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“How was the water this morning?” he asks.
“Good,” I tell him. “There were some amazing waves. Do you surf?”
He shakes his head and laughs.
“No. I’m a solid ground kind of guy,” he says. He smiles at me. “I wouldn’t rule out sitting on the beach and watching you surf, though.”
“So you can laugh when I wipe out?” I tease him.
“Exactly.” He laughs.
We drive up to Sea World. We get out of the car and head for the entrance. I giggle like an excited child, and Mac laughs at my enthusiasm.
“You really like it here, huh? I figured you would, being a beach babe and all that.” He winks.
“Oh, I love it. Don’t you?”
“I’ve never been before,” he says.
My mouth falls open.
“How can you live at Mission Beach and not visit Sea World?” I ask.
“I didn’t grow up here. I grew up in New York,” he explains. “My foster family lived here, and I guess they knew better than to think a teenage boy wants to go to Sea World unless it’s with a girl. And then I just never got around to it.”
“You’re going to love it,” I say, taking his hand and tugging him along faster. “Come on.”
The sparks go through me once more as our palms touch. With the excitement already coursing through me, I don’t know how I don’t burst right there on the spot. All I know is I have never felt this happy in my whole life. And this is just the beginning.
We reach the ticket booth, and Mac smiles at the young woman in the booth.
“Two please,” he says.
I reach for my purse, and he frowns.
“You can put that away,” he says as I pull my wallet out.
“I don’t expect you to pay for everything,” I say.
“Good.” He grins. “That means we’ll have to have dinner together then because that’s on you.”
***
We’ve been on every coaster and seen hundreds of amazing, brightly colored tropical fish. We’ve done the shark tunnel and watched them being fed. We’ve seen turtles, otters, sea lions, majestic orcas, and penguins. We’ve laughed and oohed and aahed. We’ve posed for cheesy photographs and had a lovely lunch. And now it’s time for my favorite part. The dolphin show. We agreed to leave it until last when I carefully explained to Mac that everything here is amazing, but nothing tops the dolphin show, and once you’ve seen it, everything else kind of pales into insignificance.
“We have to go to the show area now,” I say.
“It’s only six, we have like forty-five minutes,” Mac says.
“I know. But the seats fill up fast, and we don’t want to miss out.”
“Oh, we won’t,” Mac says with a grin.
I frown. “Okay, what’s going on?” I say.
“Earlier on when I said I was going to the bathroom and I was gone like twenty minutes and I told you I’d gotten lost? I lied,” he says. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out an envelope. “I was getting us these.”
He hands it to me, and I open it up. I squeal with joy when I see two priority tickets to the dolphin show.
“Oh my god, that’s amazing.” I laugh.
I don’t think, I just throw my arms around his neck. He laughs and embraces me. I feel every nerve come alive in me as our bodies collide. I can feel his pecs pressing against my chest. He’s solid, safe. I love the feeling of being in his arms. Our embrace is over way too quickly as Mac releases me. He grins.
“You still want to go now, don’t you?” he says.
I laugh and nod.
“Come on then,” he says, holding out his hand to me.
I slip my hand into his. I’m expecting the fireworks now, and they don’t take me completely by surprise, but I still relish the feeling. I love the way just touching his hand can bring me to life. And being in his arms was like my whole body woke up. I can only imagine what I’ll feel when he kisses me. When he makes love to me. I feel myself getting wet just thinking about it. I wonder what he will look like naked. If he looks even half as good as he does with clothes on, it’ll be worth waiting for.
God, I’m a fucking mess. I’m as close to Mac as I can be, and yet still, my body craves more. I want to be closer to him. I want him inside of me, to become one with me. I want him to ravish me, to make me feel alive.
We reach the show area and a member of the staff takes our tickets. He smiles and leads us around the seating area. He looks back over his shoulder.
“Best seats in the house,” he says.
He drops back and walks alongside us, lowering his voice a little.
