Ruined 9

Avery- Then

“Hey, baby.” 

I knew who it was without even opening my eyes. And a smile split my face as I felt his bulk lower itself over mine on the plastic lounger. 

“Hey, Colton.” My smile deepened as his lips found mine and finally I let my eyes flutter open, pushing my oversized sunglasses into my hair to stare at the man who I had spent every available moment with for the last few weeks. 

He was everything, a summer romance should be. Gorgeous, passionate and attentive. But we both knew that it couldn't last. 

We just never spoke about it. Instead, we enjoyed being with each other. The only thing that came between us was the fact I was still a virgin. 

He seemed to think we should wait, that my first time should be special. Me on the other hand? I wanted to climb him like a pole and ride him like a pony. 

And it was getting harder and harder to keep my hands to myself the nearer it came to me having to go home. 

“You taste good.” He grinned against my lips. And I couldn’t help it I smiled right back. He was always saying stuff like that. Things the men back home wouldn’t be caught dead saying in public to a woman. 

“You smell good.” I countered, he always smelt good. Fresh and clean but under it all, there was something darker. The only way I could describe it was like treacle. 

“Ava,” his voice caught in his throat as my hands roved up his muscles back. 

“Yes?” I smiled up at him sweetly and his own smile deepened.  

“Don’t give me that look woman,” he growled it into my neck, his body still hovering over mine. If we carried on like this we would start to draw attention. I was pretty sure it looked pretty obscene the way he was laying over the top of me. I just couldn’t bring myself to care very much. 

I didn’t really care for much but him anymore and that was a pretty scary thing. How quickly he had worked his way into my head.

Leaving would be hell, but at least I had the memories to look back on. 

At least I would have that.

“What look?”

Briefly, his eyes closed. “You know the look Ava, the one on your face now that says you wish we were somewhere alone and ….”

“Is it such a bad thing …” I pulled away slightly. I didn’t understand his reluctance to take things to the next level.  

“No it’s not a bad thing baby, it’s a very very good thing. But….”

“But? Anyone would think you don’t want…” 

His eyes darkened and the breath left my throat in a little gasp as he rolled his hips into me. “Does it feel like I don’t want to Ava? You’re driving me absolutely insane. I’m just trying to be a gentleman.”

“I don’t want you to be a gentleman Colton..” my voice came out a husky whisper. Much sexier than my usual voice. “I just want you. Now…”

Colton groaned. “I have some things I need to do for my dad today…”

Swallowing hard I turned my face away. He was a grown man, what could his dad want him to do that was so important that he had to take time out from his holiday?

It just went to show how little I knew about him. I knew his name was Colton and that he was a few years older than I was and that was about it. 

And that I wanted him to be the one that took my virginity more than I wanted to breathe. There was just something about him. 

“You’re angry.” Strong fingers turned me so I was looking at his face again. “How about I make it up to you tonight?”

The promise in his voice was unmistakable. 

“Tonight?” I couldn’t keep the hopefulness out of my voice.

“There’s a little party on the beach, something nice and chilled… I could meet you there.”

Slowly I nodded. It wasn’t exactly what I wanted to hear but at least he wanted to see me tonight. I would just have to make sure this time he couldn’t resist. 

***

“I feel like….”

Kiera didn’t let me finish. “Like what?” Her eyes narrowed and I giggled. I was going to say slut but as it was her dress I was wearing I suddenly thought better of it. 

“It’s just a little revealing.” I finished lamely as we stepped off the dock and into the sand. Almost instantly I regretted my choice of footwear. The wedge of my sandals sank beneath the powdery sand.

The last thing I wanted was to fall on my face, the white mini dress Keira had leant me would not cover my ass if I took a tumble. And it wasn’t like my thong would protect my modest any either.

“It’s perfect and your body looks banging in it. Colton won’t be able to keep his hands off you.” She laughed. “Not that he ever stops touching you anyway.”

Yeah, that was true. The only problem was he wouldn’t touch me with what I wanted to be touched with. That, he almost always kept securely in his pants. 

“Do you think?”

“Oh honey, I know.” She giggled and for the first time, I saw where she was looking. And my heart flip-flopped into my throat. 

Colton was there before us, sitting with his long legs stretched out as he nursed his beer. His head thrown back as he laughed at what someone else was saying. 

No not someone, a girl.

The jealousy was almost instant. It flared to life in my chest. I knew it was silly. We weren’t in a relationship. We barely even knew each other even after spending the last few weeks together. 

Now I didn’t know what I was meant to do. Did I go over there and act like his girlfriend or….

Kiera took the decision out of my hands as she looped her arm through mine, dragging me forward. Her voice loud. “Hey, Colton.”

He lifted his head, his eyebrows pinched together. And then his mouth fell open, as he took us in. 

Any doubts I had about the dress evaporated as he jumped to his feet. 

“Jesus Ava.” He stopped dead in front of me. “You look fucking divine.”

“Do you like it?” I let my hand drift down my side, sliding it over my curves and his eyes followed the movement like he was memorising every inch. 

“Nope, I don’t like it.” His hands closed around mine, pulling me down into his lap as he seated himself back on the sand. “I fucking love it.”