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Chapter One:
The Girl in socks

Dedicated to starryeyedturtle for making me the awesome cover!
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"Mmm... oh yes! That feels soooo good!"

My best friend McKenna laughs at me and continues her delightful stroking.

"You're even better than that guy at the spa," I moan, my eyes closing.

"Madelyn, do you realize how sexual your making this seem?"

Immediately I look down at my friend kneeling in front of me with my foot in her hands. She smirks up at me knowingly, stopping her actions.

"I don't care. Your foot massages are better than sex. Don't stop," I tell her removing my right foot from her hands, only to replace it with my left.

McKenna laughs again and starts messaging my foot. "If that's what you think, then you haven't been with a guy like Jeremy. He and-"

"Noo!" I interrupt what she was about to say. "I do not want to hear about your sex life with him. Ew! Just ew!" I make a disgusted looking face and stick my tounge out.

McKenna and Jeremy just started dating a few months ago. Apparently they are in love and might be taking it to the next level soon, or so she hopes.

"If you and him get married, I'm your maid of honor, right? Good I better be!" I ask and quickly answer my own question.

"Of course girl!" She says and stands up.

"Wait, what are you doing?" I ask, shooting up from my comfy chair. I was not ready for that foot massage to be over. Possibly never.

McKenna walks into the combined kitchen and dining room. My apartment is on the smaller side, but I don't mind. I follow her, stepping from the fluffy carpet to the cold tile floor. She grabs her purse off the tiny island in the middle of the kitchen.

"Where are you going?" I ask.

She turns and faces me. As usual I'm taken aback by how pretty she is. Not a lick of makeup is only her flawless pale skin. Her shoulder length brown hair looks amazing with the new bangs she recently got. Blue eyes look up at me while I have to tilt my neck down to see her because she's so short. Five foot three or something, which may be pushing it. I'm much taller than her.

"Don't you mean, where are we going?"

I rack my brain, trying to remember what we apparently have planned today. Her birthday isn't until next month so that's out. We already had mine a few months ago. What? What is it?

Fortunately, she saves my brain any more havoc and answers for me. "Lillie's pool party. Hello, shes been planning it for like three weeks now."

Oh yeah....

"Go get ready. We have to leave in thirty minutes."

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We pull into Lillie's driveway. Trying to find a place to park was going to be difficult. The yard, street, and long driveway were crowded with heaps of cars. Looking out the mirror, I see two more cars pull in behind us. My goodness! Did she invite everyone in the city?

"There's a spot!" McKenna shouts turning the steering wheel quickly to the left. We pull in dramtically and rather crooked. After she slams it into park, I stare at her with wide eyes, holding on to my seat belt.

"What! Did you want someone else to get our space?" She smirks at me, pulling out the keys. I guess she doesnt plan on straightening the car.

Rolling my eyes and laughing in my head, I undo my seat belt. McKenna is the craziest friend I have, but you can't help but love her for it.

We both get out of the car and she locks it. I turn sideways to fit through the space between our car and the one next to us and walk over to McKenna's side.

"Okay. Give me a once over and full out assessment overall." She orders holding her huge beach bag.

If someone ever heard our conversations, they'd think we were crazy. Not that I'd blame them. I understand fully though what she said. She wants assurance that she looks good. I've already seen what she picked out to wear back at my apartment but it looks slightly different in the sunlight.

She looks cute. Like super cute. She asked me earlier to put her hair into two buns on each side of her head, which looks adorable on her. I could never pull off that hairstyle. Then she's wearing a strapless light blue bikini. She's always had a slender frame and tiny curves but the push up bikini top gives her some cleavage.

Giving her a double thumbs up and a smile, we head to the party.

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"Ah! Maddy! Kenna! Eeeeeeeeee!"

McKenna and I both turn around surprised. Lillie comes running to us and suddenly squashes us both is hugs.

"Hey Lillie!" I say trying to get out of the boob crushing hug. She finally pulls away and faces us giggling like a little girl.

Lillie is twenty-one and a party person. A huge party person. And not just on the weekends but like any chance she gets, hence her party today.

Lillie's tall, maybe an inch shorter than me and beautiful. Died blond hair falls way past her shoulders in beachy waves. A huge, pearly white smile almost always is featured on her face. Covering her tan skin and nice figure is a black full piece swim suit that dips low down her average sized chest.

"What took so long? The party started like ten minutes ago," she complains glancing between us with her narrow blue eyes. She takes a sip from the coconut drink in her hand that I'm certain has alcohol in it.

