[SwimTeamSpeedo]

Bryan finally mustered the courage to ask Stephanie out on a real date. The advent of texting made it so much easier for guys compared to the old days of a live phone call or face to face. Nonetheless, Bryan wrote and re-wrote his text message more times than he has fingers. Her reply came back in seconds, which meant she took no time to think of how to accept or express her frustration at how long it took him to actually offer the proposal. “Yes, wondered if you ever were going to ask” she had replied. \Bryan felt bad that she had almost given up on him ever taking her out. The date was set for Saturday afternoon, after the morning swim meet at the school.

“Dude, get your head on the meet,” Nick suggested as the guys changed in the locker room at 7am Saturday morning. They were wearing the white background team swimsuits with the perfectly placed blue tornado. It was the kind of swimsuit that was either really cool or extremely provocative, depending on your thoughts of a bursting tornado right over the bulging parts of the guys. The suits certainly brought the eyes right to the exact spot most teen guys were most self conscious about. Jimmy loved the suits. Ashish’s mom not so much. Nic thought the suits were awesome and Bryan really didn’t give it much thought. Stephanie loved Bryan in his.

“I’ll be ready,” Bryan said. “We are going to kill this meet,” he added as he tied up his suit. Four teams, including Gulf Coast, the rich kids.

“These Gulf Coast kids must be scared coming to the ghetto,” Briante said. Lakes was far from the Ghetto, but compared to the million dollar homes of GC, it must feel like it. Briante was all pumped for the meet,

Nick and Jimmy were completely back to normal. Nick even had welcomed the friendship with Ashish, all the way to the point of asking Ashish to see if he could get Nick one of the hot swimsuits from his home country. The three guys suited up together. Bryan had been called up to the varsity team, while Ashish, Jimmy and Mick would swim JV. Finally, all suited up, adjusted, and tied, the guys all headed out the door.

It was a glorious day. The sun was already warm, the sky a perfect shade of morning blue. It was an unusually warm day, heading to the upper 80’s. Stephanie and most of the girls were already out and doing warm up swims. Bryan jumped in the lane Stephanie was in. The best part of the coed meets was that the guys and girls got to swim warm up together, at least the best part for Bryan. Steph rubbed Bryan’s butt, “you look cute,” she said.

“Matching suits,” Bryan grinned as he said it. The girls suits had a full size tornado that ran right up the front. Unlike the guys, which were lined with white, the girls had blue liners, so when wet the white parts looked more pale blue.

The meet began shortly after all the swimmers finished their easy and slow warm ups. Each team had two lanes. By the time noon came, Lakes had finished second place, Gulf Coast was third. A team from Tampa solidly won. It was a great results for the young Lakes team. As for swimsuits, everyone agreed that Lakes had the coolest.

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The date was about as original as a 16 year old could get. Bryan got permission to drive dad’s Mazda Miata, a car he kept only for special weekend drives. “You be damn careful, Brian. No speeding, cops watch for teenagers in fast cars.”

“I’ll be good,: Bryan assured his dad.

“You got enough money for popcorn and stuff?” dad asked, handing his son $30.

“Thanks dad, you’re the best,” Bryan said as he hugged dad.

“Take care of my baby,” dad finally said as he handed Bryan the keys.

Bryan had on really sweet looking board shorts, a bright and colorful pattern, with a bright yellow polo style shirt his mom matched for him. “You look sexy,” mom said. Probably not the best thing to say to a hormone raged 16 year old about to go out on a date, but he really did look hot, a mix of good genes and great fitness. Underneath the boardies he wore an “Orange County” Turbo print swimsuit, not for any reason other than he hated to wear normal boxer briefs under board shorts and thought commando was a bit risky.

Stephanie gave Bryan a hug and kiss as he arrived. She introduced him to her parents, Bryan smiled as her mom gave him the complete look over. “Oh, Stephanie, he is really cute,” she said, smiling at Bryan. The father was more formal. Within seconds they were off. Stephanie lived in a marvelous house in a gated community with a private clubhouse, pool, and game area.

“Cool shorts,” Stephanie said as she rubbed Bryan’s knee while he drove them to a very romantic Five Guys lunch. “Oh hey, you did bring a swimsuit, right?” Stephanie asked. “We can go swimming, I mean fun swimming, later if you want.”

“Yeah, I actually have one on under my shorts,” Bryan smiled as he said it.

“Perfect,” she replied.

The two were far to spellbound by the movie Gravity to really do the usual snuggling teens did in movies. A few touches and fondles was as far as they got, enough to keep Bryan on the verge of a boner, but not enough t take him there. He was fine with that. When it was over it was near sunset. The two opted for a ride along the beach, maybe find a parking place and settle in on the sand for a nice sunset. So far, it had been the most perfect date. The best was yet to come.

Nick and Jimmy had also had a great day, just the two of them.