A safe place (Closed for ilikeitlikethat18)

Stephanie had grown up with Kelly, them being the same age and having been placed in the same kindergarten class many, many years ago. Although it was unusual, the girls had stayed very close friends as they grew up, their fights never lasting long enough to mention. Stephanie and Kelly had the same views on so many things, including their general lack of interest in being close buddies with most of the girls they went to school with, that it kept them cheerful and practically attached, even when they were both 18 and old enough to have gotten "over" their middle school and high school friends.

Stephanie barely spent much time at home once her parents considered her old enough to hang out with Kelly "on their own" and the fact that Kelly had an older brother who was an adult didn't hurt. When he got his own place, it only made it easier for herself and Kelly to have a lot of freedom. Although he teased the hell out of the both of them, Ben was a good guy and as she got older, she started to notice that he was a very handsome guy.

She knew that Ben was a good looking and successful man who dated very good looking, successful women, and that he would never see her *that* way. Not that she even saw HIM that way, but he did register on her radar, just by being so devilishly handsome. The only time she'd really ever gotten a good look at him was out by the pool. Before Kelly went away to college, they had spent a lot of time at Ben's and most of it out back, enjoying the hot summer and cold pool. They often laid out on the pool chairs while Ben swam, stopping momentarily to give her a peek at his water-slicked body.

Kelly often teased Stephanie about having a thing for Ben, to which Ben and Stephanie both would respond disgusted, but it was all in jest. Stephanie knew that it would be perfectly appropriate to hang out with him even after Kelly left, considering all the time she had spent at his house, once in a while without Kelly.

It had only been a week since Kelly went away and they had already skyped several times and texted constantly. She missed her a lot and missed hanging out at Ben's. Although she had been given the key to his house, she didn't know if Ben truly welcomed her there.
 
Stephanie was finishing up some emails and homework when she saw she had a new email. She had been given an enormous amounts of homework even though school had just started. She didn't mind having to study, she just minded the fact that she was totally overloaded and had to work at the same time!

Luckily, it was Friday, which meant as soon as she was done with her homework, she was free for the whole weekend. Stephanie really wanted to party! She browsed Facebook for a few minutes to see if anything was going on, before realizing nothing was happening, at least not with her Facebook friends. Steph briefly thought back to when Ben used to have lots of friends over. He had stopped having them over when she and Kelly were there, but maybe he'd be throwing a party this weekend. Not out of the question.

A smile popped up on her face as she saw the new email was from Ben. "I'm totally there. You should throw a party. I wanna party... and drink?" she said hopefully. She knew he knew she wasn't of age, but hey, he was! If she drank under his roof... or pool house, that was okay, right?! She finished the email by telling him to send her a text. She knew he had her number.
 
Stephanie grinned as she saw his text message, "You bring the guests & the booze and I'll bring myself!" she replied quickly, deciding to go for a quick run and then hop in the shower and get ready if she was really going to go to a party! She texted a couple of her girlfriends back, telling them about the party at Ben's. She figured he wouldn't mind a few hotties, since he obviously didn't think of her like that.

After her run and a quick shower, she dried off, checking her phone for any new messages. As she dried her hair with a towel, she put on a cute black lace bra and panty set underneath a short black dress. She slipped on a pair of black heels and a little black jacket, leaving her hair down. Not too fancy, just enough!
 
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