“One hundred percent,” Lissa confirmed.“I used to do this with Daria all the time.I even checked the tides.The water level is perfect for cliff diving.”
“I don’t know…” Ria’s lips were going to need some serious shea butter therapy with the level at which she was worrying the skin away.
Lissa took Ria’s hand.“Do you trust me?”
Gazing into Lissa’s eyes, Ria could see there was more to the question than feeling safe about jumping off a cliff.There was something deeper there, some other kind of fear inside Lissa that she desperately needed Ria to ease for her.
“Okay,” Ria said, feeling a warmth bubble up inside her that confirmed, yes, she did trust Lissa wholeheartedly.“Let’s do it.”
She shucked off her clothing, wishing Lissa had told her about wearing a bathing suit.At least she’d chosen her sexiest lacy purple bra and thong in the hopes the date might progress in a direction where she’d be showing it off.She just didn’t know it would be so early on.
Not that she was complaining.It had been dark the first night she got to see Lissa naked, but now with the sun beating down?It didn’t matter Lissa still had her bikini on.Ria was getting an eyeful of luscious breasts and a round ass she couldn’t wait to get her hands on.She briefly wondered if they could postpone the whole jumping thing and skip straight to the good stuff.She’d definitely never had sex in broad daylight on the side of a cliff, but she was getting a strong pulse of heat between her legs just thinking about it.
Actually, she’d never had sex in the daylight, period.She was more of a “lights off in the bedroom so she didn’t have to feel uncomfortable about her body” kind of person.Something about the way Lissa looked at her, though, didn’t make her feel awkward.It made her feel sexy and desired.It made her feel like she wanted this woman to see every inch of her.
Sighing, Ria shoved the mix of erotic thoughts into the back of her mind.If Lissa wanted to jump, she would jump.She could do this.Lissa would never do anything that might hurt her.
Clutching Lissa’s hand tightly, Ria approached the edge of the cliff, took a deep breath, and together as one, they leapt off, plummeting into the cool ocean below.
The water hit Ria like a freight train of sensations all at once, the adrenaline pumping through her veins heightening everything around her.The thrashing sound of churning water, the shock of cold that pulled her under, the swirling maelstrom of blue that filled her vision when her eyes finally popped open.Something in the back of her mind shouted at her to move, to swim, but her brain had forgotten how to talk to her limbs, and she sank deeper into the depths.
Before she hit the bottom, there was a tug on her arm, and she felt herself being pulled upward.Her senses came back to her gradually, and she began to kick, sluggish at first, then harder as she made her way toward the sparkling light above.
Bursting through the surface of the water, she cried out, “Holy shit!”Her brain couldn’t decide if she should cry, laugh, or scream, so it landed on something in between—a demented giggle-cry combo.
“Ria?Hey, Ria, baby, are you okay?”Lissa was shaking her by the arms, and the concern on her face was enough for Ria to rein herself in, calming the intensity inside that was bubbling up and out of her like a volcano of crazy.
“That was…” She brushed the water from her eyes, not sure if the salty sting was from her tears or the ocean.Probably both.“That was incredible!”she gushed.Gripping Lissa’s shoulders for balance, she whipped her hair back, sending an arc of water spraying out behind her.
Lissa eyed her cautiously.“So you’re okay?”
“Okay?”Ria gasped out.“I’m better than okay.I don’t think I’ve ever felt so alive in my life.Even the chilly water is invigorating.You seriously do stuff like this all the time?”
“Not lately, since I’ve been so wrapped up in work,” Lissa replied with a strong undercurrent of sadness in her voice.“But yeah.What’s the point in being alive if you’re just going to stare at a computer every day?”
Ria cringed a little.Lissa wasn’t wrong.She was a witch with magical powers yet had chosen a lifestyle where she spent her days parked in a cubicle and her nights planted in front of a TV.She wasn’t living, merely existing.
And she was done with that crap.
“Thank you,” Ria said, pushing Lissa’s pink hair off her forehead.“Thank you for showing me how incredible it feels to stop overanalyzing everything and just live in the moment.”
Lissa tightened her arms around Ria’s waist.“Like I said, I knew there was a wild girl in there somewhere.”
“Yeah, well, I guess you know how to bring her out,” Ria replied, her lips grazing the shell of Lissa’s ear.
“In that case, let’s see just how wild you want to get.I need you to follow me one more time.”Lissa released her grip on Ria’s midsection and began swimming back toward the cliffside, veering off to the left of where they had jumped.
“You mean there’s more?”Ria asked, dog paddling after Lissa.She knew how to swim, but her heart was beating too fast to focus on easing into smooth strokes.“I’m not sure you can top jumping off a cliff.”
“Maybe not,” Lissa called over her shoulder.“But I still have one more surprise up my sleeve.”
Ria chased after her, swimming around the sharp corner of the jagged cliff face, and gasped as the mouth of a small cave was revealed.A shock of excitement jolted through her, and she picked up her pace, fiercely paddling like a corgi chasing after a floating toy.
She watched Lissa reach the edge of the cave mouth and pull herself up onto the ledge.Hand outstretched, Lissa waited for Ria to reach her, then helped her from the water.
“What is this?”Ria panted, trying to suck in a proper lungful of air as she glanced inside the darkened space.
“What would Secret Beach be without Secret Cave?”Lissa asked with a grin.
