Grease Stains and Seawater

Chapter 2: Pass Me the Booze

I was intensely relieved when we finally reached the beach house. The trip had only been an hour long but it had been an hour of blushing and nervousness on my part. After Masrur had finished fixing my car we had driven the short distance to his house. I couldn't help but notice that it was awfully close to where my apartment was...

"I'll just be a second, I only need to grab a few things," he had said, getting out of my car and heading inside. He had looked so cramped in my small car what with his height and muscular build, and I watched as he walked inside, eyeing him appreciatively. He really was quite the looker. When he returned I cocked my head to the side as a wonderful smell followed him into the car.

"Did you shower that quickly?" I asked, making him laugh as he chucked his bag in the back seat.

"No I just sprayed some of this on myself so you wouldn't have to smell grease all the way to the beach house," he said, holding up a can of spray on deodoran. I sniffed appreciatively again, enjoying the scent. It happened to be one of my favorites.

"So are you all set?" I asked, turning the key of my car's ignition. Masrur nodded as he rummaged in his bag. I glanced at him curiously out of the corner of my eye, unsure of how this car ride would go. "I'm starving so lets get some food on the way."

"Actually I was hungry so I went ahead and made sandwiches," said Masrur, pulling out a neatly wrapped sandwich and handing it to me. I smiled brightly and took it, my stomach rumbling loudly.

"Wow thanks! Gold star for you sir," I said, biting into the sandwich and finding it delicious. Masrur chuckled and bit into his own sandwich. He raised his eyebrow at me as I began to pull back out into the street.

"What what do gold stars get me?" he asked, making me choke a little on my food. I did my best to pass it off as a cough while my face flushed a bright pink.

"My respect and appreciation," I said lamely. The red haired man laughed again, pulling out his ipod and plugging it into my car's stereo.

The rest of the drive had been fun but tense, at least on my part. I honestly couldn't tell what Masrur was thinking as we chatted excitedly about things. It turned out that he was as big of an anime nerd as me, and we had spent much of the time listening to anime themes and talking about our favorites. By the time we pulled up at the house and got out I was convinced I had found the perfect man.

"You guys finally made it!" yelled Sinbad excitedly, running out of the house and slamming into Masrur. Masrur grunted but didn't budge an inch as Sinbad merely bounced off him.

"Already drunk Sin?" I laughed, pulling my bag out from the back seat. I shook my head as he nodded and struck up an animated conversation with his red haired friend.

"Sabina! Get in here!" called Shileigh from the front poarch, gesturing excitedly for me to hurry up. I dashed up the steps and followed her to her room, where Yamraiha and the other girls were already waiting. Morgiana and Pisti were there, as well as Kougyoku and Hakuei. They all greeted me enthusiastically as I entered.

"Drink, alcohol, now!" said Shileigh, passing me a strong smelling drink as I sat down next to Pisti. I eyed the drink suspiciously.

"How much did you put into this?" I asked, taking an experimental sip. I shuddered as the strong tang of alcohol hit my tongue. It was delicious, but probably had way over the recommended amount of liquor. Shileigh waved her hands exasperatedly.

"Doesn't matter. So how was your drive with Masrur?" she questioned excitedly, eyes flashing dangerously as the other girls leaned in to listen. I flushed and told them, not realizing that my face had light up with excitement as I told them about him.

"He's absolutely my dream man. He's sweet, intelligent, likes the same things as me, and thats just the cherry on top of the fact that he's absolutely GORGEOUS," I said, taking a long sip of my drink.

"Well we already know he's at least a little interested in you so all that's left to do is to reel him in!" giggled Kougyoku, he face pink as she hiccuped. I stuck my tongue out at her and giggled.

"Right! Come on down to the beach while we still have some decent sunlight!" said Shileigh, clapping her hands together.

"You guys head downstairs, I've just gotta drop my bag in my room," I said, heading down the hall to the room that Shileigh pointed to. I sighed happily as I opened the door, content to be here with my closest friends.

"Woah there, its called knocking sweetheart," said an increasingly familiar voice. I squeaked in alarm as I saw Masrur standing there, dressed in nothing but a towel around his waist. I whirled around, the image of his perfectly muscled body burned into my brain as I stuttered out an apology.

"Oo-oh! I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking! Uh... This is the only room with an open spot so... Uh..." I said, my face burning up as I tried not to turn back around. Masrur laughed behind me.

"It's alright I was joking. You take the bed, I brought a sleeping bag," he said. My heart fell a little but I still slowly turned around and moved to the bedside to drop my bag. I hurried back to the door before he could say anything.

"Well the girls are waiting, I'll see you outside!" I said hurriedly, dashing downstairs. The rest of the girls burst into a fit of giggles as I caught up, my face a bright red. Of course they had heard.... Shileigh winked slyly at me.

"So...? How's he look half naked?" I groaned and headed towards the kitchen.

"Just give me a drink...." I grumbled. They giggled and followed me into the spacious room. I immediately opened the freezer and pulled out the bottle of my favorite sweet tea vodka that Shileigh had picked up for me and a jug of lemonade. I poured myself a strong drink in a large cup and headed out onto the back porch once the other girls had gotten their own drinks.

Loud shouts from the beach told us that the boys were already out at our spot, and I blushed when I spotted a shock of red hair in the group. It was REALLY difficult not to stare at him as we got closer. He was deliciously muscular, with well-defined abs and strong looking arms I longed to run my hands over. His black swim drunks hung agonizingly  low on his hips so I could see the "v" leading down to his groin.

"Oh my, no wonder you were so red..." giggled Kougyoku, winking at me. Hakuei nudged me in the ribs and whistled as I contemplated strangling them. 

"Come on ladies don't keep us waiting!" called Sharrkan.

The other girls increased their pace as we got closer but I hung back and took a long pull at my drink before following them.

Please don't let me screw this up...