Page 68 of Meet You in the Waves
But now that I had safely secured Ajay for a little while longer I was feeling more generous towards my friends who always knew they could get free beers and free food at my parent’s place. This had always been our hangout spot for as long as I’d known the guys.
I was also not sure how many more orgasms I had left to give my insatiable little brown eyed boy today so a break from Ajay duty was probably in order.
Right now I was happy to just have an enjoyable afternoon in the baking sun, watching Ajay as he swam in the pool on the back deck, and have a drink with my friends.
Mateo was lounging in the sun on the other side of the pool in those leopard print speedos he wore, the ones that had gotten me in trouble with him in the first place, as his olive skin soaked in the rays. I could see his eyes were on Ajay too, watching him in the water, much like mine were doing. I could hardly keep my eyes off him, my gorgeous little nymph who was secretly all mine.
“So …” Rob was saying to me, leaning in with a wicked look in his eye that told me he was either going to bust me out aboutAjay or share something about himself. I hoped it was the latter. I unhooked my eyes from Ajay for the moment, giving my friend the attention he craved. “Guess who hooked up with Kat last night?”
I grinned, seeing the very self-satisfied look on my friend’s face. “Grant O’Ryan?” I guessed. “He’s always had a thing for Kat. Good for him.”
“Oh fuck off,” Rob returned, rolling his eyes at me. “Grant O’Ryan,puh-lease.”
“Who else then? I can’t imagine who else might have taken Kat’s fancy. She has notoriously high taste in men,” I pretended to mull.
“Who needs friends when I have assholes like you?” Rob chuffed.
“I’m kidding you, mate,” I laughed. “I’m happy for you. Was it worth the four year wait you’ve pined over her since high school?”
“I have not been pining for her for four years,” Rob huffed. I just quirked a brow at him and he laughed. “Okay. Fine. Yes, I’ve been pining. But let me just say … Worth. Every. Second.”
“Good for you, mate,” I grinned, clinking my beer with him and noting how very happy he seemed with himself. “Do I need to save a date?”
“Who knows?” Rob shrugged. “I’d marry that woman in a heartbeat if she’d let me.”
“Must be love.”
“Oh, it’s something all right.”
“Well then, to many more nights ofsomething all right.”
“I’ll drink to that,” Rob returned, taking a long sip of his beer.
Ajay chose that moment to ascend from the pool and my eyes couldn’t be anywhere else but on his body, watching as the water dripped down that torso I had mapped out with my tongue many times over, down to those light blue shorts. My mouth dried outas he stepped over to the little outdoor fridge and helped himself to a can of cider.
His eyes hit mine and he held up a bottle of the beer I was drinking. “Nicky?” he asked, innocent little creature that he was.
I nodded, pointedly ignoring Rob as he mouthed ‘Nicky?’ at me, his eyes shooting back and forth between me and Ajay. Even Mateo appeared to have picked up on the innocent little quip as Ajay stepped towards me, no idea of the little bombshell he had just dropped on my friendship group.
He passed me the beer before taking the sun lounge beside me, cracking open his cider, completely oblivious to the way Rob was eyeing the two of us or the way Mateo was scowling at the ocean.
The deck was remarkably quiet as I sipped on the beer my boy had given me, not daring to look anyone in the eye.
Ajay’s phone rang loud and clear in the tense afternoon and I saw his soft smile as he picked it up and looked at the screen. “It’s my Mum,” he said for me. “I’ll be back in a minute.” He stood and moved into the house, answering the phone with a kind greeting before he disappeared from view. I let out a breath, waiting for the assault I knew was about to happen.
“So,Nick-eey. You gonna tell us when you started boning the baby brother’s best friend?” Rob asked pointedly.
“You have such a pretty way with words, Rob,” I smirked, using my best deflection tactics. “Never change.”
“How would you like me to word it? Are you fucking him or not?”
I just shrugged again, feeling Mateo’s eyes boring into me while Rob waited on my answer.
“I thought he was straight,” he continued.
“Assumptions are dangerous,” I returned, quoting something Ajay had said to me once before.
“Youthought he was straight too,” Rob reminded me.
