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“Great! Wow. I’m dating a rock star,” I teased.
“Ha, ha. It’s not a big deal.”
“It is to me. I like it when you’re happy.” I snuggled closer. “It makes me happy too.”
“You’re still amazing,” he murmured and kissed the back of my neck.
We tried to go to sleep. The giggling and loud whispering from the other room lasted for hours. Caleb shouted for them to shut up but that just seemed to make it worse. He started to get up a few times to tell them to shut up to their face but I held him back. Kyle wanted to rebel. I refused to believe this was all about making me jealous. He just wanted to do something without being told to.
Eventually we went to sleep.
~ Four ~
In the morning, we woke early to go surfing. We made our way through the living room and saw Kyle and Amber asleep on the couch. She was all scrunched up in a ball on one side and bed hog Kyle all sprawled out on the other. Both were still clothed so that was a plus.
After a quick breakfast and changing into our wetsuits, we made it out to the beach, only one board in tow. The beach was empty except for a few other surfers. The sun was low, hanging over the water and making beautiful orange waves. The air was warm and smelled so much like the sea. It was perfect.
I started to have second thoughts.
“Caleb, I’ve never done this before. It’s so cold and the water’s deep and there could be something in there,” I complained.
“Well, I hope there’s something in there. It is the ocean,” he said all smart elect.
“Caleb,” I whined. “Please don’t make me.”
“This whiny side of you is very cute,” he said through a wide grin.
“Funny. I’m serious. I’m scared now. Maybe I’ll just watch you.”
“You-” he said tossing his board and grabbing me around the middle to hug me to him “-are not a chicken. I’ll be with you the whole time so there’s nothing to worry about. It’s really fun once you get the hang of it.”
I stared up at him. He really thought I was being silly didn’t he?
“Yes,” he answered. “Yes I do.”
I smiled and shook my head at him.
“Fine, but if I get bitten by a shark-” I poked his bare chest “-you are telling my dad it was your fault.”He grimaced.
“You drive a hard bargain, lady. Deal.”
“Deal.”
He kissed me on the tip of the nose and we treaded into the surf.
“You’re gonna ride in like this first. Now wait for the wave and then paddle, paddle, paddle. Got it?” he instructed as he floated beside me.
“Got it?”
I was lying on the board on my belly and he was showing me how to start in the surf and watch for waves. He kept a hand on my lower back the whole time and didn’t seem to mind too much that my bikini clad behind was right there in his line of vision.
“Ok.” He watched behind me. “Wait, wait...Go! Paddle! Paddle!”
I paddled and got swept under when the wave crashed over me. I started again. He gave the same advice and told me what I did wrong. Over and over we did this. Not once did I make it very few feet before some mishap. He was patient and always gentle in his instruction. I still liked it though I hadn’t actually done it yet. It was still fun, but I was determined.
“I wish your uncle was here. He could teach me and I’d know it all in five seconds,” I said as I climbed back on the board.
“He’s good to have around but sometimes...it’s good to learn things the old fashioned way.”
“So wise, Confucius,” I joked and he smacked me on the butt in retaliation making me laugh.
“Now, focus, babe. Let’s try again. Wait for the wave.”
When he said ‘go’ I paddled hard and felt the wave take me up with it to the crest and then back down as it crashed. I steadied and stood up slowly. I rode it all the way to the shore in one smooth glide. This was the first time without falling off in over two hours of working with Caleb. I stood up in the sand and yelled and jumped up and down on my toes in triumph. I saw him swimming my way. Then he ran. Once he reached me he pulled me into a hug and kissed me on my smiling lips.
“You did it! Was it worth all that trouble?”
“Absolutely,” I said grinning. “How long did it take you to learn?”
He smiled looking embarrassed.
“Five seconds?”
“Cheating hypocrite!” I laughed and poked his ribs. “And after that lecture about not using your uncle!”
“Hey, I was seven, ok? I wasn’t too keen on the value of hard work just the result back then,” he said all pompous making me laugh harder.
“That was so awesome. Can we do it again?”
