Third Chances

by Smoak, Ivy

  Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Professor Hunter's brother stand up and join his friends. "So it seems like you all know each other already. But who's your friend?"

  Is he talking about me? Please don't be talking about me.

  "That's Daphne," Layla said. "Daphne, did you ever have James in class?"

  Crap. Now I had to walk over there. "No," I said and stood up, keeping my towel in front of my body. "But Kristen used to go on and on about him."

  Professor Hunter laughed and Kristen gave me a death stare.

  Maybe Professor Hunter wasn't as uptight as I thought. It probably was just the onslaught of students flirting with him that made him so uncomfortable. Despite the fact that one of my best friends was in love with him, I was always a fan of his story with Penny. And I believed that the school made up rumors about them. Because I had seen them in tabloids too. They clearly adored each other. And here he was on his bachelor party. If they weren't truly in love, they wouldn't be getting married.

  I realized I was standing there awkwardly. "So, Mason, Matt, James, and Rob," I said, gesturing toward each of them as I said their names. "Nice to meet you, guys."

  "The pleasure is all ours," Matt said. "I see you ladies already lost your bracelets. I guess you're hot commodities at the Blue Parrot Resort."

  Layla laughed. "Not exactly." She looked over at me.

  Don't you dare. I will hate you forever. I'm warning you, Layla. But we barely knew each other. She couldn't read my stares yet.

  "Daphne's the only one of us who is single. So we gave them all to her." She pulled my towel off my arm, revealing both my inappropriately tiny bikini and my four gold bracelets all at once.

  Shit! I quickly folded my arms in front of my chest.

  I looked over at Rob. He had put his hands in the pockets of his swim trunks. He looked disappointed. I felt my heart sink. I thought he was attracted to me. But now that he had seen my stupid bikini, it seemed like he had changed his mind. Probably because it was way too revealing and I looked like a hooker. I was pretty impressed that he was staring at my bracelets instead of my breasts though.

  "And this is why you save your card until after breakfast," Matt said to Rob and walked toward me.

  No. No, no, no.

  "Daphne, it's nice to meet you." He put his hand out for me to shake.

  Which meant I had to unfold my arms. Damn it. I put my hand out for him to shake and then immediately crossed my arms again when his eyes wandered to my breasts.

  "I was just about to head back to our room," I said. "I forgot my sunglasses, so..." I let my voice trail off.

  "Gotcha. How about I walk you?"

  Did he seriously think that was a proposition for sex? "Oh. No. I really just forgot my sunglasses. I'm certainly not in need of an escort."

  Matt smiled as he pulled a card out of his pocket. "How about we do this first?" He held the card out in front of me.

  I reluctantly looked down at the card. It read, "Apply sunscreen to me."

  Phew. "I'm actually a huge proponent of sunscreen. So, I've already applied it. But thanks for offering. Maybe you should use it on one of those girls over there? They look like they're dangerously close to getting sunburnt." I pointed to a group of women on the other side of the pool. They were a little older than us, but not by much. I was sure they'd love to have Matt's hands all over them.

  Matt smiled. "Oh, no, the card means that you have to apply it to me. And I'm not wearing any."

  I looked over at my friends for help. But there wasn't anything they could do. I noticed Rob whispering something to Professor Hunter out of the corner of my eye.

  "And I also don't have any here, which means we need to go buy some first." He linked his arm in mine.

  "Actually, I have some in my bag." I pulled my arm out of his. Crap, did I just agree to do this?

  "Perfect."

  I sighed. Whatever. I'd apply sunscreen to this muscular stranger and then I'd swim my laps and have a relaxing afternoon. I grabbed the sunscreen out of my bag and followed Matt over to his chair.

  "Front or back first, sweetheart?" he asked.

  Sweetheart? Vomit. "Um...back?" The front was going to be more awkward.

  "Sure thing." He lay down on his stomach.

  "You really should wear sunscreen whenever you go outside. Just a few minutes in the sun without it can be very damaging, you know."

  "It's good you were here to save me, then."

