Chapter 4

Their bodies fit well together, and Drake was content to stay right there in the shed for the whole day if that was what Lauren wanted to do. It was nice not to feel the pressure to have a long conversation or go do some weird date. It was really nice that they didn’t have to go to a public appearance or talk to anyone else. The week so far had been exhausting, and as much as Drake was enjoying his time with the women, he couldn’t wait to get back to his normal day to day life. The life that involved business meetings and work and not the emotions of women.

Drake lay with his body pressed up against the side of the old storage building, and Lauren wrapped tight in his arms. Her tiny ass was pressed up against him as they both looked out onto the canoes and kayaks in the building.

“We should take one of those out today,” Drake said.

“I’ve actually got something planned.” Lauren giggled.

“Oh, no. I don’t like the sound of that laugh.”

Her laugh was infectious, though. Drake could tell a lot from a woman’s laugh, and Lauren’s said she was a sweet, kindhearted woman. There was a lightness to her laugh that showed him she didn’t take life too seriously. Certainly, any woman who giggled as much as Lauren did, couldn’t take life too seriously. He liked that about her. Drake liked that she was able to laugh at life and have fun, he needed more of that in his life.

“Don’t worry; you’re going to love it.”

Drake was worried. There was something mischievous in her voice. Something in there that told him he wasn’t actually going to like what she had planned at all. She was a sweet girl, but the way she said that had him thinking that they were going to be doing something a little out of his comfort zone. Man, was he tired from going out of his comfort zone all week long.

But Drake wasn’t complaining. His week spent getting to know all of the women had shown him so much about what he was really looking for. He wanted a strong woman; that was something he was positive about. He also wanted a woman who was passionate about her work. Drake didn’t really care what it was that his woman did for a living, but he liked seeing that passion in their eyes. It was the same passion he had for his own work.

“I’m fine with staying right here all day. Do we have to move?”

“Yes, we are going to have to move, in about an hour.”

Drake quickly let his hands move down the front of her body and cup her breasts into his. If he had another hour to fill, then he wanted to feel her body under his again. The combination of her light-hearted personality and the intense gaze she gave him had Drake feeling perfectly content. He enjoyed being there with Lauren and had only thought briefly about the other women in his life at the moment.

He worried for Sophia and if she was doing alright after her surgery, and he thought about Samantha and how much things seemed different between them. But those thoughts were only for the briefest of moments before Drake refocused himself back on the woman in front of him.

“Tell me about your surfing,” Drake said as his hands continued to play with her breasts.

“Well,” Lauren took a deep breath in and pressed her ass back against Drake, “I accidently fell into the world. My father brought me surfing when I was younger. I actually hated to surf, but I liked spending time with him, so I kept going. The better I got, the more he wanted to go. So, before I knew what was happening, he had me entered into competitions.”

“Well, I bet he’s proud of you now.”

“Yeah, he can’t stop telling his friends about everything I do. It’s annoying,” she said with a giggle. “What about you? Have you gone surfing?”

“I wouldn’t call what I do on a surfboard, actually surfing,” Drake laughed. “I’ve gone boogie boarding, but not really surfing.”

He let his fingers move down to her wetness as they continued to talk. Her voice got labored as she tried to continue talking, and Drake relished the control he had over her body at that moment.

“It’s harder than it looks to people. I think … I think most people think surfing is easy.”

Drake softly pressed her hair out of the way and let his lips press into the back of her neck. The feeling of his soft lips on her skin instantly made her body react, which Drake loved. His fingers played and worked with her as her hips started to thrust against him in pleasure. She held her breath as his fingers moved, and then let out a long deep moan as she released her breath.

“Yeah, it looks hard to me,” Drake said, pressing his own hard body against hers. “Are you sure we need to do anything else with our day? I’d love to stay right here.”

Drake was afraid of whatever it was that Lauren had planned for their day. He didn’t want to go surfing and would much rather stay right there playing with her delicious body all day long.

“I’m sorry, but plans are plans,” she said with a giggle.

“What if you’re too exhausted to do the plans you have set up?” Drake asked, reaching over Lauren and grabbing another condom from her bag.

“I’ve got a lot of energy; I think it’s you who will have a hard time keeping it up. Whoops, I mean you’ll have a hard time keeping up with me,” she teased.

