Second Chance: A Military Football Romance

"I burn easily, and I want to be ready for tomorrow night. I have a strange feeling that my turn is coming." He shrugged and jumped off the side of the boat, landing in the water with a splash.

"You think Cinderella's coming to the ball?" I stepped up on the edge of the boat and jumped, tucking my legs and doing a cannon ball.

He splashed me as I came up from the cool water. "Ass. I swear you're a bully with a heart."

I laughed. "That's exactly what I am. Don't forget my overly huge dick, too. That's an asset we need to stay cognizant of."

"I'm not responding to that," he said as he disappeared under the water, leaving me to laugh at how fun it was to fuck with him.

We walked onto the man-made beach front a few minutes later and spread out on a small strip of sand amongst a huge group of people.

Daniel dropped down beside me and rubbed at his eyes. "I don't have my contacts in, so stay close."

"You can't see anything?" I glanced over at him as I laid back, enjoying the warm sand beneath me.

"Nope." He laid back beside me and yawned. "We stayed up too late last night."

"You're a pussy." I moved my hands to cradle my head. "And, you suck at dominoes."

"Do you have anything nice to say?" He turned his head toward me as he squinted.

"You have nice cheekbones?" I laughed as he shook his head.

"Fuck you, Brody." He turned to look back toward the sky. "I have to admit that I'm a little jealous about how easily women flock to you."

"It's confidence. Just pretend like you have it and they'll flock to you, too. Girls are weird like that." I shrugged and turned to my left, smiling at the dark-skinned girl who was on her stomach, her eyes all for me. "Isn't that true?" I asked her.

"Sure is." She smiled and turned to look the other way.

"So, what if you're not at all confident? I mean, if we're talking about school or intelligence, I got it down, but anything else? Especially if we're talking about confidence in the bedroom. I'm completely at a loss there." Daniel let out a long sigh. "It's fucking terrifying."

"Yeah, but after you do it once or a hundred times, it gets easier." I turned my attention to him. I couldn't remember having anything but confidence in the bedroom, but then again, I'd started sleeping around right before high school started. It had been far too many years to think back to the beginning of it all.

"I guess," he sighed again. "I need to just go for it. I'm going to work on it tomorrow night."

"On your confidence or getting laid?” I sat up and rolled my shoulders before glancing behind me to see if there was a close bathroom.

"Both?" He covered the top of his eyes as he looked over at me. "What's up?"

"Looking for a restroom."

The girl beside me turned over and smiled. "It's at the back of the island. Just walk toward the palm trees.

"Thanks, pretty girl." I winked at her and got up. "Be right back."

"I'll be here. Contemplating the purpose of all of this shit." Daniel's voice was filled with concern. I felt for the guy, but I wasn't sure what to say to him. I was simple and straightforward, and he was an intellectual, a brilliant guy who overthought everything. My advice? Find a girl and fuck her until you both have trouble walking. To say that I wouldn't be a big help to him was the understatement of the century.

I found the restroom a few minutes later and jogged toward it. The line of girls standing outside of the women's half was astounding, and I felt bad for the ones bouncing on their feet. It had to suck to high heaven to be a woman.

After washing my hands and checking myself in the mirror, I walked back out and caught the eye of a dark-haired beauty standing beside the line, but not in it.

"Hi," she spoke softly, lifting her hand and rolling each finger down in a sensual greeting.

"Hi." I walked toward her and stopped in front of her. "Brody."

"Dina." She extended her hand.

"A pretty girl like you got a boyfriend around here?" I took her hand and glanced around before pulling it to my lips and kissing her fingers softly. She was breathtaking, the kind of woman you'd wish would let you take pic