A Step Back (Jennifer. A + David. S)

Chapter 12: The Infamous Green-Blue Plaid

A/N: Just a warning, mature topics are discussed. :)
We all walk inside her lovely house, and the girls set their bags down. I've never had a 'sleepover' in my life, and I don't really know what grown women do on sleepovers. I can sort of figure out what twelve year-olds do, but women, nope. Jennifer ushers us into her living room.
"Okay, David, we all usually get dressed into our pajamas. Courteney is using the bathroom, Lisa will change in here, and you can join me in my room." She takes my hand and leads me into her lovely room, with pale green walls, and lovely lavender curtains.
I awkwardly sit myself on her bed, unsure of what to do. She turns to me and looks me up and down, before opening her dresser drawer.
"Undress, silly!" She giggles adorably.
I nod, and begin to loosen my silver tie. I then pull it over my head, and proceed to unbuttoning my shirt. Once the buttons are all done, she turns around and looks me in the eyes.
"Now, close your eyes, I'm going to undress." She warns, so I immediately close my eyes.
I play with the buttons on my shirt, while waiting for her to finish.
"Dang!" She yells, "Umm, David, would you be a dear and unhook my bra for me? For some reason I can't. I'm so sorry it's awkward." She asks, pulling at the clasp.
I breath in deeply. What if I see her breasts? What if she thinks I'm looking at her breasts? Do I even know how to unhook a bra? I open my eyes, and she's standing with her back to me. She's wearing a black bra, but all I can see is the back. She has such a beautiful back, I just want to kiss all the way to the top of her neck. The line that runs down her back is so pretty, I want to run my finger down it. I fiddle with the clasp before it pops open, and she holds it to her chest. Her bare back is so-
"Uh, sorry about that!" She chuckles nervously. I close my eyes once again while she changes. After she's finished, I pull the collared shirt from my shoulders. I'm wearing a white T-shirt, so next I remove my shoes, and unbuckle my belt. I look up at her, before sliding my pants down. She laughs when she sees my underwear, the infamous green and blue-plaid boxer shorts. (Just to clarify, I have multiple pairs, I'm not wearing the same ones over and over again, because eww.) All I'm left in are my socks, T-shirt, and underwear. Jen has on a wonderfully snug tank top, whilst sporting overly baggy sweatpants. Is it bad I find her even more attractive when she's dressed down?
She opens the door, and leads me back into her living room, where Court and Lisa are waiting.
COURTNEY'S POV
David slides across the wood in his socks, just like a six year-old would. He has quite a bit of stubble on his usually clean-shaven face, almost enough to call a beard.
"Whats up with you, Papa Smurf?" I joke, laughing at his beard.
He looks confused and then realizes, scratching the fur.
"It's not that bad, is it?" He asks, perplexed.
I shrug my shoulders, and then Lisa interjects.
"I think you look kind of sexy. But Marta, David, and Kevin will make you shave it, so you might as well tomorrow morning." Lisa says, tilting her head to the side. Jen walks up and joins our sides.
"Why wait until tomorrow morning?" Jen sneakily asks, running into the bathroom. She comes out with a razor, a hand towel, and a can of shaving cream.
"I really don't think that is a good idea." David swallows nervously.
Lisa and I glance at each other, worrying.
"Umm, have you ever shaved a man before, Jen? You might cut him, which I've heard hurts like hell." I warn, hoping to spare David from any pain.
"I have never done this before, but I won't hurt him, I promise. I also shave my body, so how different can it be?" She says, ruffling David's hair.
"Well one's my face so..." He replies sarcastically.
She grabs a chair from the dining room, and sits him down on it. She grabs a glass of water, and places it on the side table next to him.
"Here, put this on." Jen says, throwing a small can of shaving cream into David's lap.
He picks up the can and sprays a considerable amount into his hand, while we all stare at him with great interest. He looks confused at us, but continues anyway. He spreads it across his face, under his chin, and down his neck. Jennifer leans in close to me, right next to my ear.
"Don't you think it's kind of hot when a guy shaves?" She asks, giggling.
I nod in response. For some reason it's sexy when guys shave, I think it's because it's something we as girls don't do. Of course a lot of us shave our legs and armpits, but not our faces; it's a very masculine event. Once he's finished, Jen approaches him.
"When did you first start shaving?" Lisa asked, wondering.
He pauses to think.
