Behind Sunglasses

I was at a friend's pool after school. She loaned me this impossibly tiny bathing suit I looked at it skeptically but I didn’t ask whose it was. It smelled faintly of chlorine. we were supposed to be alone her older brother came home his eyes settled on my skin like a wash of immediate sunburn It was awkward and thrilling to be watched I pretended not to notice behind my sunglasses I ignored him My friend noticed. “Perv alert, let’s go in.” she said. I didn’t want to go but I didn’t let it show.