“Wanna take a walk?” Chills covered my neck as Eli whispered near my ear. “I promise to keep you safe in the darkness.”
Of that I had no doubt.
I nodded as he stood, holding his hand out to me.
“Where are you two going?” Marcus asked knowingly, but neither of us answered.
Walking hand-in-hand we moved away from the water.
Have you ever attempted to hold hands with a guy who has a good six inches of height on you? It’s odd. Eli released my hand and held out his hand, stepping in front of me. I chuckled when he crouched down and held his arms out to his sides.
But I didn’t hesitate.
I climbed onto his back willingly and wrapped my arms around his neck. I took the opportunity to press a kiss to his neck and of course he reached around and squeezed my ass appreciatively.
“Pervert,” I said teasingly and he didn’t deny it at all.
That familiar comfortability washed over me as he continued on his path, carrying me as if I weighed absolutely nothing.
“You wanna tell me what you and Marcus were really talking about?”
There went that easy-going feeling. I was glad he couldn’t see my face.
“S’mores,” I said, almost singing the word. “It started out about pizza, and how he thinks I work too many hours, then it led to dessert, which led to s’mores.”
Please believe me.
Did I feel guilty for lying? So guilty, but he was better off not knowing. Elijah wasn’t the type of guy to let something like that go.
“Where are you taking me anyway?”
“Someplace private.” I liked the sound of that.
“But we have a tent.”
“Ten feet away from everyone else, and babe, we’ve already established the fact that you are loud.”
“Evil ass,” I said with a smile. “But true. In my defense, though, that is all your fault.”
He shrugged, completely owning that little fact.
I took the chance to look around as he led us further into the darkness. I had never left Gainesville before, and it felt nice to get away.
Eli came to a stop and I looked around, noticing that he had brought me to a secluded little area overseeing the water in the distance. We were hidden, but through the trees we could see the glistening of the moonlight over the water below.
“This is so peaceful.” I stepped closer toward the opening and stopped when I felt him reach out to grip my hip from behind. The moment his chest pressed to my back I leaned toward him a little further as he continued to circle my waist.
I could feel his lips against the side of my neck as he slouched behind me, triggering me to moan. It seemed to only fuel his hunger as he began to suck and gently bite. “I’ve been waiting to get you alone all night.”
“Alone is good.” At this point I was practically panting.
His left hand began to slide upward to cup my breast and lightly massage it. My knees gave just a little and he used his other arm to hold me in place.
“Do you know how much I crave you?” He pinched my nipple, tugging lightly. “I think about you every minute, remembering every fucking kiss you give me. Sometimes if I close my eyes I swear I can feel your tongue tasting me. I can sometimes even smell your perfume.”
He continued to kiss and tease as he carefully began to turn me in his arms. “I’m addicted to your smile, your laugh.” I looked up at him, suddenly feeling emotional.
What did I do to deserve him?
I almost felt like I was meant to find him, meant to experience what I felt every time he looked at me.
I don’t know what came over me but the rush of emotions had me seeking him out. I just wanted to feel him, I needed to feel him. I rose up, wrapped my arms around his neck, and pulled him toward me. My lips found his because I needed him to stop saying all those sweet things. My heart couldn’t take it right then.
Maybe it was a mixture of Marcus bringing up Carl hitting me and me lying to Elijah again, but I just needed the talking to stop. Otherwise I’d be a crying mess and then I’d be forced to explain. I couldn’t explain, not now.
What I needed was to feel him, feel his hands on me, feel him moving inside me. I didn’t care that we were out in the open and that I might wake up everyone within a hundred-mile radius; I just needed him.
Suddenly I was backed up and pressed against a tree just before Eli gripped the backs of my legs and lifted me, hooking my legs over his hips.
My head fell backward, thumping against the trunk behind me just as he pushed his hard cock against me. “Oh my god,” fell from my lips as I pushed my own hips forward, searching out the friction it caused.
“You keep calling me god and I’ll start believing I am.”
“To me you are.” I lifted my head again and searched out his mouth.
His tongue broke the barrier of my lips. I took everything he was willing to give and matched it.
“If we don’t stop, things are going to get out of control real fast.”
“I don’t care.” And I didn’t. I wanted him so badly I could feel my body shaking with anticipation.
“I don’t have a condom.” His confession halts us for a moment. “I didn’t bring ‘em with me. They’re all back in the tent.”
I leaned in and rested my forehead on his as he still held me up, pinned to the tree.
“I’m clean,” I whispered. “I also get the Depo shot.”
He leaned back and gave me a confused look, making me laugh.
“It’s a birth control shot, so I never forget to take the pill.”
He nodded as if he was registering my words. “So are you saying…” He stopped and I understood it was because he wanted to hear me repeat the words to be sure he’d heard me correctly.
