Page 99 of Goodbye Note

The friction and pressure heightened between us, threatening to break.

“I’m going to…” I didn’t want to stop. My brain was high and fuzzy, but I had enough mind to know if I didn’t warn him, I might freak him out.

Arik didn’t still, and I was so achingly hard. There would be no stopping it. He opened his mouth in a wordless cry, arching as his head fell back in pure ecstasy. He ground harder while I felt every pulse of his cock against mine. Warm and wet and intoxicating.

The noises he made will follow me for the rest of my life.

He didn’t slow as his breathing snagged, and his head came back up. He grabbed my jaw, kissing me aggressively in a silent demand.

All the reservations I had to hold off my orgasm flew out the window, and I was utterly consumed by his lips. I came undone under the rut of his hips, blunt nails scraping over his scalp, wanting more. So much more.

There would never be enough of Arik.

He collapsed back, sprawling out with me still straddling him. I carefully climbed off, a sticky mess. We lay there, coming down, and his pinky slipped over mine. The breeze felt good on my damp skin.

“We should go. The bus is going to leave soon, and I don’t know how we’re going to get cleaned up before it does.”

“We can crash in mine for the day so we can shower.”

He picked up his head. “Your bus is a lot more packed. You sure you want to do that?”

“Yeah, it’ll be good to see my brother more than onstage.” I laughed, searching his face for any sign of regret.

“Alright then.” He stood and wiped himself off with his shirt the best he could before offering it to me.

I used my own, and then we both tucked them into our waistbands, kind of covering the wet spot in our shorts.

He didn’t move to make our way back down the hillside. Instead, he stepped forward and placed his head on my shoulder. I didn’t know what to do so I stood there, frozen.

“Everything okay?”

“I’m just…” He shook his head and kissed my collarbone. “Let’s go.”

We didn’t speak on the way back down. Our bodies were so spent from the heat and lack of sleep, then orgasms, I only had energy to not fall on my ass on the steep incline.

“Look who the cat dragged in,” Val said when we walked in.

Next to him sat Lindsay. That was new.

She glanced up from her phone long enough to give a wave.

I pointed at her. “What’s up with this?”

“She’s hitching a ride to the next stop. John told her it was okay since you’re mostly with Arik.” Val glanced between us, and I silently begged him not to ask questions in front of her.

“Cool. We are going to shower. After sweating all night and hiking this morning, we are gross as fuck.”

“Why would you go on a hike?” Val asked, because while it wasn’t out of character for me to hike, it was odd after staying up all night. I liked my sleep.

“We wanted to see the sunrise,” Arik spoke when I didn’t. “And it was way cooler up there. Wish I’d known—I’d have slept there.”

“Fuck. Missed opportunity,” Val said then made a face. “But aren’t there, like, a lot of snakes here?”

“Are there?” I turned to look at Arik like he’d have any idea.

He shrugged. “Good thing we didn’t die, I guess.”

“What were you two doing?” John asked as he walked in, sounding a little accusatory.

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