All three girls nod in agreement and follow Riley up the stairs.
The boat starts gliding on the water and takes off away from the pier. Beau already has his shirt off, oiling himself up, and if I didn’t know any better, I’d think he was making a porno.
“Why are you oiling yourself up like that?” James asks.
“Like what?” Beau stops what he’s doing.
James mimics Beau. Rubbing his chest seductively and slowly while adding a little bit of body rolls that Beau for some exaggeration.
“I was not doing that,” he exclaims.
“Beau, I’m pretty sure you need to give yourself an X-rating because of how you just lathered yourself,” August tells him.
“If you can’t handle this,” Beau says, modeling for us, “then that’s on you.”
August connects his phone to the Bluetooth speaker he pulled out of his bag and selects the playlist we’ve all been working on for this day. By we, I mean the guys. The girls have no idea about this playlist.
We’ve added so many songs that, at this point, we have no idea what’s on there. At first, we paid attention, making sure we were all on the same page. Then it just became chaotic as the days went on. I gave up looking at who added what.
“What the hell?” James says just as the music starts to play.
August starts laughing and says, “Don’t look at me. I did not choose this song.”
Beau starts to singCool for the Summerby Demi Lovato, ignoring the look that James is giving him. I joined August, laughing while we watched the talent show. Beau is not a shy man. He will enjoy himself the way he wants. Don’t threaten him with a good time.
“How do you know all the lyrics?” James asks.
Beau ignores his question and continues to lip-sync while looking at James.
“Dude, stop.” James starts to laugh and holds his hands up.
The chorus of the song hits, and Beau lets go, lip-syncing for his life to James, giving him great facial expressions and arm movements.
“Dude, this song is a fucking banger. Don’t diss Demi,” Beau points out to his brother.
“Do you even know what this song is about?” I ask.
Beau shrugs. “Yeah, we’re just being cool for the summer.”
August and I laugh harder.
“What?” Beau asks.
“It’s about two women hooking up in secret,” August says through his laughter. “You’re singing about two women exploring their sexuality.”
Beau looks around at us with a shocked expression that turns into a bright smile and nods his head. “Nice.”
twenty
ELLIE
“DidI just hear a Demi Lovato song?” Riley looks over to me, and I shrug in answer.
The four of us are laid in a row on tanning chairs that the boat provides. It took all eight of us to pay for this boat just for the day. It was…a lot.And I will not be telling my parents how much money August and I spent just to be on it for a day.
When I heard about the annual boat day, I knew I had to buy a brand-new swimsuit. The question was just how slutty I wanted to look. I’m usually very modest, but the little devil on my shoulder told me to go with the thong bikini, while the angel on my other shoulder told me to go with a simple one-piece.
The devil won. Kicked that angel right off my shoulder.
