The Cherry Poppers

Jason’s mind raced about what Beth had said the night before. So much so, that he couldn’t study. Her statement, she loved him, and his similar response back, had him wondering, ‘Did she mean it the way he thought? Should he even continue to tutor Sheila in Spanish?’ He tried to tell himself it was his duty to help her and Beth would understand. But he wasn’t being paid to tutor Sheila, nor was he doing it purely out of a sense of duty to help a fellow student. No, he hoped to fuck her and capture her cherry. That he couldn’t deny, even to himself.

His confused and troubled mind worked overtime until he fell asleep on his bed still trying to study. He woke when Chad came into the room from a work-out to shower and change. Jason jumped up when he saw the time, knocking a book off the bed on the floor. He needed to get ready to see Sheila. ‘It wouldn’t be polite to cancel at the last minute,’ he told himself.

After showering and getting ready, Jason had a few minutes, so he again tried to study. This time, not only did he fight the thoughts of Beth, but his stomach was growling. He had grabbed a quick lunch in the frat kitchen earlier but he was hungry again and the chef was off on Sunday nights, which caused the brothers to fend for themselves.

Jason thought he would talk to Sheila about getting something to eat first. He drove over to her sorority, in case she agreed, so his car would be there when they finished studying later. He walked in the front door and made his way to her room. He passed several girls that smiled sweetly at him and said hello. He admonished himself for wondering if any of them were virgins. ‘This contest is changing my attitude towards women and not in a healthy way,’ he realized as he knocked on Sheila’s door.

Sheila answered almost immediately and invited him in. She looked great Jason observed as he took a seat at her desk opposite her bed. Her blue shirt fit tight and Jason thought he could see the outline of her nipples. Her jean skirt was very short and rode way up her dark legs as she sat on the bed. ‘If she parts her legs I’ll surely see her panties,’ Jason surmised. She began talking to him about being glad to see him and thanking him for tutoring her today as she shifted her long sleek ebony legs. Jason was trying not to stare and to stay focused on her face, but his eyes wanted to watch her uncross and cross her legs. He fought the urge. He didn’t realize that Sheila was trying to get him to notice her naughty lack of underwear.

“Hey, you want to get a bite to eat?” Jason asked. “I’m starved. I don’t think I can concentrate on Spanish right now until I eat.”

“Okay,” Sheila answered, not seeming too upset to be putting off studying.

Jason drove them to the diner. The conversation along the way was mostly questions Sheila asked him about the swim team. His practices were about to start as the season approached. He would be even busier soon than he was already. He didn’t relish that.

She told him about her track practices. She had a few months before spring practice started in earnest but she tried to stay in shape by running a lot. A sprinter and long jumper were better off if they kept their muscles fairly toned even in the off season. He commented on that.

“Your legs look pretty toned to me,” Jason complimented.

“Thanks. I didn’t think you were noticing,” Sheila quipped.

“I was trying not to stare,” Jason stated in defense.

“I was sort of hoping you would,” Sheila claimed affably.

“Might just from now on,” he replied.

“Good.”

They ordered two different sandwiches and split them, each having a half from the other. Sheila asked him questions on Spanish while they ate. She seemed intent on getting the tutoring part of the evening out of the way. They had left the books back in her room but he still helped her sound out some words and on several points of grammar.

After eating, Jason paid the bill and they hurried back to her room. Sheila’s roommate wasn’t back yet so they got right into studying. He helped her through a dialogue and they covered a mock quiz from the end of the chapter. After about an hour she felt good about her progress.

“I’m getting it. I think I can handle it from here,” Sheila claimed.

“Yeah, you’re getting much better with pronunciation and grammar,” Jason praised.

“Thanks to your help.”

“Just a Good student,” Jason acknowledged, closing one book and handing it back to Sheila.

“You don’t have to leave already do you?” Sheila asked.

“Why?”

“Well…,” Sheila stammered, “I was kinda hoping we’d finish like we did last time.”

“How’s that,” Jason played coy.

“You know… in the car…at the airport.”

“You mean in the backseat,” Jason said jokingly.

“Well, we don’t need the backseat anymore,” Sheila stated. “We can stay right here and use the bed.”

“Oh, yeah,” Jason mused.

“What’s this acting uninterested,” Sheila scolded. “You need encouragement?”