  "If you'd like, I can just show you how to apply it properly by yourself so you don't miss any spots. The back is always the hardest, but it's doable. Do you want me to show you?"

  "How about we talk about that after you apply mine real quick? I don't want to get burnt."

  Fair point. God knows how long he had already been out here without it. I can't believe I'm doing this. I put a glob of sunscreen on my hand and sat down on the edge of his pool chair.

  Rob crouched down next to Matt and whispered something in his ear.

  "Nope," Matt said.

  Rob looked up at me and winked.

  Was he trying to get me out of this? That was really sweet. None of my friends had tried to help me.

  Rob whispered something else in Matt's ear.

  "Seriously?" Matt sat up and stared at him

  "I swear."

  Matt looked at me for a second and then stood up. "Why do I feel like I'm going to regret this?"

  Rob smiled. "Because she's beautiful."

  I knew I blushed at his words. When our waiter had said it last night, he was talking to all four of us. But Rob was saying it directly to me.

  "Okay, well, thanks. I'll just...here," I said and put the glob of sunscreen that was in my hand onto Matt's hand. "You should still apply that. You don't want to get burnt. Especially on your shoulders. Actually, you're going to need more than that. So just bring this back when you're done." I put the bottle in his other hand. "And I'm just going to go back over to my friends. It was nice meeting all of you." I turned away from them.

  "Not so fast." I almost jumped at the touch of a hand on my waist and the warm breath on my neck.

  I looked up at Rob. His face was close to mine. I noticed how his shaggy hair stuck a little to his forehead because of the heat. My eyes wandered down his face to his alluring deep brown of his eyes, which were intently staring at me.

  I gulped. I wasn't one to get flustered over a guy. "Well thanks for saving me from that, Rob." I awkwardly stuck out my hand to him.

  "Well, don't thank me yet. I didn't save you." He lifted up Matt's card. "I'm just taking Matt's place because I can tell you'd rather it be me."

  Chapter 8

  Rob

  She gaped at me. Her jaw actually dropped. Like that was the most shocking thing anyone had ever said to her. She was clearly in need of some fun. But I barely noticed her gaping, because I was completely transfixed by her green eyes. They looked like emeralds in the sun. I had never seen eyes that color before. It felt like I had been waiting to see her without her sunglasses forever. And now here she was, the girl in the grass. I shouldn't have been surprised that her eyes were the very color of the grass she used to lay in.

  I had been dreaming about this girl for over a year and now she had just shown up out of the blue. She was literally about to fall into my lap. I had blown my first chance with her. I wasn't going to blow my second chance. Especially to Matt. I lightly touched the bottom of her chin.

  She snapped her mouth shut and took a step back from me. She looked flustered and her cheeks were rosy. If there was one thing I loved besides fucking, it was making girls blush. This girl was even better than I had even hoped.

  "I wouldn't rather it be one of you versus the other. I would rather just not do it at all."

  "I don't think that's true. Ever since you walked over here, you haven't been able to keep your eyes off me."

  "That is not true, sir." She pressed her lips together like she regretted what she had just said.

  Sir? Did s
he just call me sir? I smiled. She was clearly a lot kinkier than I would have first guessed. I wasn't really into BDSM, but I certainly wouldn't mind spanking her firm ass. And she could call me whatever she wanted as long as she spread her legs for me. "Rules are rules, Daphne. Where would you like to put your hands all over me? Is here good, or should we go somewhere a little more private?"

  She shook her head. "Neither is good, because I'm pretty sure I don't have to do it now. Because you can't go switching cards around. It's against the rules."

  I smiled. "Against the rules? I'm not sure that's true. Besides, you did steal all your friends' bracelets."

  "I did not steal my friends' bracelets. They put them on me while I was sleeping."

  "Minor detail. Regardless, if switching cards is against the rules, surely wearing your friends' bracelets is too."

  "I know. And I tried to make that point to the man at the front desk, but he was super unreasonable."

  "Who, Javier? That doesn't sound like him at all. He's been nothing but accommodating."

