Chapter 15
Chapter Fifteen
“I cannot believe you talked me into doing this.”
The smile Kat flashed him was worth any of the anxiety Andy was feeling at that moment from standing on the top of the out-of-service rail bridge that spanned the river gorge over a hundred feet in the air. And he was feeling a lot of anxiety.
“You agreed to help,” she reminded him with a mischievous smile. “No matter what. Besides, it could be worse. We could be in an airplane right now.”
She was right. On both counts. He had agreed to help her with all the things on her list, and it very well could have been an airplane that she’d chosen. Not that it could have felt any worse than it already did.
“I’m surprised you look so casual about all of this. You hate heights.” It was something they had in common from when they were young. Craig used to tease them when they were on the chair lift together. Both Andy and Kat refused to ever look down, and on the few occasions when the chair would be stopped, they would take turns keeping each other occupied, so that neither of them would panic.
“I do.” She swallowed hard and tilted her head up to look at the few fluffy white clouds in the otherwise bright-blue sky. The sun would set soon, but for now they had a gorgeous day. “So do you.”
He laughed nervously but there was no way he was going to walk away from the challenge. Not now. He’d given her his word, and he intended to keep it.
“Okay, you two.” The woman named Juniper, who looked far too young to be officially in charge of either of their lives, stood from where she’d been crouching in front of them. “You’re all strapped in.”
Andy swallowed hard and reached for Kat’s good hand. It was clammy, and she clenched his tightly while they listened to Juniper give them instructions. Not that there were many. It all seemed pretty straightforward.
Step backward.
Fall.
Sure, there was a bungee rope attached to their ankles, but all at once it didn’t feel adequate to be the only thing standing between them and the riverbed a hundred feet below.
“Are you sure you want to do this?”
She shook her head. “I know I don’t want to do this.” She squeezed her eyes shut and when she opened them again, Andy saw the familiar flash of determination that meant Kat was prepared to do whatever she needed to do .
“Same.” He winked, and she laughed.
Juniper gave them each a concerned look. “If you want to back out, I need to?—”
“We’re not backing out.”
“No way.”
They spoke at the same time, and Juniper chuckled. “Okay. Since you guys decided to go tandem, you need to hold onto each other in some way.”
No problem. Andy didn’t have any intention of letting go of Kat while they plunged through the air.
“You can hold hands if you want.” She gestured with her head to their linked hands. “But I’d recommend an embrace. It’s a pretty intense experience. I don’t know what your relationship is, but it’s pretty wicked to experience it with someone else. It’s intimate, really.”
A shot of desire that he had no business feeling at that moment raced through him.
Andy turned to face Kat. “I think that’s the perfect way to do this, don’t you?”
He didn’t wait for an answer before he wrapped his arms around her petite body and pulled her close. She responded by reaching around his back and squeezing with her good hand. Her cast rested heavily against him. He tightened his grip. There was no way he would let go.
Andy looked down into her eyes. “Breathe with me, Kitty Kat.”
She nodded and fell into rhythm with his deep breaths.
“Perfect,” Juniper said. “Now, whenever you’re ready, just count to three and step off. ”
He waited a beat. “Ready?”
Kat nodded, and he counted.
The next thing Andy knew, they were falling through the air; someone was screaming and the world was rushing past him in a blur as they plunged toward the river.
It took him a moment to realize he was the one screaming and right when he did, they hit the end of their bungee rope and bounced back up through the air.
Andy’s scream turned to hooting and hollering, and Kat joined in, too, as they bounced through the air.
“That was incredible!”
“Holy shit!”
The world around them was still a blur, but Andy focused on Kat, who came into focus perfectly. Her cheeks were tear streaked, but she had a grin on her face. She’d never looked sexier.
“That was absolutely?—”
He cut her off with a kiss. She moaned into his mouth, and he pulled her even closer while he greedily deepened the kiss, needing so much more in that moment.
When he finally pulled away so they could take a much-needed breath, they were both breathing heavily.
“This is crazy.” Kat looked around and laughed. “We’re upside down.”
“It sure looks different from this angle, doesn’t it?”
She laughed even harder. “My hair must be insane.”
Andy didn’t take his eyes off her. “You’ve never looked more fucking gorgeous than you do right now.”
The laughter died on her lips as she once more locked eyes with him. “She wasn’t wrong when she said it was an intimate experience.”
Kat sucked on her bottom lip, and he was completely lost to her once more.
“As soon as we get out of here, I’ll show you something a hell of a lot more intimate than this, Kitty Kat.”
Her body felt like it was going to explode if she didn’t have him inside her. Now.
Kat hardly remembered how they got back to the bridge surface. And she had almost no recollection of the debriefing by Juniper, or walking hand in hand with Andy off the bridge to his parked car.
Her blood was running so hot that the only thing she could focus on was getting him naked as quickly as possible. There was literally nothing else that mattered.
The moment he sat in the driver’s seat and turned the key, she was already climbing over the armrest to him, but he stopped her with a gentle hand.
“Kat. Let me…ohh.” His eyes closed, his mouth open as she ran her palm over his very hard cock that was straining against the zipper of his jeans. “Shit, Kat. Not here.”
“Yes. Here.”
He groaned and again, his eyes shut as he momentarily gave himself over to the pleasure she was giving him with only the simplest touch. “Let me drive. To somewhere a little more private. ”
It made sense, and even through her lust-driven fog, Kat could see the value of not getting arrested for public indecency. “Okay.” But just because she’d agreed didn’t mean she was going to make it easy for him. Andy put the car in drive, and as deftly as she could with one wrist in a cast, she slipped the button of his jeans free and tugged the zipper free.
Andy moaned when she pushed his underwear down and freed his cock. She took a moment to enjoy the sight of him, but only one before she wrapped her fingers around his hard shaft and squeezed before slowly and methodically working her grip up and down.
“Dammit, Kat. That feels so fucking good.”
“Mmm.” She licked her lips and shifted in her seat until she could bend easily over his lap and take him into her mouth.
He sucked in a breath.
Kat smiled to herself and continued with her task. Her tongue swirled around his head, tasting the salty precum of his excitement before she slowly licked the length of him and then—sucked.
“Holy shit, Kat.”
His body tensed beneath her, but she couldn’t have stopped if she’d wanted to. And she certainly didn’t want to.
“I’m going to crash the fucking car if you keep that up.”
She pulled her mouth from him just enough to look up. “Then park the fucking car.”
He growled in response as she refocused on what she was doing. Vaguely, she felt the car speed up briefly, before they turned and finally he applied the brakes and mercifully put the car in park.
His fingers twisted in her hair, and he gently tugged. “I’m going to need you to get your pants off and get over here.” He issued his orders in a tightly controlled, low voice that left no room for argument.
Not that he would get one from her. Kat’s panties were soaked with need. And he hadn’t even touched her yet.
Kat lifted herself from his lap and looked him straight in the eye as she ran her index finger over her bottom lip before sticking it between her lips.
The growl rumbled deep in his chest, and desire flared in his eyes. “Kitty Kat, you are fucking killing me.”
“That’s the idea.” She winked and before he could ask again, she kicked her sneakers off and with her good hand, tugged her leggings and panties down and over her feet.
Andy had pushed the driver’s seat back as far as it would go and had somehow found a condom and sheathed himself by the time she was finished.
“Get over here.” He reached for her, and as smoothly as she could, Kat climbed over the armrest and onto his lap.
Her already tightly wired body sparked to life the moment her skin touched his. He held her up, hovering over his hard length.
She sucked in a breath and closed her eyes, but just for a moment. She’d dreamed about their first time together so many times, she could hardly believe that finally, after a few near misses, it was actually going to happen.
Up until then, they’d always been able to pretend they were only friends. They hadn’t technically crossed the line and hit the point of no return. But if they did this, there wouldn’t be any coming back from it.
No more pretending that whatever there was between them was only sort of platonic and maybe that was a bad idea. But in that moment, Kat didn’t care.
As if he read her mind, Andy looked straight into her eyes. “We’re doing this?”
She bit her bottom lip and nodded. Oh yeah, they were definitely doing this.
In response, Andy wrapped his hand through the strands at the back of her head and pulled her mouth to his.
“Say it.” Andy breathed the words against her lips. “I need to hear you say that you want this as much as I do.”
He held her in place, their lips and bodies only inches apart. His body ached for her in a way he’d never experienced before.
He couldn’t think straight with his need for her racing through his blood. More than anything, he wanted to make his Kitty Kat his , once and for all, but he needed to know she wanted it just as badly, because it would change everything between them forever.
“I do,” she murmured. “I want this, Andy. I want you .”
It was all he needed to hear. He pressed his mouth against hers as he settled his hands over her hips and gently guided her down onto his throbbing dick .