Jason watched as she brazenly spread her legs. The short skirt rode high up on her thighs letting the light from the desk behind him illuminate her legs. He looked this time and was shocked to not see any panties at all. Instead her dark shaved pussy greeted his hungry eyes immediately. Jason’s expression must have given away his thoughts based on Sheila’s next comment.

“Surprised, big boy?” Sheila queried merrily.

“I little,” Jason said, recovering somewhat. “It was pretty daring to walk around like that, girl.”

“Actually, I tried to flash you the moment you came into my room,” Sheila admitted. “I’ve been hot for you all day thinking about you coming over. I wanted you to fuck me right then and there, Jason.”

“But…,”

“Doesn’t matter,” Sheila said about her virginity. “I want you to be my first.”

“You sure about this?” Jason said halfheartedly, but scolded himself at the same time for being such a gentleman.

“Definitely… I’m ready… as long as it’s with you.”

“But…,”

“You just going to sit there or are you going to come over here and get this?” Sheila asked leaning back on her elbows on the bed which exposed more of her beautiful mocha skinned pussy to his view.

Jason wasn’t sure what expression his face showed but if it looked anything like the desperation in his eyes had for that pussy, it was probably evident what he really wanted. He stood and in doing so suddenly noticed his cock was already responding for him. He took the two steps toward the bed as Sheila sat back up to greet him.

“Let me help you,” Sheila offered, her eyes now focused below his belt at the rising bulge.

Jason stood before her at the side of the bed and watched her hands intently as they opened first his belt, the button on his jeans, and then undid his zipper. He couldn’t believe how this previously somewhat shy girl was suddenly so bold.

“What about your roommate?” Jason questioned.

“She won’t be back for hours,” Sheila pronounced.

His pants dropped to his ankles and Sheila wasted no time making his boxers join them. His semi-erect cock bounced freely and continued to rise and point towards her face.

“Shit… I couldn’t wait to see him again in the light,” Sheila stated. “He’s beautiful.”

“He’s happy to see you again too, babe.”

“I’m going to make him even happier,” Sheila claimed taking Jason’s cock softly into her hands. “He’s so big and warm.”

Sheila’s hands caressed Jason’s firming member and she moved it around as if inspecting every aspect of it. Jason watched hungrily as her hands brought him to full hardness. His legs trembled a bit when her pink tongue flicked from her mouth and licked tenderly at the tip of his head.

“Oh, god!” Jason bellowed.

“You like that, big boy?” Sheila said, looking up into his eyes as she continued to tongue his sensitive cockhead.

“Totally.”

“Good… there’s more,” Sheila said and immediately engulfed the whole head into her hot, wet mouth.

“Oh, fuck,” Jason growled.

“Later,” Sheila mumbled with his cock still in her open mouth.

“He promises to make it wonderful for you,” Jason offered.

“I’m hoping so,” Sheila agreed.

She returned to sucking on the head and stroking the shaft with her hands. One hand reached down to cradle his hanging testicles and rolled them back and forth. Her inexperience still showed a little, but she more than made up for it with her anxious attempts to please him. As she tried different things, she glanced occasionally to his face looking for reactions. He aided her by moaning praise with each especially pleasureful lick and suck. He reached out and caressed the side of her face as she looked intently into his eyes. Jason pushed forward a little encouraging her to take more. Sheila tried, took some, but gagged a little when the big head pressed to the back of her mouth.

“I can’t take too much,” she sputtered as she cleared her throat.

“Try to yawn when it’s in the back of your mouth and let it ease down your throat,” Jason coached.

“Okay.”

Sheila tried that and actually got a little more before still gagging. She leaned back laughing.

“What’s so funny?”

“You’re coaching me at everything these days,” Sheila said laughing.

“Yeah, I guess I am,” Jason agreed amusedly. “Lean backwards.”

Jason peeled off his pants and boxers and squatted on the floor between Sheila’s splayed legs. He stared at her beautiful pussy with just the slightest hint of pink visible between the folds of her dark labia. ‘God, it’s gorgeous,’ Jason thought.

He looked into her now pleading eyes as he pushed her legs further apart. He glanced down at her feminine charms and could see more of the pink inner core in this position.

“You shaved completely?” Jason noted.

“I thought you’d like it like that,” Sheila proclaimed. “The other girls think their guys prefer a clean…,”

“It’s beautiful,” Jason avowed.