"Umm, probably around sixteen, I don't really remember." He replies, scratching the back of his neck.
Jen stands over him, since he's sitting down. She bend down, placing four of her fingers on his chest for support, as she dipped the razor in the water. She started on his right sideburn, revealing his new skin as she slid the razor down.
"Make sure both sides are equal!" He laughs, leaning his head so she can do the other side.
She tilts his chin up when she wants to do the underside of his chin and neck. He lifts his head, and Jen shaves upwards.
"Stop moving your Adam's Apple!" She laughed, trying to shave around it as he talked.
"I can't! It's involuntary!" He replied, making her giggle.
Jen handed him the razor in defeat.
"Look, I don't want to cut you, so you can shave that part." She shrugged.
He tilted his head back, swallowed, held the skin in his left hand and shaved down his neck. He then handed her the razor to finish him off. As she continued, I noticed how together they seemed. They are very comfortable with each other, and communicate really well. She brings out a bit of confidence out in him. She finally finishes, and then wipes the extra foam off of him, and rubbed some calming oil onto his clean-shaven face. He stood up, and thanked her. It's funny seeing them interact while standing up because when they both aren't wearing shoes, David is much taller than Jen. She's 5'4 and he's 6'2!
JENNIFER'S POV
We all sit down on the couch and decide on a movie to watch. The other two girls and I want to watch Notting Hill, a romantic comedy, while David wants to watch Die Hard.
"Look, watching guys shoot each other, explosions, and car chases doesn't make you any more of a man. Please let us watch this movie!" I beg, hugging his arm whilst doing my puppy dog eyes.
He rolls his eyes and gives in, tossing over the remote. I sit on his lap, with my head on his shoulder, and my legs spread across Courteney and Lisa's laps. After we get half way through the movie, I shift so I can sit more comfortably, and I accidentally push my heel into his private area.
"Shit Jennifer!" He gasps, his voice cracking, holding his groin, "I may not be able to have kids!" I laugh lightly, although I know he's in pain.
I hold his bicep and shoulder, while he bends over, hanging his head. Lisa and Courteney turn when they hear him, asking if he's alright. He sits up, gritting his teeth and clenching his jaw.
"Shit that hurt." He announces, through a tightened breath.
I apologize, and stand up to get him an aspirin and some water for the pain. He swallows the pill and gulps down the water, returning the glass to the sink. His breath is short and rapid, and I feel so bad. I stand up, and walk into the kitchen to join him. He's bent over the sink, holding his weight on his forearms. I glance up at him with puppy dog eyes.
"I'm so sorry, you know I would never hurt you on purpose. How does it feel?" I ask, running my hand along his arms.
He looks down, and sighed. I do the eyes again.
"I know. It's so hard to resist your eyes." He whsipers, "and it still hurts like hell. Probably will for the next few hours. You as a woman will never know the pain." He chuckles, grinning widely.
I totally disagree.
"Ever heard of childbirth?" I ask, poking him in the chest.
We both laugh as quietly as possible, so we don't disturb Lisa and Courteney, who are still watching the movie. We come and join them on the couch, and this time I sit next next to David. After watching five more minutes, he does the yawn trick where he'll yawn and then put his arm across your shoulders. Very cute, but subtle. I inch my way closer to him, so I'm pressed into his side, taking in his warmth. As we approach the final fifteen minutes, I begin to drift off...
DAVID'S POV
Jennifer had fallen asleep, so I carefully rest the my head on top of hers. She wraps her arm across my stomach, and I place my arm along hers. Lisa and Courteney are definitely into the movie, because they haven't noticed us yet. The movie finally finishes, and Lisa stands up to turn off the TV.
"Awww you guys are so cute!" She says out loud, making Jennifer stir in her sleep.
I point to Jennifer and whisper to the girls for them to be quiet.
"Oh I'm sorry, I'll make sure I'm quiet so your little princess can sleep!" Courteney jokes, ruffling my hair lightly.
I scowl at her, but I look down and smile at Jennifer sleeping so peacefully in my arms. She is a little princess. I wish I was her prince. I kiss the top of her head and bring her into my arms tighter. Lisa awws, and Jennifer wakes up sleepily. She smiles up at me, and rubs my stomach affectionately. I blush, but only she can tell because we are so close. She removes my arm from her shoulder, and stands up next to Lisa and Courteney.
"So what do you guys want to do?" Jennifer starts.
