They had known each other since for ever but never really seen the other. It was as if a vail had been lifted and he was suddenly looking at a completely different girl. Woman. Those curves, the plump lips and the sway of her hips... Definitely grown ass woman.
He felt like an idiot but, at 17 years old, he wasn't as experienced as his friends. Not that his friends were casanovas either. The difference was that the first day of highschool he was assigned the ugly duckling title and it hadn't been revoked since then. Being the ugly one of the male group, he wasn't used to the attention. Even less so from her or the likes of a girl like her.
The attention of this girl had him flustered and confused. How did it happen? One moment he was laughing about a cards play gone wrong and the next he heard her loud laugh in the room... and he felt the need to look back. At her. When their eyes met, he felt his cheeks become hot and his neck flushed.
But why? She was the same Cassie as always. They had shared a beer two nights before when their group of friends decided to go to the park after school and stayed late. She was the girl who didn't listen to folk music but could sing anything that was requested as long as someone gave her lyrics. She was the same girl that was crying with some of the people from the group about the guy she's dating. The guy she's dating. He needed to remember that whenever the heat came back and grew down his spine.
Because if something was clear to him: she was off limits. Aside from the fact that she had an on and off boyfriend, she was best friends with his best friend. What was he thinking about? She was way out of his league and here he was, thinking about what? Her lips on his? His hand on the back of her neck to hold her close? Her hands caressing the hair on his neck? Jeez... he was daydreaming.
He stopped the connection first and continued playing cards with his friends. Even though it lasted seconds, it felt more. And he could feel a prickly sensation that made him hard. He had to stop. Engage with his friends again and forget about the girl with the pink soft lips and beautiful smile.
She had to stay as the same old Cassie...