“You think so?”

“Completely,” he declared.

Jason parted her pussy with his fingers and watched, mesmerized, as the rich wet pinkness came into view framed by the mocha lips of her sex. He felt drawn to it like a moth to the flame. His mouth suddenly felt wet and hungry.

Jason kissed along the lips of Sheila’s splayed pussy. He vowed to himself to bring her to two orgasms before attempting to take her offered cherry. She would be number thirteen but he tried not to think of that as he teased her inviting cunt.

“Oh, god,” Sheila moaned, turned on by his tender kisses.

Sheila had thought of this day since high school. Like all girls, she thought about the day she would lose her virginity and her plan had been to lose it to a white guy. Here she was with a white guy she cared a great deal for, kissing her pussy, and hopefully soon going to finally make her a woman. She was incredibly nervous, especially with his huge dick, but she was ready too.

Jason licked along Sheila’s inner lips before move lower and to her center. He focused his tongue movements on the edges of her virginal vagina. He could see her intact hymen. His tongue traced around it making Sheila growl with need. Her pussy was wet and getting wetter by the second. He lapped at her sweet juices and teased all around before moving to her ultra-sensitive sex organ. Even when he shifted to focus on her clit, he played around it for a good long while, driving Sheila insane with need. Her hands grabbed handfuls of his hair and pressed his mouth to her stiff little pink pearl.

“Oh, good god…please, Jason! Please lick me there!” Sheila howled.

Jason smiled to himself, but complied with her wishes and sucked the urgent bud into his mouth. His tongue immediately played over the sensitive tip, driving her right up her climactic ladder. Her legs were taut as bowstrings and squeezed his head mercilessly as he fought hard to maintain his control over her rising orgasm. Her nectar coated his face as he attacked her clit. Sheila bucked off the bed against his face. She was there. Her super sensitive clit throbbed like a tuning fork, and sent shockwaves out from her core.

“Shit! Oh, fuck…suck it, please…aah…,”

Jason tried to overpower her strong legs but it was no use. Her legs were far stronger than his arms and he gave in to the near crushing pressure against his ears as she rode his mouth like a bucking bronco.

“Urgh…,”

Jason tried to breathe the best he could as he continued to lick her hard pebble. Sheila bucked against his face and drenched him with her girl cum. Jason lapped at the essence of her. She tasted great and he lapped for more even as he fought for breath.

Sheila felt like her head was going to explode from the blissful pleasure radiating from her sex to every pore of her body. Her body held still, in a lock-tight position, as the waves of incredible ecstasy washed over her like wonderful warming electrical currents. It seemed to last a good long time but yet ended way too soon. Finally, she slumped to the bed giving Jason a much needed chance to breathe.

Jason recovered his breathing as he watched Sheila’s heaving chest settle too. He then realized he wanted to see those nice tits with their chocolate nipples. He undid her shirt as she just lay there enjoying the afterglow of her incredible orgasm. She seemed oblivious to being stripped. Jason opened the shirt to indeed find she was braless. Her cute full breasts were like upside-down cupcakes in size. The distended nipples were pushing out a good half inch, inviting his mouth which quickly engulfed one.

“Oh, nice,” Sheila moaned as she felt Jason suck on her excited nipple and tease the other.

Jason played with her tits for a good long while, sucking each nipple a couple times before kissing back down her belly. Sheila tried to stop him saying she couldn’t take anymore but he didn’t listen. Soon he was driving her nuts with his mouth again.

“Oh, fuck,” she groaned as he sucked deliciously on her labia minora.

Jason worked hard to get her off again and was rewarded fairly quickly with another good burst of her nectar as she came rather fast this time. It was not as intense as the first but you couldn’t tell that from the flood of cum on his face. He continued to eat her until she pushed away his head and tried to roll to her side. He held her though and climbed on the bed between her legs. He shifted both their bodies the long way on the bed. He moved over her, his cock like a raging rod of steel, eager to penetrate the core of this black beauty.

Sheila realized what was about to happen and looked up at him with imploring eyes. A sudden nervousness was evident on her sweaty face.

“Be gen- ”

“Shh,” Jason said. “I will. Just relax, babe.”

“Jason, I’m not on…,”

“I’ll pull out.”

