A Long Way To Go

Chapter Four - partII

Julie

After Mindy left, we started to party. Stacy put music on and I found a deck of playing cards. Marie had only drank one other time so I had to slowly go over the rules to Kings and Drunk Driver. It wasn't long before we were buzzed, and the cards were left to the side while the music turned up for a girly dance party. It was pretty lame but I was actually having a lot of fun.

The three of us danced around the cabin, singing along with the pop songs, completely unaware of the three boys watching from the entranceway.

"So, is this what happens every night when you gals get together behind closed doors?" Chris asked loudly. I felt a huge grin form on my face as my eyes locked onto Jon.

JONATHAN

Julie's eyes finally found mine, but mine had already been focused on her, taking her in. She wore a pair of tiny pink short shorts and a skintight white tank that rode up showing a few inches of her perfect, flat stomach. Her hair was loose around her face, wavy and tousled and her face was beautifully flushed.

Julie half stumbled off the bed she had been jumping on and walked over to me. She paused and looked up at me with a dazed look on her face.

"Hey hubby, you look tired after a long day of work. What do you say you come in and I'll fix you a little drink?" Julie offered, whispering the last few words with a not-so-smooth wink.

She held out a can to me.

The other two boys looked at her with open mouths. I ignored them and took the beer from her. As I cracked the tab and took a long swig, I subtly shifted to block her body from the probing eyes of my roommates. Julie smiled up at me as she started swaying her hips to the music.

I felt my pulse speed up as I watched her dance to the music. I imagined running my hands down her body to her waist and pulling those hips against mine. I wanted to kiss her. I wanted to throw her on the bed and do more than kiss her. I took another long pull from my beer instead.

The longer I watched the beautiful girl, the more I felt my brain fog and I knew it had nothing to do with the beer. She filled every one of my senses. Julie moved closer and tugged my sweatshirt, pulling me towards her. Our bodies brushed for only a moment, but that's all it took for me to lose self-control.

I pulled Julie flush against me and swayed with her to the music, shutting down everything around me.

While we were locked in our embrace, Anthony found Marie and pulled her over to him. A couple of shots had pushed her over the edge of drunk as Tony swam into her line of vision. I didn't care that Anthony was all over my ex-hook-up. I didn't even notice anything but Julie anymore. I didn't want to notice anything but the feeling of her tight body underneath my hands.

Topher didn't waste any time on the booze. He and Stacy quickly started a game of Drunk Driver, where Topher played with the intention to lose. He missed parties. Popular and good-looking, parties were the best part of high school for a guy like Topher.

He called over to me to try and get us to join their game, but I couldn't pull myself away from Julie. I hadn't even finished the beer she had given me but my head was spinning. I felt warm all over; my skin tingled under her touch. I had her body pulled tight against mine. She had her hands on my shoulders and her head rested on my chest.

"What the..." I heard Mindy's voice trail off at the door. I heard a chuckle in that direction that sounded like Jason. I didn't bother to look over because I didn't want to stop looking down at Julie in my arms.