Heat Wave by Alison Tyler

Author:Alison Tyler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cleis Press
Published: 2011-07-27T04:00:00+00:00

Ocean Song

MICHELE ZIPP

She sighed when she woke. Another Saturday without Damien, she thought, but Mallory knew it was time to get on with it, move forward, and attempt to date again. Her best girlfriend, Janice, was having a party at her beachfront house down off the Pacific Coast Highway. “Don’t stay home and pout, Mallory,” Janice said. “I promise this will be a party you wouldn’t want to miss.”

She felt awkward attending the party alone, single. She agonized over the thought of going out and socializing the entire day. But once the sun began to set, she started to head north up the beach on foot. Beats staying home alone, she thought.

The breeze was slight and the spray of the salt water felt good on her face as she walked ankle deep in the water with her jeans rolled up to her knees, her shoes in her hand. The sun looked peaceful and deep orange. It was no longer emanating heat in the west; it was going to bed until the next day. Mallory felt the same way. She wanted to go to sleep, to forget about the party and just dream of Damien. She paused in the dimming daylight and then sat down in the sand. There was no one around. The surfers and beachgoers had all gone home by now, so she stripped out of her denim and walked into the ocean in just her white cotton bikini-cut panties and white tank top. She breathed in the sea air. The water was cool, and when her underthings got wet they were transparent. Her nipples, taut and brown, were visible through her wet shirt, and a hint of her black pubic hair was showing through her underwear. Mallory dunked her long black hair in the water and then went to shore to lie there and relax. Her intentions of going to Janice’s party were fading. She just lay there listening to the beautiful and serene sounds of the ocean.

She must have fallen asleep. When she awoke the sun had long ago set and her underwear was almost dry. Her hair, however, was still damp and fanned out in the sand, its coarseness on her neck. She was uncomfortable as she opened her eyes to the violet-blue sky, the breeze chilling her. She felt that someone was watching her. As she sat up, she instinctively looked to her left and there he was. Damien.

He must have been waiting for her to wake up as he sat there, just ten feet away. He looked hotter than ever, his button-up shirt open slightly so she could see his chest hair, which always turned her on. Without words, he stood up and walked toward her. His shoes were off and his jeans were wet up to the knee. He leaned down to kiss her, but she resisted and pushed him away at first. She loved this man, but they hadn’t seen each other since their breakup three weeks before. It was a painful separation and Mallory wasn’t sure how to process this.

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