Drake took that as a challenge and quickly slid into Lauren from behind. His body thrust against her sweet tiny ass, and he felt the buildup of desire coming faster than he wanted. He didn’t want to give in to her delicious body just yet. He wanted her to be exhausted. In an effort to prolong their lovemaking, Drake slowed his thrusting and went back to kissing Lauren’s neck. It was a sweet and gentle kiss.

Lauren would have been fine with spending the day in bed, but she hated to make appointments with people and then cancel them. People already thought she was too young to be responsible; she didn’t like to give them a reason to believe that stereotype was true. They could go back to bed after the Flyboarding guys arrived at the lake. As she thought about the company that was on their way, she started to get anxious that they wouldn’t be done with that round of lovemaking when the crew arrived. She was going to have to speed things up a little.

She pressed her body tight against Drake’s and started to thrust hard against him. Since he was up against the wall, she had all the leverage she needed to take control. Her hips moved hard against his thrust, and it was only a moment or two before Drake was holding onto her hips and thrusting with her. He couldn’t resist for long, and soon they were both drenched in sweat from the thrusting of their bodies together.

“I think it’s you that’s going to be tired,” Lauren whispered as she felt her body start tightening around Drake.

“Yeah, I think you’re right.”

They continued to move together until they both thrust deeply simultaneously, and Lauren let out a delightful moan. It was a sweet, sexy moan that Drake could have listened to for hours at a time. Everything about Lauren was sweet; it was a big contrast against some of the other women in the house, but Drake could see why she had been picked for him. There was a casual, confident relationship between the two of them already; it was nice, and he liked that feeling of comfort.

Not a minute had passed, and they heard what sounded like a big truck backing up. The beeping noise that came as a warning startled Drake, and he jumped up and looked out the tiny window to see what was going on.

“Who are they?”

“It’s our activity. Let’s get dressed and get out there.”

“What the hell is it?” Drake asked as he looked out the window and watched the weird contraption they were loading into the water.

It wasn’t a jet ski or any other water vehicle that he had seen before. It was something totally unique, and Drake felt a little nervous for whatever it was that Lauren had planned for the rest of their afternoon.

“It’s called Flyboarding. You’re going to love it.”

“Hmmm, something about this makes me think I’m about to break a leg.” Drake laughed.

“Nah, it only goes twenty feet or so in the air. You can’t break anything.”

“What! It goes in the air? Shit.”

They finished getting dressed and made their way down to the water to watch as the two men got the contraption ready for them to use. Drake wasn’t a shy guy, and he had certainly enjoyed trying daring things throughout his youth. But as he had gotten older, the idea of risking his life to increase his adrenaline was becoming less and less appealing. He still did some wild and crazy things, but they were much farther apart than they had been when he was young.

Drake watched quietly as Lauren seemed to be overjoyed at the anticipation of getting on the Flyboard. Her level of excitement was contagious, and it was one of the things Drake enjoyed most about Lauren. She wasn’t afraid at all; he could tell it in her eyes. Lauren loved being in the water and around it, so an activity like this was probably right up her alley. Drake prepared himself to be totally embarrassed.

“Mr. Leblanc, would you like to go first?” the owner of the Flyboarding company said.

“I don’t know what I’m doing. I could use an example.”

“Sure, I’ll get on and show you.”

“I can show him,” Lauren said as she ripped off her T-shirt and grabbed a lifejacket.

“Have you done this before?” the owner asked Lauren.

“No, but I’ve seen it a few times. I think I can handle it.”

Drake jokingly covered his eyes as Lauren suited up. They all loaded onto a couple of jet skis, and Lauren jumped into the water with her life jacket on. Drake felt his heart pounding out of his chest as he watched her get the Flyboard attached to her feet. She was a brave girl, much braver than Drake thought he was.

“Is it safe for her to be doing this if she’s never done it before?” Drake asked with concern.

“Everyone’s got to have a first time.”

“Is she going to get hurt?”

“No, it’s relatively safe. Most newbies are too afraid to get the board up too high. She’ll just hover over the water a little and then probably crash.”

