Page 21 of The Friend Scheme
This feels weirdly intimate, even though I know he’s probably not feeling anything even remotely close to what I am. He plays baseball; he probably strips off around other guys all the time.
Now there’s a thought.
“You’re seriously not coming in?” he asks.
“Nah.”
He shrugs and unbuckles his belt.
I sit down on the sand and then pull out my phone. I don’t have any new messages, but I remember I’d told Dad I’d tell him my plans. I start writing a message to him.
Hey, I went home, just FYI.
Nope, that won’t work. What if he beats me there?
I give up and decide I’ll just deal with it if I get in trouble. I start to feel ill. Vince and Grandma saw me at the bar. So they must know I left. I’ll need to come up with some reason why I did, because surely they’ll ask.
I’m so stupid.
Jason takes off his slacks and then kicks them over to me. They land on my legs, and I have to push them away.
He laughs.
He’s now wearing black boxer briefs, and that’s it. He has really nice thighs, too. I guess from baseball.
“Come on,” he says as he walks backward. “You won’t regret it.”
“I’m good.”
“Okay, I’ll be quick, then we can chat.”
He turns and walks toward the water.
I definitely do check out his butt. But only for a second.
And then I’m on my phone, on Grindr, keeping my phone up so he can’t see it. It loads, and I see that “J” has finally responded.
Good thanks cutie, how are you?
I start typing out a response.
Great thanks! Got more pics?
He comes online.
And damn.
Jason obviously isn’t holding his phone now. Which means “J” isn’t him.
I get a new message.
Jerome here
He also sends me a bunch of photos. Not sexy ones, he’s clothed in all of them. He’s really cute and has even included a photo where he’s dressed up as Klaus fromThe Umbrella Academy. But he’s definitely not Jason. I type out a response, because even though I don’t want to talk to him anymore, I don’t want to leave him hanging after he sent photos of himself.
You’re cute dude
I know he’s going to ask me for pics, which I don’t want to send, so I switch to Safari and google shark fatalities. Apparently there were sixty-seven unprovoked attacks last year.
