Page 17 of Kiss and Tell
They start shoving and horseplaying with one another as Cord does huge cannonballs into the water. He comes up and starts laughing at the two. “Did you see Wisteria? Her face was classic, man.”
The two boys laugh and turn wet happy faces up to me. “Toss the shorts and come on in Wisteria. The water is great.” He ducks under the water before coming back up. “You too, Banner. You come on in too.”
I look up to find Banner standing behind me in nothing but a pair of swim trunks. My mouth goes dry and no matter what I do I can’t pull my eyes away from him. He squats down next to me, and our eyes finally meet.
“You want to go in?”
“Uh…,” I realize he’s asked me a question but for the life of me, I can’t tell what it was because all I can think about is how fucking good he looks in those trunks. I lick my lips and try to gather my wits. “What?”
His smile starts small and grows bigger the longer I stay stupid around him. “I asked you if you wanted to go in.”
“Oh, um, I…sure.” Maybe if I’m having to concentrate on swimming, I won’t be able to eye fuck Banner. Maybe if I am with other people, I will remember it’s not a good idea to fall in love with your co-star. It’s not smart to fangirl over the man you have to do sex scenes with. Maybe I will remember life isn’t a movie and I shouldn’t look at Banner like he is the perfect choice for the lead in my real world. Maybe I won’t fuck up and make him think I’m nothing but a child again because I have a massive crush on him.
Chapter Sixteen
Banner
I watch as she stands and shucks her jean shorts leaving her in a two-piece bathing suit that isn’t very revealing but is sexy as hell. The suit itself isn’t overtly sexy, but having Wisteria in it is dick-hardening. I watch as she slips into the water and starts slowly swimming before following her in.
She swims over to Rachel and the two girls start goofing around. I jump in and make my way over to where Wisteria is. It might be telling that I am stuck to her like glue, but I don’t really care. I would rather be obvious and stake my claim than have the other two be confused about Wisteria being available.
Aaron finally comes over to the two girls with Cord following right behind him. I come so close to Winnie we bump up against each other. “Sorry.”
She gives me the apology and I brush it off. I’m not sorry at all. The slide of her skin against mine is something I am never going to be sorry about. “No need.”
“Doesn’t the water feel magnificent?” Rachel leans back and floats on her back. “I would love to come down at night and skinny dip. Wouldn’t that be magical, Wisteria?”
“I…don’t think skinny dipping is…”
Rachel interrupts her before she can finish her thought, “The water on your bare skin, slipping and sliding over every erogenous zone. I think it would be the most sensual thing ever, don’t you?”
“I think if it’s dark and I can’t see a lot then all I would be able to think about is some of those horror movies where something is under the water.”
Everyone turns to look at Wisteria before Cord starts laughing and Aaron turns silent and starts looking down like he might be able to peer under the water to make sure nothing is down there. Shock is written on Rachel’s face as she turns wide eyes to Wisteria before her face breaks into a slow grin.
“You know what? I think I’ll just wait until I find a pool to skinny dip in. Thanks, Wisteria.” She chuckles and swims around the group of us.
I finally speak up, “Sarah did say something about there being two hot tubs here.”
“Oh, my goodness, Banner Arden, are you suggesting we all have a naked hot tub night?”
Wisteria tenses beside me as I give everyone a shrug. “At least you wouldn’t have to worry about what was under the water with you.”
I wouldn’t say no to having Wisteria in a hot tub naked for me, but I also wouldn’t want to share that sight with anyone here.
“Hell yeah, Banner! Nothing like nudity to bring people together. You all want to do it tonight?”
Aaron is the one who asks everyone.
“I don’t think… that’s a first-night thing. At least not for me anyway.” Wisteria floats further away from everyone like she is trying to put space between herself and the suggestion by putting space between her and the others.
“We should take a motorcycle ride in the evening. That would be really nice.” I make the suggestion to take everyone away from the idea of being naked and trying to put Winnie at ease again.
“I’m excited about movie night. I wonder what they have planned for us to watch?” Aaron takes the bait and starts talking about fully clothed options to participate in.
For the next ten minutes or so, we all talk about what we want to do or what we think would be cool to try. I can noticeably see Winnie start to relax again. By the time Cord suggests we race to the floating dock out in the water away from the anchored one, I can tell she is comfortable again. I beat everyone to the dock but instead of pulling myself up on the deck, I swim around the side of the big floating wooden square.
Wisteria is the second person to the dock, and I time my move perfectly so as soon as her hand touches the wood, I swing myself behind her and trap her between me and the wooden planks.