First Comes Love

Pretty hard on your self-esteem when your best friend is a 10 and you would struggle to call yourself a 5. Beth always knew they were different, but lately, those differences were making her feel like an ugly step sister. Have you seen that movie “DUFF”? That’s how Beth saw herself, and up until last year, she was ok with being the designated ugly fat friend. Blonde with a dash of purple highlights, medium height, overweight and of average intelligence. Her best asset was the decent size boobs that adorned her chest. And she had them way before everyone else, so for a while she got a bit of attention. But now? Beth was beginning to think of herself as almost invisible to the male population. When she thought about it, Beth knew that this lack of attention was the real reason for her green-eyed monster glance at her roommate. What does a girl have to do to get a boy to look at her? Scratch that she reminded herself. You’re eighteen now, you need a man. And you need him to do a lot more than look. Just as Beth decided the hangover from last night was not going anywhere, best friend number two, akka Matthew James, rolled over. Puttting his arm over her, Matthew pulled her back into the bed. It always amazed her how Matthew ended up stealing the covers from her, and not her perfectly formed roommate. Rolling over to look at him, Beth thought about the first time she met Matthew. Belmay Kindergarten, day 1, and Beth walked up to the group of boys kicking a ball. Asking for a turn, Beth liked sports even at a young age. Matthew, the closest to the ball, picked up the footy and told her that girls can’t kick a footy. With that, he walked away. So Beth did what any self-respecting young lady would do. She ran and tackled him, grabbed the ball and kicked as far as she could, over the fence and out of the playground. Teaching that chauvinist 4 yr. old an important lesson. They had been friends ever since. Lori wasn’t too keen on letting a boy into their cubby house at first, but soon Lori realised how useful it was to have him around. The girls always used him to fix the cubby, climb on the roof to get the ball and carry the sleeping bags when they had sleep overs. Beth liked that she could muck around with him and get dirty, but still play Barbies with Lori. And now they had a Daddy for their games of families. Except when Lori made him be the dog or the grumpy grandad. Matthew James was another 10 on the scale for hotness. His wavy dark curls, always a little too long, fell loosely over his face. Although they were closed now, Beth pictured his bright green eyes and brushed his hair away from his face. The slow, handsome smile that appeared made the dimple in his left cheek sink into his scruffy unshaved cheek. Tanned, muscular and oh boy did he know it sexy, Matthew had developed into model good looks. “Morning Bee” Matthew whispered as he opened his eyes and flashed the green jewels at Beth. Beth stopped playing with his hair and reached for the sheet to cover her underwear only clad body. He couldn’t help it, Matthew grabbed the sheet and had a good hard look at her chest. And got hit in the head with a pillow for his efforts. “Morning shit head” Beth replied, only half meaning it. “What did I do this time?” he asked, knowing his best friend wasn’t serious. “You know I love it when you talk dirty to me” he said with a devilish smirk. “Really Hue? You keep me up all night partying because you couldn’t bare to go without me, steal my covers all night and then get a morning eye-full of my tits. All while making me late for my first class. So much for me turning over a new leaf this semester.” Beth moved so she could get off the bed gracefully, taking the sheet to cover herself. Matthew pulled on her arm, “Come back Bee and play with my hair again, you know I love it.” Matthew begged. Beth ramped up the strength and took her arm and her purple sheet away from the bed. Well wasn’t that fine and dandy, because this left a finely toned Matthew in a pair of snug fitting jocks, lying seductively on her bed. Good morning six pack! Beth looked away. She had seen his body enough to know how hot he was. And how modest he was not. Really, it was like living with Ken and Barbie. Except Ken and Barbie in this dolls house never hooked up. Beth wondered, not for the first time, why Lori and Matthew had never been together. Talk about the genetic lottery if they ever reproduced. But as far as Beth knew, neither of her best friends had seen each other like that. They both had had enough partners to work out preferences by now. And after fourteen years of friendship, if it was going to happen, you’d probably think it would have. The fact is, the three of them had been almost like siblings their entire lives. Beth rushed to her wardrobe and just grabbed the first thing she found and raced to the bathroom before Matthew had time to comment again. Just as she was turning on the shower, there was a knock on the door. “Bethy, baby, I need to pee, let me in” Matthew mumbled through the door. “Use the sink I’m naked in here!” Beth sighed in exasperation. “I won’t look I promise Bee. Come on, I need to drain it.” Wrapping the towel around herself, Beth unlocked the door and stepped back, covering as much of her body as she could. No one had ever seen her naked, and even though her best friend always joked about her gorgeous curves and boobs, Beth assumed it was his attempt to make her feel good. If he actually saw her body, he wouldn’t joke. Cursing her Double D cups and her flabby tummy, Beth was a realist. Landing a 10 like Matthew was one of those Rom/Com deals. So far out of reality, even Hollywood cringes. Waiting outside the bathroom door, Beth’s mind wandered to thoughts about finally losing her virginity. Someone would eventually see her naked body. Would she keep the light on? No. No need to scare them off too quickly. Let’s face it, at this point, she was not holding out for true love. A mild interest would be enough. Just to see what all the fuss was about. She just needed to find someone as desperate as she was. Lack of sleep was making her horny she reasoned. As Matthew stepped out of the bathroom, his cheeky smile made Beth blush. She couldn’t help it, he really was good to look at. “Need me to wash your back darling?” Matthew said with that infuriating clever lift of a single eyebrow. Annnnd there was the mouth that snapped her back to reality. “You wouldn’t know what to do with all this woman Hue” Beth said gesturing to herself as she shoved him out the way, hard. “But oh it would be fun learning!” she heard him shout as she closed the door.