by Karen Renee
Cal shot Blood a look. Blood said, “Abby. Gonna have to put a lid on it, baby.”Abby gave Blood a pout.
I dug into my pocket for my keys and pulled the house key off. I handed it to Blood and said, “Here, before I forget. Those damn purple cocktails are strong.”
Blood looked at me with a sly smile on his face and I got the feeling he wanted to say something more, but he only said, “I’m sure they are. Thanks, babe. Should be up and running before close of business tomorrow, but Cal will keep you posted.”
When Cal pulled the boat up to the dock outside his house, Volt and Jackie were already there. Volt had a hand in Jackie’s back pocket, and Jackie had an arm around his waist with her other arm at his pectoral muscle. Volt let her go in order to catch the rope that Cal threw his way. The two of them had the boat secured to the dock in just minutes. I let Blood and Abby precede me off the boat, and Cal wound an arm around my waist. He said in my ear, “You gonna make it? Or do you still want me? I’ll send these bastards home if you need me to.”
Before I stepped off the boat, I said to him, “I’ll be okay. It’s good to work on one’s weaknesses.”
He arched an eyebrow at me. Once he was on the dock he asked me in a low voice, “Am I your weakness?”
I shook my head. “Controlling my horniness is my weakness.”
Cal grabbed me around the waist again as we followed the other two couples up the steps leading to the pool. He said, “That means I’m your weakness. I like it.”
We wandered into the patio and Volt was sitting at the bar with Jackie standing in between his legs. She tossed her head over her shoulder and said to me, “You’re totally right, Mallory. It’s the Jacuzzis that got me on my house. I forgot this pool doesn’t have one. You really do need to get on that, Cal.”
Cal looked at Volt. “Prez, your old lady is gonna drive me into bankruptcy. First, she insists my woman has to use your two-headed shower monstrosity‒” At this word, Jackie made a disgusted noise and I shrilly said, “It is not!” Not to be deterred, Cal continued as if we had not reacted. “Which has become Mallory’s gauge for whether my home will choose her; and second, your old lady’s trying to put a Jacuzzi in my fuckin’ pool.”
Volt gave Cal a slight grimace and said, “Sorry, man. What can I say, it’s what women do. They spend your damn money. But that’s okay, you got plenty of cake.”
I was wondering where Blood and Abby had disappeared to, when they both came out of the house, and they were as naked as the day is long. Abby was holding a chilled bottle of white wine, which she gave to Jackie. Blood was following right behind Abby carrying an armful of beers. He handed all but two of them off to Cal, and the two of them jumped straight into Cal’s pool.
I was frozen in shock, but managed to utter, “Heavens to Mergatroid, were they both totally naked?”
Volt, Cal, and Jackie all belly-laughed at me, and I gave an offended shrug. “What? It’s not like that was what I expected to happen on a cold March night after dinner at Clark’s. Okay?”
Jackie managed to say in between giggles, “That’s not it, Mal. Who the fuck says, ‘Heavens to Mergatroid?’” Then she giggled again.
From the pool, Blood yelled, “What’s so fuckin’ funny? If any of you are talkin’ about my junk, I’ll kick your ass. Old lady or not, Cal’s claimed woman or not.”
Jackie stomped her feet, and said, “Oh, shit. I gotta go to the bathroom again or I’m gonna pee my pants.”
Cal yelled back to Blood, “No, we’re givin’ Mallory shit about how she speaks.”
“Well, get her hot ass in here, so me and my old lady can hear this shit.”
Cal gave me a smirk. “You heard the man. Time for a swim.”
“I don’t have a swimsuit!”
Volt was walking by me and said, “Neither did Abs, but it didn’t stop her. God bless her.”
Cal was grinning at me and winked. What in the hell?
After I retrieved four wine glasses from the kitchen, I hopped into the pool with Volt, Jackie, Cal, Blood, and Abby. Jackie was swimming topless, but had her underwear on in the water. I wasn’t sure if this was a Volt mandate, or if it was her decision. Cal and Volt were both in the buff. I wasn’t in the altogether, but I still wasn’t altogether comfortable either, in my bra and panties. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I’d find myself in a fancy pool off Julington creek with three men who were skinny dipping. It was crazy. It was not something I would normally do. I had a sudden urge to call Natasha, but I had to quash it because I knew she’d say ‘hang it up and face time me, now chica!’ I didn’t see that going over well, at all.