She watched intently as he aligned his cockhead with the soaked center of her being. He felt the entrance to her pussy and positioned himself to break her hymen. He looked up into Sheila’s brown concerned eyes. He leaned down and kissed her. They kissed passionately and his intent was to distract her. He succeeded somewhat until he shoved forward once his cock was in line with his goal. The first thrust wasn’t hard enough and caused Sheila to wince and moan in pain. Jason rapidly followed with another to get it over with and sunder her maidenhead. He succeeded this time in breaking right through.

“Ahh … Oh, fuck!” Sheila growled. “Ouch! That fuckin’ hurt!”

Jason held still, “Just relax, babe.”

“Easy for you to say,” Sheila claimed with a grimace. “You’re not the one getting stabbed by a big blunt pole.”

Jason waited with her until she relaxed a bit. Her death-grip on his sides relented a little. He eased forward slightly, making her stiffen again, as a little more cock spread her further open. He waited again before repeating the pattern. It took a few more moments before he was over half way buried inside her body. He liked the contrast of her dark skin next to his as his white dick sank further into her black hole.

“Oh, geez,” Sheila groaned.

“How’s it feel now, beautiful?” Jason asked.

“Like a huge pole inside me,” she responded.

“Just give it a minute.”

“You think that’s going to help,” Sheila accused sarcastically.

She waited with him though, and soon even she had to agree the pain was being replaced by a dull ache. It returned a little when Jason moved, but lesser each time. She could even feel him pushing deeper. She couldn’t believe he could fit that monster cock so far inside her.

Jason waited till she was ready before withdrawing nearly to the entrance and pushing back in slowly. Her wet pussy was opening and starting to stretch to accommodate the big intruder. She was still incredibly tight, but her pussy began to react favorably to the feeling.

“Oh, god,” Sheila gasped.

“Getting good?”

“Much better.”

“You’re over the worst part now. You’re going to love the rest,” Jason declared.

He moved with the practiced ability of a thirteen time cherry taker. He pulled out slow and eased back in at near imperceptible speed. He did this long enough until Sheila actually started to urge him on with her hands. She also learned the rhythm and proved adept at keeping up with him.

Jason gradually increased the pace as he learned what Sheila could take. Soon, it was her urging him on faster. He readily complied and even pushed deeper into her, making her groan pleasurably with the new fuller sensation.

“Oh, god, Jason.”

“Like, it, babe?”

“You know it. You were right. It feels good now. The pain is mostly gone.”

“Ready for a little more?” Jason asked pushing even deeper and hitting her cervix.

“Oh, fuck! You feel a mile in me. It feels like you hit bottom too.”

“Not really, but we’ll hold it here for now.”

Jason fucked Sheila with long smooth strokes. She soon matched him by fucking back into each thrust. Her low moans turned to groans of pleasure and then gasps of bliss. In no time Jason was pumping her full of thick cock and she loved it. Her moist tight tunnel gripped him in a velvety sweet embrace. Her strong legs added to the force of her return thrusts. She would be a wild fuck once she got used to it, he could tell.

“Oh, what a sweet pussy,” Jason praised.

“You think so?”

“Beautiful, like you.”

“Thanks, your dick feels good now too.”

Jason wasn’t sure how much more he could take. Sheila’s pussy was so incredibly tight. He pulled back and then thrust his steely cock back into her. Sheila groaned beneath him as he picked up speed and fucked her good. She seemed to be over any feelings of pain. Instead her strong sprinter’s legs encircled his hips and pulled him to her on each plunge like she couldn’t get enough. Jason’s cock found Sheila’s cervix repeatedly but unlike other girls, she didn’t seem to mind. She only groaned with approval.

The blissful pleasure from fucking soon had Sheila enthralled. She urged Jason to go faster with her hands, legs, and gasps of delight. Her mind became clouded with the intense pleasure emanating from her pussy as Jason probed her depths. Each inward thrust gave her wonderfully intense ecstasy, while each withdrawal had her feeling empty of cock and wanting more quickly.

Both rode the powerful waves of happiness to the ultimate high. Jason was fucking Sheila with abandon now. Sheila was taking it and urging him for more. She couldn’t get enough of the feeling of his big cock inside her. Fucking was even more magnificent than she had imagined. The words of her friends that had been here before her couldn’t come close to explaining the feelings she felt now. A chorus of delight rang out in her ears as she barely heard her own words of bliss.

