Do the right thing, decline

Mark thought about it long enough to know that Miranda wasn’t keen on the game going this way and being the sole target of most of the dares. He made a sacrifice, losing the battle to hopefully win the war.

“I dunno Macca, I’m not going to do that just cause you dared me too, let’s just take it easy and relax,” he said.

There were a couple of surprised looks around the jacuzzi. When Mark had a chance to look over at Miranda, she gave him a slight smile. He didn’t know what she would have thought whether he did it or not but he wanted to play it safe. He hoped that he made the right decision and didn’t just waste an opportunity to run his face in her bountiful cleavage.

Eventually, the party in the jacuzzi wrapped up and everyone began to hop out of the water, drying off in towels.

As most went inside to change clothes or have a shower, Mark and Miranda were left outside alone together.

Still in her yellow bra and pink panties, underneath a white towel, Miranda made her way over to Mark, who was sotting outside by himself, drying his hair off.

“You didn’t want to play that game in there?” she asked him quietly.

“Well… I mean, of course I wanted to but I didn’t want to make you uncomfortable in there, especially after everything we talked about the other night,” Mark explained to her.

The blonde girl was looking down but smiling, when she looked back up into his eyes, he saw a twinkle. It was as if this was the first time that he ever seen that look in her eyes before.

“You continue to surprise me,” she said softly.

Mark chuckled quietly, “Maybe neither of us know each other well enough.”

“You could be on to something there.”

Their private conversation was interrupted as Daniel walked out onto the back deck. He was already changed into some other clothes, a plain t-shirt and shorts.

“Ah, sorry for interrupting but the downstairs bathroom in my parents ensuite is free for anyone who wants a shower,” he told them.

Mark looked at Miranda as if to see if she would answer first but she just turned her head to gave him, and do the exact same thing.

“Uhh yeah thanks man, I’ll have one in a second,” Mark eventually replied.

Standing at the sliding doors, Daniel squinted, wondering what he had just walked into, if they were having some sort of secret conversation. He nodded as he slipped back inside, shutting the door behind him.

Miranda turned back to face Mark again, “Guess you better get going then.”

“I should have offered it to you first, you sure you don’t want to…”

Miranda cut in, a hand on his arm, “It’s okay, you go first, enjoy your shower.”

She kept her eyes on him as he walked away in the direction of the sliding doors.