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“It’s okay, why don’t I do it for you,” Chris says with a chuckle. She holds the hot dog over the fire just long enough to get the skin to turn black and crispy. I’m not the biggest fan of hot dogs, but I don’t want to complain either.
“Thank you.” I take it from her, placing it on a bun and eating it. It isn’t as bad as I thought it might be. Chris makes herself one and then sits next to me on the log, we both eat in silence with the crackling of the fire.
“So, what made you move out to the middle of nowhere?” I ask.
“I was searching for something I couldn’t find in the city,” she says.
“What was that?”
“Peace. I, uh, got left at the alter and I wanted some space after that. From my old life, and that meant leaving everything else behind.”
“I’m so sorry.” I reach for her thigh and squeeze it gently. She puts her hand over mine and leaves it there, just looking at me.
“I should, uh, get some more blankets.” She stands up suddenly and rushes in the house. Fuck,had I done too much? Pushed too much?
“Here.” She comes back a few minutes later with some blankets and wraps one around the both of us. We huddled for warmth while she decides to make us some s’mores.
“How do you like your marshmallows?” she asks, holding me a stick with one on the end.
“Burnt.” I smile. I always loved setting them on fire, blowing them out and then eating the crunchy part of the marshmallow before I put it on my s’more.
“A girl after my heart.” She winks, and I blush.
With Chris right next to me, under the moonlight and the blankets wrapped around us, I’ve never felt more at peace. I wonder if that has more to do with where I am or who I am with.
EIGHT
CHRIS
“Are you ready for bed?” I ask Carrie when the fire starts to fizzle out. I realize it’s more of a loaded question than I anticipated. Is she staying in bed with me again? I sure hope so, but I don’t want to assume just because we are hooking up.
“Is that an invitation?” she asks with eyebrows wiggling.
“I mean, yes.” I chuckle.
“Should we talk about what this means?” she asks.
“Do you want to?” I mumble.
“We probably should.” She shrugs.
“I, uh, look, I like you, but I’m not looking for anything right now. And you’re leaving in two days so it’s not exactly like it would be smart to start anything. So I say we just enjoy this for what it is.” I shrug. It isn’t how I am feeling, but I’m not about to let another city girl break my heart.
“Oh, okay. You’re probably right.” She nods.
“Let’s go to bed then?” I ask.
“Yes.” She stands and holds out her hand for me to take. I grab the blanket, everything else can wait until the morning. I take her hand in mine and we walk back to my cabin. As we walk in the house, she strips down to her underwear. A piece of clothing left like a trail in my living room.
“Fuck, that body,” I mumble to myself. I can’t take my eyes off how good her ass and body looks.
“Come on, don’t be shy.” She pulls me by the hand so I fall into her arms.
Carrie slides my t-shirt off my body, exposing my sports bra covered chest. I should’ve put on something sexier, but this one is one of the nicer bras I own. At least it doesn’t have any holes or sweat stains on it. Then she pulls me in by my belt buckle and unbuttons my pants. Letting them fall to the ground, I step out of them and she steps back, as if to take a look at me.
“What?” I ask wearily.
“You’re hot.” She smirks. She pulls her hair out of its pony tail, her brown hair falling down her chest.
