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I totally unleashed on him and then Lexi had to step in and break up all the fun. I wanted to let this guy have it. Not only for what he did to Lacey but for busting up our party. I was totally sober now. Jerk. Though, I almost had to laugh at the fact that Lexi totally punched this guy right in the face. Way to go Lex. Didn’t know you had it in

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I had to give Lacey credit. She was trying to lighten things up. I guess I was being pretty sour right now. I couldn't help it though. Not only did that guy bust up the party, but now everyone knew my secret. Way to bust me out Caleb. Thanks.

Lifting my shoulders in a shrug, I looked over at her. "Doesn't matter. He was a jerk, that part was obvious. I don't think anyone knew him. He just showed up. Probably looking for trouble, which he found. Good thing Lexi broke it up when she did."

She tipped the bottle back, drinking it down just as fast as I had. I had to smile at that. Never seen a girl drink so much and not be totally wasted. Well, unless you count Lexi. That girl could drink anyone under the table.

My eyes traveled down to where she was showing me she'd been hit. I lifted my brow. Huh. Didn't look that bad, I could've sworn it hit her harder than that. It knocked her backwards. Why didn't it leave a bigger mark than that? "Doesn't look too bad, but I'm still sorry you got hit." I gave her a slight grin, taking the bottle from her.

Taking a long swallow, I nodded. "Me too. It's all his fault." I said, nodding as I looked over at her. "Let's stop talking about that jerk. He doesn't have to ruin the whole night does he?" I smiled a little bigger this time. I mean, here we were, drinking a whole bottle of Dom, away from the party, watching the waves come in. Why not have some fun?

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I nodded, still a little curious as to where Lexi learned to pack a punch like that. 'Self defense' my Tae-Bo enforced little Southern ass. Then again, I had taken one of those magic ball things that seemed to be puttin' the hurt on both of the boys way better than either of them, and the mark was pretty much an afterthought already. Or maybe it was just really, really dark and the shadows of the bonfire made it look that way?

"Well that's Lexi for you. Party on her terms and God help you if you don't play by her rules." I smiled. She was a brat and I loved her for it. No one messed with her, and therefor, no one messed with us when I was with her, and things just seemed to run more smoothly that way. For us at least. Well, less for me when there's a hundred or so people spillin' our of Kaci's house right now. But that's not really something I can undo, is it? Might as well have fun while I'm here and make Lexi's billionaire daddy foot the bill for the cleaning service in the morning since this is technically her fault.

"Don't be." I said, when he apologized again as I shook my head. "I'm fine, I promise. I'll live. You'll live. Everyone else will live. Nothin' to be sorry for." I took the bottle of Dom from him at his suggestion that we not let it ruin our night. He'd left just one nice little long last swallow for me and I matched his raised brow with one of my own. "We could always go swimming." I suggested, as I tipped the bottle back and drank the rest of it before tossing it out to sea; a bottle without a message.

Obviously, he hadn't taken a hint, or maybe he was wondering if I meant that we should head back up to the house and swim in the pool with the rest of the drunk morons. Reaching down, I pulled my tiny piece of a top off by the bottom hem, clearing it of my hair before tossing it in the sand a few feet up and away from the tide's pull, revealing a strapless black bra that fit snugly around my chest. Leaning down, I unbuttoned my jeans before shimmying out of them, revealing a matching pair of low cut panties, tossing them near where my shirt had landed.

I walked over to him, smiling playfully, my heels still on. "Arms up." I told him softly, pulling his shirt up over his head as he complied, before tossing it toward the growing pile of clothing in the sand. My cellphone buzzed with a text message, but I didn't hear it over the sound of the waves. Reaching down, I started to undo his jeans but my hands got to his waistline, my eyes looking up at his, and I hesitated. I'd never taken a guy's pants off before. Flicking the button undone with my thumb, I stepped back, kicking each of my heels toward our clothes as I started walking backward toward the water.