“I haven’t been with anyone but you since I was a junior in high school, I’m clean. I’m also protected, so if you—”
His mouth took my own in an aggressive kiss that took my breath away. Like the flood gates were opened and Eli came rushing in, I suddenly felt consumed by him.
He put my feet back on the ground, but only long enough to undo my jeans and lower them and my panties. With quick movements he unfastened his own and when they were shoved down mid-thigh, I was once again lifted and pressed to the tree.
He was looking at me, and my gaze dropped to the small space between us to see him fully erect and eager for final approval.
“Yes,” I whispered, my voice shaking with need.
“I’m clean too,” he confessed, and nothing in me doubted him.
I nodded my head just before he lifted me up enough to position himself at my entrance. Without another word spoken he began to slowly and torturously enter me. My body reacted almost immediately and my inner muscles contracted, causing him to moan.
“So tight,” he growled, pushing in that last little bit and taking in the feeling without moving any further. He looked up at me, finally pulling his gaze away from the place we were joined. “This is real.” There was something in the way he looked at me so intensely that made me believe him.
This was real. I had never felt so connected to someone before.
With each movement of his hips I could feel myself building. I bit down on my lower lip to keep from screaming and he watched me as if I was a ticking bomb. He knew it was only a matter of seconds.
“Let go,” he urged me and I shook my head.
Suddenly it became a goal for him, driving me further and further into the depths of pleasure. There was no way he was going to allow me to hold back. The harder I fought it the harder he pushed to hear me.
“I need it,” he growled as he moved his hips faster, knowing that he was hitting the one spot that drove me crazy. “Let go, Blake.” Hearing him whisper my name both excited me and felt like it healed that spot inside that felt so very raw.
My lips parted at just the right moment and before I could stop it, I ignited, calling out his name.
“Eli!” It echoed through the space we shared and I couldn’t be sure those down below didn’t hear it too. Except I didn’t care.
***
“What time is it?” I said, still half asleep, feeling Eli’s hand slide over my hips before dipping down between my thighs.
“Early,” he whispered, “really early.”
I should have been complaining that he’d woken me up before the sun had completely risen but I couldn’t concentrate. The only thing I could focus on was his hand as it slipped beneath the side of my panties. Or the way his finger traced over my clit before pushing inside me.
“I woke up and felt your body pressed to mine. I was unable to control myself.”
“So this is my fault?”
“Oh yes,” he pressed a kiss to my shoulder, “all your fault.”
Forget arguing, I didn’t have a conflicting thought in my mind. Yes came to mind, only yes. More, yes please.
“I just thought we could start our day out with a bang before we go canoeing.” He chuckled when I looked back over my shoulder and rolled my eyes at his corny joke.
He turned me over and positioned himself between my thighs.
“Or we could just…” pushing forward he made sure I noticed how excited he was, “…forget this all together and go back to sleep.” When he started to lift his body off mine I gripped his t-shirt and pulled him back.
“That’s what I thought,” he mumbled just before leaning in for a kiss.
Something that started out slow moved forward quickly. He had me on my back, my pajamas pants removed along with his own. Fisting his cock in his hand, he moved closer and just as he began to push inside me, loud cracking and popping rang out around us.
He jerked back as I screamed out, followed by a roaring “What the fuck?” from him.
The loud popping continued around us, and I grabbed for the cover to shield myself. Elijah, forgetting that he wore nothing from the waist down, unzipped the tent and rushed outside.
“Motherfuckers,” he roared.
Laughter filled the space between Eli’s pissed off rant and the last few scattered pops.
“I just thought you and Screamer could use a few fireworks.”
“I’m gonna kick your fucking ass.”
“Will you put some pants on first, dude?” I covered my mouth trying not to laugh at what I imagined was taking place outside. “Look around, Red, everyone else is getting a show already but me wrestling with a naked guy will dampen my cred with the ladies.”
“What cred, pinky dick?” Elijah grumbled very unhappily just before he marched back inside and zipped up the tent.
When he sat down by my feet, I could no longer hold back my laughter, garnering his full attention.
“Fucking firecrackers,” he told me though I’d already figured it out. “I’m gonna get that little shit when he least expects it.”
“I’m sure you will.” I could see the dedication in his eyes.
“Everyone just saw me naked.” I had already heard that discussion. “Including Morgan,” he added and my eyes widened. “I think Xavier might be pissed.”
I pressed my lips tightly together in an attempt to stop the laughter. When I couldn’t, I lay back, rolled to the side, and buried my head in the pillow.
With a loud smack my ass cheek began to sting and suddenly Eli was on me again. My laughter quickly faded and I found myself panting beneath him. “Shhh,” he whispered, “I’ll take care of you.”
I knew he would and ever so slowly he did, over and over again.