“Oh, Jason… Oh, baby… fuck me good. Oh, god!”

Jason’s mind cleared for a brief moment and thankfully so. He somehow realized, through his own pleasure clouded brain, that he couldn’t cum inside her. He so wanted to complete the act properly, and fill her no longer virgin hole with a hot bath of his sperm, but that was not to be this time. Incredibly, thoughts of Beth rushed into his head at that moment. He wanted to feel guilty for what he was doing but instead those same thoughts made him growl with intense desire. He pounded into Sheila a few more times pushing her over the edge. He could feel every part of her tighten suddenly and he couldn’t hold back any longer either.
“Oh, fuck,” Jason howled, ripping his spurting cock out of Sheila’s pussy a mere second before he fired off his first bolt.

His cock had come free and bounced skyward. With the aid of the angle it was at for the first pulse, his jet of cum arched high in the air and hit Sheila square in the side of her neck and down onto the pillow behind it. The second blast followed only moments later and covered one breast in a spray of thick cum. With the third, the shots began to trail down her brown skin towards her bellybutton. The whiteness of his cum against Sheila’s darkness made Jason stare intently as the final drops coated around her navel.

Their eyes finally met and Jason realized Sheila had been watching his spewing cock too. Her breathing was as ragged as his but her eyes still showed the hunger he had seen in them when she first opened his pants. ‘Could she still want more,’ Jason pondered as he slumped off to one side, his arms abruptly too weak to hold him longer.

“Ah,” Jason gasped as he settled on his side facing Sheila.

Sheila was still flat on her back with her head on the pillow. Her left hand had come up to feel the wetness of the cum alongside her neck and on the pillow. The once warm sperm on her chest and tummy was cooling rapidly. She glanced in Jason’s direction to find him looking at her.

“How you doing?” Jason asked.

“Wonderful… that was amazing… after the pain part I mean.”

“Got better though, huh?”

“Yes, most definitely. You did good. Thanks.”

“No need to thank me, babe. You were wonderful.”

“Thanks, but I’m a sticky mess now,” Sheila chided, swirling her fingers in the pools of cum on her belly. Her navel was like a swimming pool of cloudy water, overflowing.

“Yeah, sorry about that. Here let me get you something,” Jason said, sliding off the foot of the bed to find tissues.

He gave the tissues to Beth and sat beside her as she dabbed up his cum. He watched the whitish spunk disappear from her mocha skin. He almost wished she would leave it for a while as he liked the affect. She ran some of the tissues into her sex and the residue of her cum was tinged pink. That brought home the reality of what she had just done. She had lost her virginity to a white boy. The thought made her smile though.

“What?” Jason queried beside her now on the bed.

He had seen the pinkness of the tissues as she rubbed her pussy and the accompanying frown on her face that quickly turned to a smile. He wasn’t sure of the sudden changes in her emotions.

“Nothing… just happy and content is all,” Sheila claimed.

Jason didn’t totally buy her response, but said, “You were incredible.”

“When can we do it again?” Sheila asked and looked to his flaccid cock.

“Whoa, girl. I need to get going and your roommate is going to be back soon. Besides, you might be sorer than you think to go again so soon.”

“Yeah, you’re probably right but I still can’t wait to feel you inside me again.”

“It won’t be long,” Jason heard himself say and immediately thoughts of Beth once again gave him instant guilt.

‘Fuck, what am I going to do now?’ he questioned himself.

Sheila noticed a slight look of concern on his face and now she asked, “Everything okay?”

“Just tired and needing to study more myself,” Jason said.

It was the truth, but somehow Sheila sensed he had more to say and wasn’t, just like her minutes earlier. Jason stood and reached for his scattered clothes.

“Will you be back before next weekend to help me study?” Sheila probed.

Suddenly she worried that now that he had fucked her and taken her virginity he would lose interest in her. Those thoughts made her sit up and watch him dress with concern.

“Before next weekend?” Jason asked.

“Yeah, do I have to wait a whole week?” Sheila stated. “I’ll need help earlier than that I’m sure.”

Jason knew she wasn’t just talking about Spanish. The sexual overtones were not to veiled but he was already having troubles balancing his schedule and school. Now, practice would be kicking in too.

