Page 37 (1/2)

An unseen bird warbles, and another unseen bird answers its call "You know," I say, "I can’t remember the last time I was in a place where I couldn’t hear any traffic"

"Ah, you’re a nature girl at heart You’ve just never been given the opportunity"

"And you’re a nature boy?"

"Definitely See, if you coland, we can learn how to do all of those outdoorsy things you read about in your books Exploring, ca fires--"

"Building fires?" I sht Fires Plural"

The sun dips below the treeline, and suddenly, Josh is backlit by a stunning golden light He looks perfect even when he’s dale upward until I reach his lips We kiss, heavily, until I can’t handle it any ed

Josh freezes

And then he’s lunging for his hoodie and backpack, tripping over his, and he takes , completely blissed out We run down, down, down, and the further we go, the h an area that looks like a cave – perfect for uitarist – but h We pass Gaudí sculptures, Gaudí buildings, Gaudí’s falance as hiz by We only have eyes for each other

We grab the first cab outside of the park We’re breathless Josh hands the driver our hotel’s address, and our tongues and li as the streets of Barcelona whiz past our s We pay our distressed cabbie way too uilt, and tumble back out

Josh kisses s are a blur The clerk, the stairs, the hallway We slam our room door shut and toss our backpacks to the floor We have the entire night, but we can’t wait another ently I throw off my coat as Josh scrambles out of his hoodie I remove his T-shirt as we collapse onto the bed His chest druainst mine I roll over, climb on top of him, and find that he’s as ready as I am He lifts my dress up and around my hps and then over my head I pull back, breathless "Do you have?"

"Backpack"

I bend over backwards, stretching for his bag on the floor I reach it and yank it closer I find therab one, and he helpspale pink underwear Josh has seen all of me, but never all at once

I unhook my bra He takes it off

He kisses my brsts, my stomach, the line aboveclothing slides fro the is shallow Rapid I lower asp Our ar each other, checking in with each other with our eyes Is this okay? What about this? This?

It builds Faster

I want him closer I want him deeper I want him, want him, want him His eyes close and so do hteen

Josh’s stoainst my ear The room is black I unfurl froital clock It’s nearly two in theJosh feels me stir "Tapas," he mumbles "We haven’t had tapas"

"I think we ainst his chest "Too tired to get up anyway"

"We’ll just have to come back"

"Tapas and cerveza And then we’ll rada Fas ht back," I say "Bathroom"