My name is Destiny. When my parents told me that they would be out of town for a whole week, my first reaction was excitement. However, upon further pondering, I realized that I had never been left alone for a whole night, much less a weekend. I hid my nervousness from my parents, after all, I was supposed to be old enough for that stuff. Luckily, my best friend Brittany lived next door with her dad (who was my dad’s best friend), and my dad had gotten the okay from Brittany’s dad for me to come over anytime I needed to. I think my dad secretly knew I was nervous about staying alone.
I was okay for most of the first day, keeping busy by eating and watching television. When the sun set, my stomach sank. I tried not to think about how dark it was outside, and how alone I was. The quiet of the room started screaming at me, and I knew I had to get out. The cool air blew threw my thin pajamas when I walked over to Brittany’s house. I looked down and realized my nipples were struggling against the thin fabric, and I hoped that Brittany’s dad was already asleep to avoid some embarrassment.
I knocked on Brittany’s door. To my disappointment, Brittany’s dad, Eric, answered the door. Luckily his eyes never left mine as he greeted me.

“Oh Destiny, I forgot that you might be coming over. Brittany went over to her mom’s house for the week.”

“Oh geez, thanks Brittany,” I thought. It was just like her to forget our plans and do her own thing.

“Oh, well that really sucks,” I moaned, “I guess I’ll go home.”

Eric shrugged and replied, “I know I’m not much fun, but you could stay the night in Brittany’s room if you want. At least you won’t be alone in the house. I was actually just about go soak in the hot tub and go to bed. You can have the rest of the house to yourself.”

The thought of spending the night at Brittany’s house, without Brittany there, made me a little nervous, and strangely, a little excited. Eric was Brittany’s dad, but he was incredibly handsome. He had curly black hair, dark blue eyes, and a decent body. He wasn’t a body builder or anything, but he kept himself in good shape. He was the neighborhood’s most available bachelor, and all of the single moms were always after him. He didn’t seem interested in any of them, strangely enough. Brittany once told me that he had given up on women after her mom left. Eric was also a police officer, and I noticed that he still had his uniform on. He must have just gotten off duty. He looked amazing in his uniform, I mentally noted. I decided to stay, mostly because I couldn’t stand the thought of being alone all night. I have to admit though, Eric did have some influence on my decision.

“Sure, I’ll stay, if you’re sure it won’t be any trouble, Mr Weeks,” I said. Mr. Weeks is what I called him to his face, but I always thought of him as “Eric” in my mind.

Eric offered me food, drink, and the television, but I turned all of that down. I felt really awkward being alone with him in the house, so I decided to go to bed. I walked down the hall to Brittany’s familiar bedroom and climbed into her nice, warm bed. I drifted off to sleep quickly. I was soon awaken by my extreme hunger. I hadn’t had dinner, and was quickly re-thinking Eric’s offer for food. I climbed out of bed and went to the kitchen to grab a snack.

On the way to the kitchen, I looked out the back door. I saw Eric sitting in the hot tub, his eyes were closed and his police uniform was replaced by a pair of swim shorts. His chest looked amazing, it was mostly smooth, with just enough hair to give him a rugged, manly look. I had never seen him without a shirt on, and I couldn’t help but get that funny feeling in the pit of my stomach. He was giving me butterflies. My best friend’s dad was alone with me in his house, and I was majorly crushing on him. I snapped back to reality and was depressed in the realization that nothing could ever happen with him, he was a police officer and was 25 years older than me. He would never in a million years look at me that way.

Just as my daydream was over, Eric opened his eyes and saw me standing at the door. He smiled and motioned for me to come outside.

“I thought you were fast asleep, did I wake you?” Eric asked. “I was trying to be quiet.”

“Oh, no sir, I just decided to get some food after all. I forgot that I hadn’t eaten, and my stomach woke me up.” I laughed awkwardly. He probably thought I was an idiot, standing here watching him shirtless and laughing like a maniac.

But, he flashed his brilliant smile. “Well, I didn’t cook tonight since it was just myself here, but there is leftover chinese in the fridge if you like. Or, I could take you to the 24 hour burger place if you don’t want Chinese. You may even be able to talk me into cooking some pancakes, if you ask me nicely enough.” He joked.

“Chinese is good. Are you enjoying your soak?” I asked, with a nervous smile. My heart was pounding in the presence of this half naked man, and all I wanted was to climb into that hot tub with him.

“Yes it feels nice, I swear my job is going to kill me.