“It could be tough with practice,” Jason proclaimed.

Sheila sensed even more he might be the kind of guy that would fuck her and dump her. She fretted more now, even though she knew he was telling the truth. Her own practices for track would begin soon too.

“Please, Jason. Can’t we this week?”

“We’ll see. I’ll call you,” he added, but that didn’t seem to help much.

“Okay,” Sheila relented but he could tell she wasn’t pleased.

He was dressed now and gave her a kiss. She tried to hold him to make it last and long but he pulled away after a little bit.

“I really have to get a bunch of work done.”

“Yeah, me too,” Sheila agreed reluctantly.

“Bye, baby,” Jason said, kissing her again and heading out the door.

Sheila followed him to the door and watched him leave. She wished she was sure she would see him again but she wasn’t.

Once Jason got to his car and started it, he headed out of the sorority parking lot. It was then that Jason remembered his cell was on vibrate. He pulled if from his jeans pocket and keyed the display. Four messages and a text from Beth greeted him. He looked at the text as he drove the short distance back to the frat.

“Hey, stud,” the text read, “When will I see you? All of you?”

The visions that entered his mind of the fabulous redhead made him want to go to her immediately. He wanted to see her soon but he was falling behind in his studies. These weekends of non-stop dates and sex had taken away all his study time. With finals approaching he was falling behind. He vowed to concentrate on school during the week.

He texted back, “Would love to see you, babe, this minute, but my studies are way behind. Can we see each other Friday? Practice starts tomorrow too. ”

While Jason waited for a response from Beth he checked the voicemails. The first was from Stephanie. “Call me, virgin-taker. Pam and I took care of you and arranged your next conquests. Call me.”

The next was from Kira and said, “The Thunder lost 2-1 in Reddington. The next game is in Trenton on Friday. Can we go?”

The third was from Jillian Jankowsky. It said, “You’ll be happy to know I swam today and I’m down two pounds. I think your plan is working. Call me please. Can we get together for another session?”

Jason was parked in the lot of the fraternity as he keyed the last message. It was from Chad, his roommate. “Call me. Your coach called.”

‘Fuck,’ Jason thought as he exited the Camry and walked the short distance to the frat. He made his way to his room and found Chad there studying.

“Hey, dude. How’s it going?” Jason asked entering the room.

“I’m fuckin’ far behind in this damn statistics class. This shit is so hard for me to get,” Chad lamented.

“I’ve got to cram too,” Jason agreed. “I’m nowhere near ready for finals.”

“Well, I wish I had your excuse for being far behind.”

“What, you’ve been doing okay haven’t you?” Jason asked about his roommate’s love life.

“You fuckin’ kidding me. I’m nowhere near you. Nina and I aren’t seeing each other anymore, so my love connections have dried up. Not like you.”

“I’ll have to set you up with Stephanie and Pam. They’ll fuck your dick off, those two.”

“I’d love to go for seconds on them,” Chad replied.

“Maybe I can get them to do another gangbang. Those two are always up for something kinky like that.”

“That was wild but how about just me and those two? That would be a fantasy come true.”

“You think you can handle those two alone?”

“You know it,” Chad claimed.

Jason laughed, “What did my coach want?”

“It was mostly to tell you not to be late for practice. He also said something about you helping him with a freshman.”

“Oh, great! I was hoping to just concentrate on my stuff.”

“That was it. No need to call him back.”

“Okay. Thanks, Chad,” Jason concluded.

Jason showered quickly and managed to get a little reading in before his eyes got too heavy and he needed to sleep. He was up at six and to the pool by quarter to seven. He was in his suit and warming up in the pool with a few laps when the coach showed up with another swimmer.

“Jason, this is Brad. He’s a freshman from a school not far from your high school. Maybe you guys have something in common. Can you work him through the new turns procedures we’ve adopted while I spend time with the others?”

“Sure, Coach,” Jason answered as he climbed out of the pool and shook Brad’s hand.

They got into a conversation about high school as Brad joined Jason back in the water. It turned out that they had actually competed against each other. Brad remembered Jason as the winning star from a rival high school. Jason didn’t remember Brad but remembered some of the key meets the two schools had together. They joked about the rivalry and Jason took a liking to the freshman.

