“She was from the Caribbean and passed away a few years ago.” I touched along the design’s edge. “Jamie drew this for me, and I got it over summer break.”
The map had a curl to its edges like it’d just been unrolled. Treasure chests with fallen pieces of gold and jewels were scattered over the Caribbean islands. A flag sat on one corner and a compass on another, as if they held the map in place.
“She was pretty awesome and had a way of bringin’ everyone together. Not just physically, but we loved bein’ around her. I miss that. I miss her. I’d been thinking of it for a while, and Jamie’s a really good artist.”
“Yeah, it’s amazing. I’m sorry about your granny, though. That sucks.”
“Thanks.” I leaned in and brushed the tip of his nose with mine.
“My grandparents are in California.”
I thumbed one nipple, and Jack’s breath caught. “Yeah?”
“Uh, y-yeah. My family …” Jack trailed off when I did the same to the other one. “My …mmm,yeah, isn’t huge.”
I kissed his along shoulder.
“I’ve got”—he trembled as I licked a line along his throat and teased the crease of his ass with a fingertip—“one uncle but he,oh shit, never had kids.”
“Damn.” I scraped his earlobe with my teeth.
“Yeah.”
“Okay.”
Jack nodded and reached for me. “Yeah, yeah, okay,” he muttered just before he took my lips, searing any more talk of family from my brain. Our rebounding cocks got ourmoodback on track.
We tucked our chins together, eyeing ourselves stiffening. I resumed my hold on his ass with both hands, turned us, and backed him out of the bathroom, all the way to my bed. Once there, I let him go long enough to lift the blankets for him to get under.
“Condoms.” Jack kissed me. “In my jeans.”
“Have some too,” I breathed against his lips.
Jack pressed one palm to the center of my chest, and I immediately froze.
“You’re fine using them?” he asked. “I mean, neither of us have been with anyone that way.”
I was mostly on top of him. Braced on an elbow, I gripped his hip with my free hand as he clawed into mine with his.
“More than fine,” I said. “One day, I want to experience what it’s like to have sex uncovered, but that’s when we’re both ready for it.”
Jack grinned, then lifted enough to peck my lips.
The moment wasn’t funny, but I couldn’t help the chuckle that bubbled out of me. I was just so fucking happy. “I’m gonna move them closer.”
“Yeah.” He nodded. “Sure, yeah.”
I stretched, pulled open the top drawer of my nightstand, and reached for several little squares. I had no idea what all we’d end up doing, but I was prepared for it. In fact, my ass had never been so prepared. Ever since the day Jack cornered me in the library, giving me my first taste of a dick against my crack, I’d been practicing. A lot. During my shower earlier, I’d soaped myself thoroughly andpracticedagain.
When I settled beside him, he was grinning.
“What?” I asked.
“Who tops first?” Jack asked.
“Hmm. We could flip for it like before a game.”
Jack snorted. “You dork.”