I was minding my own business, drinking a glass of chardonnay at the edge of the pool. Cal and I had been chatting a moment ago. He took off to swim to the other side, or so I thought. Suddenly, I felt strong, callused hands around my knees and I found myself perched on a broad set of shoulders. I looked down and saw Volt’s dark hair at my belly. Jackie and Abby were squealing. Blood had Jackie perched on his shoulders, and Cal was gripping Abby’s knees at his shoulders.
I shot Cal and Blood a look. “What the fuck? Chicken? You cannot be serious.”
Someone made a chicken call, and Blood asked, “Are you scared, little girl?”
“No, but how am I supposed to trust Volt? His woman is half-naked, like that’s not a damn distraction of the first order.”
Blood grinned at Cal. “Your woman’s competitive. Me likey. You know, Mallory, you’re the unknown quantity here. You lose your bra and we’ll all be distracted.”
Abby laughed. “That’ll be one way to make sure Cal goes down.”
I gave her a smirk. “But then you’ll go down, too.”
Jackie was stretching her arms over her head. “Don’t listen to her, Mallory. She only wants to see your boobs, just like her old man.”
I gave both ladies a determined look. When my arms went to the back of my bra, I heard Cal rumble, “You remember what I told you at trivia the first night we met? ‘I never lose.’ Your tits are grade-A, babe, but it won’t be enough to distract me.”
I looked to the side for a moment, and then I looked back to Cal. What I was debating must have been clear as day on my face because Cal said, “Don’t even think about it.” This made me grin. I whispered to Volt, “Turn around and put me down please.”
He did as I asked, and before I could say anything he said in a low voice, “You’re not goin’ on my shoulders with no panties. Anything else you do is up to you. Keep this in mind, though, I’m not president of my club because I like to lose or make a habit of it. Got me?”
I gave him a chin lift and said, “I got you.”
When I was back in place and facing the others, Cal said, “That didn’t work out so well for you did it, sweet cheeks?”
I shrugged. “I guess you might say that.”
Blood recited the rules. Last ones standing won, though we were only winning bragging rights tonight. Just as he was counting down the beginning of the chicken fight, I whipped my bra off and sent it sailing over Abby’s head. When Blood said “Go,” she was distracted and Volt took me her way. I easily shoved her off of Cal, though part of the ease might have been my unnecessary, but also undeniable, jealousy. Before I could congratulate myself I noticed Jackie was leaning over Blood as far as she could. She was causing him to struggle slightly and I could see her weight was slightly off-balance. Volt angled us more toward them, and I managed to push her more off-balance. Next thing I knew, Jackie slipped off Blood with soft splash.
Volt let out a throaty sounding, “Yeah! That’s what I’m talking about!”
From behind me, Cal’s hands grabbed my hips and pulled me down. I was suddenly turned so I was facing him. He moved us to the shallow end and he growled, “You don’t put your pussy on any other man, but me.”
My right eye narrowed at him. I was lucky it wasn’t twitching yet. I said, “Oh, but it’s perfectly okay to have another woman’s pussy on the back of your neck? What
the fuck, man?”
Cal tilted his head slightly in a conceding motion. “Point taken, babe. Should’ve made Jackie my partner. Won’t happen again, but I do like seeing you with your tits out in my pool. You feel like popping your skinny-dipping cherry, I’ll make it worth your while.”
“Thought you said I’m not an exhibitionist? Which reminds me, I got plenty of questions about that little conversational nugget.”
Cal squeezed my ass. “You’re not an exhibitionist. Hell, it took nearly two hours and a blow to your competitive streak to get you topless. But, you’re mine and I don’t feel like sharing you. That isn’t to say I’m not gonna take you whenever and wherever I feel like it, I just don’t need my brothers to see it just yet. What I do like seeing, is you grabbing life by the horns and living it fully. That’s good stuff.”
I rolled my eyes. “I blame the two Purple People Eaters,” and then a little louder I said, “It’s all Jackie’s fault!”