Drake felt the anticipation growing as he watched Lauren. It seemed like a really dangerous contraption, and he wasn’t even sure how it worked. Lauren was either extremely brave or extremely stupid; Drake wasn’t sure which one yet.

The sound of the machine turning on was loud, and Drake flinched as he watched Lauren intently. The owner was holding onto her body in the water as the Flyboard tube filled with water. When it was ready, the owner helped Lauren to stand up on the water and instructed her on how to use the buttons that were in her hands. She quickly started pressing them, and a stream of water came out from below her skateboard-sized board that was strapped to her feet. The pressure from the stream of water forced Lauren up into the air, and she was hovering over the water.

“Oh, that doesn’t seem so bad,” Drake said to the man who was driving his jet ski.

The tube from her board was connected to the jet ski, so Lauren couldn’t get too far from them. Drake was impressed with her balance skills as she rocked the board back and forth and pressed the button so she could go even higher into the air.

“She’s pretty comfortable up there. Most people fall by now,” the owner said as he made his way over to the other two men.

They all watched as Lauren giggled and maneuvered the Flyboard around the water. She continued to go up higher and higher, but she was also testing her limits by rocking and moving the board. Drake could feel his blood pressure rising as he watched her and prayed that she wouldn’t crash and get hurt.

Not a moment later, Lauren let go of the throttles, and the water stopped for a moment, and she came tumbling down. But it didn’t faze her at all. She waited for the owner to help position her in the water again and she got back up into the air.

It was exciting to watch her as she balanced and then started trying to do turns and tricks in the air. She impressed Drake for sure and also the Flyboarding owner.

“She’s going to do a dive soon,” he said loudly.

“What do you mean a dive?” Drake asked.

“She’s going to go headfirst toward the water and then come back up before she hits.”

“Shit, that sounds like it’s dangerous.”

“Yeah, it can be. But she told me she wanted to do it when I was out there last.”

Drake’s stomach churned into a knot as he watched in anticipation. The last thing he wanted to see happen was Lauren getting injured while she was out there. Although they were just getting to know each other, he liked her and wasn’t about to just stand by and watch her hurt herself.

“We should make her stop,” Drake said.

“Can’t, she’s got all the control right now.”

His throat was dry as he watched Lauren go up as high as the tether would let her, and then she leaned her body forward. The first time it didn’t work; her Flyboard stayed up in the sky, but then she leaned forward quickly and flung herself toward the water.

“Oh, shit!” Drake yelled as he watched Lauren’s head come within inches of hitting the water.

She pulled up with only a moment to spare and then was quickly back up in the air. The smile that crossed her face had Drake smiling from ear to ear just looking at her. He realized that Lauren was a lot like he was. She wanted to push herself as far as possible just to see where that line was; where that stopping point in life was. Drake liked that. It was a trait that many people didn’t value, but he did. Sure, he was pushing the technology limit and partying limits, but it was all the same thing.

“Oh, my God did you see that?” Lauren said as she let the Flyboard plunge into the water and then swam over to Drake.

He jumped into the water, wrapped his arms around her and kissed her. Their fat lifejackets prevented them from getting too close, but it was still a very passionate moment for them. Drake felt the excitement in her touch, and he couldn’t wait to get on the Flyboard and give it a try himself.

“Drake, you are going to have so much fun! It feels like you’re flying. That was amazing,” Lauren screamed excitedly.

Drake wasn’t sure he was going to have quite as much fun as Lauren had, but he was excited to give it a try. Lauren had made it look so simple that Drake had much more confidence going into it than he had when they first saw the men putting the Flyboard into the water. With a new-found excitement for adventure, Drake strapped on the Flyboard and let the company owner help him get stabilized so he could give it a go.

“Hold both the triggers down at the same time, be gentle, though,” the owner said.

Drake pressed the triggers softly and felt his body come up off of the water about six inches. He pressed the triggers harder, and suddenly his body spun out of control, and he did a face plant into the water. It wasn’t graceful at all. Without hesitating, though, Drake gave it another try, and then another.

After about eight attempts at Flyboarding, Drake succumbed to the fact that he wasn’t getting any better. He continually went up into the air and then fell disheartened into the water. He finally gave up before all of his self-confidence was spent.

“I think I need to practice my superhero flying skills,” Drake joked as he climbed out of the water.