“Okay, the sheets are in the dryer,” Bethany said to interrupt the tense moment I was having with Mark. I reached out to pull her closer because I needed her support just then. She slipped her arm around my hips before asking, “Are we still swimming?”
Mark frowned like we were a puzzle he couldn’t figure out, then he nodded. “Come on then.”
Bethany got our towels. I locked the house on the way out. Mark was silent as he led us the two doors down to his house. The last time I made this walk with Mark I thought he might care about me a little. But if he cared about me he wouldn’t have refused to be with me again. It’s not like I’d have called the police on him or anything. And plenty of girls dated older guys.
I knew his girlfriend. She was just some bimbo that laughed too loud at jokes that weren’t funny. I’d met her a handful of times at swim parties or when we got together with Mark’s family for cookouts. She had huge boobs. I glanced down at my puffies and frowned. Maybe that’s why he really refused.