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Landon! You’re acting crazy,”she yells, as I do a full-on running cannonball off the little wooden bridge into the pond of water, splashing her bare feet.
“Crazy for you,” I yell up at her, wiping the water out my eyes, pushing my hair back. “Get in here, it’s not bad.”
“No! My new clothes will be ruined.” She shakes her head vehemently.
“So take them off.” I hold my hands up to her. “Your underwear covers as much as a bathing suit. Get in here.”
Her eyes grow large and she folds her arms, debating. “You’ve lost your mind.”
“Lacey, you only have one life to live, and what is it without the occasional crazy moments? Come on, Lace, live with me; come on!” I laugh, splashing her with water.
She jumps back, shouting down at me with indignation, “You jerk. You’re getting me all wet. Now you’re going to get it.” She runs toward me full speed, and God help her, covering her face. “I can’t believe I’m doing this crazy sh—ahhhhhhhh!” She screams.
I throw my head back laughing. I swim back just in time, and she misses sinking me.
“Why...didn’t you tell me...it was so cold,” she sputters, teeth chattering.
I come up, capturing her in my arms, kissing the tip of her nose, spinning us around in the middle of the pond, a full moon shining on us like our own personal spotlight. “Half the fun is finding out for yourself, living and learning.”
“Sure it is,” she drawls, lips pale pink and trembling.
I hold her tight, rubbing a hand up her back. Moonlight shines on her, making droplets of water look like specks of diamonds on her face, sprinkled with fairy dust, eyes sparkling. I’ve never seen anyone as beautiful as her in my life. No one can fill my heart as she does. I trace one finger over her trembling lips as her eyes trace mine.
“I’ll keep you warm,” I promise, moving closer as she gasps. I cover her lips with tiny kisses, one peck at a time. The cold air is seeping into my body, but still it feels like the best place in the world to be with her. Her tongue brushes over mine, but I don’t push, I wait. Wait for her to explore, until she lets me know she’s ready for more, slanting her mouth over mine, deepening the kiss.
Breathing hard, her hands snake around my neck, taking what she wants with slow warm sweeps of her tongue, making my cock go rigid, even with the chilly water. Shit. Breathing hard, I reluctantly pull away. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to...” I trail off, regretting leaving the sweet warmth of her mouth.
She brushes back my wet hair with a trembling half-smile. “Let’s go, before you catch a cold, and I’m forced to nurse you back to health on account of you being temporarily crazy.”
I smile, seeing she’s okay with what happened. “It would be a small price to pay to be near you.” I kiss her again and lead her out.
“Now that we’ve lived life, how do we dry off?” She hugs herself by the truck door, hopping up and down.
“Wasn’t in the plans,” I chuckle rubbing my lower lip. Really wasn’t. This was purely spur-of-the-moment craziness. “Screw it. Let’s get in. We’ll be dry enough by the time we get home. I’ll crank up the heat.” Her hands on her hips, she cocks her head to the side. Holding my finger up I grab the picnic blanket, shaking it out and throwing it over her shoulders. I swing her into my arms placing her in the car. Close the door securely, get in closing my door, and crank the heat up full blast. “Better?”
She wrinkles her nose. “Almost.”
“I’m not sure what else I can do until the heat does its job. I said I’d keep you warm, and I’m failing.” My lips quiver on a totally fake sob.
“You haven’t failed yet.” She taps me on the lip, and I’m overcome with the urge to bite her finger sucking it into my mouth. “When you made that promise your arms were securely holding me close. As cold as I was, I hardly noticed. You should try it again. I believe it’ll work again.”
The best solution for the night without a doubt. “I can make that happen. Come over here.” I pull her into my arms and take full advantage in a kiss lasting way longer than expected for either of us, yet absolutely not enough when we come up for air, breathless and panting, clinging to each other.
It’s too much to ask, for this night not to end. I can’t imagine it getting any better than this: Lacey snuggled close, safe in my arms, and me on the highest cloud of happiness imaginable.
As usual, we don’t need words to fill the silence between us as I drive her back to her house. It’s a nice, easy ride, shared with the woman who has been in my heart and life for years, Even when she hasn’t physically been there: the love of my life, always.
With one hand on the steering wheel and her head on my shoulder, I park at the side of the house so as not to wake her mother or Jacob. I kiss the top of her head before jumping out to walk to her door, hand in hand. I don’t want this night to end, but here we are in front of her door. I’m not even remotely close to ready to say good night.
“I don’t think Shay would approve of the time. It’s close to midnight.”
She opens her door, still holding my hand. “I don’t care what my sister thinks. This is not her date. It’s mine.” She smiles. “I’ve had a wonderful time, thanks to you and your crazy living and learning.”
“That was my intention. I’m happy I delivered, and you had a great time.”
“I did. Thank you.” She leans up, and I meet her halfway, kissing her with slow sweeps of my tongue, loving and memorizing every second of the last few minutes of tonight.
Damn sure I’m going to be reliving it all night, every detail, when I’m alone at the bar on a lumpy, fold-out bed. Yeah, I’m going to be horny as hell.
