The Night I Met You

5 - Sweet and low.

-Emma

*Saturday*

I got in the car and drove away to Christy's place. It had been an hour since the guys left. I didn't want to leave immediately after they left. It would be too weird.

You are weird.

I drove about 15 minutes, until I came to Christy's house.

It is crowded with cars, bicycles and motorcycles. I have never been to a barbecue organised by a fellow student. Hopefully it will be fun.

I got out of the car and as I walked towards the house I heard someone moan. Distracted, I looked from the left to the right and ran inside without thinking about it twice.

Someone is having fun.

I was about to knock on the door, when Christy herself opened the door, about to go outside.

"Emma, heeey! You came. Great. Come inside. Go through the glass door. We are having the barbecue in the garden."

Obviously.

"Hey. Okay. Thanks."

She comes outside and I go inside. There is no one in the living room. I headed to the backdoor and once I found it, I tried to pull the door but it wouldn't open.

"You should slide it to the right."

I was startled by the deep voice coming from behind me. I turned around and looked at a man I had never seen before.

"I'm Jake."

"Emma. Thanks for the tip." I pointed at the door.

"Yeah, it was the same for me too. I made a fool of myself in front of my friends. You are lucky no one was around, except me," he smiles and cute dimples form in his cheeks.

"I consider myself lucky then."

"You should." He winks and slides the door open.

"Are you coming?"

"Yeah."

I step outside and I get confronted by more than 30 people. How big a barbecue is this?

"Let me introduce you to my friends. They are over here."

It's really nice of him to introduce me to his friends. No one ever does that. It only happens in movies and books.

I smiled and followed him. On our way to his friends, he greets a couple of people and makes some jokes. To my luck, he didn't introduce me to any of them.

"Yo, Jake. Wanna play?"

"What are we playing?"

"Beer pong."

"I'm in. But first let me introduce you to Emma."

His friends look at me and say hello.

"Hi Emma, I'm Dave. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too."

"How do you know Jake?" he asks, and looks from Jake to me.

"Interesting short story." I explained to him what happened and he laughed.

"Has happened to the best of us. By the way, do you want to play?"

"It's okay. I am just going to sit down, drink something."

"Okay. If you want to play, just say so."

Why are these people so nice to me? As I sit down, I remember the reason I actually came here for. Where is Adam?

"Aaah." A girl squealed and I heard the water splash. There's a pool here?

I walked a little further, took a left turn and I saw the big pool, full of people. My eyes are looking for him, but I don't see him anywhere.

Just as I looked straight ahead, I spotted him. He is with Jason, Leyla and a couple of other people, most of them men.

As if he sensed my presence, he looked at me and smiled. Leyla turns around and notices me as well.

"Emma, come here." I walked towards them, when I suddenly found myself falling and inside the pool.

Did someone push me? I didn't feel anything.

I get my head out of the water and take a deep breath.

"I am so sorry! I didn't mean to push you." I heard a girly voice say.

Looking up, I saw a gorgeous blonde woman, with the most beautiful body I have ever seen. She is a goddess. I hope she means what she says, and didn't push me on purpose.

"Emma, are you okay?" I looked on the right and saw Adam standing there.

"Let me help you."

"It's okay. I got it." I get out of the pool and the girl who pushed me, tries not to laugh.

Did she push me on purpose? Why would she do that?

"Emma, are you okay?" Leyla asks and comes beside me.

"It's cold out here. We have to get you other clothes. Christy must have something for you."

"I don't think Christy's clothes will fit her," the blonde girl said sarcastically.

"Are you saying I am too thin or too thick for Christy's clothes?" I talked back and she didn't talk back.

"That's what I thought. You should watch your mouth and keep your hands to yourself. You don't want to push somebody else on purpose in the pool."

I turned around and went away. Thankfully, Leyla is beside me.

"What the hell is the matter with you?" I heard Adam. Did he say that to me?

I turned around and saw that he was talking to the blonde girl. "I am sorry," she said, and looked down the whole time.

"If I see you push her or anyone else ever again, you know what will happen."

Did he just threaten her? Why would he do that? He is not her boss.

I feel a little bit bad about her now, but I guess she got what she deserved.

Adam looked at me and came towards us.

"Are you okay?" His voice is not stern anymore, but sweet and low. Hmm.

"Yeah. I am fine. I just want to change clothes and be somewhere warm."

"Come. I'll take you to Christy's room," Leyla said, and took my hand, pulling me away from Adam.

I feel very warm around him. And aroused. I just want to touch him so badly. But when he offered to help me, I didn't accept. Why though?

We walked away from the pool and walked towards the house.

"Hey, Emma. What happened?" Jake asked, but I didn't respond, because Leyla wouldn't stop pulling me.

"I'll talk to you later." That is the best I can do right now.

"I can walk by myself, you know." I said to Leyla, but she didn't say anything.

She slides the door open and pulls me inside.