"Hope you're not wearing tightie whities..." I teased with a smile as I turned and rushed into the still warm waves, contrasted by the slight breeze that had settled over the water after the sun sank.

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I nodded, shrugging my shoulders when she told me not to be sorry. She'd live, everyone will live and I've got nothing to be sorry for. That's when she suggested going swimming before throwing the empty bottle of Dom into the ocean. Did she mean go back up to the house and swim or did she want to swim here? I really didn't bring anything to swim in. Sure, I could swim in my boxer briefs, but me and Lacey really didn't know each other all that well. Outside of some flirting, I wasn't even sure what was going on. I knew I liked her, and obviously she liked me.

My eyes got kinda wide when she peeled her shirt off. I wasn't really expecting that. I couldn't stop looking while she peeled her jeans off. Hey, I'm a guy, what do you expect? I appreciate a girl's body, especially when she's standing in front of me stripping down to her underwear. Then she walks over to me, telling me to put my arms up. You don't have to tell me twice. My arms went up in the air and she was pulling my shirt off. I had to duck down a little bit so she could, she was a lot shorter than me. Now my eyes really got wide when her hands moved to the button of my jeans. I'd messed around, but I'd never actually had sex. But, with her hands on my jeans, I had a feeling there was gonna be an issue in a second. One that I couldn't hide. Again, I'm a guy. A teenage one at that. These things can't be helped. Instead, she just undid the button and stepped away before running towards the water.

I jerked my jeans down over my hips, revealing my own boxer briefs before I ran into the water after her. "Tightie whities? People still wear those? Boxers, boxer briefs yeah, but tightie whities?" I laughed, swimming towards her. My buzz was definitely returning. I wished we had some more alcohol.

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"Awww." I said, pouting my lips at him a little as I stood up where I'd managed to swim out to, which somehow turned out to only be waist high water. The tides came in over my hips, and pulled back out, exposing my belly button as they went as I put my hands on my wet underwear clad hips and waited for him to catch up.

"I bet you were adorable in your tightie whities." I said, as he reached me, and I pushed my hair back from my collarbone, just the ends of it wet from my dive into the waters. His boxer briefs were completely soaked, and it was dark, but as the tide bobbed down, I caught a tiny glimpse, not that I was looking or anything because I'm totally not a perv or anything. But yeah, hi, happy to see me, Jude? Then again, my top half is completely exposed and that gentle breeze I mentioned really wasn't my friend in that department.

Taking his hand, I waded out a little bit farther, until we were both more covered, weird, magic bubble scars and tell tale signs and all. He was a lot taller than me, so it was harder to keep up with the undertow slightly pulling at my ankles and threatening to pull me under.

"Do you mind?" I asked, grabbing his shoulders as I used them as leverage to hoist myself up, wrapping my legs around his torso, letting him hold me up for a minute.

"I think the ocean was tryin' to steal me," I whispered to his face which was infinitely closer to mine now.

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"You have no idea." I said sarcastically, teasing right back when she brought up how adorable I must've been in my tightie whities. Not really a topic I was wanting to discuss. I wore those when I was like 10. Before they were uncool or whatever. I stopped swimming when she stood up and it was only waist high and started walking out towards her instead. I could feel the water dropping out of my curls, landing on my shoulders and running down my chest as I waded out closer to her. How'd she swim so far out so fast anyway? Shouldn't it be deeper than this out here? Guess not.

I tried not to stare at her too much as she stood there with her hands on her hips, wearing nothing but a bra and panties, but it was hard not to. And the longer I stared, the more of an issue I was starting to have. Sometimes it's not cool being a guy, okay? Luckily, she took my hand and led me further out into the water, covering up any evidence and half of our bodies too. I was a lot taller than she was, without her shoes on, I could really tell.

