I clicked furiously on my computer to flip to the next page of a book I was reading on my laptop while Jimmy was on his phone.

Jimmy turned his phone off. "Watcha doin'?" He hovered his body over my back, his limbs on either side of me. His face inched closer to my face. "Huh? Huh? Huh?"

His breath tickled, I craned my neck and giggled. "Reading."

"Watcha readin'?" Jimmy brought his face closer to mine again. "Huh? Huh? H-"

"BLOOD MERIDAN!" I shouted playfully, trying to get him to stop with the huh?s.

Jimmy started giving me neck kisses, his mussed hair tickling my face.

"Stopstopstopstopstoooop!" I squealed, craning my neck. "May I read please?"

"No," Jimmy continued with the neck kisses. Ah, yes. Like I needed more throbbing hickeys. I'm telling you right now: those things hurt like a bitch.

I kissed him on the lips to get him to stop.

When we let go, Jimmy asked: "When will your parents get back?"

"Um..." I checked the time on my computer. "They usually don't come home until, like, midnight. We have all day."

Jimmy smirked. I knew exactly why he asked from the beginning.

"Hey Jimmy, what if I told you..." I grinned from ear-to-ear. "No."

Jimmy's smile faded, as if he was a five-year-old that was just scolded.

I closed my computer, then kissed him. "I'm just kidding," I giggled. "I have a doctors appointment tomorrow; they're gonna ask me if I'm sexually active."

"At least people won't call you a pussy anymore," Jimmy and I laughed in unison. "Hope you got a half an hour on your hands." Jimmy laid me down on the bed, kissing my neck again.

"For now, it will be a half an hour. Soon enough, it's gonna be a minute and 52 seconds," I laughed.

"Not in my world," Jimmy said, unbuttoning my shirt. He ran his hands along my curves, sending chills up my spine. I shrugged my shirt all the way off, waiting for Jimmy to finish stripping me.

He unclipped my lacy black bra, throwing it across the room.

Jimmy quickened the pace, taking my pants off. He stripped, exposing his toned abs. He always calls himself doughy, but he is the complete opposite of doughy. His biceps flexed.

I kissed his chest, his head tilting back in pleasure. He grabbed my by the shoulders, laying me on my back. He grasped my wrists, holding them up so I couldn't control them, and showered me with kisses down my chest to my stomach. I let out a moan in pleasure.

---

I woke up against the warmth of Jimmy's body, feeling his chest move up and down as he breathed.

I unwrapped my legs from his waist, slowly coming off of him so I didn't wake him up. I quietly stepped onto the floor, grimacing until I knew I was okay.

I looked out the window that was shining vague sunlight through. There weren't any cars in the driveway still, thank God.

I looked back over at Jimmy. He was tangled up in the sheets, sleeping peacefully. I noticed dark purplish-bluish hickeys all over his chest-they looked even worse than mine, which multiplied in amount.

Even though nobody was home, I looked both ways before I walked across the hall to the bathroom.

I turned the knob to the shower to almost utterly hot.

I stepped in, letting the warmth of the hot water slither down my body.

The shower was shorter than most of my showers; usually I would take 30 minute long showers.

I dried myself with a towel, and ran a brush throw my damp hair. I walked back to the bedroom and slipped into a black tank top and sweatpants that said NYC down the leg. I pulled my hair into a messy bun, tendrils of hair that didn't fit hanging down my face.

My hickeys were throbbing even more than before, which I didn't think was remotely possible.

I walked over and knelt down next to Jimmy. "Jimmy," I whispered, trying to get him to wake up. He stirred, but didn't wake up.

"Jimmy!" I hissed. Nothing.

I suddenly got an idea that would be funny, but mostly mischievous. I rummaged through my mother's bottom drawer and gripped her air-horn.

I put it-not to close-but near Jimmy's ear, and pressed down on the top. It made a piercing sound that made me cover up my ears.

Jimmy shot up, his eyes wide. He looked around vigorously as if he had just heard a gunshot.

