James

“Oh…no…”

Ashley’s grip on her body tightened as the person inside the car was James, her best friend. He was staring at her with a face of pure awe, and even saw him give her a once-over. She knew him well enough to know he only did it because he couldn’t help himself, and that was made clear by the way he looked away with red cheeks right after.

“Oh, it’s you…great…” Veronica said as she opened the passenger seat and got in.

“Woah, woah, wait, uh…care to explain what the hell is happening here?” James said, so Ashley decided to be honest and go through everything that happened as Veronica bundled herself as small as possible in the front seat, keeping her eyes away from the man.

“You really deserved that, you know,” James said to Veronica as she snarled.

“Just shut up and take us home,” she said.

“Alright, alright. Get in, I guess,” he said, this time to Ashley, and she did her best to quickly get into the car without exposing herself, though once she sat down, James didn’t move. “Seatbelt,” he said.

“James-“

“Safety,” he said, and Ashley groaned. Once again, she knew he wasn’t doing it to get a peek, but she still knew it would suck. So, trying to move as quickly as possible, she uncovered her chest and grabbed the seatbelt, bringing it down over her breasts and clicking it into place. She looked back up just in time to see him looking away, his cheeks even more red than before. She quickly covered herself back up again as she did her best not to whine.

James was…an interesting person to her. He was her best friend, of course, but recently she’d been having more…thoughts about him. Thoughts that friends didn’t usually have about one another. And now the fact he was seeing her completely naked certainly didn’t help with that fact. She was somewhat happy he didn’t seem to be looking at Veronica at all, though.

Finally, he started driving them back.

“What were you doing here?” Ashley asked in an attempt to fight against the extremely awkward mood in the car.

“I was going to hang out with some friends on a boat, but I’m sure they’ll understand if I tell them I’ll be late, especially if it’s because I had to pick up some cute girls,” he joked.

“If you tell anyone about this, you’re dead,” Veronica said, instantly killing whatever mood was growing to replace the awkwardness. James cleared his throat, and the drive continued on in silence.

Meanwhile, in the back, the intrusive thoughts were coming in, and Ashley’s mind was running wild with ideas, such as opening her legs to flash James, or dropping her arms from her chest to see if he reacted. It was growing harder to ignore them, despite everything rational inside her telling her it was a stupid idea, especially since even if she was growing feelings for him, which was already something major she had to confront herself with, there was no guarantee he felt the same.

It would be better to just let the drive continue normally, right?