Sunbathing at Melissa's

The girls tried to get Kyle involved in their conversation, but any talk about boys, shopping or otherwise, he quickly shrugged off. The girls wondered why that might be.

When they got back to Melissa's, the boys hadn't moved much, apart from picking new seats as they kept playing. Melissa strolled into the room in her bikini and stepped in front of the television.

"We're gonna go sunbathe out in the yard." Melissa smirked.

"That's cool, Liss." Liam said. "Can you stop blocking the screen now?"

"Well, if you need us." Darla called out as they strolled out of the room.

Kyle remained behind for a moment and went back over to Sam. He figured it was time for one last attempt at subtlety.

"Sam, was there anything we needed to do today?" he asked. "Any reason we might have to head home?"

"Nope." Sam absentmindedly said.

"Kylie, you coming?" Robin shouted from the doorway.

Kyle sighed and turned away from his brother.

"Just a sec!" Kyle shouted, then turned to glare at Sam, who didn't notice.

After Kyle exited the room, Liam and Eli were momentarily distracted as they sniffed in.

Kyle stepped out of the sliding glass door into the large backyard. There was a large in-ground pool, complete with two diving boards off to one side, and on the other a large patch of grass, where the three girls were setting up their towels.

Kyle made his way over to the girls and followed suit with his towel.

"You know, I don't usually do stuff like this." Kyle said.

"Sunbathe? Oh! That's cause you're from back east, right? The weather's not usually right for it." Darla asked.

"Something like that." Kyle said.

"Don't worry, it's easy. You just lay on your stomach and let the sun do it's work, and then flip." Robin laughed as she laid down.

Kyle weakly giggled along and sat down on the towel. Darla and Melissa set down and laid down as well. The girls started talking and kept trying to get Kyle involved in the conversation.

"Kylie, what do you think?" Melissa asked.

"What about you, Kylie?" Darla asked.

The conversations never ceased and they always wanted Kyle's opinion. And they always somehow drifted back to talking about Kyle's body. Kyle had always wished that his body would be the topic of conversation for a set of cute girls, but this was not how he envisioned it.

"Okay, flip!" Darla exclaimed as her phone buzzed.

As they flipped, the sliding glass door opened once again, revealing: