Chapter2

#Chapter2

Summer Fun

Alex

This summer, we spent a lot of time having fun until we started school again. My absolute favorite time was when we went to the lake and went swimming, finishing it with a bonfire.

I was sleeping so cozy in my bed when someone jumped on me. I opened my eyes to see Frazier grinning at me, making me scream, /"Ah,/" and falling out of bed. I stood up and glared at him as he lay on his side.

/"Frazier! What the hell?/" I yelled at him.

He waved at me, grinning, and greeted me, /"Good morning, Sunshine. Ryan was right. You are so not a morning person./"

Ryan came in from the bathroom, snapping a towel at him. /"Will leave my girl alone?/"

/"You guys are no fun. Come on. We will be late,/" Frazier said.

/"What are you babbling about?/" I grumbled. I was so not in the mood for this.

/"Jeez, Grumpy Mcgrumpy, fine, I’ll tell you. We’re going to the lake today. Happy now?/" He asked me.

/"I would be happier if I could go back to bed./" I glared at him.

Ryan pulled on a tee-shirt, making his muscles bulge in his upper body. Swoon. Frazier looked at me, then Ryan, then back at me, /"Ew gross. Ryan gets your woman’s hormones in check./"

/"How about you get out of here, so I can do that?/" He smirked.

/"What? Yes, Marissa, I’m coming,/" he yelled, jumping off the bed and running out of the room, closing the door behind him. Ryan walked over and climbed onto the bed over to me. He pulled me to him. /"Why so, grumpy?/"

/"You know how much I like my sleep,/" I whined.

He looked deep into my eyes and said in a husky voice, /"How about I make it up to you?/"

I gave him a look, and he pulled me into a kiss as I wrapped my arms around his neck as he pulled me onto his lap. As he kissed me, making his way down my throat, I let out a small moan. As I straddle his lap, he continued to kiss me, then I felt it. That hard poke right on my womanhood. I tried not to think about it because it always made me nervous. I know it shouldn’t, but it does.

Ryan moved his hand under my nightshirt and found his way underneath my panties, rubbing me. I let out a moan as he whispered into my ear. /"Looks like someone’s ready./"

He pulled his hand out as he claimed my lips with his, and I felt him tug my panties aside, sliding inside me. He gripped my hips, whispering in my ear in his husky voice, /"I love it when you’re ready for me./" It made my body shudder from the pure huskiness of his voice.

He moved inside me as his hands gripped my hips as I rocked back and forth on his lap, taking him with me. His lips met mine, parting, letting his tongue taste my lips, asking for access to my mouth, which I granted.

His movement quickened as mine did. I couldn’t hold it anymore, exploding, letting my muscles tighten on him, causing him to explode. We both groaned from pure bliss. As our bodies returned to their relaxed state, he looked at me. /"Feel better?/"

/"Mmm, mmm,/" I mumbled.

/"Good, now get ready. It’s Lake Time./" As he made up his shorts, I climbed off him and grabbed a quick shower. I threw on a swimsuit under my tank and shorts. I stuffed a bag with extra clothes and some towels.

Not only were we going to the lake for the day, but we were also spending the night for our summer farewell summer.

We pulled up to a spot with the others behind us. Other students were there. We got out of the car as I watched people swing from a rope, landing into the water with a splash. Other kids were dancing and drinking while some were cooking.

We grabbed our stuff out of the back. We made our way to a spot with a circle of rocks with some logs around it. There’s nothing like camping out in the great outdoors. You have a million mosquitoes and every bug known to humankind. I forgot to mention to the others I’ve never been camping before, and I hate bugs.

I stood there, where our stuff laid, looking around and wondering why I agreed to this? Every time I heard a noise or sound, I jumped every single time. Please, God, let me survive, and I never promise ever to do things with Ryan again.

I felt someone touch my shoulder and whispered, /"Alex./" It made me jump ten feet high. I whipped around to see a bemused Ryan looking at me.

