Chapter 6

I woke up in the morning to an empty bed. I got out of bed and went downstairs to get some breakfast. There was a note on the kitchen table.

Morning skate.

Did not want to wake you.
I'll call you around noon.

-Evgeni


I had been putting off cleaning my house for a while. I had nothing to do all day so I figured today was the perfect day to do it. I got out all of my cleaning stuff and got down to work. I got lost in cleaning until I heard my phone buzz signaling I had a new message.

It was Evgeni.

Dinner at my house at 7. Meet me there.


I quickly called him since I had never been to his house before, and had no idea how to get there. Once I had directions I decided to go out for a run. I used to be a runner all through high school but since then I hadn't run much. I ran all around my block. It took me about an hour since I hadn't been in the best of shape. It was around 5:30 so I got in the shower to get ready for the night. I dried my hair, straightened it, and threw on a tiny amount of make up on. I put on a pair of light wash jean shorts, a peach and white plaid flannel shirt, and a pair of white gladiator sandals.


When it was around 6:30 I decided to try to find my way to his house. After finally making my way there I parked my car in the driveway, and got out of my car. I walked up the steps that get to the front door and rang the door bell. I heard footsteps then I saw Evgeni come to the door and open it.


"Well hello there gorgeous"


"Hello handsome. Wow whatever you're making smells amazing."


"Steak with vegetables and baked potatoes."


"Yumm."


"It should be done in like 15 minutes.


"This house is kind of big for a single guy. Don't you ever get lonely?"


"Oh no," He said with a laugh, "I live with 3 other guys from the team."


"Ohhh, well that seems about right then."


He showed me every room in the house. After he was done showing me the house, we went downstairs to eat dinner.


"So who else lives here?"


"Me, Alex Goligoski, TK, and Luca Caputi."


"Oh that's cool. Where are they?"


"I think Alex had to go to dinner with his parents, Tyler went to stay at his girlfriend's house, and I don't remember where Luca is. I think he may have gone over one of his buddie's houses."


We talked for a little while more and then cleaned up the plates.


"Hey did you bring a bathing suit?" He asked me.


"No.. was I supposed to?"


"Ugh I totally forgot to tell you to bring one. It's an awesome night we could have gone swimming."


"Can any of your neighbors see into your pool area?"


"No it's all gated around."


"Well then who says I need a bathing suit," I said with a mischevious smile on my face.


A large smile spread across his whole face. "That's fine with me. I'll be right back I'm gonna go grab my trunks---


"Hey whoa whoa hey! If I'm going in naked you sure as hell aren't going in with trunks on."


"You want me to go naked too?"


"Hell yes! What's the point if only one person is skinny dipping and the other isn't?"


"Alright, let's go!" He said as he started to run towards the back door.

We got to the backyard and it was indeed very secluded. We both whipped off our clothes and jumped in. The water was ice cold!

"OH MY GOD!!" I yelled as soon as I came up from under the water. "This water is like 30 degrees!

"Shit! You're right! I'm getting the hell outta here!" He swam away as I quickly followed behind him.

We got out and ran to grab our clothes. I ran into his house and waited for him to come in. As I started putting my underwear back on I heard the front door start to open. I freaked out and ran into the first door I could find to put my clothes on my naked body. Turns out I was in the pantry. As I was putting my clothes on I heard someone start talking.

"Uhh, dude, why are you naked...?"

"Oh shit, I had a girl over, and uhm, we were swimming, but I don't know where she is..... Did you see her?"

"No, uhm, I'll talk to you later. If I see her, I'll uh, let you know."

I heard footsteps go up the stairs and I came out of my hiding place.

"Hey, uhm I ran in there because I was naked and didn't want someone coming into your house to meet me for the first time while I was completely naked."

He started cracking up and soon enough we were both cracking up. "It's okay, it was just Luca."

"Well go put some clothes on, you owe me some hot chocolate so I don't end up freezing to death."

After he put his clothes back on, and he made us both some hot chocolate we decided to sit on the couch with each other and try to get to know each other a little better.  He put in a movie and we snuggled up close to watch it.  Soon enough I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore and I fell asleep.  I felt myself being woken up and I saw Geno's large body hovering over top of me.

"Do you just want to stay here tonight? It's kind of late."

"Yeah that sounds good, thank you."
Geno picked me up bridal style and carried me up the steps into his bedroom. He gave me a pair of his basketball shorts and one of his t shirts. I quickly changed into it, as Geno stripped down to his boxers.  We got into his bed and he quickly grabbed onto me and pulled me close.  With the warmth of his body against mine, and his heavy breathing, I quickly fell back asleep.

I'm sure I could get used to this...