"Well, what do you guys usually do?" I ask, actually interested.
The three girls look at each other and giggle. What?
"Umm, well, we usually do things you wouldn't ever want to do. You shouldn't even know!" Lisa exclaims.
"Well now I really want to know! Cmon tell me!" I plead, standing up.
Since I'm much bigger and taller than them, I sort of intimidate them into telling me. They all forcefully agree.
"Fine! We talk about men, and sex, and girly stuff! And other things, but I'll leave that out." Courteney announces.
I sit back, not too surprised.
"Okay, well I can talk about men, but I have little knowledge in the sex and girly stuff department." I respond, acknowledging them while they laugh.
I never thought I'd ever beg to talk about this kind of stuff, but there's always a first for everything. They all decide they don't mind me joining in, so we all rejoice in Jennifer's bedroom. Lisa grabs ice cream and four spoons, while the rest of us sit down on Jennifer's rug. She brings in two buckets of ice cream, containing cookie dough and mint chip. We all look across the circle at each other. Oh dear, what have I gotten myself into?
WARNING MATURE LANGUAGE AHEAD.
"Okay, first things first. We all pretty much talk about all of the stupid things guys do. Sorry David." Courteney announces, smiling at me. I can definitely agree with them that guys are pure crap. Sort of.
"Guys are so annoying, I can agree with you on that. But they're probably annoying in different ways to you then they are to me, being a guy myself." I admit, making the girls smile.
They all nod, taking a dip from the ice cream.
"Yeah, guys cheat. It's so hurtful! You think your relationship is going great, and then you hear they're with someone else!" Jennifer adds. I can't believe a guy would do that to her! She's so special, a man should treat her with nothing but respect. Gosh, men these days.
"Personally, I would never cheat." I begin, taking another dip into the ice cream, "and even so, gosh dammit I'm twenty nine years old, and I haven't even found one woman. How they hell do they find two?!" I announce, getting slightly ticked off.
They all nod and laugh, dipping in for more ice cream.
"I'm sorry David, but most guys are just dreadful. They act all nice to you, and then bam! They screw you over. You're a good man, though." Lisa adds.
I transition so I'm laying on my stomach. Courteney takes another chunk from the canister before speaking again.
"Also, guys are so lucky. You are blessed with being able to eat tons of ice cream, and still stay skinny! No hassle with makeup or anything! You also aren't forced to shave every hair off of your body, you don't have to fiddle with bras and crap, no childbirth and pregnancy, and the best part: NO PERIODS!" Courteney argues.
We all laugh at her speech, which was so true.
"Getting hit in the balls is the worst pain ever, everyone always says be a man! You aren't allowed to be sensitive without getting called gay, it's socially acceptable for anyone to hit you, everyone stereotypes you to be a jerk, women ridicule you for how muscular you are or how big your dick is. It's really obvious and embarrassing when everybody knows you're aroused, and it happens all day! And girls get multiple, and longer orgasms!" I say, raising my voice for the last part. All three of them fall over from laughter, and Jennifer pats my back whilst almost choking on ice cream.
"I guess that sucks. I forgot you guys last like five seconds!" Lisa says, still laughing.
I finish off the last bit of ice cream in the first can. They recover from my little speech before talking again.
"Okay then, now let's play the game we always play where you can ask any question, and you have to answer. No matter what!" Jennifer says, getting oohs from the other two. Anything? They can ask anything? Oh crap.
"Alright, I'll start with Lisa first! I won't be mean to David yet!" Court says towards Lisa, "yet!" Jennifer pokes my back.
Lisa fidgets around before Court starts.
"What's the kinkiest thing you've ever done with your husband?" Court, asks, slyly.
Lisa blushes and covers her face, trying to hide her redness.
"Umm, we once blindfolded each other, but that's pretty much it." Lisa states, getting it over with.
We all ooh, jokingly. Next, it's her turn to ask a question. She looks down at me. I blush and over my eyes, regretting ever coming.
"Let's see... How can I embarrass you the most?" Lisa begins, "Have you ever been caught masturbating?" She asks, before they erupt into giggles.
I hang my head, so embarrassed to even be in a room where someone talks about that kind of stuff.
"Uh, not that I know of." I give in, my voice getting higher in the end.
I eat a huge spoonful of ice cream to get my face to cool down and stop blushing. I skip my turn, because I can't think of a question, and I'd get really embarrassed asking it anyways.
