behind her, his arms around her waist. She loved the feeling of him holding her. It was secure, comfortable. Even though she didn’t need to feel that way to ride the Jet Ski, she had to admit she liked it.
He showed her how to drive it, opening up the throttle, and soon she was flying along, feeling a sense of freedom that she’d never experienced before. It was like in that time and place she had no worries, no cares, just enjoying a raw sense of excitement that she was sharing with Dillon.
They headed back to the shore where everyone in their group was hanging out—those who weren’t out on the boat or Jet Skis.
“That was amazing.” Carly climbed down after Dillon did. Wayne and Kaitlyn were out on the other Jet Ski. Wyatt took Sabrina by the hand and they took over the ski that Carly and Dillon had been riding. Zane, Jessie, Danica, and Barry were out on the boat on the lake.
Carly and Dillon hung out on the shore with everything for a while. Everyone took turns so that someone was always on the shore with their lawn chairs and other stuff.
After awhile the crew returned with the boat, and the others came back with the Jet Skis. A group of six went out on the lake in the small speedboat, including Dillon and Carly.
When they got out on the water, a good distance away, Dillon threw an enormous inner tube out into the lake, behind the boat. The tube was connected to the boat by long ropes. Danica swam out to it first and settled into the tube
Wyatt started the engine and dragged the tube slowly, gradually picking up speed. Soon it was bouncing along in the water and Danica was squealing with laughter. The boat hit a big wake, pitching her over the side of the tube.
Danica came up sputtering and laughing and swam for the boat. Sabrina climbed out after Danica made it up the steps, and then Sabrina went for the tube. After she was settled in the tube, Wyatt slowly sped up the boat. As he hit cruising speed, he turned the boat and Sabrina’s tube started whipping around sideways faster than the boat was moving. As the tube hit its own wake in the circle, Sabrina went airborne and disappeared underwater. She broke the surface giggling.
As Wyatt circled back to pick her up he yelled out to her. “You’re supposed to stay on the tube, not dive off of it.” Laughing, Sabrina yelled, “Hey, Wyatt, You get out on that tube. My turn to drive the boat. Let see how long you can last.”
It was Carly’s turn next. The water was cold as she swam toward the tube. She’d waterskied before, but had never been dragged behind a boat on a tube. She felt a thrill of excitement as she climbed into the tube and the boat started to move. She hung on, the tube spinning and bounding behind the boat.
She was congratulating herself on holding on longer than Danica had, when the boat hit a particularly large wake caused by another boat. Carly went flying and tumbled over the surface of the water. She went under then shot back up, laughing and spitting out water. Sabrina was yelling something as Carly swam toward the boat and she noticed all of the men were staring and grinning.
Sabrina gestured to her chest and shouted, “Your top.”
Carly looked down and saw that she’d lost the top of her two-piece bathing suit. She felt a little warm after just having flashed every man in the boat. Then she laughed and looked around and spotted the top. She swam toward it, then with her back to the boat, she put it back on.
When she reached the boat and climbed back on, everyone teased her good-naturedly and she found she wasn’t really embarrassed.
Dillon and Wyatt took their turns, which proved to be a lot of fun. Danica’s boyfriend, Barry, was indecisive at first and then said he didn’t want to. He had the attitude of someone kind of lazy. Maybe it was just the warmth of the day making him more laid back than normal.
When Wyatt was in the tube, Carly tried to strike up a conversation with Barry. He didn’t seem very
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