kayleigh, I would have come back with a smartass comment, but as was typical now, he wouldn’t even respond to it.
Bodie was in the truck waiting for us. Kayleigh and I hopped in the back and Major left the parking lot. A few minutes later, we stopped in front of a place called Pasta Italiano.
“It smells great in here,” I said, when we walked in.
“It sure does,” Kayleigh agreed.
The hostess showed us to a table, and I had to smile when I saw our waiter. He was hot.
“I’d sure like to give him a tip,” I said with a wink, after he took our drink order.
“Do you ever stop?” Bodie asked.
“Huh?”
“Is every man just an object to you?”
“Sure. Kinda like women are to you. I can’t help it if you’re offended by the way I think about sex. The double standard thing is getting kind of old.”
“What double standard?” Bodie asked, looking confused.
“You’re serious, aren’t you?” I shook my head. “If a guy has sex with a different girl every night, he’s a player. If a woman does it, she’s a slut. Double standard. Why should someone’s gender define how much they enjoy sex? Women like sex, Bodie. I’m just okay saying it out loud. What’s got your panties in a twist?”
“Nothing,” he mumbled, and picked up the menu.
I looked at Kayleigh and she just shrugged. I guess that I wasn’t the only one that thought Bodie was acting weird. But I wasn’t going to let it get to me. I found what I wanted on the menu and by the end of dinner I had the waiter’s number.
Major dropped Bodie off at their dorm and walked with us to ours. It wasn’t a surprise that he was spending the night. He spent more time in our dorm than I did.
I plopped down on the couch and looked at my phone. I smiled when I saw a text from the waiter.
“He text you already?” Kayleigh said, with mock surprise.
“Yeah, he seems like fun,” I said, smiling.
“How could you possibly know that from the ten minutes he spent at the table?’ Major asked.
“Because his text told me how cute I look in these jeans.”
Major shook his head at me.
“I’m going to bed,” Kayleigh said. “You have fun with your new toy.”
Kayleigh and Major went to her room. I stretched out on the couch and spent the next hour texting Waiter Guy.
****
Bodie
Why was I letting her get under my skin? I never let any woman get to me. Everything was fine until we’d had sex. She said she doesn’t remember, but I do. What really pissed me off about it was that it was probably the best sex I’d ever had. If I’d known she was that drunk, I would have taken her back to her dorm and let her sleep it off. I never would have brought her back here.
My phone dinged, bringing me back to the present.
Major: You ok man?
Me: Ya
Major: You were pretty quiet at dinner
Me: I said I’m fine
Major: Ok. See you tomorrow asshole.
I threw my phone down on the couch and turned on the TV. Unfortunately, the TV wasn’t the distraction I was hoping for and my thoughts went back to a naked Karma. She wasn’t like the girls I normally slept with. Karma had an athlete’s body, but she had enough curves to hold on to. Her tits weren’t huge, but I still remember the hard, pink nipples in my mouth.
Shit, I was getting hard just thinking about it. It was time for a cold shower and tomorrow I was going to have find a new chick to fuck. I had to get Karma out of my head.
****
Getting her off my mind was going to be harder than I thought when she walked into my Spanish class the next morning. She had a sexy sway in her hips that made me think about sex.