STORYLAND

POOL ROMANCE

"So will you do him?"
I jolted out of my reverie and stared at my friend as he was scrolling through his phone. He turned the phone screen towards me and pictures a hot built guy on instagram met my eyes. The guy was looking dangerously like a god in various gyming routines.

"I guess he looks okay." I said, trying not to look too interested but at the same time I had already taken in all the details of the twenty plus pictures I had seen. Who was I kidding? The guy was incredibly hot. His triceps and biceps were all out in their swollen glory, glistening with sweat. His brown skin, slightly pink lips, deep mysterious eyes....

"That's not what I asked you though", Kays words interrupted through my thoughts again. "I said will you do him?"

"Look kay, I dunno." I said, then turned to look back at the real subject of the conversation. There he was in the pool, wearing nothing but swimming trunks, revealing way too much. I mean, I couldn't keep my eyes off his huge arms, well chiselled chest and stomach. And then there was that obvious bulge at the front of his swimming trunks....

"Girl, you are so going to do him!" Kay screamed. He had caught me ogling at the guy and I felt embarrassed. I blushed and turned to Kay.

"Yes, well, maybe." I said quickly. "But that's not the point. How did you find his IG account. That was fast."

"Trust me girl" Kay replied. "I'm the king of snooping." He kept on poking at his phone. "Any way looks like he doesn't have a girl. He takes pictures with a lot of girls. Mostly at the gym. And that's cuz he's a fitness instructor". He shoved the phone screen in my face. "See."

I looked at the pictures. "Yes I see Kay." I turned back to look towards the pool but I couldn't see him again. I had lost sight of him. Damn.

"His name is Joe by the way" Kay told me.

"Good for him" I said scanning the pool some more. But I still didn't see him. "Joe. I mean he looks proud, full of himself, and Cocky."

"Wow. I do?"

My heart almost skipped out of my chest as I turned back to see the hot guy, Joe, standing behind me. My mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water. I was surprised, shocked to see him standing there. Worst still I was dumbfounded by his god like handsomeness. Even more worse, he knew we had been talking about him and I had called him proud and Cocky. I wished for the ground to open up so I could get swallowed right away.

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It was one on those extremely hot afternoons where you could literally feel your skin melting off your body. I was trying to catch up on some work on my laptop, but the heat made it so hard to concentrate. NEPA being their usual self had cut off the light, and for some reason the generator wasn't working and my laptop battery was running low. I was getting so frustrated and angry when there was a loud knock on the door. 

"Girl we going swimming!" Kay burst into the room as soon as I opened the door. He went straight to my laptop on the bed and closed the lid. I noticed he was only tying a towel around his waist, showing off his lanky chest. 

"I was working on that Kay!" I whined, Closing the door behind him. "And you know i can't swim to save my life."

"Well do what you know how to do. Just try and stay afloat." Kay moved to my wardrobe and starting going through the few clothes I had unpacked there. "Let me guess, you didn't pack a swim wear. And I told you too." He moved to my luggage and opened it. It was empty. 

"I really wasn't planning on....

"Shhh...." Kay interrupted me, placing a finger to his lips. He walked to the bedside table and picked up my phone. "Let's go."