"Really, dude?" Jimmy said, sitting up until his back was to the wooden edge of the bed.

I crossed my arms. "Mhm."

He pointed toward his pair of underwear and jeans. "Can you hand me those?"

"Why?"

"So you don't have to see my pepe,"

"Jimmy, first of all; I've seen you naked for a total of two times. I think you're okay." I said through chuckles. I handed him his clothes. "Don't you want a shirt?"

"No, everyone deserves to get a good glimpse of my tits." Jimmy said as he climbed out of bed and put his clothes on.

I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his neck. "Hi," I said, pecking him on the lips.

"Hello," Jimmy said in his husky voice, kissing my neck.

Something buzzed in the distance. I broke out of Jimmy's kiss to look and see whose phone it was. It was my phone.

"Be right back," I whispered to Jimmy, grabbing my phone off the nightstand.

It was in the group chat:

Daniella: NOEL IM GOIN TO GUESS YOU'RE AT JIMMY'S HOUSE

Me: WHY R U TALKING IN CAPS

Daniella: ANSWER MY QUESTION

Me: We're at my house, why?

Daniella: CAN I COME OVER I'M BORED AS FUCK

"Hey, Jim, do you care if Daniella comes over?" I asked him without facing him.

"Yeah, I don't care."

I texted back:

Me: Yeah sure, you need to be picked up?

Daniella: Nah, I'll drive.

Me: Ya sure?

Daniella: Yea, see ya.

---

Jimmy and I were hanging downstairs on the couch with our hands intertwined until there was a knock at the door. Daniella.

I hopped up, releasing Jimmy's grip and opened the door.

Daniella, looking gorgeous as always; her blond hair straightened out, and even though she was only wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt, she still looked awesome.

"Hiya," I said, letting Daniella in.

"S'up,"

We walked to the living room where Jimmy was still slouched on the couch.

"Hey, Dani," Jimmy said as we approached him, us both sitting down.

"Hey Jim, whatcha guys up to?"

"Not much," I answered before Jimmy could, because I know Jimmy would spill the beans.

"Wait a minute..." Daniella trailed off, looking at Jimmy's hickeys. Why didn't he put a fucking shirt on? "I knew it!"

"Oh god," I rubbed my eyes in frustration, laughing.

"There are so many, dude!" Daniella said with an astounded laugh. She faced me. "Let's see how many you got."

"No," I refused, but Daniella was already tackling me to the floor.

I let out a squeal. "Jimmy, help!"

"Seinfeld is on!" Jimmy held up his index finger at me.

"How dare you!" I said with a laugh, trying to keep a straight face. Daniella tried to lift up my shirt to see the hickeys, but I was slowly failing to jerk her hands away.

"Alright!" I yelled through hysterical laughter.

Daniella climbed off of me. "I already know you guys are fucking. It's so obvious. At my party you guys banged in my closet, and-"

"We were faking it at the party," I admitted.

"What?!"

---

We all decided to just hang out and watch Seinfield, because I didn't have a pool or anything else to amuse us.

It was silent for a good ten minutes until Daniella said: "Did you hear about Marion?"

I sat up, furrowing my brow. "No, why? What's going on?"

"She's, uh..." Daniella trailed off, her eyes becoming red-rimmed. "She's going to California."

"What?" Jimmy and I said in unison.

She nodded. "University of California is one of the best nursing schools, and she wants to go there." Daniella was full-on sobbing. She put her head in her hands.

"Damn," Jimmy said, running his fingers through his mussed hair.

My mouth trembled. Marion was going to be thousands of miles away from us. I mean, Marion-including Daniella-have been there for me for years!

My eyes welled up. "How long did you know?"

"Just found out."

"That's so far away, though," Jimmy chimed in, rubbing his lips together. "Doesn't she wanna be near her family, or maybe at least cut a few thousand miles?"

