A Bit Of A Girl Crush by Anette Stern Page B

her bikini top showed from under the wide neck, and the shape and
color of the bikini was visible through the thin fabric.
    “ Pff .   I’d make him if you didn’t.”
    Katie was long past having to admit that Serena had a nice body.   In fact, she’d always thought Serena was her
prettiest friend, even when some of her other friends seemed to get a bit more
attention from the boys growing up.   But
lately things seemed to have come around for her too.   And while Serena never seemed to end up with
the athletic and hunky guys that seemed to go after Katie, Katie certainly
noticed very swiftly how nice most of
those guys treated Serena whether she was interested in them or not.   Especially Kyle.
    But Kyle wasn’t as hot as Chad had been, that’s for sure.   Katie felt so little around him.   He was the second biggest star on the
university rugby team, and definitely the best player.   Or maybe he was the best player, and the second
biggest star on the team, or maybe just a player.   Who knew.   Either way, he was definitely something.   Katie had only dated him for a little while,
but every once in awhile she wished things had worked out.
    “Hey.   Earth to
Katie.   Let’s go.”
    Katie snapped out of whatever spell she’d been floating in.   “Right, sorry, was thinking about something.”

 
    “Oh God, Serena.”   Katie took a long and deep breath, smelling
deeply the coconut oil and fragrance of the spa, against the rush of the sea
air blowing in.   She lay prone on the
massage table, naked with a towel narrowly folded over her butt, her eyes
closed against the warm bright light that penetrated her eyelids.
    “I know.   I’m not moving for
forever.”   Serena’s voice came muffled
through her own towel.   Her face was
buried directly into the cloth.
    “That was good. ”
    “I know. ”
    Punta Hermosa’s massage table overlooked the Pacific Ocean, and the sand
and sound of waves was an entirely unexpected—and welcome—wrinkle to the usual
pleasantness of a massage.   The staff had
been skilled and pleasant, if not particularly hot.   The smell of vanilla lingered in the air, and
each new breath sent thrills down Katie’s spine.
    “I love vanilla,” Katie added, almost rhetorically.
    “I hope you don’t mind sharing a bed,” Serena said apologetically.   “I booked it wrong.”
    “We’ve shared beds before.   It’s no
big deal.”
    “Yeah, a long time ago,” Serena added.   “Actually, it was at your fifteenth birthday party, right?”
    “Well, it wasn’t much of a party, just you and me.”
    “And cake.   That makes three,”
Serena declared.
    German chocolate
cake with coconut-infused frosting.   That’s what she had wanted for her birthday, so Katie had to make it
herself.   Good thing she’d taken Home Ec in seventh grade, or that cake would have lit on
fire.  
    “Close enough for me.   Anyway, the
room is okay.   I guess if we’d have
insisted on a two-bed room, we’d never get to stay at all.”
    “I did kinda forget about booking until last
minute.”
    “You’re such a ditz,” Katie laughed.
    “Don’t judge me!” Serena cried out in mock indignation, reaching to push
Katie’s table over, and succeeding in only gently rocking both of their tables at
once.
    “Hey!” Katie squealed, holding on for dear life.
    “Hey what.   Let’s go to the beach,” Serena said, picking herself up off the table to
reveal her gently curved breasts.
    They were stunning.   Perfectly
rounded, perfectly sized.   Her nipples
were a little larger than Katie’s, too, and drew to a lovely little point,
surrounded by a dark areola.   Katie liked
the way they gleamed with the coconut oil.
    I can’t remember the last time I
saw Serena completely naked , Katie instantly realized.   Had it been gym class in ninth grade?   Before that?   No, she had never had gym class with Serena,
come to think of it.   How long has it been?
    She looked different now,