Jason showed Brad repeatedly the new turn against the wall followed by the dolphin kick. This was the newest and hottest thing in swimming. Brad was familiar with it already but Jason gave him a few pointers on approach and exiting the wall. He also worked with him on the dolphin kick a little. By the time they were through, it was nearly eight and they needed to get ready for classes.

“See you later, Jason,” Brad said with a friendly wave as they were exiting the locker room together and parting there.

“Yeah, see you, dude,” Jason responded.

He liked the new kid. He had talent too, Jason could tell. The coach was smart to put them together as Brad was Jason’s team competition in several of the events. The coach was trying to pity one against the other in a friendly competition in order to make both better. Jason had seen it before. ‘The kid’s got talent,’ Jason mused, but didn’t worry much as he was very confident in his own abilities. If he swam like he should this year he had a real shot at All American status.

Jason was thinking about swimming when he heard his name called. Turning, he spotted Jillian walking towards the pool building.

“Hey, Jillian.”

“Hi, Jason,” Jillian said as she approached. “You’re done with practice so soon?”

“Yeah, I’ve got to get to class. You’re going for a work out?”

“Yeah… I think your suggestion is working. I’m down a couple of pounds already.

“I got your message. That’s great!” Jason lauded her.

“Nice, huh. I have you to thank for that. I also have to thank you for introducing me to Kira and Tessa. They have been including me in things lately which is great.”

“Good… I’m glad. Let’s get together for a swim sometime.”

“I’d like that,” Jillian said, jumping on the suggestion. “What time is your afternoon practice?”

“Five, but I really need to study hard this week for finals. I’ve let my studies slip accidently and I have to regroup.”

“Just for a half hour, from six to six-thirty. I so want to show you my improved swimming form now. I’ll buy you a burger after for your time,” Jillian suggested with a pleading smile. “You have to eat anyway, right?”

Jason thought about declining but then remembered the girl’s earlier depression over her lack of friends at college. He thought again and answered, “Okay, but I need to get back to the frat pretty quick after that.”

“Great! See you then,” Jillian said beaming.

They parted and Jason felt good about helping her but mad at himself for breaking so soon his inner promise to himself to put studying first this week. Those thoughts made him remember the two other calls from the previous night.

He keyed Kira’s number on his cell as he walked. He got her voicemail and left a message. He was sad too that the Thunder lost the last game and faced elimination if they didn’t win Friday. He had tickets and they could talk before class on Tuesday. He didn’t know if he could go because he had promised Beth a date for Friday.

Next, Jason called Stephanie and also got her voicemail. He said he would call back that night. He got to his first class just at the end of the ringing bell. His ethics teacher gave him a scolding stare as she waited for Jason to take his seat.

Jason had two classes that morning. He made it back to the frat for lunch and a little studying before going to his late afternoon class. He had to rush to practice after that last class was over.

Practice was a repeat of the morning session, and he and Brad even got into a friendly race to conclude the work out. When Jason exited the pool, he noticed the coach watching. He had beaten Brad by two lengths. Not too close, but closer than Jason would have thought. The freshman was good and would be pushing him hard all year. He would also be another strong part of the team relays with Jason. The coach’s smile and eyes told Jason a lot. The coach was pleased with the talent he had on the team and planned to make them push each other. ‘Fine,’ Jason thought as he dried off.

Jason spotted Jillian as she exited the girl’s locker room five minutes after the conclusion of the men’s swim team practice. The pool was off limits to regular students during team practices but reopened right after. Jason walked towards her as the other team swimmers exited the pool. Jason noticed a sideways glance and smile from Brad before he left.

“Hi, Jason,” Jillian exclaimed.

“Hi, Jillian. You’re right on time.”

“Wouldn’t want to keep you waiting for me,” Jillian explained.

“Well, let’s get started, shall we.”

“Great, you want to watch me first?”

“Sure… yeah… let’s start there.”

Jason watched Jillian as she swam several laps. Her skills had improved remarkably. Her breathing was much more controlled with decent technique. She even swam in straighter lines than before. Jason also thought he saw the reduction of a few pounds in the way she looked in her suit.

“Good work,” Jason applauded.

“Thanks… I wanted to show you my breathing mostly.”

“It’s remarkably better,” Jason agreed.

“Thanks to you. Want to swim with me a little then we can get that burger I promised?”

“Okay.”

