#sourwolf sam

"I'm so pale and this color doesn't look good on me." Laine mumbled just loud enough for me to hear her through her massive closet. "I got this in college. It's so out of style."  

"Laine, stop it. I'm sure you look great." I called from her vanity chair as I ran my hand over a glass cup of marbles that held an array of brushes probably used for makeup products that I couldn't name. Cassie and I had shared half a bottle of wine before suggesting going swimming and now I was beginning to feel it just by the mere fact that I was playing with makeup.

Laine stomped through the closet and out through the door with one of her monogramed towels wrapped around her and tightly secured. There was a flush of color on her cheeks and frustration in her eyes. Her gold hair fell in day old curls over her shoulders in a way I had never seen before. I had never seen Laine this way. I had never seen her vulnerable.

I didn't check her out through the mirror as much as I wanted to. God I wanted to. I wanted to analyze all the skin I hadn't been able to see under her business attire and winter apparel that kept her covered. I knew what was under that towel and I had to try hard not to think about it too much.

"Jack!" Laine exclaimed with a voice at least three octaves higher than usual. "Can we just go down there now?"

I shake myself out of my daze and turn toward her, making sure to keep eye contact. "Uh, yeah. I'll grab a towel." I try to smoothing get out of my chair and grab another one of her monogramed towels from her towel bar.  

Laine's bare feet slapped against the tile as she scurried through the her room and out into the hallway in a near jog. "Could you grab that bottle of wine in the kitchen fridge and a couple glasses too?!" She called as she rounded the corner toward the staircase.

"Okay!" I let out a sigh of defeat and proceed to the kitchen where a bottle of expensive wine she picked out was strategically placed for me. I got the bottle and the wine opener as quickly as I could and practically sprinted through the house and by passed the elevator to the stairs and nearly busted my ass trying to run down them and not drop the glass object in my hands.

When I did get down to the basement I crept quietly toward the pool room where steam from the warm pool beckoned me to enter. The glass wasn't quite fogged up enough to eliminate the reflection completely but I couldn't see Cassie in it. I tried to look casual as I entered the room and placed the bottle of wine and the opener next to the steaming water's edge. I didn't see Laine but that didn't mean she had flaked out on me quite yet since the towel that she once had been wearing was lying next to the top of the pool steps and the sound system was playing overhead.

The distinct sound of soft plastic rubbing together announced her presence in the hallway. She appeared through the door with a giant donut made of plastic and full of air; specifically made to float on. Laine was carrying it so that the donut was hiding as much of her body as it could.

I didn't say anything as I pulled my t-shirt over my head and tossed it onto the glass table that looked as if it had never been sat at. The rush of sudden coolness made me shiver slightly so I quickly rushed into the water. The pool felt like a bath and as I dove down toward the deep end I felt the butterflies in my stomach go away so when  I turned around I didn't try to make eye contact. I looked everywhere.

Laine was one step into the pool with her donut out of reach. Her legs were everything I imagined as they climbed out of the water to meet the hips I had always watched sway from afar. The red bows that held the thin fabric around those hips were a tiny pull away from revealing everything. The muscles under the skin of her torso flexed as her body adjusted to the change in temperature and her arms quickly crossed across her chest most likely due to the fact her top was made from the same material as her bottoms. Regardless, her arms pressing against her chest didn't help hide anything because she had quite a bit that she couldn't hide.

"Jack!" She squealed when she noticed I had been gawking at her and with one quick movement she dropped down onto the bottom step so that only the top of her shoulders and above could be seen.

"I told you that you would look great." I stepped toward her which made her blush a bit more.

Laine rolled her eyes at me. "Don't even." She huffed. "I wore this when I was going to spring break in Cabo a million years ago and I didn't look like...this." She flailed her hands under the water, making tiny whirlpools around her.

I extended my hand toward her. "Come on," I nodded toward the deeper water. When she tried to stay shoulder deep I piped up again. "Stand up, Laine."

Laine reluctantly stood and dropped her arms down into the water. The thin fabric of her top didn't hide the fact she was a little chilly and the strings that held it all together were delicate and dangerous. When she reached out for my hand I could see the embarrassment in her eyes seem to fade away when she saw the way I was looking back at her.

I smile as she ever so subtly checks me out. "See, it isn't so bad. It's not like I'm wearing any more than you are." I motion up and down my mostly naked body trying not to feel self conscious.

"It's easy for guys though. You guys just have to act manly but we have to be all sexy when it comes to anything revolving around wearing a swimsuit." She grumbled as she moved toward the edge of the pool where I had put the wine.

"That's bullshit." I call after her. "We work our asses off to look muscular and manly." I follow behind her as I try not to imagine how easily it would be for her top to come undone.

Laine turned suddenly with the open bottle in her hand. "You forgot the glasses."

I shrug. "I'm sorry." I examine the bottle closely before pressing the top to my lips and taking a large swig. If I was going to calm down then I'd need some alcohol in me fast.

"Share!." She took the bottle from me and chugged at least a glassful with ease before wading across the water toward her floaty.

"At least you're using your pool." I note trying to make her a little less tense and me less tense by taking another swig.

