My eyes were on Jenna all night. It seemed like I couldn’t stop looking at her, though the threat of it being noticed by my family was a real risk that I shouldn’t have been willing to take. Still, it felt worth it to look her over, drink her in even when she wasn’t watching. Her eyes often found mine, though, and I could tell that she was thinking just what I had been thinking. We’d spent most of the day together just relaxing at the beach and things had built up between us, especially when there was a moment when Casey went back up to the house to use the restroom, leaving me alone in the water with Jenna. I had stroked her thighs, touched her pussy through the outside of her bikini as I dared to sneak a kiss that couldn’t last as long as I wanted it to.

I turned to Casey as we walked up the beach. “So, Case, there’s someone I was thinking of inviting over tonight who I think you might find interesting.”

Casey exchanged a glance with Jenna, who had her eyebrows raised. I had a feeling she knew that something was up, though I hadn’t made plans with her earlier in the day. I had something private and personal ready for later tonight, something that I knew Jenna would never forget.

“Oh yeah?” asked Casey. “Who?”

“A friend of mine. Very rich, good-looking, loves pretty girls.”

“Sounds like my type,” said Casey, almost gushing already. “Is he smart?”

“He graduated top of the class at Harvard,” I said. I knew that I was feeding right into what she wanted. The plan was to distract her with Jack so that I would have time to sneak off with Jenna later that night. I hoped that it would work—I didn’t think I could go another night without touching her.

“Perfect,” Casey said. “What do you think, Jen?”

“I think you need to get laid,” Jenna said, and Casey laughed while I rolled my eyes. That particular part of Casey’s plans was something that I did not under any circumstances ever want to hear about.

“So should I give him a call?” I asked her, knowing the answer already.

“Yes,” said Casey, and she and Jenna went ahead of me as I pulled out my phone. I waited until I heard their voices dissolve until I dialed the number.

“Hey, Jack,” I said when he answered the phone.

“Hey, man,” said Jack. He was a good guy, always friendly, otherwise I wouldn’t be setting him up with my sister.

“You know how you always said you wanted to meet my sister?”

“Yes,” Jack said, his voice immediately perking up. He had seen my sister once and had carried a thing for her since.

“Want to come over tonight? I can introduce you two. Have a few drinks, get to know her.”

“Sure,” said Jack, and I was thankful again that he was always down to have a good time. We made plans for him to come to my house in about an hour, and by the time I got upstairs the girls were in their room showering after having been at the beach.

We all went downstairs, me behind Jenna with my hand on her waist, guiding her subtly just so that she could feel the heat of my skin there. We sat down on the couches until the doorbell rang, and when I got up to answer it, my friend Jack was there. I clapped him on the back, inviting him inside. Casey stood up when he walked in.

“Casey, this is Jack,” I said, and I saw the look on her face before she even shook his hand. I had done good—I knew my sister very well, and Jack was just her type.

“Casey,” said Jack with a charming smile, gesturing for them to sit down next to each other. They started to talk and I glanced over at Jenna, gesturing for her to meet me in the dining room.

“We’re going to get some water,” I said to Jack and Casey, who didn’t even look over at me. I got up and followed Jenna into the kitchen, where I took her hips in my hands and pulled her against me. I kissed her once, then twice, each kiss growing deeper. I couldn’t help but to taste her mouth, to tease her tongue with mine.

“You should say you’re tired and go to bed early.”

“Why?” she asked.

“Because I’m trying to leave them alone. Go up to your room and wait. I’ll be up there soon.”

“But if Casey’s still awake, we can’t—”

“I’m going to try to convince them to go out,” I said with another kiss. She nodded then and we left the kitchen, going back outside to the living room where Casey and Jack were sitting even closer than before. I took one look at them and knew that I was going to have no trouble convincing them to go for a night out together.

“I’m really tired,” Jenna said from behind me, yawning and stretching in a way that made her body look lean and limber. “I think I’ll go to bed.”

“Goodnight,” said Casey, without even looking away from Jack. I sat down on the couch with them but they were distracted with each other. I was eager to get them out of the house.

“Why don’t you guys go out tonight?” I asked them. “There’s that new bar—”

“I’ve been wanting to try that place since we got here,” Casey said, filling me with relief that she caught on so quickly. “Would you want to go?”

“Sure,” said Jack. “Let’s have a couple more drinks first and we’re out.”

“Okay,” said Casey.

“Okay, guys,” I said, unable to wait. I was going to start my plans for my night with Jenna now, whether they were lingering or not. “I’m going upstairs.”

“No problem,” said Casey, her voice dreamy, and I disappeared around the corner. Instead of going upstairs, though, I dipped through the back hallway that led to the side door of the house. I closed it quietly behind me and looked around outside. There was a window I had crawled through a few times when I’d locked myself out that I knew led directly into her bedroom. I started to climb the lattice work, careful not to put too much pressure on any of my limbs, and lifted myself onto the roof. I scrambled up in and sat outside her window, tapping on it with the backs of my knuckles. There was a sheer curtain covering the window but I could see her outline through the creamy, opaque fabric. I laughed when I saw her scramble off the bed before she got up and came over to the window, pulling the curtain aside.

When she saw me, she smiled, opening the window.

“What are you doing?” she asked, putting her hands on her hips.

“I need to sneak you out. I was going to wait until they left for their date but I feel like I can’t wait any longer, so we have to sneak out.”

She looked at me, a look of playful amusement in her eyes.

“Okay,” she said. I climbed back out the window and helped her through, then we slid down the roof until we got to the bottom ledge. I held onto her hand as she swung down to the lattice, scaling it down to the ground. I climbed about halfway and dropped, then wiped off my knees and took her hand as we started in the direction of the alcove I had set up for her earlier that day. It was a private place, my favorite on the island, and I had a feeling that the beauty of it would take Jenna’s breath away just like I wanted it to.

“Where are we going?” she asked. I looked over at her as we walked, pressing in through a thatch of trees that led to the private alcove.

“It’s a surprise,” I said. I took her hand once I knew that we were past the safety of the trees and laced our fingers, glancing over at her face just to see that smile I knew I’d put there. We walked for a few moments in silence, picking through the trees in some places until we came upon a narrow path that squeezed between two rocks. I slipped between them into the alcove and she followed me, looking around in wonder at the private area of the beach and the hanging rock that would shelter our fire. There was a blanket set up in the alcove on the sand, as well as a cooler with a bottle of champagne and fresh fruit inside.

“You can go sit in there,” I said to her as she looked around in wonder. “I’ll light a fire.”

She nodded, going into the alcove. Instead of sitting down, she looked around at the stone walls, tracing her finger along the smooth rock as if it was unlike anything she’d ever seen before. I set about to lighting a fire, carrying out some of the wood I had brought in that morning when I’d decided to set up the picnic. As soon as I had a fire going, I stood up to see that she had moved closer to the shore and was sitting in the sand, her bare feet being lapped at by the water. She was so beautiful in the light of the moon and the shine of the stars that I thought, for a moment, I would never be able to look away from her. I thought she was perfect.