Friday, March 5, 2021

Short Story: Holly At The Beach...


They say you never forget the first time you make love on the beach, and for me, it was no exception. Holly told me that she and some friends from her school were going to spend the morning on a late spring Saturday at the beach and asked if I would like to join them. I was on a traveling cheer team with Holly, so we didn’t go to the same school, and that meant that these friends at the beach were all going to be people I didn’t know. Naturally, I was a little nervous about going to Holly’s gathering at the beach and letting all of these new people see me in a bikini, but given the huge crush I had on Holly, I simply could not pass up the opportunity to spend time with her outside of cheer, and more importantly, see her in a bikini. I know that sounds so male, and while I was very not male, I simply could not stop thinking about how Holly would look in her bikini that morning at the beach. So, I donned my sexiest little Forever 21 beach number, a red crochet triangle bikini top with matching red side-tie crochet bikini bottoms, covered just my bottoms with a cute little sheer red wrap, grabbed my red heart-shaped sunglasses, my favorite big white straw beach hat, as well as my cute little red beach sandals, put on my bright red glossy lipstick, and drove down to the beach, right to the lifeguard tower where Holly told me to meet her and her friends. When I arrived, I quickly made my way from my little red convertible towards the sand and the water beyond. To my surprise, as I emerged from the parking lot to the sand, there was Holly, and she looked amazing. She had on this bright white bandeau bikini top that was trimmed in this cute little black and white diamond pattern that was the same exact print that was on her small little side-string bikini bottom. She was wearing a very natural make-up look, but of course, she looked absolutely gorgeous. Her soft brown almond eyes lit up when she saw me and I could not help but notice how amazing her long light brown hair looked as it fluttered about her face when she walked towards me. I smiled a little when I noticed she was wearing the big silver hoop earrings I had bought her for her birthday a couple weeks back. I smiled even more when I saw that on her wrist, she was wearing this cute little brown hair tie I lent her that she never returned, which also matched her lovely manicured dark brown fingernails and toenails. When I was just a few feet from Holly, I could smell the incredible strawberry-scented body lotion she loved to wear. I admittedly spent so many nights with my eyes closed in bed, thinking about that amazing smell. In fact, I was so taken by the scent that I had purchased a bottle and put some of that very same lotion on when I got out of the shower at night before bed, that way Holly’s sweet strawberry scent was all around me when I dreamt of her. And, of course, I was wearing that same strawberry-scented lotion to the beach that morning. When she reached me, Holly smiled and I could do little else other than admire how beautiful she looked. “So, where are your frie-” I started to ask, but was abruptly cut off when Holly, instead of stopping to talk with me as I expected, shocked me by not stopping until her amazing little tan body was pressed against me, her head was up underneath the rim of my white straw hat, her right hand was cupped behind my neck, her left hand was gently gripping my arm, and her beautiful and soft lips in their lovely brown matte lipstick were pressed against mine. I felt Holly’s matte lipstick and my red glossy lipstick mash together, and just as quickly, I felt Holly’s tongue part my lips and begin to dance around mine in my mouth. I was frozen for just a few seconds. My eyes were wide open, and Holly’s eyes closed. Instantly realizing my dream was coming true, it only took a few seconds before I was kissing this amazing and beautiful girl back with equal passion. My eyes closed, my tongue danced with hers. Instinctively, my left hand went right to Holly’s warm lower back, right above the top of the back of her bikini bottom, and pushed her closer to me, and my right hand reached up and gently caressed the right side of her face. I moaned first, and then Holly followed. We stood like this, literally making out right there at the edge of the parking lot, right beside the sand for what had to have been at least a few minutes. It was still pretty early in the morning, but I imagine the few people that were there within eyesight of us had probably taken notice. Holly was the first to pull away from the kiss and by the time I opened my eyes, her beautiful light brown eyes were already staring back at me. Her lipstick was still perfect, though now it had a little bit more of a red hue to it. I was thinking on what to say, still a little shocked at that greeting I had just received from a girl I had been crushing on for well over a couple years now, who I thought had no idea how I felt. “No friends after all today,” Holly smiled as she took a step back and our hands came off each other’s bodies. “It’s just the two of us.” I nodded and smiled, still soaking in her beauty and relishing in all of the amazing thoughts and feelings I was experiencing after that kiss. “How did you-” I started to ask, and Holly answered before I finished, “When you were in the showers after practice last night at the gym, I accidentally knocked over your duffle, and your notebook fell out and opened. I didn’t mean to read it, but I could tell it had a bunch of poems in it, so I couldn’t help it. And while none of them had my name, I could tell they were all about me.” I started to blush and get a little flustered, but Holly quickly reached out and took both of my hands in hers. “Don’t be embarrassed,” she said, smiling. “The poems are so beautiful! I cannot believe that you feel that way about me.” I bit my bottom lip a little as I looked Holly over, still flabbergasted that she had somehow read the poems I wrote about her and had reacted in such a manner to them. “I…” I stammered, “I love you.” The second the words left my lips, I became so worried. But, Holly put me at ease when she stepped closer, gave me a quick peck on my lips, and then said in her cute little voice, “Monica, I love you, too.”…

Amelia

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