/"Don’t do that!/" I exclaimed.

/"Why so, jumpy?/" He asked me.

Do I tell him? Do I not tell him? Ugh, so many questions were adding to my dilemma. I know if I told him and it got back to the others, there would be many jokes I didn’t want to deal with it. I know if I said nothing, it would add to more confusion.

/"Are you scared, Alex?/" He asked me.

/"What? No,/" I stammered, which made him even more confused. I finally took a deep breath and said, /"I’ve never been camping before, and I hate bugs./"

He gave me a smirk, rubbing his chin, and I looked at him. /"Tell anyone about this, and I swear you’re sleeping with Frazier./" I walked by him as he raised his hands in defense. /"Hey, your secret is safe with me./"

Ryan caught up with me, reaching for my hand, interlocking our fingers. He gave it a reassuring squeeze. As we walked towards the others, I had an unsettling feeling. Someone is watching us. Ryan looked at me. /"You okay?/"

/"Uh, yeah, feeling jumpy,/" he stopped taking my other hand in his and looked into my eyes. /"Don’t worry. I’m here, and so are the other guys. We won’t let anyone hurt you./"

He pulled me into a hug, and even though I hugged him back, I still had an uneasy feeling.

We walked up and joined the others. We stripped down to our bathing suits. I watched as Ryan strip off his shirt, revealing his muscles and perfect eight pack. Damn, my fiancé is hot. I also noticed the tattoos on his upper arms and back. I don’t know why I never paid attention to them before since they had always been there. I also noticed that Jordan and Frazier had tats. Weird, those must be new.

Ryan picked me up and flung me over his shoulder, breaking my train of thought, carrying me to the water. He raised me as I screamed, /"Ryan, you had better not!/"

It was too late. Ryan tossed me into the water. I floated to the surface and glared at him as he dove in after me, surfacing a few minutes later next to me.

/"I will kill you,/" I growled at him, and he picked me up and tossed me again, laughing. When I reached the surface, I smirked. His expression changed, and I lunged for him, hopping on his back, dunking him.

He floated to the surface and grabbed me, pulling me to hit me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist.

I looked at him. /"What?/" He asked me.

/"When did the guys get tattoos?/" I questioned him.

He turned to look at the guys, then back at me. /"Our junior year of high school,/" Ryan answered.

/"Is that when you got yours?/"

He thought a minute. /"I started getting mine my freshman year. Why?/"

/"I wondered,/" I said.

/"Alex, we’ve been together for almost four years, and you noticed my tats?/"

/"I guess I never paid attention to your abs and other things,/" I said with my cheeks heating.

/"Well, I guess if you’re too busy staring at other things, then I’m not offended,/" he grinned. I rolled my eyes, and he pulled me to his lips, claiming my lips. Then we got splashed.

Frazier surfaced and grinned.

/"It’s always when things are getting good./" Ryan sighed, and I giggled.

/"Come on, you guys, it’s your turn on the rope,/" he said, swimming back the bank. We shrugged and swam after him. I got out of the water and took my place on the rope swing. Ryan pulled me back, releasing me as I went flying, letting go, falling into the water.

As I made my way to the surface, something, someone grabbed my ankle. My eyes widened. They pulled me back as I struggled to get free.

Ryan stood there, and his brow furrowed as Jordan said, /"Dude, where’s Alex? She should have surfaced by now./"

/"I don’t know, but that’s not good,/" he said, signaling to Frazier, and all three dives into the water swimming after me.

Ryan reached me first, trying to pull me free while I struggled with the person. Jordan slammed his fist into the side of their face, making them loosen their grip on me. Ryan wrapped an arm around me, swimming to the surface until he picked me up bridal style, carrying me to the bank. I was unconscious.