* * * * *
Cal and I were standing in his foyer wearing towels and saying good night to Abby, Blood, Jackie, and Volt as they were leaving. Abby took me in a big hug and I said to her, “Tonight was a ton of fun. It was so nice to meet you, Abby.”
As Abby was pulling away she said low in my ear, “It was, and Cal’s right. Your tits are grade-A.”
I felt my eyes bug out at this declaration, and then to my surprise Abby planted a wet kiss on my cheek. This made my eyes get even bigger, which I had not thought was possible.
Blood was standing close by and said, “You really aren’t used to this kinda thing.”
I looked up at him and said, “I’m just a little high-strung.”
Volt said, “Thought I heard ‘tightly-wound’.”
I gave him a look as my right hand went straight to my cocked hip. “Yeah, and it was probably Vamp who said it, so consider the source.”
Everyone laughed, and Jackie cried out, “I told you she’s funny!”
Blood and Abby piled into the back seat of Jackie’s Jeep Liberty SUV, and Volt drove them home. Cal shut the door, locked it and gave me a devilish look.
“It’s time for the real fun to begin.”
“Sorry, but I gotta work in the morning, so I think fun time is done.”
Before I knew what Cal was about, he hunched down, put a shoulder to my belly, and carried me out to the patio. He whipped his towel off, as he strode to the pool as if I was nothing more than a sack of potatoes on his shoulder. I smacked his bare ass before he finally set me down. His fingers went into the towel under my armpits, and he said, “You’re gonna pay for that, sweets.”
He loosened my towel and flung it to the side so it landed on top of his. As soon as the towel was gone, he snagged my panties down my legs. Holding tight to the back of my knees, he picked me up and jumped into the water.
I spluttered up to the surface, glowering at the water. Cal emerged a few feet away and shook the water from his hair. I turned my glare to him and said, “What do you think you’re doing?”
“I’m gonna make you want me bad like you did on the boat, baby. Added bonus, I just popped your skinny-dipping cherry. Good times.”
He was not wrong. Good times, indeed. He took up right where we left off on the boat, me riding his fingers to a glorious climax. Even with that orgasm, I still found that I was dying to get Cal’s steely length inside of me.
Cal’s fingers had just left me, and I pressed the length of my body against his, moaning, “Cal. I have to have more. Please, God, let me have your cock, baby.”
My lips were lightly sucking on his neck, and I moved my lips up to his jaw to trace along it with my tongue. Cal turned his head and kissed me deep, but not long. He pulled away to say, “Found out last week from my doc, I’m clean on all fronts. While STDs aren’t an issue, can’t take you bare, ’cause we aren’t ready for you bein’ knocked up, and I don’t have a condom out here, Mallory.”
I hooked a leg around his hips and whispered, “I won’t get pregnant. I’ve got the implant . So, it’s great news that you’re clean. Please, honey. I need you.”
Cal’s hands ran through my wet hair and pulled in a deliciously harsh way. “I could have been going bareback all this time, woman?”
I gave him an innocent look. “I didn’t know you got tested, baby.”
He growled, but kissed me long and hard. Our tongues clashed and I felt a burn curl through my belly, up to my breasts, and down toward my core. I could get used to this, it was so damn good. With that in mind, I sunk my teeth into Cal’s lips. He growled again, loudly, and lifted my hips and drove himself into my sex. I couldn’t decide if it was paradise, nirvana, or heaven. No matter, Cal didn’t give me much time to contemplate it before he started thrusting hard into me, and I felt my back against the grainy concrete of the pool wall. Delicious torture if ever there was such a thing. I tilted my head back to look at the stars in the sky and I felt him sucking on the lower portion of my neck. It felt like I was getting drunk on him, and I didn’t stop him from doing anything he wanted to.
I didn’t know how long we were in the pool, but I did know that I had definitely popped my cherry on skinny-dipping and pool sex. I was officially a big fan of both, especially if either of those included Cal Robertson. I could certainly get used to Cal’s brand of “real fun.” Embracing my inner wild-child was more fun than I ever could have imagined. I just had to hope to the heavens that I didn’t get burned in the process of having so much untraditional fun.
