Head Above Water by Emma Chamberlain & Blythe Stone

Author:Emma Chamberlain & Blythe Stone
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2020-09-18T22:00:00+00:00

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Ryan

The night slipped in so quickly to steal away the remains of the day. I held Zoe's hand and we showered near the parking lot with our underwear on and our cold skin wet and shivering.

In the night I said less. Which was probably unfortunate and I felt bad for possibly letting her down.

I'd said thank you so many times and I stared at her lips and her hands, confused by my own words and my actions.

Something had happened to me in the water, a swirl of cravings and flutters of the heart.

There was a moment, a real moment, when I knew I wanted to kiss her.

And maybe I'd been denying myself that. Maybe it was me being safe this whole time.

But Emilylar was real and everyone I ever fell for turned out to be a bit of a liar. I always got hurt.

All her flattery could be momentary and there was no doubt in the world that, like everyone else who showed interest, Zoe actually wanted to get me naked and into bed.

As we walked back to our campsite in the dark I was too quiet and I knew that Zoe probably noticed it.

Burning coals and wood, flames in the distance from other campsites where families were gathering for a late night dinner or snack.

We walked beside one another in our towels with our clean wet hair and all the thoughts we hadn't yet decided to share.

"You okay?" She asked.

"Mhm," I said, listening to the sounds of our shoes on the asphalt in the empty night.

Her body was so close to mine and I was so very aware. It was like she had some extra energy field all surrounding her, calling out to me like science fiction.

She was quiet but I felt her brush my arm, her fingertips ghosting over my skin.

I let my eyelids close and I felt the touch electric.

When we made it back, she went straight to her bag for clothes and put on some joggers and a t-shirt.

I watched her a little and felt the heat rise in my cold cheeks.

The tent I bought was pretty big but we were close as we changed and I tried not to drop my towel and reveal anything.

I’d become more and more aware of Zoe’s body as our days together went on. It was especially prominent for me during our weight training sessions. I had to pay attention to every muscle and every piece of her then. But I realized, pretty quickly on, that my brain and my eyes had become overly stimulated by the action of watching her. I lost track of my own breathing. A sort of excitement sprouted along with it too. And then there was tension I hadn’t been used to feeling so strongly ever. Just like my addiction to her, it took me a long while to realize it was possibly sexual.

I didn't tell her, of course. But she'd confessed now that she felt it too.

I turned from her and pulled my night tank on, it was smooth silk.

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