The Jacuzzi

The beautiful lights brightened up the whole Riverwalk. Each float was embellished to a T with lights and glitter. The jolly music and the sound of my cousins’ cheers filled my ears. The day after Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year, because my whole family rents rooms at the extravagant Marriott Hotel and we watch the Christmas parade from our balconies.   I brought along my three girl best friend and three guys who stood in my debut. Watching the parade was fun, but I had a feeling these guys were going to make the rest of the night extra fun.
The warm towels covered my girlfriends and my half naked bodies. We gave each other the nervous look and walked through the doors. The smell of chlorine from the pool was strong. I looked to see the boys were already horse playing in the Jacuzzi but not only were my boys in there, a group of my cousin’s guy friends were in the Jacuzzi. We walked toward the steam filled pool and slowly unwrapped our towels. The water was blazing hot surrounding my whole body. The Jacuzzi was very soothing but then the boys started splashing. “Let’s get out of here and hangout somewhere” said my friend Sergio. As I was about to get out of the Jacuzzi, one of the boys caught my eye. He was tall and lean. His smile made my stomach do flips. “Name’s Bradley,” he said with a smile as he and his friends got out of the Jacuzzi. I rushed out of the pool to shower and get all dolled up. My friends were laughing hysterically at me as loaded my face with make-up. I really didn’t care because I wanted to hang out with the guys, especially Bradley.
My friends and I walked out of our hotel to see the boys in the hallway. They were all sprawled against the floor and wall. “Let’s play a game,” I said as I sat next to Bradley. We begin to play truth or dare on a phone app. The game randomly chose my name. I picked dare and read the command given to me. “Kiss the person sitting to your left.” I froze with shock and realized Bradley was... [continues]

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