Heath kisses me as he thrusts inside me, filling me, and it feels like I’m rising to the sky, expanding, like I can never get enough of this.
He pounds away, his hips crashing to mine, grinding me into the sandy blanket, making my breasts bounce with the reverberation of his thrusts.
My pussy clenches, trying to hold him inside, and gushes with arousal as I near the biggest orgasm of my life. I start to cry out as it overtakes me, unable to contain myself, and as my pussy milks his hardness, Heath comes too, in a guttural groan that sounds so sexy it pushes me over the edge.
“Holy Shit!” Heath exclaims as we finally return to earth. Our hearts slow to their normal rhythms, and our bodies recover from the aftershocks of coming so hard. “I think I finally believe in God because I just had my first taste of paradise.”
Heath rolls off of me onto his back, and together we stare up at the stars as the waves continue to crash against the shores of Wainscott Hollow.
Chapter 7
Heath
It’s hard to believe we’re finally graduating. Not a single parent is here to congratulate us. We’re double orphans, both of us, but at least we have each other. We picked up our own cap and gowns, made and sent our own announcements, planned our own party, and navigated the entire process without any help from adults. Henry, Kat’s supposed guardian, didn’t lift a finger to get us through this. If anything, he was a hindrance.
“We’ll have to see if we can ask a teacher or someone’s parent to get pictures of us when we walk,” Kat reminds me.
Our cheering section is each other. Afterward, we’ll hug one another. No mom to say she loves us, and no dad to say he’s proud.
“We’re two adults. We can handle this,” I say out loud to reassure both of us.
I look over and admire Kat, who’s driving like a maniac over the speed limit to get us there on time. as usual, we’re running late, and Kat always drives. A rush of pride flows through me when I look at her. This hasn’t been easy, and she’s pulled it off with amazing grace. Kids get crushed under the pressure of Fairmont, even those with a ton of support at home. Kat prevailed and sailed through, all on her own.
“I think,” Kat says, taking a hairpin turn way too fast. “Since we’re both graduating with honors. Our parents would be proud. Or maybe even are proud if you believe in the afterlife.” Kat looks at me and smiles.
“Watch the road! I’d like to make it there alive,” I tell her with a smile.
Neither of us says what we’re both thinking—what happens after graduation? It’s obvious that Henry won’t want me at Wainscott Hollow anymore. It’s nothing short of a miracle he’s tolerated me this long. A product of guilt and not wanting to call attention to the household in chaos, which is crumbling under his guardianship. Henry likely doesn’t want to cause trouble with Fairmont either, less they revoke his high school diploma, which he barely earned anyway.
Fairmont, for all its elitism and snobbery, has been a safe haven for Kat and me. We’ve both excelled and kept close relationships with our teachers, and though decisions aren’t back yet, I think we’ll likely get a lot of offers from the schools we applied to. What happens to us from there, that’s anybody’s guess. Maybe there will no longer be an us, and life as I know it will cease to exist. But I can’t even entertain the idea of losing the other half of my soul. Kat’s the reason I’ve trudged along, the reason I wake up in the morning. She’s the only family I have, the silver lining to every dark cloud that’s obscured my horizon.
When Kat walks across the stage, my heart soars with pride, and I can’t help but rise from my seat and cheer her on even though we were supposed to hold our applause. She does the same for me when it’s my turn, breaking from the approved formation and dragging me in for a heartfelt hug.
“We did it!” She beams at me.
As the class salutatorian, I’m slated to give a speech. In it, I thank Mr. Shaw for his charity and his loyalty to Fairmont, to which he entrusted the education of all of his kids. I praise the school for providing guidance and structure to Kat and me when we needed it the most, and I give a nod to the setting. What inner-city kid wouldn’t want an education right by the ocean where the physical education includes surfing and lifeguard certification? “Fairmont is paradise, and for the last three years, it’s been both home and family to us.”