Buddy

"Buddy?...Buddy Gimbler?" Buddy was my lovable junior from my (former) university. He was about half a foot shorter than me and had soft blonde hair and jade green eyes. He was very shy at first when he first entered my school but I saw potential in him. I figured with his looks, he and I would become unstoppable chick-magnets and that is exactly what happened. Once I took Buddy under my wing, he steadily became more outgoing and confident just by hanging around me. I taught him how to make the most out any opportunity and how to mess around with people a little for harmless fun. Looking back on all of this, this very situation I was in right now may have very well been my doing in the long run. How ironic.

"Buddy, what the hell are you doing here?" I was so surprised to see my old friend, I just stood there naked with my hands in the air as Buddy continued to take more pictures of me from different angles.

"I could ask you the same thing ya jerk. I would actually like to know way more about you considering you ghosted me for several days." Buddy pouted. Poor Buddy, I may have wormed him out of his shell but I was still his only friend in the university. Not that Buddy wasn't sociable, he just preferred hanging out with me more than he did cruising for girls. I knew I wouldn't be able to contact my old relations from work or school without access to my phone. I could never tell them the reason why I stopped talking to them but I still never bothered to let any of them know I couldn't get in touch with them any more without so much as a goodbye. Buddy must have felt so lonely and worried.

"Buddy, I am so sorry I didn't contact you. Things have been crazy lately and I haven't been able to call anyone I miss, not just you. Just please know that none of this was my choice and I would like nothing more than for all my troubles to end so things could go back to the way they were. I wanna come back to you and the school Buddy but I just can't! You gotta believe me!" I spoke quickly hoping Buddy would receive the message before anything bad happens. Well, before things get worse than they already are...

Buddy was stone-faced for a moment as he processed my words. After a moment (and a few more pictures), the corner of Buddy's mouth turned up. "Yeah alright, you're not so much of a douchebag that you would leave a friend high and dry like that Benjamin. And I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't be in a situation like this unless you were clearly being ****." I nodded "On that note, what's with your sudden interest in exhibitionism?"

Buddy's question caused me to look down, reminding me I was still very naked with my hands still up in the air like an idiot while Buddy kept snapping away on his camera. My face turned red as I finally gained the sense to clap my hands over my privates and fully acknowledge what buddy was doing with his phone. "This is a long story Buddy. Trust me! But for now--um--what are the chances of you deleting all of those pictures off your phone?"

Buddy shook his head, "No way, I haven't seen you in over a week. How I am I supposed to know you'll come back?" Buddy showed me the pictures on his phone "I hold on to these, and I know you will find some way to come back to me."

Not again, "Come on Buddy! I'm already being blackmailed! By my ex and her asshole brother! How do you think I ended up like this?!" I gestured towards my nudity.

"Explain?" Buddy raised an eyebrow.

I gave him the shortest version I could muster under these time-sensitive circumstances. I managed to include the important parts such as how I lost everything and why I'm out here.

Buddy nodded understandingly, "Okay, I think I have and idea."

I hoped it was a good one. Cause I was beginning to hear the sound of people chatting with each other getting closer and closer. In just a matter of seconds, they will be close enough to see me.