"What happened back there?" she asks me, looking all angry.

"What do you mean?"

"Why did Sarah push you?" So that's the blonde girl's name.

"I don't know. I was walking towards you and I suddenly fell. It was like the air pushed me. I didn't feel her hands on my body."

She closed her eyes, and when she opened them she looked frustrated.

"That bitch."

"What? Why are you even asking?"

"Because she is a bully, Emma. Always has been. God, I hate her so much."

She took my hand once more and we walked towards the stairs.

"Leyla, I can walk by myself. You don't have to hold my hand like I'm a child. And, we can't go upstairs without Christy's permission. It's her house."

"It's Adam's house too. Christy is his sister. If he said it is okay for you to wear her clothes, then it is okay with Christy as well."

What? Christy is Adam's sister?

"Why didn't you tell me?" I pulled my hand away from her and stopped at the stairs, waiting for answers.

What answers are you looking for? She already told you that Christy is his sister, dummy.

My subconscious is right.

"I will tell you everything, just please come on. You have to get changed otherwise you will catch a cold."

She is right.

I give up and followed her upstairs.

"Here, wear these." Leyla throws a plain black t-shirt at me and a pair of jeans.

"Go to the bathroom and change. I will give you a pair of underwear as well."

"Christy's underwear? Isn't that, like, forbidden?"

"What?"

"I mean, it's underwear. It's about personal hygiene."

"She does laundry, you know." Leyla says and looks annoyed at me.

I rolled my eyes and headed to the bathroom.

"You can take a warm shower, if you'd like. There are fresh towels inside the closet."

Seems like a good idea to me.

It took me about 10 minutes to shower. The shortest shower ever. I got out of the bathroom, wearing dry clothes, dry underwear, but no bra, since Christy's bras are a C-cup, but mine are B. Yeah, I have small boobs. Whatever.

I hope it remains warm, so my n*****s won't be hard and visible.

Maybe I should wear a jacket.

"Feel better?" Leyla asked, without looking up from her phone.

"Warm and dry."

"Great. Now let's go downstairs."

"Can I have a jacket? It's a little bit cold with only a t-shirt."

"Sure. Grab one from the closet."

It feels like I am robbing these clothes. I mean, I didn't even get Christy's approval.

"Don't worry about Christy. I already texted her and explained what happened. She knows about the clothes. She is okay with it."

Am I that obvious? Well, now at least I know that Christy is okay with me borrowing her clothes.

We headed downstairs, and Leyla had still not explained what she meant before, about Sarah. She seems to know her well.

These people know each other very well. Isn't it weird? I haven't seen these people at the university. It just occurred to me now.

Most of the people were now inside, since it's dark and cold outside. This house is extremely big. Two hundred people or more could fit inside the living room alone. It's like a ballroom.

Christy and Adam's parents must be rich.

"There you are. We are playing 'spin the bottle'. You want to join us?" Christy asks us.

"Hell yeah." Leyla said and ran to the group of people who were sitting on the big couches in the center of the room.

There are more than 10 couches in the living room and there are TVs on every table, except for the one where they are playing 'spin the bottle'. I notice that Adam is not playing with them, and I feel relieved.

But where is he, either way?

"Want to play, Emma?" Christy asks me and I want to say no, but then I remind myself that I am single and don't have to be loyal to anyone.

Why not play?

"Sure."

We sat down and I saw that Jake was playing as well. So is the blonde girl. Hm, Sarah. I regret agreeing to play already.

Christy spins the bottle and it lands on the blonde girl and Leyla.

Damn.

"Yikes." Leyla says and approaches Sarah.

The boys start 'ooo-ing' and once they kiss, they burst into yells.

"That was arousing." The guy beside me said.

Since the top of the bottle stopped on Sarah, she had to spin the bottle.

She does and it lands on the guy beside me and a guy I don't know.

"Oh hell no!" the guy beside me says.

They kiss and then brush it off with their hands.

"Arousing." I said, so only he could hear me and he laughed.

Fortunately.

It was really loud, since everyone was talking, or yelling, or laughing. And there were the other guys who were listening to music and playing videogames.

The other guy spun the bottle and it landed on me and a guy I don't know.

"It seems I got lucky," he smiled.

He approaches me slowly, maybe thinking that I would approach him as well, but I can't do it.

I feel guilty. Like I am not supposed to kiss him.

"Kiss. Kiss. Kiss..." the group started shouting and it got even more uncomfortable.

"We have to kiss," the guy said and was now inches away from me.

I closed my eyes, waiting for him to kiss me, when I felt a pair of soft, wet lips on mine and I started to give in.

This feels good.

Oh so good.

I opened my eyes and looked at Adam. I get startled and move back.

"Was it that disgusting?" I heard someone say and I finally opened my eyes for real.

Was I imagining it again?

"We haven't even kissed yet and you got scared?" He said, so only I could hear.

Then who did I kiss?