Sarah had started studying intensively for her exams a couple of weeks ago. She was locking herself in her bedroom trying to focus on her textbooks while the rest of her housemates were taking things a little less seriously. The differences in commitment had started leading to tension in the house.
The boys were good for the first couple weeks, trying to keep things quiet, going out with their friends instead of inviting them over for drinks and video games. But just like their commitment to university, they had started off so well only to slip back into their normal routine.
Tonight they were downstairs playing some football game on their XBox. The boys always got louder as the evening went on but when some competitiveness was thrown into the mix it was like they couldn’t communicate with each other without shouting at the top of their voices.
Sarah didn’t say anything to them though. She knew it wouldn’t do much to help and most of the time she got on really well with them. She didn’t want to hurt their relationship by making some bitchy comment for the sake of being able to revise in peace for a couple more hours. Plus, let’s face it, if she was that bothered she should just go to the library and study.
Leaving the house wasn’t really an option right now though. As Sarah stood up from her desk she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. Sarah never bothered keeping up her appearances near exams. What was the point? She didn’t leave the house except to buy food. She hadn’t had a boyfriend for almost a year. Sarah told herself that she was too busy at the moment to put any effort into a relationship. She told herself that that side of her life could wait for now. And as she stood looking into the mirror, seeing how her hair had become greasy after not having showered for a couple of days, she told herself that no man would find her attractive anyway.
Feeling sorry for herself and realising that studying at the moment was a waste of time, Sarah decided to take that much needed shower. It would do her good to take a break and relax under the hot water for a while. Grabbing her towel and a change of clothes she headed downstairs. The bathroom was on the ground floor and was an extension of the original house. Getting to it meant you had to go through the kitchen. It was the reason why they all took their change of clothes into the bathroom with them. Well, everyone except Jake.
Sarah usually tried to avoid being around when Jake came out of the shower. She had embarrassed herself the first time she had seen him. Jake had a towel wrapped around his waist but the top half was completely bare. Growing up on a farm had meant Jake’s chest and shoulders were broad, defined, and with the right amount of muscle. Not so much that he looked like those jerks who live in the gym staring at themselves in the mirror but enough that Sarah was confident he would have no trouble picking her up and throwing her over his shoulders. Large enough that the lights in the ceiling had caused the shadows to dance across his arms and abs as he had walked through the kitchen. The thin film of water covering his tanned body had added to the effect. Jake had noticed Sarah follow him with her eyes across the room. He smiled enough to cause the dimples in his cheeks to appear.
“Where has your mind wandered to?”
He asked, unable to resist his lips curl into the beginning of a smile. Suddenly realising that she had been staring and had been caught, Sarah’s face flushed with embarrassment and managed nothing more than a stammering mumble as Jake continued on his way. The smell of his shower gel lingered in the air as Sarah felt the heat from her cheeks spread down her entire body.
With the boys occupied with their game in the living room, Sarah knew she could get in and out of the shower without them noticing. Being built onto the side of the house meant that the bathroom didn’t have the same level of insulation. It was cold enough to see her breath as Sarah shut the door behind her and started the hot water running, mind racing through all the material she had been studying today.
Goosebumps raised on Sarah’s skin has she lifted her t-shirt over her head and dropped it to the floor. She tried not to let her cold fingers touch her back as she reached behind and undid her bra. Sliding the straps along her arms as the cups fell away from her breasts. Her skin tightened as her nipples hardened, pointing straight ahead, aching slightly with the cold. Sarah’s breasts were beautiful. Nicely rounded, pert and surrounded by pale skin adorned with more goosebumps. Sarah’s stomach was nicely toned and would have been flat except for the slight raise caused by her abdominal muscles.
Sarah unbuttoned her jeans and hooked her thumbs underneath the jeans and white cotton underwear, sliding them both down revealing impossibly smooth skin where the goosebumps had yet to reach. Her right thigh muscle tightened under her skin as she lifted her left leg out of her clothes. Sarah dumped the jeans and underwear with the rest of her clothes and ran her hands across the top of her chest and down the side of her ribcage trying to rid herself of the slight shivering which had started.
Sarah reached out to test the water before stepping under the cascading warmth. Some of the water bounced off of her skin, sending vibrations rippling across her body. The rest collected to form trails that started at her collarbone and were helped by gravity down the length of her body. Sarah’s nipples were still hard, but no longer from the cold. Steam began to fill the bathroom as she lathered up her sponge and proceeded to cover herself in slippery moisturising shower gel. The heat from the water began to ease some of the tension in her muscles, the weight of the world on her shoulders seemed to be getting gradually lighter.
Sarah finished covering her arms in the soap and moved on to her chest. The firm sponge flicked over her nipple sending a small shockwave through the rest of her breast. Sarah’s heart began to beat a little faster. Her breath became a little shorter. The sponge was making her feel wonderful as it travelled around her body, currently making its way from her torso to her rounded bum cheeks. Soap bubbles began to glide down the inside of her thigh. Sarah was becoming all too aware of the pleasant sensations but she wasn’t about to pleasure herself in a shared bathroom that’s connected to the kitchen. She hurried the rest of her shower, excited by the anticipation of getting back upstairs and into bed where she could feel more comfortable to explore these sensations further.
The adrenaline caused her fingers to tremble slightly as she reached to turn the water off. She hurriedly dried herself off, doing a poor job, and quickly got redressed. Slipping into some comfortable jogging bottoms and an oversized v-neck ready for bedtime she then gathered the rest of her things in her arms and reached for the bathroom door. As she opened the door, she saw Jake stood there, hand out as if to reach to open the door himself. Crap. Sarah was slightly out of breath from her feeling of arousal and rushing to finish her shower. Jake stood there with jostled hair, towering over her.
It took less than a second of them both standing in the door frame for it to become uncomfortable. Jake’s eyes strayed from Sarah’s.
“Where’s your mind wondered to?”
Sarah delighted in what she thought was a witty comment, but hid it well. The comment had brought Jake’s eyes back up to meet her own.
“I was just following the droplet of water.”
Sarah glanced down to see the trail of water which began at the tips of her dark hair but had journeyed between her breasts. Instinctually Sarah grabbed side of her top to wipe the water away only to then notice that as she spread the material her nipple was all too obvious under the dampening fabric. Sarah’s eyes shot upward to see if Jake had noticed. He had. That damn smirk said it all. Those stupid dimples reminder Sarah just how aroused she had become in the shower, and what her intentions were when she reached her bedroom. With Jake filling the doorframe Sarah had no where to run.
“The others went out to pick up some takeaway”
It was just Sarah and Jake in the house. He reached a hand out pull some damp strands of hair away from her face and his palm rested on the side of her face. The heat in his hands was soothing and was matched by the heat in Sarah’s face. The only movement from Sarah was the steady rise and fall of her breasts as she breathed. Jake had always been flirtatious with Sarah, and she was guessing where this might go. Instead of making a move her mind raced with what her plan was if he made one. Would it be a good idea or would it lead to trouble?
She hadn’t made up her mind when Jake leaned down. Sarah breathed him in as he placed his lips over hers. Sarah broke the kiss.
“What are you doing?” She said.
“What I’ve been thinking about doing for months.”
With that Jake took a step closer and went for a second kiss.