“Bubba, I can’t choose what to wear! Help!” Ginny’s yell echoed from upstairs to downstairs, and I groaned, repositioning my hard dick. I willed it to go down, especially now that I had to help my sister.
“Until tonight?” I whispered.
“Tonight.” Zayn kissed my cheek, and I closed my eyes instinctively, shivering. Fuck yes. Forcing myself to move so I could go help Ginny was one of the most difficult things I’d had to do in my life.
New Gothenburg only had one water park and I’d never been to it. It was way too expensive to get into, but Zayn paid as easily as he always did. I was beginning to feel guilty for using his cash.
We’d also stopped on the way here, finding both Ginny and me a swimsuit. She’d grown out of hers, and I’d never had one. I wore a pair of dark blue trunks, while Ginny’s swimsuit had a bright pink background with a purple unicorn on it. Zayn matched my shorts because he chose to buy the exact same ones. We looked like a realmarried couple. And parents to Ginny. She stood between us, holding both of our hands as she dragged us into the park with the kind of confidence that made me jealous.
“I want to start at the slides. Not the baby ones. I’m not a baby.” She eyed me, daring me to argue. I wasn’t sure how I could when she had such a fierce expression on her face.
Zayn laughed. “I don’t know, pumpkin. There’s height restrictions. They might not let you on any of the big slides.”
She pouted up at him. “But, Zee, I’m a big girl now.”
He crouched down to her height and pressed a kiss to her forehead, and I melted like a goddamned popsicle in summerheat. He had me all tied up in knots. A flutter in my chest had me shifting at the weird feeling.
“I know, pumpkin, but rules are rules. We must abide by them.”
I held in a snort at the irony of that statement from him, and he glanced up at me with a secret smile before turning his attention back to her.
“How about we start at the kids’ slides, okay? Then if you’re ready, we can go to the wave pool or the lazy river?”
She heaved a massive sigh before nodding. “Fine.”
I pressed my lips together to stop a smile breaking through. She squeezed my hand as Zayn stood before dragging us in the direction that I was sure belonged to the adult slides. So, Zayn turned us around and guided us toward the children’s area. As soon as we arrived, Ginny shook free of us and rushed toward the other kids, her excitement as intense as a tidal wave.
Zayn chuckled and tilted his head toward a cement table that someone had vacated. We snatched it up before anyone else could, and he dropped the soft bag he was carrying on his right shoulder onto the table. Inside were all kinds of items, including towels, sunscreen, bottles of water, and our wallets. He’d been a lot more prepared than I had, but I’d never been to a place like this.
“We’ll give her half an hour here, and then we’ll move on to the wave pool. Usually, the lazy river is after lunch, once we’re full and can’t move.” He winked.
This entire trip was strange. As adults supervising Ginny, what were we supposed to do?
As if answering my question, my phone buzzed, and I pulled it out of my pocket. I smiled when I saw it was Pandora. We’d been texting since the night at the motel. Before I left, we’d exchanged numbers. I’d made a friend and I liked havingsomeone to talk to. She’d slotted her name into my phone under her nickname.
Panda
Send sexy shirtless photos of you and Zayn. And a cute one of Gins.
I laughed and took a selfie. Zayn eyed me in amusement but didn’t say anything as he pulled out a book he’d been reading. It was true crime, which I’d thought was fucking hilarious when I’d first seen him with it.
I sent the photo to her.
Panda
So hot. If I was a man, I’d want to see your anaconda.
I groaned as I crashed onto the seat beside Zayn. She had no filter, which always had me laughing or smiling, but sometimes also made me feel hot in the face, too.
I typed back an answer.
Keaton
Anaconda? Really?
Panda
Cobra? Rattlesnake?
