“My ancient neighbors are probably watching.”
“He flashed you. It’s only fair I flash him back.” I reach behind me and shove my shorts down past my ass, grabbing the condoms while I’m at it.
“You saw that?”
“If he’s creeping on us, we might as well give him something to look at.” I slap the condoms on the side table.
She glances over. “Miller! We’re outside!”
“You don’t have to lose any clothes.” I slip a hand between us, moving her bathing suit to the side and drag the head of my cock over her clit. “You just have to be quiet.”***An hour later we’re still hanging out by the pool. I have a bite mark on my shoulder from when Sunny came. She’s extra relaxed.
“You should let me put some sunscreen on your back.” I’m looking for an excuse to touch her again.
“Am I getting burned?” She glances at her shoulder.
“You’re okay for now.” I pat the space between my legs, inviting her in.
She eases between them, sitting too far forward for any of our body parts to rub together. Her shoulders are dotted with freckles from being out in the sun so much already. Sunny spent a few days last month volunteering at a community garden, planting flowers as part of a revitalization project. She’s into stuff like that. It’s one of the things we have in common.
“So I head out to that camp tomorrow,” I tell her, smoothing lotion over her skin.
“I think it’s a great thing you’re doing.”
“Thanks. It’s fun. And I have the time right now.” I make sure I get under the halter strap on her bikini. I love this bathing suit. She was wearing it the first time I copped a quick feel.
“Anyway, I was thinking maybe you’d want to come up and visit while I’m there?” At her silence, I rush on. “You could come at the end if you’re not into the whole hockey camp deal. You could even meet some of the kids if you wanted to, or not. They have cabins, so you wouldn’t have to tent it. Then we could rent a cottage for a few days if you can get the time off from work and volunteering.”
She’s quiet for another moment. “That sounds fun. I wish you would’ve asked me sooner.” Sunny turns so she’s mostly facing me.
Oh shit. I know this look. It’s a bad one. It reminds me of what I probably look like when I’m getting ready to let a honey down easy.
“If getting time off work is a problem maybe I can take care of it—”
“Getting time off work isn’t the issue, Miller.”
“So it shouldn’t be a problem, right? You can come, then. Unless you don’t want to.”
She puts a hand on my knee, squeezing softly. “So . . . you know how all those pictures showed up on the Internet.”
“You said you were over those.” I don’t get it. Last night was awesome, and this morning was awesomer. I haven’t had a chance to mess anything else up yet.
“I am, now, but when I saw them, I was upset. It seemed like you were playing me, and then there was the drunk dialing and—”
“I thought we sorted this out.”
“We did. I’m trying to explain. I’d love to come visit you, but I can’t.”
“Because of the stuff on Instagram?”
“No. Well, kind of. Lily invited me to come camping with her. She asked a long time ago, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to go. Then those pictures showed up, and I decided maybe I should. Just to get away from everything for a while. I already had a light schedule because I knew I was seeing you this weekend. I had my volunteer shifts covered.”
Sunny isn’t used to actual camping. I know this because she’s grown up doing the cottage thing. It’s big in Canada. People buy houses on lakes and drive through terrible traffic on the weekends so they can get shitfaced on a dock and hang out in the water and have campfires.
“So go camping with her for a few days and then come visit me.”
“I’ve already committed to it. I don’t want to back out.”
This doesn’t work with my plan. I should’ve asked before I came, but I wasn’t sure what this weekend was going to look like. I didn’t want to get ahead of myself, and now I’m screwed. Things start to wind back up for training soon. I have a bunch of endorsement stuff to do. I want to find a way to get her to ditch Lily and come with me instead.
“There’s no way you can cut it short?”
Her eyes drop, and she traces a circle around my kneecap. “Lily’s been supportive through this whole thing. I’m constantly bombarded with all the social media stuff.”
I tuck a few loose strands of hair behind her ear. “I’ll be better about that.”