He laid me on the bank, and he and Frazier perform CPR on me with Ryan, saying, /"Come on, baby. I can’t lose you. Breathe./"

After a minute, I coughed up water, and they turned me to my side as I got all the water out. Once I got my bearings, I looked around to see everyone staring at me and panicked. I grabbed onto Ryan and pulled him to me. He wrapped his arms around me as I buried my head into his chest. /"It’s okay. You’re okay,/" he reassured me.

A few minutes later, EMTs arrived to check me out. I sat in the back of their ambulances as they checked my vitals and wanted to take me to the hospital, but I declined. I wanted to put on dry clothes and warm myself by the fire because I felt chilled. I don’t know whether it had so much to do with the water or the fact someone tried to drown me.

Ryan wrapped his arm around me, and we walked back to the campsite. Jordan got a fire started since we were afraid Frazier would catch himself on fire or, worse yet, us. Ryan held up a blanket so I could have privacy to change, even peeking over it twice and me yelling, /"Knock it off, perv!/"

/"Damn, dude, and she sleeps with you. How does that work out for you?/" Frazier asked him.

/"Shut it, Fraz,/" Ryan ordered him.

I finished changing. /"Okay, I’m done./"

/"Finally,/" he said, dropping the blanket and tossing it to the side.

/"Well, I would have finished sooner if someone wouldn’t have been watching,/" I said, taking a seat next to Elena.

/"I was admiring my beautiful fiancé. Is that an awful thing?/" He asked, taking a seat next to me.

I rolled my eyes.

/"So, anyway, what happened in the water, Alex? You went in, but you didn’t surface until Ryan brought you out,/" Elena wanted to know.

I furrowed my brows. /"I was underwater, and someone grabbed my leg, then me. I struggled to get free, but they wouldn’t let go. Then I felt someone grab me and saw Jordan hit them, releasing their grip. After that, all I remember is coughing up water./"

/"Do you think?/" Marissa asked, with Frazier stopping her.

/"That the psycho lunatic has returned? It’s possible, but I couldn’t tell whether it was a male or female with the water,/" I said, looking at them. Ryan wrapped an arm around me, pulling me to him and rubbing my upper arm.

/"I’m glad you’re okay. I don’t know what I would do if I lost you,/" Ryan whispered.

/"Neither do I because being dead would suck,/" I giggled.

Ryan rolled his eyes. /"You’ve been hanging with Frazier too long./"

I smiled, and he pushed my head.

/"How about roasting marshmallows?/" Marissa asked, holding a bag of marshmallows.

/"S’mores?/" Frazier asked.

/"We didn’t bring stuff for S’mores,/" Ryan countered.

/"Oh,/" he grumbled, disappointed until Elena produces graham crackers in the air. I held Hersey Bars, making his face light up.

/"Figures you girls would bring that stuff,/" Jordan smirked.

/"Well, considering Frazier acts like a chick. Makes sense,/" Ryan countered.

/"Well, for that, you two don’t get any./" I waved my finger at them.

/"Aw, come on, we were kidding,/" whined Jordan.

/"Please,/" Ryan said, batting his eyelashes. For scary guys, they are pathetic when they want a sticky treat like S’mores.

I rolled my eyes and said, /"Oh, fine./"

We made S’mores with Frazier burning the marshmallows, which I liked. Ryan thought I was crazy to eat the black burnt part, but it was my favorite part when roasting them.

We all sat around, eating, and telling scary stories. The guys caught Frazier dancing to Hannah Montana and singing along. I’m still trying to get that image out of my head. Everyone crashed except me. I watched the fire. Ryan walked over and put his hands on my arms, stroking them. He laid his head on top of mine.

/"Can’t sleep?/" He asked me.

/"I’m enjoying the quietness and fire,/" I replied.

Then we heard Frazier snore. /"And the bear over there,/" I said, pointing at Frazier as he chuckled.

/"Well, how about coming to bed because I need a cuddle buddy?/" He asked me.

/"Okay,/" I said, looking up at him, and he leaned down to kiss me. I took his hand, and we crawled into the sleeping bag and drifted off to sleep.