She asked me if I minded and before I could ask her if I minded what, she grabbed my shoulders, pulling herself up and wrapping her legs around my waist. I stood there for a minute, before raising my hands up and holding her there. If I didn't have an issue before? I definitely did now. Wow. This was intense. I glanced back towards the house, no one paying any attention to us at all. The party was in full swing and everyone was pretty much doing their own thing.

I turned back just in time for her to tell me how the ocean was trying to steal her. Her face was so close to mine and my eyes were locked with hers. I grinned a little. "Good thing I'm here then huh?" I said confidently. "Guess you'll have to stay right where you are so it doesn't." I said, our faces even closer now. I got quiet for a minute, just looking at her. We'd been flirting all night, might as well go ahead and make my move. Leaning forward, I kissed her, tasting the saltwater and champagne on her lips mixed with whatever lipgloss she was wearing.

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It took him a few to actually catch me, but luckily I'm pretty strong, and with my arms around his neck, I could hold myself up long enough for him to bring his hands up to help support my weight. Which wasn't much to begin with. He turned to look back at the party, I guess to see if anyone was watchin' us. But no one was payin' us any mind. They were all so wrapped up in themselves, and most of them were probably going a whole lot farther than we were or would be, despite the way it looked right now.

Plus, it was super dark and we were way beyond the firelight now.

I locked my calf muscle over my shin behind his back, my arms more loosely around his neck now as he held me up, with my legs locked lowly around his stomach and my weight sorta settled on his hips. I smiled back when he smiled at me, telling me I'd have to stay there so it wouldn't.

"Guess so." I said, reaching one hand up to his face, my thumb brushing a wet lock of hair from the corner of his eye as he got all quiet on me and I was just about to offer him a penny for his thoughts or somethin'. But then he leaned in and kissed me, and it was about time. I'd pretty much been waiting for him to do it all night.

Closing my eyes, I tightened my arms around his neck as I leaned in closer to him, my lips moving smoothly over the soft, wet surface of his, breaking just enough to allow a small taste of his tongue against mine before a wave hit us a little harder than we'd been expecting and it jolted our lips apart as it raised my body up a little and shoved it even harder against his. My eyes flew open, though he kept us steady, and it merely rocked us, not taking us under.

"You did that on purpose." I lightly accused, trying to disguise the fact that my heart was racing and all I wanted was to do that again. So I did.

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Finally we were kissing and everything seemed to be going good when out of nowhere a wave hit us harder than we were expecting and almost knocked us down. Good thing I was able to hold us both up. Knocked our lips apart, but I still managed to keep us standing up. Her body lifted and rubbed against mine and I swallowed hard, trying to ignore the way it was making me feel.

My lips curled into a grin when she teasingly accused that I did that on purpose. "Did what? Made that wave happen? I probably could you know. But, no, I didn't. Why would I when I was kinda into what we were doing and that wave obviously interrupted it?"

I started to laugh, but her lips were back on mine before I had a chance to. I almost lost my balance again, but managed to keep us both standing up. We kept kissing and things were starting to get pretty intense. Mostly because I realized I was standing here in my boxer briefs in the ocean with a very hot half naked girl in her bra and panties in my arms with her legs wrapped around my waist. Brings new meaning to intense if you know what I mean.

Pulling away, I smiled at her. "Speaking of doing things on purpose." I teased with a laugh. "I've kinda been wanting to do that all night." I shrugged, looking at her. "In case you didn't get that from all my flirting." I grinned. "It was pretty obvious though. I guess I kinda poured in on thick. Sorry."

Leaning in to kiss her again, I pulled back. "I would've done it sooner if Caleb wouldn't have shown up when he did. That guy totally killed my game."

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"And how could you do that?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him, seein' as no one ever did answer my question about the bubble thing. And hey, I got hit with some non-friendly fire. I deserved answers. Not boys stormin' off the way Lexi or I would have done. "Anyway, I think you were kind of in to what happened then just as much as what happened before." I said, smirking as I tightened my grasp around his waist, using my clasped arms behind his neck to raise myself up a bit, my body grazing his as I re-settled again more comfortably and leaned in for that next kissed.

