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She shrugged and reapplied the sunscreen. "Mom died right before my senior year of high school, so I moved in with Nana. That was when I had my first date, my first time with a guy." She chuckled, and they started walking back up the never ending stairs to the top of the crater.
"It was after prom. So cliche, right? Although looking back, I'm not even sure we had sex."
"What does that mean?" he asked.
"I don't think he even got it in, and it certainly didn't last long. I don't know. I might've been too tight."
He snorted and palmed her ass. "You are pretty tight."
She chuckled. "What about your first time?"
He squeezed her ass, making her jump as he replied, "Back seat of an old truck. Took the girl home after a ball game."
She nodded. "That sounds just like you. Hopefully, your truck sex was better than mine."
He snorted. "Not likely. It was all of thirty seconds."
They laughed, their breath coming in short pants as they climbed higher.
"What about in college? You can't tell me the college guys weren't beating down your door."
She smiled, looking ahead to see how close they were to the top. "I mostly just kept to myself. Taylor had guys over, but not me."
He grabbed her hip, pulling her to a stop. He frowned, but she couldn't see his expression behind his sunglasses. "Wait, Taylor was your roommate?"
"Yeah, she's great. She's the only one that kept me sane for a while there. You met her in December, remember? The long black hair?"
He chuckled and shook his head, raking a hand through his hair. "Yeah, I didn't get her name back in December. When she called on Hilo? I thought she was a guy named Taylor."
Lucy laughed, a small thrill running down her spine. Had he been jealous? Is that another reason he'd been so cranky and they'd fought that day?
The air was humid, and his hair loved it unlike hers. It was thick, and she reached out a hand to push it off his forehead.
"I can't wait to tell her that. She'll get a kick out of it. But no, she's definitely a girl. We roomed together all five years, which is unusual enough. But between my work and school schedule, and her own thing, we never really fought or had a rough time together. I don't have any siblings, but I like to think of her as a sister."
He shifted again on the rock and took a drink of his own water. "I'm glad you had her, after losing your mom. My brother Will is still in the military. Barely see him now, but we were thick as thieves growing up."
Her heart ached for him. "It's hard being apart. You should make more of an effort to talk to him."
He scowled and linked their fingers as they climbed. "You don't even know how much I talk to him. Don't go telling me what to do."
She snorted. "But you can boss me around all you want?"
"Hey, I'm getting better, aren't I?" he asked.
She rolled her eyes and squeezed his fingers. "Yeah, you didn't talk me out of this massive hike. That's progress. Although, I'm kind of wishing you would've. This is exhausting."
He chuckled and squeezed her fingers back. "At least you didn't run a five k a few days ago. I might try to slide down these stairs. Or just stay at the top. I can stay there over night if I have to."
She laughed and shook her head.
After a few minutes of easy silence, he asked softly, "How did your mom die?"
She frowned. "Heart attack. I was at work at the snow cone stand. The next thing I know, I was getting a phone call."
She shook her head as they crested the top. "I don't know who called it in. Dad might have been there, but we don't know for certain. I went to the hospital, but it was too late. He was gone when I got home. Haven't seen or heard from him since."
"I'm sorry, sunshine. I wish you didn't have to go through that."
