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"You look a lot better," he says "I figured the walk here would calm you down and then you could clean off And e’re done, I’ll take you back and you can get soain "Thank you"
He starts to unbutton his shorts "You’re welco I’ thanks for lettings that I do
He slips his shorts off anddeafeningly inside h I’, because I’ives et too embarrassed as he takes off toward a section of cliffy rocks at the side of the pond and he clihest one of thee, staring down at the water "Cannonball or swan dive?"
"Belly flop," I say, and he shakes his head
"No fucking way Do you kno bad that would hurt?" He turns around and does a backflip right off the edge, his head coasp
He h, and launches a splash into the air Seconds later, he bursts through the surface again, running his hand over his head, slicking his hair back "Your turn," he says, paddling his arlance down atdown in front of hih, he has his back turned toup at the rocky cliffs at the far side of the pool
I seize the opportunity to drop my shorts and pull my shirt off My bra and panties are covered with mud, too, but I can rinse them off in the water I walk up to the shoreline and stickfro to ju atatbehind a bush, but then what’d be the point? He’s already seen me, and I can’t erase that from his head
I hike up to the rocks and hoist e and then shuta deep breath, I ju and falling When I hit the water, a chill disperses throughthrough the surface I take a deep breath, wipingdown ht?" Quinton asks, floating over to me as I swould have been nice"
"Yeah, but then you would have probably backed out and not juht It’s probably a good thing you didn’t tell row quiet as we float around in the water with our ar off the rocks The clouds start to break apart in the sky and I detect a tiny bit of sunlight strea in
"I seriously want to draw this place," Quinton divulges, looking around at the rocks and the trees
"You could, still," I say "We still have a couple more days left here"
"Yeah… maybe" He tears his eyes of the rocks and focuses on me "Nova… I have to know, do you really want to be with me, because sometimes it seems like you do and sometimes it seems like you don’t, and I don’t want to add to your confusion" Hebackward and putting space between us "In fact, I think I should probably back off… I like you and everything, but I think I should back off" He repeats hi to convince himself azing up at the clearing sky "I’m confused…," I mutter I’ I’ve ever said I stop spinning and float in front of hi Not just you, but life And I want you to back off, but I don’t at the saed as he stares at me and his pupils shrink as I tilt ain,up over the water When I sink back down under the water, he starts to swiainst mine as his arms encircle my waist My arms link around his neck in response and ue as he slips it inside, devouring ether, and it feels odd because the cold water masks our body heat, almost like neither of us really exists, and this , which s have a mind of their own, I wrap theht as he swi us toward the shore until es of the rock I feel a little of my skin scrape off, but I don’t care I press at his back, trying to pull hih there’s no more room left between us His mouth consumes mine as he braces a hand on the rock next to my head and his other hand ers, he unhooks my bra I have no time to react as he jerks it off and tosses it up onto the rocks above our heads The sensation of hfro heat
His hand starts to travel down my back, and I arch into him when he reaches the top of my panties, then he pauses I know I should tell hiht state of ht state of mind makes it harder to say no And what if I do and then he leaves ain?