I knew we were in dangerous territory. He was like, one stop away from seeing me about as naked as anyone had seen me. And that was when my bikini top accidentally came up at Cherrie Jacob's pool party for her 16th. And then again one time when my boyfriend of two months, Jake, had somehow managed to get not only my shirt off but my bra unhooked while we were messing around. It didn't go much further than that. It never did. I was 16, and my parents would kill me.

Not that I cared much about that right now. They were a long way away from here. And I really, really liked Jude. I liked the way his body was all wet and firm and the way he could hold me up, and he was kissing me in the middle of the dark ocean like some movie scene. Or a black and white music video.

Where was I?

Smiling down at him as he pulled away, I shook my head. "If it was up to me, you would have just got it over with when you walked in the door." I winked. "Though, for the record, Lexi beat you to it." I teased him. "Anyway, in case it wasn't obvious enough, I was pretty flirtacious myself. And the cupcakes? Could I be any more in to you? Not to mention the little strip down I just did. I'm one bottle of whipped cream away from a scene in Varsity Blues." I laughed, anticipating it as he seemed like he was going to kiss me again. But then he stopped, and pulled back.

"Shhh." I said, sliding one hand down over his shoulders and putting a finger over his lips. "No more talking about that lame little crasher. He's gone, and who the Hell cares where he went and hopefully he won't be back." I had strong suspicions about where he went. I saw Lexi traipsin' after him, and I know her. She was probably on like, the advanced level of whatever it was Jude and I were doing by now. Which meant Caleb'd probably showin' his face around here again. Luckily I seemed immune to those bubble thingies because there was no way in Hell I was going to let him attack Jude again like that.

Untangling my legs from his waist, I slid down his body and back into the water, pulling us both back just a few feet to where the water didn't have such a strong pull on my five feet and one inch of height.

"As for your game?" I said, smirking as I ran my hands down the lengths of his arms from biceps to wrists. I reached up, putting my hand behind his neck, standin' on my tiptoes as he bent to meet me.

"Ain't a thing wrong with it." I murmured as I crushed my lips to his one more, my other arm resting around his neck where my hand wasn't holding it there, pushin' him toward me.

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"Maybe I'll show you someday." I said with a grin, forgetting I hadn't really explained the whole magic deal to her. All she'd seen was the big show Caleb and I had put on which probably left not only her, but Lexi, Tyler and his girlfriend with some serious questions. I would deal with them if and when they came, but right now, I wasn't really looking to explain the whole situation to Lacey. I was sort of preoccupied.

My brow shot up when she said she would've kissed me when I walked in the door but Lexi beat me to it. Did she now? That was definitely interesting. Well, I could think of a less appropriate word for what I really thought about it but I'll refrain. Instead I decided to comment on the cupcakes. "Those cupcakes were more than I got for my birthday, so it was pretty cool you did that. You didn't even know me, you didn't have to do that." I smiled a little at her as I held her there, her legs still wrapped around my waist. "So, you know, thanks." I shrugged, trying to be polite but still seem cool. "I'm sure I can track down a bottle of whipped cream if you really wanted." I teased her with a laugh when she brought up Varsity Blues.

"Deal." I nodded, giving her a wink. "No more talking about him." I did hope he wouldn't be back. But there was this part of me that kinda wanted to see what his deal was. I guess because he was like me or whatever. He was definitely stronger and more powerful, but still like me.

She slid down my body and I loosened my hold on her, helping her stand up and letting her pull me closer to the shore. We were still in the water, but just not so much in the tide. There was nothing better than hearing you still had game by a hot girl. Especially one that was totally into you, half naked and kissing you in the ocean. It was like something out of a movie or something. As we pulled away, I felt my lips curl into a smirk. "Good to know I've still got game." I teased her a little. "At least I know all my efforts here aren't going to waste."

