I rested there motionless thinking about the feelings that had just swept over me.He smiled sweetly, then pulled me up to a sitting position and got t...e bikini top out of my mouth and said, “Happy Birthday, baby” and went back to the pool.I dressed and went back out as everyone began singing ‘’happy birthday’’ and watched as Zach talked to his friend Seth. I walked over as if nothing had happened. Isabella and Jayden- my best friends approached me and Isabella spoke up “What Took Y’all So. "Are we still on for tonight... you know for Pilate's?" Yes. I brought a change of clothes."Wiping her eyes, she said, "Good, see you at my place after school." With that, Kelly looked behind her and then bodily kissed Stephanie on the lips. It was quick, little more than a peck, but was filled with meaning. Then she quickly stood up and went back to the board.The rest of the day seemed to go on forever for Stephanie. She tried to get involved in what she was doing, but then she would catch. It was the first VR MMO of its kind, and Sven took to it like a duck to water when his uncle, his legal guardian had first introduced it to him when he was just ten years old. For a decade Sven had poured all of his waking hours between food breaks grinding the games end game content, playing PVP tournaments where he became famous among the community.His character was so good at PVP that his online alias "GateKeeper" became synonymous in the pro scene with higher level players 'gate keeping'. The weather was temperate and the sun was bright but not glaring. A slight breeze made the ends of Resa’s hair dance as we walked through the park. We had been pretty playful the whole day, what with me rubbing her back and tickling her when she least expected, and I was sure we’d both noticed the change in our friendship over the last two or three weeks. We came to a couple blocks that were entirely grass and trees, contained within the perimeter of sidewalk that hugged the edges of the.