She sucked in a breath, and Andy froze, forcing himself to move slowly. He took his time exploring her mouth with his while he let her body adjust to his size. She was so tight, but her body molded easily to him, taking all of him just as he’d imagined she would.
After a moment, Kat moaned and started to rock her hips against his.
He pulled away from the kiss and looked into her eyes; her pupils were blown, nothing but desire and heat in her gaze.
“You’re so fucking perfect, Kitty Kat.” He kissed her again as he pulled her tight against his chest. His hands slipped down the smooth skin of her back and circled over her rib cage before moving up to her breasts.
“You are wearing far too many clothes.” Without waiting for a response, Andy pushed her T-shirt up and over her head, and with a quick flick relieved her of her bra, too. “Better.” He sat back as much as he could so he could take in the sweet sight of her.
“I could say the same for you.” Kat sat back a little, making him groan.
He took the opportunity to reach out and let his hands slide over her perfect tits and creamy skin.
She took a moment to assess his still half-clothed body. A small, sexy smile played at her lips as she ran a finger along the hem of his shirt before she rolled her hips, which had the very desirable effect of pressing him deeper inside her.
He dropped his head back and moaned. “Dammit, woman. You are absolutely incredible and if you want me naked, I will be more than happy to strip myself bare for you.” He held her gaze. “Later.” His hands clamped tightly on her hips. “In fact, when we’re done here, I will be driving you straight back to your apartment, where I plan on both of us being very, very naked so I can lay you down on your bed and worship that beautiful little body properly. But right now, I’m afraid I don’t have that kind of self-control.”
Her nostrils flared with desire and again, she rolled her hips, grinding herself against him. Andy gritted his teeth. Holding back was proving to be an increasingly difficult task.
Kat wrapped her good hand in the hairs at the back of his head and kissed him hard before pulling back and licking her bottom lip. “Fortunately for you, I agree to those terms.”
“Hell ya, you do.”
Like two horny teenagers, they moved together, furious and fast. Andy thrust up into her sweet heat while using his tight grip on her hips to move her up and down onto him until he felt her muscles tighten around him, and not a moment too soon as he felt his own climax building to the unstoppable point of no return.
He held her tighter, his arms wrapping around her as they each let their climaxes wash through them. After a moment, she shifted a little on his lap and dropped her head to his shoulder. She pressed a kiss to the sensitive skin on his clavicle before nuzzling into his neck. It was single-handedly the best cuddle he’d ever experienced. And as far as Andy was concerned, he never wanted it to end.
And maybe it wouldn’t have either, but after a few minutes, he felt her shiver, reminding Andy that it was getting late and the sun was starting to go down. Even in the summer, when the sun slipped behind the clouds, it could get cold, fast.
Never mind the fact that they were still in the car, where anyone could come across them. He’d managed to drive a little way down the mountain service road before he found an old logging road to pull off onto, but it was far from private.
“You’re cold, Kitty Kat.”
She shook her head against his chest. “I’m fine.”
“You’re definitely fine.” Andy chuckled. “But you’re also cold. Let’s get you home.”
The promise of what awaited them in the privacy of Kat’s apartment made the thought of her moving her perfect naked body off his lap a little more bearable.
He gave her one more kiss on the top of her red head before gently lifting her chin and kissing her lips softly.
She looked up at him and blinked slowly. “Can we stop for celebratory burgers on the way home?”
Andy couldn’t help but laugh. “Are we celebrating that we finally?—”
“No!” It was Kat’s turn to laugh. She climbed over the console into the passenger seat and tugged her T-shirt over her head. “Did you forget the whole jumping off the bridge thing?”
He scrubbed a hand over his face and shook his head. “Is it bad that I kind of did?”
Kat smacked him gently in the arm .
“I mean,” Andy said, “that was cool and all, but…” He leaned over to give her another kiss. “I really like what came next.”
She shoved him lightly with a giggle. “That was fun, too. But we need to celebrate that I crossed the first thing off my “Dad’s Do-It List.”
“Is that what we’re calling it?” He tilted his head and gave her a look.
Kat shrugged in response. “I haven’t decided on a name yet.” She reached down and tugged her leggings up before grabbing her sneakers. Andy had tidied up and refastened his jeans by the time Kat was done tying her shoes.
She pulled her hair back into a ponytail and gave him a wink. “So? Burgers at the Shed? I feel like something extra bad for me.”