"That would be miss never does her laundry," McKenna look at me with her hand on her hip.

"Sorry I'm so talented at being lazy. You don't have to be so jealous girls." I say making them laugh.

I really am lazy when it come to house cleaning. Not that I live in a filthy home, but sometimes it's a little messy.

I don't have many swim suits because it's rare I go swimming. So it took me about ten minutes of searching through laundry baskets to find one and then another 30 to wash it and dry it.

The ending result was me in a simple maroon full piece with a halter neck and McKenna and I arriving a little bit late.

"Anyways, come on, I've got to introduce you to some friends," Lillie says grabbing both our hands and pulling us away.

Lillie has a big two story house that she shares with three other roommates. Currently it's filled with people in swim suits, blaring music, and all sorts of alcoholic beverages. Just her type of party.

She drags us through the crowd and outside where the in ground pool is. It's a long pool with a small waterfall on one end and a diving board on the other end. People swim and float around in big emoji floats. A bulky dude flips off the diving board and splashes us a little.

I hear Lillie tell him to watch it as I move a wet curl out of my eyes. Again I feel my arm being pulled until all three of us are sitting on lounge reclining chairs with a giant umbrella covering all of us.

"Okay. You stay here and I'll go get them."

Before either of us can speak, Lillie is rushing back inside in search of whoever it is she wants us to meet. Knowing her, it's probably some giant twin dudes who own a gym and workout everyday and can lift you like weights with one arm. Yep, that's probably who they are, I laugh to myself.

"Well, it's time for me to turn into a tomato and pray I don't die," McKenna says laying back against the cushion and closing her eyes.

"I thought you put on sunscreen?" I ask.

"I did. Still I'm gonna burn."

We both laugh. I'll never understand that. I've always had natural tan skin and never had a sunburn. I don't know why she would even want to be tan. She has beautiful skin, even if it is white.

Settling into the chair more comfortably, I slip off my uggs and set them beside the chair. Stretching out my legs, I notice people glancing in my direction and whispering. I know exactly what they must be saying too.

"Hey, look at that girl. She wearing socks. Can you believe it? Socks to a pool party, seriously? She must just be trying to get attention."

And a bunch of other comments like those. No one ever thinks to question if my reason for wearing them might be a good one. They just assume and judge. I'm used to it by now though. That's why my friends list is limited to a small number. Which I'm okay with because I love my friends... well, McKenna and Lillie. They're the only ones who know the truth besides-

"I'm back!" Lillie's says in a sing-song voice.

I was so distracted, I didn't notice that she had showed back up with two guys.

And they were not the twin bodybuilders I assumed they'd be.

"Boys these are girls. Girls these are boys," Lillie says pointing from us to them and back.

"Words spoken like a true poet," McKenna mumbles sitting up.

"Yep! Okay you guys have fun and mingle and I'll see ya later," Lillie says and disappears in the crowd.

And here comes the awkward conversation....

"Lillie, right?" I look up at the guy on the left. He looks about in his young twenties and has a mohawk died white blond.

"What do you mean, Mohawk dude?" I ask

He laughs. "Name's Luke... and I just meant she's got one hell of a personality," Mohawk dude... I mean Luke says smirking.

McKenna and I glance at each other obviously thinking the same thing. This Luke guy has a crush on Lillie.

"Yeah she's great... in fact she wanted you to follow her... you should go find her like right now," McKenna says nodding with a serious face.

I bite my lip to hold back the laugh. She's trying to get rid of him.

Tried and succeeded. After one more conformation that she was waiting for him he took off like a love sick puppy.

One down, one more to go.

My eyes look at the other dude for the first time and... holy fudge potato... wait no, no that's wrong... he's no way near a potato... he's a freaking god!

"So... what's your names?" He asks. Deep voice.... is it inappropriate to moan right now?

"Uh... I'm McKenna."

Suddenly his gorgeous blues are looking at me and I swear my heart starts beating like crazy. Crap! Why is he looking at me?

I look at McKenna for help.

"And that's Madelyn... and I'm gonna go get a drink... bye"

No! I beg McKenna with my eyes not to leave me here with this super hot guy alone. She ignores and and flashes me a wink as she sneaks away.

"Madelyn... beautiful name."

"Uh.. yeah... thanks... w,what's yours?"

Stupid! Stupid!

"Liam...," he leans down close to my ear. A shiver glides down my spine when his breath hits my neck. "Can I ask you a question?"

All I can manage is a small nod.

He brushes a curl behind my ear.

"Why are you wearing socks?"

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Posted on... June, 26, 2017

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