"Okay Court, we've done this before, so I can't really think of much to ask you. How about..." She trails off, un deciding.
Courteney intervenes, with her own idea.
"Okay Jen, since you can't decide what to ask, I have a 'challenge' for you. You have to wax some part of David's body hair!" Court giggles, with Lisa joining in soon after.
"Aww cmon guys we just did my face!" I plead, trying to get them to drop it.
Jennifer instead stands up, and pulls me to her bed. I try to not put any effort in standing up, but she almost dislocates my arm, so I stand. She grabs a waxing kit from her bathroom, and makes me lie down on the covers. She instructs me to take my shirt off, so I pull it off. I run my hand down my upper body, trying to find an area with a lot of hair.
"I don't really have much chest hair, so I don't really know what you're going to do." Jen smiles.
"And no, you are not doing anywhere bellow my waist. No." I command, seriously.
She runs her finger in the area between my navel and my hip bone.
"Can I do your happy trail?" She asks, almost as if she was seducing me.
I guess I have no other choice. And I'm shirtless in front of Court and Lisa, which is not how I wanted to spend tonight.
"Can you kind of umm pull your underwear down, just an inch so I can get most of it. Sorry." She laughs, as I shimmy around.
I slide them down a bit, so my hip bones are uncovered. She first slathers some warm wax across the top, near my belly button. She flattens the waxing sheet (idk what it's called) on my stomach, and I can tell I'm in for some pain.
"Okay David, this is going to hurt quite a bit, but you can handle it." She over-dramatizes.
I yelp as she rips off the sheet. I fall back onto the bed, panting.
"I have new found respect for women now." I announce, wishing it were over.
Court applies the second sheet, this time lower. She counts down from three and rips it off. When Lisa pats down the third and final one, I'm pretty much done with the pain.
"Argg!" I gasp; this one causes the most pain because of the sensitive area.
I lay back, knowing I achieved so little and look probably worse, but I feel more like a man somehow.
"Huh. I can't remember the last time I didn't have hair there. Still, never doing that again. Ever." I sit up, and pulling my shirt over my head. The three girls pat my shoulders, because apparently nothing makes them more proud then watching their friends almost of die from pain. Gotta love women.
I guess tonight is kind of like bonding night. I'm not great friends with the other girls, but now we are much closer. We've only been doing the show for a few months, and it's been going really well. I'm glad we did what we did tonight, even if it meant me going through way more than enough pain. We wrap the question game up, asking each other a few more questions each before almost falling asleep.
"Hey guys, we should get going to bed." Court says, making us all stand up.
"So you two will sleep in the guest bedroom, and David can be in my room with me!" Jennifer announces, grasping my bicep.
Courteney and Lisa eye me suspiciously but I give them the reassuring look telling them no. Lisa pulls me aside.
"Are sure you'll be okay sleeping with her?" She whispers.
"Of course, I'm an adult. I can control my feelings." I reply, a bit too fiercely.
I don't want them to think I'm some sort of child. Puppy love is not what I feel for Jennifer at all, it's just the very first time for me. I hate it when people diminish first love as not as 'pure' or whatever. I have intensely strong feelings for Jennifer, and I can generally keep them under control. Sure, my heart aches constantly, but that doesn't prove love. So stop. Stop telling me in not in love, because you don't know. I don't even really know what I'm feeling.
Jennifer gently takes my hand and uncovers the bed, revealing her lavender sheets which match the curtains. I smile at the way everything is so perfect, and goes together. She lays down, pulling the blanket over her. I join her under the covers, but on the other side. I feel her hold my hand in hers. She pulls me closer to her, our bodies touching. I wrap my arms around her, and she snuggles her head into my warmth. Her arms are around my torso, keeping me in even closer to her. I never want to let go of her, or this feeling. If I could live the rest of my life in her arms I would. She gently drifts off to sleep, her calm breath soothing my nerves.
"Thank you." She whispers so delicately, I'm not even sure I heard it.

A/N Aww!! I'm sorry, I'm just shipping them so much right now! I'm sorry the storyline went from romantic to crazy but I just wanted to add in Court and Lisa, as well as make it kind of fun and surprising. Any suggestions, feedback, questions, or anything else please comment, because I love hearing it. Also, 2k! Wow! Btw, I changed my layout on my account, so don't get freaked out or anything it's still me! Thanks guys, you are the best readers <3