Chapter 20
I was at my desk by 8:30 on Monday morning. My cell phone indicated that I had missed two phone calls from Natasha. She had also sent me a text while I was in the pool the previous night, which read, “is this thing on?” I knew she had a full day of classes and other items before spring break, which was scheduled for next week. I had to think long and hard to compose a text to her that wouldn’t incite an unforeseen riot and would still be enough to keep her from calling me before she had a free period to herself. Hopefully, mentioning Cal’s house would be an innocuous subject.
Sorry 2b radio silent. Cal’s house may be our summer pool party destination. He has a boat! Call me when you have a free period.
Almost immediately, I got a response. You bet I will. Planning period @ 10:35am
I took a break from my desk at ten-thirty and wandered out to my car in the parking lot. Right on time, Natasha called my cell.
“Girl. You better have a good reason for leaving me hanging yesterday! Where did Vamp take you? I noticed he moved to the driver’s seat in your car. I was starting to get worried he’d taken you to some secret harem or something.”
I giggled. “I think running a secret harem would be difficult while being a fully-patched member of a MC.”
“Hell if I know, but that man and Jackie’s stories about him, I think he might be able to do it. So, what were you up to yesterday? Did you get on Cal’s boat?”
“Oh, yeah. And he took me to Clark’s for dinner by boat. It was awesome. Helluva lot easier to dock a boat than try to drive a sedan around their cramped parking lot. And Jackie, Volt, Blood, and his woman Abby met us there.”
“Well, what are Leon and I? Chopped liver over here on the Westside? Hmmph!”
“Honey, I had nothing to do with the planning of it. And seriously, could you have gotten a babysitter at a moment’s notice?”
“Yeah, yeah. I’m just givin you shit. But seriously, you couldn’t call me after dinner?”
“Well…”
“Did you christen his boat?”
“Not quite.”
Natasha laughed for a couple of minutes. “Girl….now this is what I’m talkin’ about. I’ve told Leon, I want a cruise for my birthday. I want sex on the water.”
“We did sex in the water, not on the water.”
“Girl, are you crazy? People have gotten skin-eating diseases from swimming in the river!"
“Not the river! His heated pool.”
“Oooh! Heated. I like it. Yes, th
at might just trump Jackie’s place. Um-hmm.”
I giggled, and Natasha took a deep breath and then said, “Okay, Mal. Nookie in the pool does not take all night no matter how much stamina your man has. Something’s missing here.”
I sighed. “Well, Jackie and the others came back too. Blood and Abby suddenly came out of the house naked as jay-birds and went skinny-dipping.”
“And you didn’t call me, why?”
My eyebrows furrowed, not that Natasha could see it. “Cause you’d have wanted me to face-time you in order to see everything.”
Natasha chuckled. “Why, of course. What part of ‘vicarious’ do you not understand?”
“Well, I didn’t skinny-dip then.”
“Umm hmmm.”
I blew out a breath. “We played chicken.”
“And who won?”
“Me, of course. I snuck my bra off just before we started. It distracted Abby. Apparently, she and Cal both think I have grade-A ta-tas.”
Natasha laughed. Then she said, “I think you got goaded into taking your top off, chica. Which is exactly why you should have face-timed my ass to start with. I’d have been an interested yet disinterested observer.”
I grinned, and said, “Your disinterest would have been highly suspect.”
Natasha blew out a breath.. “You’re right. So, he’s got a boat?”
I smiled. “Yes, and he lives on the water off Julington Creek.”
There was a pause and then Natasha said, “Mallory, I don’t want to jinx anything, or freak you out, but you sound happy, for the first time in a long damn time.”
I sighed with guilt.
Natasha did not let that go unremarked. “Girl, you gotta let go of that shit in your head. I don’t care if you give it to me or someone else. Just let somebody take that shit from you.”
I groaned. “I know, but I feel like it’s all out of my control. It’s like since the break-in he’s been pushing full steam ahead. ‘You aren’t staying by yourself with a hole in your door. I’m fixing it, no charge.’ Then we were over before we began. Suddenly he sees me with James and two days later it’s all systems go. If it were up to me, I doubt I’d have anything to do with him at all. I feel like I need another opinion on Cal.”
