Page 19 of Break Out

“True. True,” Caleb concedes.

“I’m going to go in the water,” Hunter says, getting to his feet and dropping his empty beer can in the trash bag we have tied to one of the umbrellas.

“Sounds like a good plan to me,” Wes says, standing.

Holt and I are both out of our chairs before Wes can make his way down the beach. Cole gets up to go check on Hannah and Nate. I follow the guys into the ocean where we make a beeline for our women.

“Hey,” I say when I reach Aubrey, Madison, and Hadley who were standing in waist-high water, not far from shore talking. The rest of the guys come up behind me and greet the women. I frown, glancing around wondering where Kat is. I finally spot her off on her own, floating on her back a few feet away. Holt wades over to her.

“Hi. What were you all talking about up there?” Aubrey asks, gesturing toward our abandoned chairs.

“Guy stuff,” I answer with a wink.

She throws back her head and laughs. I take the opportunity to grab her around the waist and pull her toward me, then pick her up so I can toss her into the ocean.

“No, don’t,” she says, swatting at me. “Put me down.”

With Aubrey in my arms, I walk further into the water until it comes halfway up my chest. Not so deep that she can’t stand but deep enough that I can actually swim around and not look like a fool.

“Brody,” she whines. “I don’t want to lose my hat or sunglasses.

“I’ll buy you new ones if you do,” I say, lifting her up higher as if I’m going to throw her in. But at the last minute, I take pity on her and lower her down so we’re face to face.

She wraps her legs around me, and I’m very aware of how close she is. Her breasts pressed against my chest. My bathing suit and hers, the only fabric between us. My cock starts to grow hard, and I shift under the water, adjusting myself. I glance over at the rest of the group, but they’re standing with their backs to us. Wes is pointing at something.

“What are you doing?” Aubrey whispers in my ear, looping her arms around my neck.

“Holding you. We’re supposed to be a couple. If you were really mine, I wouldn’t let you out of my sight.” And I’m trying not to think about how I could slip my fingers under her bathing suit bottoms and into her pussy. Get a hold of yourself, Brody. This is fake. There will be no pussy touching.

“Okay,” Aubrey says, leaning back in my arms so she can peer up at me. Except now her breasts are in my face, and it’s all I can do not to think about what they look like, what they taste like. My cock grows harder. What the fuck is wrong with me?

I clear my throat. “What’s going on with Kat?” I ask, lowering my voice.

“Oh, you mean Kitty. I’m not sure. She barely said two words to us and went off by herself. Doesn’t help that Hadley was glaring at her the whole time.”

I shake my head. “Why’d she come if she doesn’t want to be here?”

“Your guess is as good as mine.”

We fall silent, each lost in our own thoughts for a few minutes.

“I wonder what they’re looking at.” I say breaking the silence, gesturing toward where the rest of the group is huddling a few feet away before walking closer.

“We saw dolphins,” Hadley says, pointing into the distance, as we come to stand next to her.

“You better hope it was dolphins and not a shark, sis,” Holt says from where he and Kat have joined us. After that comment Hadley and Madison decide it’s time to get out of the water.

“What do you want to do?” I ask Aubrey, who’s still in my arms, as everyone else heads to the shore.

“This is nice. Relaxing. I’m fine staying in if you are.” She unhooks her legs from around me, and I reluctantly let her go. We swim around for a while, chatting about random things, and I have to agree with her that it is relaxing.

“Seems like they’re having a good time.” I gesture toward the guys on the sand who have started a game of football.

“I’m glad we came.”

“Me too.”

“Do you think they’re buying it?” she asks.