  She scoffed. "Maybe to you."

  "Well, maybe I could talk to him for you." That seemed to make her relax a little. She even smiled for a second, and her smile was beautiful.

  "That would be fantastic. Thank you. I was just there this morning. About an hour ago I believe. Hopefully he's still on duty."

  "Not right now." I sat down in the chair that Matt had been in a minute ago. "First I'm cashing this in." I lifted up the card.

  "But you just agreed that it was against the rules." She made this cute pouty face. Her lips were full and soft looking. It was easy to imagine them around my cock. Just the thought was starting to make me hard.

  "Did I? I'm pretty sure I said it wasn't against the rules. And then I offered to talk to Javier for you out of the kindness of my own heart. But first, I need you to give me something."

  "Are you really not wearing sunscreen either? You guys are completely irresponsible."

  "I'm naturally tan." I noticed her eyes run down my body, hesitating slightly on my abs. It couldn't be any clearer that she wanted me unless she got down on her knees and begged. Which sounded pretty good to me. I was sure I could have her there in a few hours.

  "Still." She folded her arms across her chest. I wasn't sure if she realized it, but this stubborn act just made me want her even more. There was no way I was going to let her go now.

  "Here's the deal, Daphne. Lather me up with sunscreen and then I'll give you whatever you want."

  "So...you will talk to Javier?"

  "If you still want to waste my favor on talking to Javier after having your hands all over me, that's up to you. But I'm pretty sure you'll be wanting something else."

  She rolled her eyes.

  Fuck. Blushing and eye rolling? This girl was fantastic. I grabbed the bottle of sunscreen from Matt and handed it to her.

  She hesitantly took the bottle from me. "Well, lie down and let's get this over with."

  "That's what she said," I said.

  She laughed. It was a tiny laugh that she probably hadn't meant to let escape, but there it was. She thought I was funny. This was definitely working out in my favor.

  "But don't get the wrong idea. Women never say that to me. They just beg me to never let it stop."

  Her cheeks got a little rosy again. "Sure." She squirted some of the sunscreen into her hand as I lay down on my stomach.

  After she massaged the sunscreen into my back she'd be more comfortable with my body and me. That way it would be easier to convince her to straddle me when I turned over. Which in turn would allow her to feel how hard I was getting. And then we could fuck in one of the showers they had around the pool for rinsing off. This was going to be a great afternoon.

  I felt the cushion sag slightly as she sat down beside me. But she didn't touch me at all. A second later I felt the cold lotion splash onto my back. And then her hesitant fingers slid down my back.

  At first, she barely applied any pressure. As if she was scared of touching me. But soon she was massaging my shoulders, spending a little too long for just applying lotion in my opinion. Her hands snaked down to the waistline of my shorts and dipped under slightly.

  I wanted to make a joke about how handsy she was being, but I didn't want to scare her off when she was finally getting into it. Her hands moved to the backs of my legs, massaging my calves. I swallowed down a groan in my throat. Damn this feels good. This girl was good with her hands.

  She cleared her throat. "You can turn over now."

  I rolled over and put my arms behind my head.

  She didn't make eye contact with me as she squirted some lotion on her hands. I watched her rub the sunscreen into my legs. She was really sexy. Her hair was a light brown and she had hypnotizing green eyes. Her skin looked soft and pale and delicate. I wanted to grab her and pull her on top of me. But she seemed like a flight risk. And I definitely didn't want to risk losing her when I almost had her right where I wanted.

  She paused when she finished putting sunscreen on my legs.

  "It'll probably be easier if you straddle me now."

  She finally made eye contact with me. "I think I can manage without climbing on top of you, thank you very much."

  "I don't know...it is my card. I feel like I get to decide how it's done."

  "You're joking, right?"

  "Even though I do joke around a lot, I'm not joking about this." I put my hand on her thigh.

  She immediately bit her lip.

  Trying to resist me? I don't think so. I slid my hang slightly up her thigh. "I promise I won't bite." Until later.

  She visibly gulped. "And then we talk to Javier?"

