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body against me as her right foot reached the deck. “Maybe someday,” I replied, my voice sounding hoarse.
“Can I finish my kiss?” she whispered, her face upturned.
“I don’t know. You’re not gonna throw me off the deck, are you?”
She smiled and shook her head . “No. I promise that I’ll be gentle with you.”
“Then yes, you can finish your kiss.”
She rose up on her toes, her hands fastened behind my neck. Goose bumps covered her body, and I could feel the hardened tips of her breasts through her thin bikini top as she pressed against me.
She kissed me softly at first, her lips grazing mine gently like a balmy breeze, but then her tongue slipped into my mouth. I held back, allowing her to lead. Resisting the need to make the intensity of the kiss match the urgent desire cascading through my body proved to be difficult, but I would not take this moment away from her. Her mouth was as hot as her body was cold, and I found myself caressing her back to satisfy my overwhelming need to warm her.
When she finally pulled away, she buried her face in my neck, avoiding any eye contact. “Thank you,” she whispered.
I wasn’t sure why she was thanking me, so I changed the subject altogether . “You’d better get inside, so you can warm up.” I released her, and she lowered herself to the chaise lounge where she had left her prosthesis.
Allowing her privacy, I went inside and showered.
When I finished, I went into the kitchen and made two cups of hot chocolate, glad that Kelsey had thrown it into the grocery buggy despite the fact that I’d told her that I didn’t want it.
I waited for Ava to make an appearance, but when she never came out of her room, I emptied her cup of cocoa into the sink and went to my room, locking the door behind me.
After stripping down to my boxers, I sat in the carved wooden chair in the corner of the room and watched the moonlight glisten off the surface of the lake. An owl flew across the night sky, its large wings flapping majestically, and I wondered if Ava had seen it.
Not yet sleepy, I found myself wondering about her, what her life had been like up until now, how she had lost her leg, whom she had been dating .
Even though I found her beautiful the first day that I’d come to the cabin, I hadn’t expected to be drawn to her. I had intended to ignore Kelsey and Brandy’s obvious attempt to make a match and concentrate on training. But the truth was Ava intrigued me.
Training would still be my focus because nothing would keep me from meeting my goals, but I only needed to train so many hours on any particular day, which left plenty of time to learn more about Ava Nottingham. She was quite different from any of the other girls that I knew . Perhaps one of the things that appealed to me most besides her sweet nature was the fact that she was an athlete. Hell, she was more than a little athletic. She was seconds away from completing a triathlon. That said a lot about her and the kind of person that she was.
Damn, but I couldn’t help but admire her.
I smiled as I thought about the two of us being dumped in the lake. Out of the girls that I’d made out with, that was definitely the most memorable first kiss.
And as much as I enjoyed it, I thought that maybe tomorrow it would be my turn to kiss her.
***
I rose early and went running . When I came back, I followed it with a long swim. Swimming in open water was a much different experience than swimming in a pool, and I was glad that I had the opportunity to practice. No doubt that being packed in with dozens of other swimmers on race day would still be much different, but at least, I could get some kind of feel for it.
I arrived back at the cabin around lunch time . After showering, I went to the kitchen, but I didn’t see Ava. A quick check in and around the cabin failed to produce any sign of her. Baffled because she hadn’t made an appearance, I knocked on her door.
Her muffled voice called to
“Can I finish my kiss?” she whispered, her face upturned.
“I don’t know. You’re not gonna throw me off the deck, are you?”
She smiled and shook her head . “No. I promise that I’ll be gentle with you.”
“Then yes, you can finish your kiss.”
She rose up on her toes, her hands fastened behind my neck. Goose bumps covered her body, and I could feel the hardened tips of her breasts through her thin bikini top as she pressed against me.
She kissed me softly at first, her lips grazing mine gently like a balmy breeze, but then her tongue slipped into my mouth. I held back, allowing her to lead. Resisting the need to make the intensity of the kiss match the urgent desire cascading through my body proved to be difficult, but I would not take this moment away from her. Her mouth was as hot as her body was cold, and I found myself caressing her back to satisfy my overwhelming need to warm her.
When she finally pulled away, she buried her face in my neck, avoiding any eye contact. “Thank you,” she whispered.
I wasn’t sure why she was thanking me, so I changed the subject altogether . “You’d better get inside, so you can warm up.” I released her, and she lowered herself to the chaise lounge where she had left her prosthesis.
Allowing her privacy, I went inside and showered.
When I finished, I went into the kitchen and made two cups of hot chocolate, glad that Kelsey had thrown it into the grocery buggy despite the fact that I’d told her that I didn’t want it.
I waited for Ava to make an appearance, but when she never came out of her room, I emptied her cup of cocoa into the sink and went to my room, locking the door behind me.
After stripping down to my boxers, I sat in the carved wooden chair in the corner of the room and watched the moonlight glisten off the surface of the lake. An owl flew across the night sky, its large wings flapping majestically, and I wondered if Ava had seen it.
Not yet sleepy, I found myself wondering about her, what her life had been like up until now, how she had lost her leg, whom she had been dating .
Even though I found her beautiful the first day that I’d come to the cabin, I hadn’t expected to be drawn to her. I had intended to ignore Kelsey and Brandy’s obvious attempt to make a match and concentrate on training. But the truth was Ava intrigued me.
Training would still be my focus because nothing would keep me from meeting my goals, but I only needed to train so many hours on any particular day, which left plenty of time to learn more about Ava Nottingham. She was quite different from any of the other girls that I knew . Perhaps one of the things that appealed to me most besides her sweet nature was the fact that she was an athlete. Hell, she was more than a little athletic. She was seconds away from completing a triathlon. That said a lot about her and the kind of person that she was.
Damn, but I couldn’t help but admire her.
I smiled as I thought about the two of us being dumped in the lake. Out of the girls that I’d made out with, that was definitely the most memorable first kiss.
And as much as I enjoyed it, I thought that maybe tomorrow it would be my turn to kiss her.
***
I rose early and went running . When I came back, I followed it with a long swim. Swimming in open water was a much different experience than swimming in a pool, and I was glad that I had the opportunity to practice. No doubt that being packed in with dozens of other swimmers on race day would still be much different, but at least, I could get some kind of feel for it.
I arrived back at the cabin around lunch time . After showering, I went to the kitchen, but I didn’t see Ava. A quick check in and around the cabin failed to produce any sign of her. Baffled because she hadn’t made an appearance, I knocked on her door.
Her muffled voice called to
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