I glanced around and briefly thought of sticking myself in the middle of the other couch where perhaps Megan or Cassidy or even the Sanders twins might end up curled up next to me. But my recent conversation with Megan had me feeling slightly nervous about my dedication to Dawn. It had only been two days and I felt a twinge of guilt at desiring even that minor physical contact with another girl. So pushing aside those flirtatious feelings, I put myself in a corner and settled in to just relax.
As it turned out, Megan came and sat beside me anyways. She didn’t cuddle herself into the crook of my arm like one of the other girlfriends was currently doing with their boys, but I was still happy that a cute girl was next to me. And then we all went quiet as the Save the Last Dance started up.
Most of our group hadn’t seen the movie in theaters, and since Elaine got the DVD it sort of made sense. But Megan, Cassidy, and I had all gone to see it together back in January on a date so I already knew the plot. And right around the time the main characters were breaking up so they could get back together at the end of the movie, I got up to pee and grab something to drink. I already knew what would happen and watching two teenagers going through the awkward pain of breaking up was slightly uncomfortable for me.
After pissing, I passed through the kitchen and ran into James Kaito. The two of us had been casual acquaintances since the beginning of high school, but lately he’d been gravitating towards our group as he was already good friends with Stephanie Vo and her new boyfriend Sung.
“Hey, what’s up, Kaito?” I head nodded. People had been referencing him by his last name since Ninth Grade since there were already too many Jameses around.
He nodded back and pointed to the bag of popcorn he was pouring into a bowl. “Want some?”
“Sure,” I nodded and stepped forward, but then came up short. “Actually, we don’t have any on our side of the room. Where’d you get the bag?”
Kaito pointed and I went to microwave a fresh bag while he fetched another bowl for me. I had just finished setting the microwave timer and then turned around when he took a deep breath and said offhand, “So, you and Megan seem to be getting along pretty well nowadays.”
I heard the forced casualness in his tone and arched an eyebrow while looking over to my classmate. Two inches shorter than me at 5’10”, Kaito nevertheless had a strong, masculine presence with sharp cheekbones and a well-built physique. He had a handsome face and attracted girls to him easily, but his painfully shy demeanor and hesitance to talk usually kept him apart from the flirty, social scene. So while coolly evaluating his intentions, I replied easily, “Yeah. I was worried myself that things would always be awkward after we broke up. But Megan is remarkably forgiving.”
Kaito chuckled. “You wouldn’t think it to look at her. She’s usually so black and white.”
I smiled and heard the admiration in his voice. “Yeah. Once Megan makes a decision or decides what she wants, she can be pretty stubborn about it. I’m just lucky she’s decided to be nice to me.” I studied the look on Kaito’s face and tried to figure out: Did he like her?
Kaito sighed as he collected his popcorn bowl and snagged his Coke can. “Yeah, well. Good luck with her. You two make a great couple.”
I frowned. “Wait, what? We’re not getting back together or anything.”
Kaito froze half a step back into the media room. “You’re not?”
“No. What gave you that idea?”
“Oh.” Kaito looked embarrassed now. “Uh, just that she had this look in her eye whenever she saw you last year. And then she’s gotten so much friendlier and you were talking real close by the pool and now she’s sitting next to you and everything,” he rambled. “I just sorta figured—”
I shook my head. “I’ve got a girlfriend. She’s in NorCal, but we’re pretty serious.”
Kaito’s eyes popped open. “Really? Oh, uh, congratulations, man.”
I shrugged. “Thanks.” Then I took a step forward and folded my arms over my chest. “Now YOU on the other hand…”
Kaito gulped and took a step back.
“How long have you been crushing on Megan?” I asked with a smile on my face.
“Wha—?” he stammered. “Uh, what makes you think that I’m—?”
“Aren’t you?” I interrupted.
He blanched and went pale for a moment, clutching the bowl of popcorn. But after another few seconds of me smiling wryly at him, he started to figure out I wasn’t angry with him or anything. “You don’t mind?”
“Not at all. You’re a good guy from what I know, Kaito. And I’ve got no rights over her.”
“Do you think she knows?” he asked nervously.
I thought back. Granted, I hadn’t been around for the past month, but I hadn’t seen anything in their interactions to make me think Megan realized just yet. Kaito had always been good at keeping his feelings hidden, this latest conversation notwithstanding. And as for Megan herself, I hadn’t seen anything to imply she thought of Kaito any differently than she had in the past.
Actually, if anything, I had to wonder about what Kaito was referencing in Megan’s behavior towards ME. First, there had been her frequent references to waiting for me to grow up. Since we’d broken up, she had been giving me some pointed looks, whether of disapproval or of longing I’m not entirely sure. Maybe both. And now that I was back, she was indeed engaging me in private conversations and sitting beside me during the movie. Heck, she’d brought me pizza.
I shook my head. “I don’t think she knows,” I told Kaito. But I did wonder if Megan wanted to get back together with me. If so, things were going to get really awkward.
For one, I really was dedicated to Dawn. I loved her with a passion I’d never felt before and I was dead set on making that relationship work out. After all, it was destiny, right? And as fond as I was of Megan, I’d never truly loved her. Even when she’d fallen head over heels for me and frequently told me how much she loved me, all I could manage were offhand replies like “love ya, too” to appease her. If Megan really tried to pursue me, I was sure she’d end up getting hurt and from that, our friendship might never recover. And I really valued her friendship.
Hey, Kaito might be a very good distraction. Megan deserved much more than I could give her, and Kaito seemed the kind of guy who could dedicate his all to one woman. And for now at least, he really wanted Megan to be that one woman.
With perfect timing, the microwave dinged at the same time this light bulb went off in my head. I turned and fished out the fully-popped bag of popcorn, and with a smile I returned back to Kaito. “Well if you’re thinking of going after her, Kaito, I might be able to give you some advice.”
Tuesday morning, Brooke and I took advantage of an empty house to screw like bunnies. She said she wanted to meet up with her friends and see if they could tell she had a load of cum squishing around her pussy. I warned her to keep a lid on things, because if someone caught us there wouldn’t BE any more loads of cum.
Brooke just told me she was extra anxious, because her period was due to start the next day and she’d have to go without sex for a week, which meant I’d have to go without any pussy for a week. So with that in mind, I ripped my little sister’s clothes off and added a second batch of cum to the first to make sure she’d be really swampy.
In the afternoon, I played video games with the boys, including Kaito. When we had a few minutes, I talked to him about his brief conversation with Megan the previous night, gave him a few pointers, and told him to be patient. “Megan’s got to be the one to decide to go out with you. If you try and push her before that, she’ll get defensive and you won’t have a shot in hell. But just be a good listener and be attentive, show her you’re interested, and let her make the call, okay?”