felt silly. Erin gently grabbed my wrist and slowly tugged the towel
from my shaky fingers.
“That’s okay. I think that I am actually
pretty dry now, all except for my trunks.” He continued to speak in a whispered
baritone, as if he were afraid to scare me off, and tossed the towel to the
side.
“I am very cold though, maybe you could
warm me up.” Gently he pulled me to him and before I knew it he was kissing me
thoroughly.
All thoughts flew from my mind as I
transitioned from feeling awkward and shy to being encompassed with delight as
my body awakened and responded eagerly to his passionate kiss. His tongue swept
into my mouth and I quickly learned to follow and mimic his movements to keep
the rhythm of the kiss flowing. I had never truly enjoyed that type of kissing
before and reveled in how great it could be. I sighed as the kiss slightly
increased in intensity and felt his smooth hands begin to lightly roam, caressing
my skin. My body tingled and warmed with the new sensations and I responded by
wrapping my arms around his neck, pressing my body against his so that we were
skin to skin, still warm and damp from the hot tub.
I tensed up as his hands wandered, but
relaxed again when he responded to my hesitation, moving his hand back to my
shoulder. The kissing was slow and gentle for a time before he increased the
intensity again and this time, I was eager to keep up.
I was so happy that this gorgeous guy liked
me and was making me feel that way. I didn’t want him to regret kissing me, so
when his hands began to wander again, I decided to allow it. At first I felt
incredibly exposed and vulnerable but then relaxed and enjoyed the butterflies
that were flitting around in the pit of my stomach.
As things became more heated, Erin’s hands roamed further. I gasped with shock and realized quickly that I had let things
get farther than I was comfortable with. I grasped his wrist and murmured, “I
think that we better stop for tonight. I really do need to get home before I
get busted.” Erin kept trying to kiss me and acted as if I hadn’t spoken.
I put my hands to his chest and pushed back
slightly, stating more firmly, “I’m serious. I need to get dressed and Sabrina
will be in here any minute.”
Someone started twisting the door handle
back and forth. We heard Sabrina on the other side, “Hey, Roshell, are you in
there, is everything okay?”
I giggled nervously. “Yeah, I’m in here.
I’ll be out in a minute.”
“Is Erin in there with you? We can’t find
him.”
“Uh, yeah, but we were just talking. We’ll
be right out.”
I could hear the smile in Sabrina’s voice
as she replied, “No hurry, I was just going to hang out with Ethan in the
kitchen anyway and get some snacks.”
As Sabrina’s footsteps retreated down the
hall, I slowly tried to extract myself from Erin’s embrace in order to find the
rest of my clothes. His muscular arms strengthened around me.
“Hey, where are you going?” He asked. “She
said take your time. Don’t you want to stay? Don’t you like me?”
“Yes... no… uh yes.” Ugh, things were
getting uncomfortable fast and I felt the pressing need to get home; it was
getting hellishly late. I tried to back away again.
He grabbed my hand and placed it between
his legs. He said in a syrupy sweet, coaxing tone, “You see what you’ve done to
me? You can’t just leave me like this.” Because I could hear a smile in his
statement, I thought that he was teasing me and laughed cautiously, but when I
went to pull my hand away he held it there more firmly, causing me to wince in
pain. I became confused and stood frozen like a hunted animal. I’d had enough
of this rollercoaster ride. I wanted off and wanted to go home.
“Stop it. That hurts.” I said, truly
mortified at that point and starting to get a little angry. My voice rose but I
spoke in a clear tone so that there would be no mistaking my seriousness. “I
said that hurts, now let go.”
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