“Damn…. don’t see him anywhere,” Sabrina remarked.
“Who?” asked Des.
“I know who,” Megan said with a broad grin. “It’s Snack Stand Boy, isn’t it?”
Sabrina gave no answer.
“I remember last summer you must have had a zillion hot dogs,” Megan continued to tease. “Just to flirt with him. Oooh Snack Stand Boy, give it to me. Yeah!”
“He has a name. It’s Curt.” Sabrina replied. “Besides, you were checking him out too.”
“Was not….”
“Forget Curt,” Des interrupted. “Check out the new lifeguard.”
The girls looked towards the pool to see a statuesque young lifeguard standing watch.
“Nu-uh,” Sabrina said doubtfully. “No way. He’s got to be taken. Either taken or gay.”
“You’re such a pessimist,” Megan remarked.
“Fine…if you think you have a shot, why don’t you try to reel him in?”
“I can’t,” Megan remarked shyly. “Besides, you’re better looking than me.”
“At least let him get a good look at you,” Des suggested.
Megan found this amendable. The girls claimed a table near the pool, set down their towels, stripped down to their bikinis and dove on in. The sun was warm and bright, but the water was refreshingly cool. Megan enjoyed the pool’s relative emptiness. Swimming with her family had not been fun: Stephen liked to splash and start water fights and Carrie fancied herself a diver. They were in school, however, and she was here.
The lifeguard was chatting with a friend but remained facing the pool. It was too bad, Megan thought, as she would have liked a quick peek at his ass. Instead, she opted to wait until he was watching again and then swim on by. In the meantime, she surveyed her fellow swimmers. There were a few girls her age, some of whom were also eying the lifeguard. There were young men swimming laps down by the far end, perhaps trying to impress the girls who paid them no mind. There were a few seniors who all appeared to be in good health. Lastly, there were mothers and their babies. Children of no more than three or four with floating devices on their arms were being taught how to swim. Some embraced it eagerly, others were reluctant.