Page 29 of Jake and Conner
"Yup." I grinned. "No one to watch us here."
Conner looked around as if to make sure of this fact for himself. There wasn't anyone else to be seen, and all we heard was the rustling of the wind in the leaves and the chirping of the birds. The lake was quiet. "What do you want to do?" he asked, almost suspiciously.
"You make it sound like I have something bad planned."
"Well, you don't want anyone watching."
I smiled at Conner, even though I was starting to feel a little foolish. Did Conner even want to do the things I didn't want an audience for? I was pretty sure he liked kissing, but we hadn't really done much else. My eyes fell on the lake again. "Maybe I just wanna make sure that you know how to swim now."
"That's not why you brought me here."
"Are you sure?"
"C'mon, I'm not stupid."
Well, if that wasn't a challenge to prove him wrong. Now that I'd said I'd come here to swim I couldn't take those words back. I hadn't exactly brought swim wear, but that wasn't going to be a problem. Not like anyone was around to see me--not aside from Conner, anyway.
Without losing another minute, I stripped down to my boxers.
Conner stared at me. I grinned.
"What?" I asked. "It's not like you've never seen me half-naked before."
My friend blushed and I laughed. Conner blushed so easily with his pale complexion. I knew he hated it, but I thought it was endearing. Eyeing his skin, I wondered if he'd applied enough sun screen. I wondered if he'd let me help put some on, and that thought made my boxers feel uncomfortably tight, so I turned away from Conner before he could notice that I was popping a boner.
"Are you seriously going to swim?" he asked.
"I'm going to do more than just that." I had no reason to take off my boxers other than that constant need to do silly things to impress my friend. I wasn't even sure that he was going to be impressed by my antics, but I could never help myself. I looked at the lake and I remembered the time the adults had taken us camping as kids and Conner had explained to me what skinny dipping was.
I'd kind of wanted to do it ever since.
So I discarded my boxers and jumped into the lake as if it was no big deal.
"What are you doing?" Conner called.
When I turned around to him, treading water, he'd gotten up from the blanket and was now standing only a few steps away from the water. "I'm skinny dipping!"
"You're doing what?" My friend sounded so incredulous I had to laugh.
"Skinny dipping is swimming naked in a lake."
"You're impossible!" But I saw the smile tugging on Conner's lips. My silliness amused him. Good.
"Join me," I said, "the water's nice."
"Is this your way of trying to get me to take off all my clothes?"
I hadn't even considered that. "I don't know. Will you?" I splashed a little in the water, if only to dispense nervous energy. I'd seen my friend with most of his clothes off when we'd gone swimming before. I'd always tried not to stare too hard, though, so I wouldn't make him feel uncomfortable. But now he knew that I was attracted to him so maybe Icouldstare. Feeling my skin grew hot, I submerged myself under water until only my eyes looked out above the surface. Bubbles rose up as I exhaled through my nose, waiting for Conner to make a move.
My heart stuttered, skipping several beats as I watched him take off his shirt. He didn't do it slowly or with hesitation, but decisively. He often took a long time to think about his actions, but once his mind was made up about something, he always followed through.
Once his shirt was off, Conner started shrugging off his pants. "I'm not taking off my underwear," he announced, even as he got rid of the rest of his clothing.
"Up to you," I said, rising up so I could speak. I knew there was no point trying to push him. I might just as well try pushing a whale back into the sea with my bare hands.
Besides, I was already getting more than I'd hoped for.
I hoped I didn't looktoohungry as Conner waded into the water. I couldn't take my eyes off him. I didn't try, either. And the water wasn't cold enough to do anything about the raging erection I was getting.