  "Whatever you want."

  She squirted a glob of sunscreen onto her hand. "Fine. If you insist."

  She put her hand on the center of my chest and kept it there for support as she straddled me.

  I swallowed down my groan again. I could not wait to fuck this girl.

  As soon as she lowered herself onto me, her eyes bulged.

  Just wait till I'm inside of you.

  Chapter 9

  Daphne

  Holy shit he has a boner. What was the best plan of action here? Get up and walk away? No. I had already completed more than half of that stupid card. It would be wonderful to be rid of at least one bracelet. The most logical thing to do would be to ignore it. I coughed awkwardly.

  "Something wrong?" Rob asked.

  "Oh, no. Not at all."

  I glanced at his face. He had a smug smile, like he was happy with my response. Damn it. I had basically just said I loved his boner. Or at least that I didn't mind it being pressed against me. I took a deep breath. This would be over in just a few minutes. And then he'd talk to Javier, I'd be bracelet free, and get to swim my laps in peace.

  I ran my fingers though the sunscreen, rubbing it onto his hard pecks. God he has a nice body. It wasn't like I hadn't imagined doing this to him when he ran by me on campus without a shirt. Who wouldn't dream of touching him like this after seeing his abs? It didn't mean anything. I trailed my hands down his six pack, spreading the lotion in the contours of his abs. This was probably the most erotic thing I had ever done outside of sex. Or maybe it just seemed that way because while I was applying the sunscreen, I could feel him getting harder underneath me. And bigger. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't getting turned on myself. His cock pressing against me was making me wet. I just hoped that when I stood up my bathing suit wouldn't have a wet spot on my crotch.

  While I had been thinking about the implications, I realized I had just been running my hands along his abs over and over again. What the hell am I doing?

  I quickly squirted more sunscreen into my hands and leaned forward, massaging it into his muscular arms. I got up on my knees so that I would no longer be pressed against his bulging erection. And I'd be lying again if I said I didn't miss the pressure of him against me. Fuck. I quickly finished applying it to his arms.

  "All done." I move
d my leg to climb off but he quickly grabbed my hip.

  "Not so fast. What about my face?"

  I looked down at this hand on my hip. His long fingers were curved around the bone, resting on my exposed ass cheek. I pushed his hand off of me and looked down at his face. "Fine."

  He grabbed my waist, pulling me against his waiting erection again, as he sat up.

  And I moaned. Out loud. The sound actually escaped from my mouth.

  A smile curled onto Rob's face. "Are you going to do me or not?"

  I tried to move away, but his hands were firmly on my hips. "Excuse me?"

  He let go of my waist with one hand and ran his index finger under one of his eyes. "Sunscreen, beautiful. Not all of us have such dirty minds."

  And I knew my face turned bright red. Maybe he had or maybe hadn't been referring to putting sunscreen on his face. But I was the only one who had verbally jumped to the conclusion that he was talking about sex. "I knew what you meant." I picked up the bottle again and squirted some in my palm.

  "Sure." His hands had slid slightly off my hips and were much more on my ass now.

  I tried to ignore him as I gently applied the sunscreen under his eyes and over his nose. He was tan, but he had these tiny little freckles under his eyes. They gave him a boyish charm on top of his rugged exterior and clearly dirty mind. I ran my fingers through the scruff on his jaw line. I had always liked how rough facial hair felt on my palms. For some reason it made me even hornier.

  I was extremely aware that his hands had moved to the tops of my thighs. His thumbs had hooked on the insides of my thighs and were a fraction of an inch away from my bathing suit bottom. It was hard to pay attention to applying the sunscreen when I was hyper focused on how close his fingers were to touching me.

  "So, I've been thinking about that favor I owe you for doing this. And I can tell how badly you want to kiss me right now. How about I just let you do that?"

  "How badly I want to kiss you? I don't think so, hotshot. You're clearly the one that wants to kiss me. Bartering with your friend to get his card. Asking me to straddle you. Running your hands across my ass. Massaging my inner thighs." I slapped his hand away.