The Melody of a Protagonist

Chapter 10- Under the Table

                                                       Chapter 10.

There was a pause on the phone....

“Jemma? Hey, it’s Lily; sorry, Jake’s playing music REALLY LOUDLY!” Lily scowled at her brother sitting across from her at the kitchen table. He looked up, giving her an obnoxious smile from behind his laptop “...you left your house keys here- I found them in one of your shoes under my bed... no idea where the other one is...”

“Ah, yeah, it’s here.” Jemma replied, spying the discarded track shoe on her floor.

“How you manage to not realize you’ve only got one sh... Oh never mind!” Lily’s gaze drifted out the kitchen window toward the driveway. “Bondai’s here!” Gotta go, bye”

“Wait, wha…?” Jemma started to reply, but Lily had already hung up the phone.

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“Oh, look, he brought Bailey,” added Charlie flatly from the couch. “I’m going to study in my room.” Charlie collected his books and left in a huff.

“What’s his problem?” asked Jake, perplexed. Lily wasn’t listening; she was distracted watching Bondai and Bailey outside, absentmindedly twirling her hair around her fingers.

Jake scoffed at Lily’s lack of response, turning his music up loudly to catch her attention.

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 “Jake!” Lily squealed, clasping her hands over her ears to block out the noise. She left the room, irritated.

Jake smiled to himself, satisfied with his small victory.

“Come in, come in” Archer greeted at the front door, leading Bondai and Bailey through to the kitchen. “Ah, take a seat” Archer motioned to Bailey, pulling out the kitchen chair where Lily had previously been sitting. Bailey sat, as Archer lead Bondai out to the back shed.

“Hey” Jake greeted, turning down his music and peering over his laptop.

Bailey looked at him, but said nothing.

He stopped and studied her for a moment, thrown off by her silence.

Bailey stared at Jake intensely, sapphire eyes gleaming under the glow of the fluorescent kitchen light. She tilted her head slightly to the side, biting her bottom lip a little and running a hand over her cheek as she pushed her long blonde hair away from her eyes.

Jake continues to look at her, transfixed. Bailey’s dress was tight across her chest; the outline and detailing of her bra were clearly evident through the tartan fabric. Her top button was teasing undone revealing a hint of beautiful dark purple lace and striking cleavage.

Bailey kept Jake’s eye contact, tracing her hand from her cheek over her mouth, placing the tip of her index finger seductively between her lips.

Jake’s laptop made a dinging noise; he’d been absently leaning on the keyboard and had filled the whole page with the letter “H” He looked down in surprise and immediately lifted his elbow off the keys. Bailey laughed a little, giving Jake a sexy smile as she shifted her weight on her seat, pulling her feet up onto her chair.

Jake marveled at Bailey’s long, smooth, tanned legs as she pulled them up toward her chest. He hated the table for its existence, as he knew very well that Bailey’s underwear would be clearly visible if it were not for the table. He shook his head; trying to dismiss his dirty thoughts, she was much younger than he was, after all. Bailey parted her knees a little, her hands dropping below the surface of the wooden table.

Jakes eyes widened immensely; what was she doing?! Bailey smiled at him, suggestively, little breathy noises escaping from her lips.

The sudden sound of muffled voices floated from the backdoor, Bondai and Archer were back. Bailey casually placed her feet back down on the floor.

“Ready to go Sis?” Bondai called from behind the kitchen counter. Bailey stood up and followed Bondai and Archer to the front door, smiling conspicuously at Jake over her shoulder.