Jason swam alongside her for several laps. After racing Brad, Jillian was like slow motion, but it was exercise nonetheless. When she began to tire they quit. Jason agreed to meet Jillian near the pool office in twenty minutes.

He was waiting in the hall by the office and eying the door to the ladies locker room for Jillian. When she walked out, he was a little surprised. Her usual ponytail was gone and instead her brown hair hung down in modest curls to her shoulders. She had a tight shirt on top that showed off her nice breasts. On bottom she wore a black skirt that seemed to hide a few extra pounds. Jillian smiled ear to ear as she approached and Jason noticed her improving complexion too.

“Nice,” Jason flattered her.

“Oh, thanks. It’s just an old top and skirt.”

“That’s nice, and I like your hair down.”

“Well, thanks to you I’m not afraid to wear it down anymore. The pool water and chlorine seem to be helping my skin and drying out my oily hair at the same time,” Jillian commented.

“I told you. I think it helped my complexion a lot.”

“Shall we?” Jillian said, taking his arm like they were dating.

‘Wow, I’ve awaken a sleeping tiger,’ Jason thought as he walked with her outside.

They walked the ten minutes to his car at the frat talking more about swimming. Jason helped her into the passenger seat before getting in. After they were on the road he asked her where they were headed.

“I really don’t know that many places… you pick,” Jillian said.

“Manny’s down Route One has good burgers,” Jason stated.

“Okay… let’s go there.”

Jillian talked the whole way there. ‘Boy,’ Jason thought, ‘once this girl got to know someone, she opened up like a flower.’ He chuckled to himself as she rattled on about the professor in one of her classes. Her enthusiasm for the story was infectious and Jason enjoyed listening to her tale.

The meal was much the same, with Jillian talking a mile a minute. Jason added just enough to the conversation to show he was still interested and responded to the parts he needed to. They laughed and joked a lot and Jason thought Jillian was amazing fun. He found it hard to believe her struggles to fit in at the dorm. ‘Must be her roommates,’ he thought.

Jason insisted on paying which nearly produced a good natured fight right there in the restaurant as they struggled over the check. Jason won out and paid. They left the restaurant with Jillian promising that she would definitely pay next time.

Back in the car, Jason headed back towards campus. Jillian praised the wonderful burgers at Manny’s for half the ride back to college. They joked and laughed until he pulled up to her dorm. Jillian suddenly looked more serious. Jason noticed the change and she must have read it in his face.

“I’m sorry, but I really wanted to thank you properly for helping me out. Without you I don’t know what I might have done. I’m feeling much better about things now.”

“Thanks great,” Jason replied, “but no need to thank me. You took the bull by the horns and ran with it.”

“Yes, but you showed me the kindness I so desperately need then. I’ll always be in your debt for that,” Jillian proclaimed.

“Nonsense,” Jason responded. “I didn’t do…”

“Yes, you did, and if I can ever do anything for you, just ask. I mean anything, Jason.”

“You’re already doing enough by taking my advice and being a good friend.”

“I’m glad you think of me at least as a friend. I’d be more if you wanted me to,” Jillian said. “Do more, I mean.”

“No need for that,” Jason concluded, a bit shocked by her sudden boldness. “I’m quite …”

“I’m not the totally inexperienced girl you might think,” Jillian said. “I had a boyfriend in high school and we did things.”

Jason knew she was still a virgin so he could imagine what other things she spoke of. However, he didn’t need any more girlfriends right now and from the sounds of things Stephanie and Pam had him lined up for two more virgins. That was all he could handle with school and practice for now.

“Nice… but I really need to study tonight. I’ve got to get to it or I’m going to fail my exams.”

“I wouldn’t want you to do that. We can talk more later,” Jillian proposed.

“Okay… sure,” Jason agreed.

Jillian leaned over and kissed him unexpectedly on the cheek. It was a soft, quick kiss but still suggestive. He watched her exit the car, smile, and wave as he said goodbye and drove off. He could see that Jillian was interested in more than a friendship relationship. He wondered though, if it was just some infatuation after he helped her. He couldn’t take advantage of that after helping her to enjoy herself, or could he? He was trying not to let the fact that she was a virgin cloud his thinking. She was a sweet girl but he didn’t want to take advantage of her recovering wellbeing. He didn’t want to prey upon her for another so-called notch in his belt.