“Well, it’s getting late and the beach will be filling up soon. Why don’t we quit while we’re ahead? I’ll bring you back out in the morning. Ok?”
“Great. I’m starving anyway.” 
“Surfing will do that. Let’s go and get dressed. We can all go get lunch at this place I want to take you to in town.”
“Awesome.”
We made our way up to the boardwalk. There was a huge pavilion there that was open on two opposite sides for airflow.
“So, how long do we have to be here?”
“Why,” he asked, “ready to go already?”
“No way, I was just curious.”
“The family is working hard to make sure everything is safe before I bring you home. You are our number one priority.”
“I was just wondering if it was going to take a week or a month. I don’t want you to spring it on me one day that it’s our last day, ya know? You have no idea of a time frame?”
“No. I’ll let you know as soon as I find out something. I expect a call from Dad soon.”
“ow HHHHHHow is your tutoring service? Is everything working fine without you there?”
“Sadly, yes. I’m not even really needed anymore,” he said wistfully. “I basically just go in during the school year after classes to help out. We have a lot of volunteers during the summer.”
I nodded.
“Soooo,” I crooned, changing the subject. “Are you just never going to kiss me again until we go home?”
“What?” he asked genuinely puzzled. “What do you mean?”
“Well, you have barely touched me at all since Bish got here except to sleep. Are you afraid of him or something?” I said goading him.
He let the board fall to the ground.
He smiled and pulled me to him, closing the distance between us. He lifted my arms to wind around his neck and then pulled me up onto my toes with his hands on my sides, letting his warm lips overlap my top one. His hands went right to my hips and his fingers bunched in the strings and material of my bikini bottom.
I could taste the salt from the seawater on our lips but as he deepened the kiss, it was all Caleb. And I missed him. His tongue brushed my lip and I instinctively pulled him closer and pressed myself to him as close as I could get. He groaned slightly in surprise, his hands on my hips pulled tighter and then his arms wound around my back as he lifted my feet from the sandy floor.
I felt the hard pavilion side wall on my back as he pressed me against it. My legs automatically wound themselves around his sides. He kissed me differently, with a new fierceness and need than before. It was a little scary but I felt different too, somehow. Something was changing between us, moving forward. There was only going to be so much more time when pecking and kissing would be enough for either of us. I realized that then. Our imprinted bodies were made for each other and mine wanted Caleb like nothing else.
I bunched my fingers in his hair and pulled and smoothed it. Then I tugged to lean his head back. It broke the kiss but I moved my mouth to wander under his chin and he reacted with harsh breaths. Then he took my lips again even more greedy. His hands moved to hold the undersides of my thighs and gripped tightly as he slid his mouth from my lips to my chin to my neck to my collar bone. His tongue tasted my skin and I heard a wild desperate noise. Me.
I groaned again, unable to stop myself as I grasped at his hair.
“Ah, Maggie, what are you doing to me?” he said gruffly against my lips before taking them once more, hard and furiously frantic.
For a split second I wondered if I’d be able to say no when I’d felt we’d gone too far and wanted to stop, or if he’d be able to.
Then I heard the thoughts before they reached us but it was too late to stop and not be caught.
“Hey!” A beach patrol ranger called from across the pavilion. “Get your butts out of here, stupid kids.”Caleb and I laughed as he let me down, grabbed my hand and we took off running up the wooden planked walkway. He grabbed the surfboard and we make a swift getaway to the house through the back gate. Once there he stored the board in the storage shed and then grabbed me before I could go in.
“Maggie, wait.” He pulled me to him and put his forehead to mine. “I heard you. And yes, things are changing, for me too. I want you...so bad sometimes I can’t stand it.” He sighed, his breaths washing over my face and neck. “But I’m not pressuring you. I know I’ve said that before but I want to make sure you understand that I want what I can get, ok? I’m not going to think you’re a tease or whatever. I want you to be really, really ready and there’s plenty of stuff we can do until you are. Really nice stuff,” he almost growled and kissed my jaw making me giggle.