Page 12 of Three's a Crowd
Zach gave her a withering look and started to strip down to his underwear. After a moment’s contemplation, where she decided she had no choice if she wanted to keep all her fingers and toes intact, Daisy followed suit, albeit unwillingly. She reallydidn’t want him to see her in just her bra and knickers. She was really paranoid about what he’d think of her body, especially as he seemed to take such pride in working out to keep his own so trim, so she felt a flush of embarrassment when he turned to face her.
‘Hey! I said no looking!’
‘Oh, for God’s sake, stop whinging and get in the blanket.’
He’d already pulled it around his shoulders and he opened it up to wrap it around her body too. They stood there for a moment as close as they could get to each other without touching, the material of the blanket scratchy on her skin.
Daisy was so aware of the proximity of his hard torso to hers that her body gave an involuntary shiver. He looked down at her as the cold draught found its way under the blanket, causing her to shiver again.
‘This is stupid. Come closer to me; we need to use each other’s body heat to get warm. Dizzy, move closer!’ At this, he pulled her roughly towards him, wrapping his arms around her back, so their chests were pressed together. Zach began to rub her back slowly in circular motions and she felt warmth start to sweep across her skin.
‘Hmmm, that feels good,’ she said without thinking, then froze with embarrassment as Zach started to laugh, his body shaking against hers.
‘Don’t get too excited,’ he said.
‘Oh, piss off, will you!’
Zach just laughed again.
There followed a tense few moments where neither of them said anything, too focused on their task of getting warm. Or, perhaps of trying to ignore the weirdness of their close proximity to each other.
‘Diz, can you rub your hands over my back too. I’m absolutely freezing here!’ Zach said suddenly, making Daisy jolt in surprise.
‘Alright, alright, keep your knickers on,’ she said, as she began to move her hands over his back. She felt his muscles shift under his skin as he adjusted his stance.
Zach stared down at her steadily. ‘Don’t worry, I intend to.’
Daisy rolled her eyes, but couldn’t bring herself to maintain eye contact. She was glad at that moment that the torch barely threw out any light so he couldn’t see how pink her cheeks were.
‘I hope there aren’t any spiders down here,’ she said, trying to change the subject. The feeling of his body against hers was making her jittery now but she could feel the blood start to pump around her body, warming her through, so she didn’t move away.
‘You’re such a girl,’ he scoffed.
‘Thanks so much for noticing.’
‘Bit hard not to with your breasts pressed up against me.’
Daisy started to pull away in anger at this, but Zach was holding her too tightly.
‘Touchy, touchy. Stay where you are. This is working,’ he commanded, tightening his grip and pressing her even closer to him.
For a moment, she just listened to his breathing, which seemed to be increasing in speed.
Suddenly, she felt his body tense and he shifted his position so that there was more of a gap between their lower torsos and he moved his hands up to jerkily rub her shoulders and the tops of her arms, his gaze somewhere over her head.
‘Why are you moving away from me? I’m colder now,’ she asked, frowning up at him.
Zach’s expression had turned shifty.
Oh.
Her heart started to race. ‘Oh my God, you boys are ridiculous. You only have to mention the word “breasts” and you become randy dogs.’
‘Sod off.’ It was Zach’s turn to get cross now.
‘Well, it’s true.’
‘What would you know about it, anyway? You’re still a virgin,’ he said, frowning down at her.