"I don't wanna stop Marion from doing what she's wants to do, but gosh..." I rubbed my eyes. "That was really..." I was interrupted by my sobs.

"Aw, c'mere," Jimmy embraced me with his muscular arms.

I suddenly felt better once I felt Jimmy's arms around me. He made me feel secure; as if all my worries just melted away.

Daniella hugged us. "Group hug."

"Yaaaaay!" I cheered, throwing my fist in the air.

Jimmy let me go, and so did Daniella. I wipes the tears off my damp face.

"I love you guys," I said, flashing them both a grin.

"Well, we love you too, nerd." Daniella said with a laugh. I playfully rolled my eyes at her comment.

"So what should we do?" Jimmy asked us.

"Daniella, you're the game master, think of a game."

"Uhhh..." Daniella squinted her eyes, deep in thought. "How about another game of Never Have I Ever?"

"Oh god," Jimmy said through hysterical laughter.

"I'll start," She said, shifting in her seat. "Never Have I Ever masturbated."

"Ew," I muttered. I looked over at Jimmy, raising an eyebrow.

He met my gaze, then starting laughing nervously. He put a finger down.

"Oh. My. God." I barked out laughing. "What in the actual fuck?"

"I'm joking, I'm joking. Jesus Christ." Jimmy put his finger back up.

"Noel."

"Okay, Never Have I Everrrr..." I licked my lips. "Kissed a person of the same sex."

Nobody put their finger down.

"Okay. Daniella."

She sucked in a breath. "Never Have I Ever fucked Jimmy."

"Heheheheh," I fake-laughed, and put my finger down.

"Jimmy."

"Never Have I Ever fucked Noel," Jimmy said, sticking his tongue out. I rolled my eyes playfully and put my finger down as a joke.

"The fuck?" Jimmy said through hysterical laughter.

"Well, what if I said I fucked myself?" I smirked triumphantly. "Sike," I put my finger back up.

"Alrighty then. Noel."

"Oh, I got a good one." I smirked. "Never Have I Ever watched gay porn."

Jimmy's cheeks turned red and he put his finger down. "I-I wanted to see what it looked like."

"You are fucked up, dude," Daniella said.

---

The game went on for a few more minutes until we all got bored. It was almost six o'clock already.

I decided I wanted to phone Marion and tell her that I knew she was going to California this Fall.

I went into my bedroom and waited for her to answer, but it went straight to voicemail.

"Hi, you've reached Marion's cell. You know what to do." Said her greeting, and the beep sounded.

"Hey, Marion, um..." I ran my fingers through my hair. "Dani told me that you wanted to go to Cali for college. And I just wanted to say that I'm so, so happy for you. It's really gonna be hard to think that you're thousands of miles away, but we still have a few months before you have to go, so I hope we can hang a lot before I gotta let you go. Call me back whenever you can. Bye bye."

I wiped away a tear that was streaming down my face.

I let all the tears I had been holding back escape before going back out to Daniella and Jimmy.

"Did she answer?" Jimmy asked.

I looked down, breaking his scrutiny. "Nope."

World News Tonight with Peter Jennings appeared on the screen. "Breaking news just in a tragic car crash occurring north of New York City. Also: a robbery in a bank in Arkansas. Stay tuned and you'll learn more about the newest stories."

The intro came on, and the camera zoomed back in on Peter. "Earlier today, a car crash near Saugerties, New York, involving a nineteen year old girl named Marion Seyfried, who just graduated from Bard High School." Her school picture from this year popped up on the screen.

I clapped a hand over my mouth. "Oh my God," I muffled in my hand.

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Hi guys! Happy Memorial Day, and today is mah birthdayyyy!
I know this chapter was super boring; it was a filler. I needed it for all the stuff that's about to happen. Stick with me ☺️
Also: apologies for all the smut scenes. A lot of people like it and a lot of people find it disturbing so honestly idk what to do but they're won't be any smut for a couple of chapters. Smut is pretty much the plot, so yeah 😚

Xo, Savannah