All Because Of Him

thirty four.

The next morning I'm woken up by Jessica jumping on my bed telling me to get ready. She tells me how she heard everyone's planning on going to the Swimming Hole today, and practically forces me out of bed.

It's been two weeks since I've done anything remotely interesting so I agree to go with her and get out of bed. The last party I have been to was the Masquerade one and that one was a total disaster.

I quickly put on my white bikini bathing suit and threw on my white lace cover up to match with it. I ask Jessica how I look and she eyes me up and down.

"Sheesh don't let Aiden see you in that, he'd rip it right off." She jokes and I shake my head.

"You know he wouldn't do that." I say. I don't even think Aiden would come to something like this. But even if he did, he would never do anything even remotely sexual to me out in public.

I continue to comb through my hair, deciding to let it hang free today since I'll probably just be in the lake anyways. I analyze myself in the mirror and quickly step away before I start to not like how I look.

"I'll go tell Mason we're ready." Jessica says and walks out of the room. Great, I didn't know Mason was coming.

I slip on some flip flops and turn off the lights to my bedroom as I walk out down the stairs. Mason and Jessica are waiting by the door for me when I come down.

I feel Mason's eyes on me as I walk towards them. I try as hard as I can to not look up at him, but fail miserably. His green eyes darken as he slowly rakes his eyes down my body, moving up every single curve.

Even having him look at me makes my body tingle, what the fuck is that?

I watch as he bites his lip, before rolling them into his mouth. Lips going into a straight line as his eyes finally connect with mine.

He doesn't seem to be wearing a swimsuit, just his usual attire: black shirt and black jeans. Of course he wouldn't be going swimming, I'm sure Jessica forced him to come with.

After Jessica opens the front door, I quickly walk out behind her, feeling Mason's eyes on me the whole time I walk past him. Who knew a look could make me feel like this?

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After finding a parking spot Jessica, Mason I walk towards the broken gate that says NO TRESPASSING and walk right past it, making our way down the hill. The Swimming Hole is huge, a lake that spreads for miles. It's so big that half of it is cut off to visitors. And of course, that's the spot everyone swims in. Unlike the rest of the lake this spot is secluded, surrounded by absolutely nothing.

Once we're finally there, I'm able to see just how packed it really is. There has to be hundreds of teenagers swimming in the lake.

"Ah!" I hear, as someone jumps off of the rope hanging from the tree and into the water.

Mostly everyone seems drunk or tipsy and the thought of swimming while under the influence forms a pit in my stomach. People were surrounded in clusters all around either making out, sun tanning, dancing to the loud music, or swimming in the water. Moments like these make it actually start to feel like summer.

"Let's go get a drink." Jessica says as we make our way toward the keg.

I look behind me and see Mason is nowhere in sight, he probably went off to find some other girl to add to his list of bodies. I shake the thought out of my head and pick up a red Solo cup before filling it with beer.