Page 19 of Agony

What the hell are they grinning about? I wondered in frustration.

I retraced my words and felt my face turn bright red. I finally got why they were grinning like hyenas.

“Grow up, guys,” I grumbled.

They both laughed. Arsen grabbed our plates and went over to the sink. He grabbed Addie’s plate while he was there and proceeded to wash them, then the pans she had used for the bacon and eggs.

“Let’s get out of here,” Addie said when Arsen put the last dish on the dish rack.

“Sounds good. You gals still want to go to the park?” he asked, pulling his keys out of his pocket.

“Nah. I want to go to the beach. Come on, Neve. Let’s throw on some bathing suits and get dressed. We can stop by your place on the way there so you can change,” she said to Arsen as she pulled me off of the stool and dragged me into the bedroom.

“Why the beach?” I asked her suspiciously once we close the door.

“Because there aren’t any in Manhattan,” she replied digging through her luggage. “Get dressed.”

I sighed and went over to my dresser and pulled out a one piece bathing suit.

“I knew you were going to be boring,” she grumbled. “Put this on.”

I took the two piece bathing suit from her and looked it over. The top was dark blue with white stripes and the bottom looked like boy shorts with a white anchor right on the rear.

I pulled on a loose white t-shirt and denim shorts while she got into her bathing suit and clothes. She grabbed some beach towels and slung them over her shoulder, following me out of the bedroom. Arsen was patiently waiting in the living room.

The living room! Oh God, I hope he didn’t see the vibrator and movie!

He was actually watching TV, the movie still laying where I tossed it on the other couch. The vibrator, however, was sitting on the coffee table still.

I felt my face turn red, but Addie saved the day, as only she could.

“I was wondering what I did with this,” she said with a laugh, tossing the beach towels on the couch where the movie sat.

She gave me a look to tell me it was my opportunity to hide it. I casually walked over and bunched up the towels, the movie tucked safely inside, and went back into the bedroom shoving it into my underwear drawer.

“I don’t think he saw it,” she said quietly as she shoved the vibrator in and closing the drawer.

“Let’s just go,” I pleaded.

She nodded as we went back into the living room where Arsen was still sitting.

“Ready to go?” she asked him brightly.

“Yeah. I was just watching that show you like,” he said to me with a smile.

I looked at the television and laughed. The same show that he thought made me crazy was the same show he was watching now.

He turned everything off and stood up. The three of us walked over to the door and he held it open over our heads to let us pass through. I turned around to lock it and he brushed a finger gently against my hip while he stood there. I looked up at him curiously and he smiled.

I blushed.

Again.

ChapterSix

The beach wasn’t very far away from Arsen’s house. In fact, he pulled into his driveway and told us we could walk from there if we wanted.

“I’m gonna go inside and change. You guys wanna come in?” he asked, unlocking his door.

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