She picked up the donut and slid through the hole so that only the top one third of her body was sticking out of it. "Yeah, this is like the second time I think." She smiled as she pushed off the tile bottom to propel her toward the deep end. In that moment she looked like a little kid.

"We need to do this more often." I call as I grab the bottle and crouch down in the water to feel the warmness on my shoulders and down my throat as I swig more of the bottle.

"You can use it whenever you want." Laine called as she paddled around the deep end.

I splashed water toward her. "You need to use it too!"  

Laine, seeing the challenge, slid out of the floaty and into the water before swimming to where she could touch. "Did you just splash me?" She sarcastically gasped before chugging some more of the wine.

"I think I did, Agent." I laughed before swinging my hand hard against the water causing a large wave of water to hit her.

A that point she had placed the bottle down and was all in with her arms frantically pushing the salty water toward me in an attempt to block my splashes and hit me. With all her might she was pushing the water toward me while I was barely pushing it back toward her. She had determination to win so I was going to let her. Hell, I was always going to let her win.

"You can do better than that Harlow." She called as she swung a handful of water toward my face.

"Oh really now?" I raised an eyebrow at her before diving towards her and wrapping my arms around her torso as she squealed. "That's it!" I called as I stood upright and pulled her back down into the deep end with me. It took me a moment to realize that my arms were skin to skin with her torso and my face was inches away from her breast and I immediately let go; worried I had crossed a line.

When Laine rose to the top of the water she had a mischievous smile on her face and grabbed at me. "That's it Harlow!" She called out as he placed her hands on my shoulders and pushed me down into the water.

I wasn't the one who couldn't touch the bottom but I let her push me down anyway and grabbed ahold of her legs pulled her down with me. I could feel her flailing to keep her balance as I drug her a few steps back into the shallow water so that she wouldn't fall out of my arms.  

She steadied herself against my shoulders and allowed her body to press against mine for support which I tried to not look into. "If you toss me, I will kill you!" Laine breathed in sharply causing her breasts to come closer toward my face..

"I would never let you fall." I breathed as I gently stepped back toward the shallow end.

Laine's arms loosened from my shoulders and she looked concentrated on her balance. "What a gentleman!" She called as she used her weight as leverage the throw me off balance and back toward the deep water.  

"I swear too God, Laine!" I let out a laugh as I wipe the salt water out of my eyes. When I open them my eyes directly go to where a red piece of fabric once was.

When Laine realized what was going on she flung her arms over her chest and her face turned bright red. "Where is it?!" She nearly screamed as she spun to see the red bikini top was floating away. "Don't look!"  

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." I lowered my voice to try to calm her. "Look," I pointed to my pecks which were bouncing up and down. "I have them too. It's no big deal. Don't freak out." I tried to sound calm instead of amazed at the fact I just saw Agent Cassie Laine's breasts which was more than anyone I had ever met had seen.

Laine's bright red face began to fade as she took a deep breath. "You're right. We all have them, they're just a little different." She spoke to herself in an attempt to calm herself down and the grip of her arms around her torso loosened and the wine kicked in. "And you know what? Women should be able to go topless." She stated as she dropped her arms.

I tried not to notice the fact that when she let go her breasts bounced slightly in the water but I did and I don't think that image will ever leave my brain. Just the fact that I could see what I had been imagining since day one was a enough of a daydream.

"Screw it." She called as she reached down and undid the little bows that hung on her hips. "Fuck gender rules." She pulled the bottoms from the water and flung them to the side. She dropped into the water and began to swim into the deep end. "You're not going to let me skinny dip alone, are you?"

I closed my mouth that had fallen open sometime between her hands dropping and her bottoms floating away. I just couldn't believe that Cassandra Laine was swimming naked in front of me. I thought I was in some kind of wet dream but I wasn't and I wasn't going to let her down.

"I'll see it eventually anyway! If we get shipped off together then it will happen." Laine called as she doggy paddled around me.

I took a deep breath and swiftly tried to pull my swim trunks off as gracefully as possible but it was useless; the wine had already began to hit me. I finally pulled them out of the water and tossed them toward the table. I wasn't ashamed of my endowments by any means but something about Cassie made me extremely self conscious.

"Damn Harlow. Those squats paid off big time!" Laine cat called as she stood up in waste deep water.  

I let out a laugh but before I open my mouth to say what was really on my mind, I stop myself. "You know what?" I waded to the edge of the pool and lifted the nearly empty bottle. "I think we've had enough fun for tonight because I know that I'm going to have a headache in the morning so I think I'm going to go pass out in one of your spare rooms." I sigh as I pass a naked Cassie Laine and grab the towel I had dropped on the ground.

"You're right." She grumbled as she climbed out of the pool and picked up her own towel. "I'm going to go straight to bed!" Cassie pointed upward before slightly stumbling forward.  

I wrapped the towel around me and lead her toward the elevator just in case she stumbled again. She seemed a little drunker than usual but that was most likely due to drinking on an empty stomach and I knew she'd be cranky in the morning so I dragged her to her room and made her get into bed. The moment she laid down I knew she wouldn't move again and I was sort of glad she had undressed herself so I didn't have to.  

"Jack, do you love me?." Laine yawned as I tucked the blanket around her. Within seconds she was out cold.