“You want me, Lex?” he asked speaking for the first time since his declaration.

“Oh, yes…yes, Jack, I want you,” she said swishing her hips so that she brushed her wetness against him.

He nuzzled down into her neck, and then pushed into her. She instantly cried out in pleasure at the feel of him. He buried himself deep into her and enjoyed the feel of her clenching and unclenching her inner muscles around him. She waited patiently as he held that position. She couldn’t believe that after all that time, it was finally happening. He was with her. He was inside of her.

She moaned loudly as he shoved harder into her. Then he began to set a slow languid pace. He was already close to the brink after the way she worked her mouth around him, and he was afraid with his overpowering desire for her that he would get there before her. She felt her body begin to flush as he continually pushed himself into her. They fit together perfectly. The feelings he sent throughout her body were unlike anything she had ever experienced.

As the waves of bliss continued coursing through her, she let her hips move with his adjusting her angle so that he hit all new places. Through pants, she managed to get out, “Jack…oh, Jack…”

“Mmm…yes?” he asked kissing her forehead.

“Harder,” she pleaded.

He groaned as she begged him. God, she was so fucking hot. She felt him give into her desires, and push into her harder and rougher. With the last few strokes they smacked their hips together, and then came at the same moment. Jack pushed deep into her and hugged her tight to his chest as she cried out into the night air and arched her back. The orgasm that rocketed through their bodies left them breathless and exhausted. A sheen of sweat stuck to their skin

After a minute, Jack lifted himself onto his wobbly elbows, and began to stroke her hair back from her forehead. “That was amazing,” she muttered weakly, her eyes still closed.

“I should probably move, but you feel so damn good,” he murmured kissing her on her swollen lips.

“Ugh,” she grumbled as he rolled off of her and began fumbling around for their clothes. She could not believe that had just happened.

They quickly put their clothes back on, and began to walk hand-in-hand towards the beach house. There was no need for words after what had happened. Anything they needed to say to each other could be left for another day…another time. Everything was too blissful and almost surreal to break the mood with thoughts of tomorrow.

As they drew nearer, sounds and jeers emanated down the beach. They both knew what that meant: the guys had actually gone through with their skinny dipping plans. Trekking up through the sand away from the waterline, they attempted a stealthy entrance as they closed in on the beach house. It was clear that there were a few bobbing heads in the water, but the last thing they wanted after what had just happened was to get caught red handed. Jack held his hand out to stop her steps as they heard something crash against one of the surrounding bushes. A light barely illuminated the entwined couple revealing Seth with one of the other bimbos he had brought along. Lexi breathed out in relief knowing that this meant Sandy was still likely fast asleep upstairs. Edging around the oblivious couple, Jack and Lexi sprinted up the stairs taking them two at a time and into the vacated den.

After standing silently in the den and verifying that there weren’t any lingering individuals awake, Jack kissed Lexi briefly on the mouth and then pushed her towards the bedroom. She surreptitiously entered the room to find Sandy snoring into the pink comforter. After she changed clothes, she crawled into bed and let her mind wander to the amazing night she had just had, and how close they had been to letting the cat out of the bag.

Before slumber took her, she couldn’t help wondering what was going to happen in the morning. She had no idea what their relationships would be like after what they had done tonight.

She knew one thing though: nothing would ever be the same.

CHAPTER 11

PRESENT

The balcony was spinning.

Lexi was almost certain that the balcony was spinning. She could feel it through her entire body. She was being swept up and away as if she was trapped in the Wizard of Oz. Her feet were lifting off the ground. Or wait, were her feet on the ground at all?

No, something was off. She couldn’t actually be lifting off the ground. Her conscious told her that things like that didn’t actually happen to people. Then why did she feel like she was spinning?

Then she remembered where she was. Ramsey’s sweet lips were covering her mouth. He was kissing her. She felt her mouth moving against his automatically. He tasted good. Surprisingly he didn’t taste like liquor though. He tasted of peppermints. God, she could keep kissing him all night with how good he tasted. She felt his tongue caress her bottom lip sending a shiver through her body. A low moan escaped her, and he reacted with more enthusiasm. He held her tight against his body, and she could feel the rippling muscles in his chest pressed to her. Her mind was whirling a million miles a minute. Yet, there was something she was missing.

Party. Shots. Dancing. Balcony. Ramsey. Kissing. She couldn’t put her finger on it. There was something else she should remember.

Ramsey pulled back from her mouth to catch his breath. She gulped in two healing breaths in an attempt to clear her foggy head. He smiled at her sweetly and rubbed his thumb back and forth against her jaw line. It was a pleasant sensation, and Lexi’s thought process ceased again. She let him kiss her some more, enjoying the tender emotions he was portraying with every touch. When he pulled back this time, her mind began to clear and she knew what she was forgetting.

Blue eyes.

Bright blue eyes staring at her from the balcony window. She could pick out those eyes anywhere. She shivered unintentionally as the spinning stopped. Everything came to a standstill as the realization hit her inebriated mind. Jack had seen her kissing Ramsey.

Oh God! Suddenly, a wave of nausea hit her harder than before, and she thought at any moment she might vomit. The last thing she had wanted was for Jack to see her with Ramsey. She hadn’t even meant to kiss Ramsey! She certainly didn’t like Ramsey.

In fact, he annoyed her. Sure he had been there for her moment of weakness, but that didn’t mean she liked him. And that certainly didn’t mean she wanted Jack to think she was whoring herself out when she was supposed to be visiting him. Not that he had been quite as kind earlier in the evening.

She quickly covered her mouth as the dizziness returned. She would not throw up. How humiliating would that be?

“Are you alright?” Ramsey asked with concern apparent in his voice. He had just seen her near to tears; there was no way she was going to throw up in front of him. Vulnerability wasn’t exactly high on her list of things she liked to show in front of complete strangers. Especially not ones she had just been making out with.

“Fine, thank you,” she said hopping down off of the railing and avoiding his gaze. That was quite enough of the affectionate stuff for her today. She would much rather close herself back off. It seemed to work better. It also usually kept her from making out with random guys while her sorta-non-ex-boyfriend was watching. Ugh. She cringed just thinking about it.

As she turned to walk back into his apartment, she found herself wobbling and weaving. She didn’t remember drinking quite enough to make her feel so out of control, but perhaps that sexy kiss had something to do with that. No, she wasn’t supposed to think about Ramsey’s delicious peppermint kisses. That would just get her drunk ass in trouble. And really how much worse could she make her situation?