Page 23 of Just Breathe

“Ah, that’s right. Sweet milky coffee is for pussies.” She smirked.

“He likes his coffee like his soul, black, bitter and dull,” Nathan joked.

Aiden shrugged as he chewed his food. “I don’t need all the flourishes. I’m fine with my plain black coffee. What the hell is cold brew, anyway?”

“The most delicious coffee you’ll ever have in your life.” She held up a bottle of dark liquid. “It’s basically coffee that steeps in the fridge for twenty-four hours. It’s really strong coffee and makes it easy to drink for the summer when you don’t want hot coffee.”

“Why not put ice in your hot coffee?” I asked, hoping I didn’t sound like a dumbass.

“Well, you don’t want to water down your coffee too much. I think it also tastes better and is less bitter,” Jane explained as Nathan used his blender thing. She poured some in a cup with a few ice cubes, and passed it to Aiden.

“That makes sense. I’ve never had cold brew before.” I looked at Aiden while he tried the coffee.

“What?!” Jane looked at me like that was the weirdest shit that could have come out of my mouth. “Prepare to have your mind blown.” Aiden snorted, coughing like crazy. That perverted fucker's mind went exactly where mine did, but I didn’t make myself look like an ass.

“Holy shit, are you ok?” Jane gave him a napkin while I heard Nathan chuckle.

“Yeah, just went down the wrong way.” Aiden coughed again, looking a little embarrassed.

“Try being a girl when that happens.” She giggled at her own little joke.

We all smirked at her like she was the cutest thing. Fucking A, when did we become those guys and much less with a widow fresh from losing her husband? Were we really doing this? I looked at the guys, hoping someone knew what the fuck was going on. Nathan went back to making the coffee and Aiden looked just as confused as I did.

“Here you go.” Nathan put a cup in front of her with swirls of different browns and the top was white.

“Thanks.” She looked at the coffee like it was her match made in heaven. She took a sip of her coffee and moaned.

“Jesus Christ,” Aiden whispered, looking anywhere except at Jane.

“Here you go, Cal.” Nathan cleared his throat, making me look away from Jane as she sucked on that straw. He passed me a cup looking just like Jane’s. He tried to hide his smile but was really sucking at it.

“Nathan, you make a mean cold brew.” She took another sip and closed her eyes.

“I think we should leave in fifteen minutes. That way, we have enough time to hike and enjoy the falls.” Aiden sounded desperate to leave, like this whole thing was torture for him. I think I even saw him adjust himself quickly before anyone noticed he was hard.

“Sure.” Jane was the only one to respond as she cut a bagel and spread cream cheese on it.

I took a sip of my coffee and son of a bitch. It was good. I looked at Jane and realized why she moaned; it was fucking delicious. Nathan looked at me over his coffee like he knew I almost just orgasmed from the coffee. I rolled my eyes because that smug fucker was good at making shit and he knew it. I grabbed another burrito and dug in. We ate in silence other than the small sexual sounds coming from Jane. You’d think she was doing it on purpose, but she looked completely oblivious.

“Everyone done?” Aiden started picking up the left-over food.

“Yeah, would it be ok if I used your restroom before we left?” Jane asked as she cleaned, too.

“Yeah, it’s down that hall first door on your left,” Nathan responded to her.

Jane drank the rest of her coffee, putting the cup in the sink and before heading to the restroom. We each took a bathroom break and then gathered all our things, taking them to the Bronco. Jane followed us outside and went to grab her backpack from her car. I opened the back of the Bronco, packing all the crap Nathan brought with him. I usually hated carrying a lot of shit while we hiked, but I guess I’ll make an exception since we needed to eat.

“Nice Bronco,” Jane said as she gave me her backpack and the last of our bags.

“Thanks. I’ve slowly restored it, but it’s expensive and time-consuming.” I closed up the back.

“My youngest brother tried to do that for like two weeks before he figured out it was too hard and probably too expensive.” She walked around to the driver’s side and looked back to smile at me. “He’d be really jealous.”

I opened the door and let her into the back seat, getting a great view of her ass. I wanted to spank it, bite it, lick it, but my control was only so good that I had to look away or else I would have done something. Aiden raised his eyebrow like he caught me doing something bad. I mean, it’s not like I made a move, even though I really fucking wanted to. We all hopped into the Bronco, and I took off to our usual parking spot to get to Angel Falls. The drive was quiet. I kept looking in the review mirror, catching a glimpse of Jane looking at everything like it was her first time in Colorado. We got to the spot, and we all unloaded, each taking a backpack.

Jane took a deep breath, leaning her head back towards the sky. “I’ve missed this place,” she murmured.

“I can’t imagine living anywhere else.” Nathan stood beside her, taking a deep breath too. “I miss the city sometimes, but when I get to see and do stuff like this, it makes it all worthwhile.”

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