After kissing her again, I lifted my hands up, running them through my hair, trying to shake some of the water out. "I thought we were going swimming?" I said with a lift of my eyebrow a smirk at my lips. "Or was that just your way of getting me out of my clothes?"

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"Maybe?" I asked, givin' him a look that I wasn't sure he could see in the dark. It was mostly amusement. I'd get it out of him one way or another. I wasn't Lexi, but I still had my ways. "Maybe I'll show you something someday too." I teased. Like how to not get so roughed up by the bubbles, since I apparently had a key skill he and Caleb both seemed to lack.

He said nothing about the kiss with Lexi, which I didn't really know what to say about either, but I was sure he was thinkin' about it. Probably even imagining it. Guys were predictable like that. He changed it up on me and thanked me for the cupcakes, shocking me a little when I found out he didn't even get an actual present.

"You didn't even get a birthday present?" I asked, my voice turning serious, and disappointed. "Well that's it. We're goin' shopping. You and me, tomorrow. I'll buy you anything you want." I informed him, totally meaning it. "'Cause I know what it's like when your parents either space out or just don't care. My birthday's either their latest battle, or the farthest thing from their minds." I admitted. And then it was settled. We were going birthday shopping tomorrow for a real present.

"Whipped cream bikini doesn't count!" I said, laughing, and smacking his arm playfully when he offered to track down a bottle.

I was so glad we were over the whole Caleb thing because I was way past done talkin' about him. Whatever his issue was, it was his issue. I'm sure Lexi was helping him work it out as we spoke.

"Don't be so sure of yourself, cowboy." I said, splashing him a little. "Who said your efforts were getting you anywhere?" I teased back, right before he reminded me that we were supposed to be swimming. I mocked indignation at the suggestion that it was all just a ploy to get him out of his clothes.

"Well maybe you really did make that tide. Maybe you tried to make the ocean steal me, and that was just your way of gettin' to kiss me." I said, pushing him playfully. Or well, I meant to do it playfully, but I guess sometimes I don't know my own strength because he totally went tumbling backward into the water. I couldn't help the laughter that escaped my lips when he fell and it was all I could to take off running into the deeper water as he launched after me.

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I gave her a shrug when she asked me about the birthday present. Wasn't really a big deal, they'd get me something when they got back in town. "It's not really a big deal. I'm sure they'll make it up to me." Then she decided she was taking me shopping tomorrow and buying me anything I wanted. I laughed, shaking my head. "You don't have to do that, Lacey, it's cool. For real. I'm used to them forgetting stuff. Really. It doesn't even bother me anymore." I told her. It did, though. A little bit. Your parents forget your 17th birthday, that's gonna hurt anyone.

"Hey, it counts for me!" I laughed as she smacked my arm telling me the whipped cream bikini idea didn't count.

I lifted my eyebrow as she tried to act like my efforts weren't getting me anywhere. Then she tried to accuse me of making the tide so she'd have to kiss me. Before I could say anything, she pushed me backwards and I guess I wasn't expecting it or something because I lost balance and fell into the water. She started laughing as I resurfaced, so I lunged at her, determined for payback.

"Oh you're gonna pay for that one!" I yelled as I swam towards her, finally catching up with her. Scooping her up in my arms I waded out further before throwing her a short distance away and laughing as she went under water. When she resurfaced, I was halfway back to shore, still laughing. "Consider that payback." I called out to her.

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"Well guess what, Birthday Boy?" I said, challengin' him even as he tried to blow off the significance of it, which, hi, his parents forgot his birthday! No present! "It bothers me, so I'm fixin it, and the only way you're getting out of it is with your little abracadabra, which just might not work on me seein' how well I stood up to your little bubble thingies, so you might just wanna humor me." I suggested, not even humoring him when he tried to suggest that the whipped cream bikini counted for him.

Loser. No really, he was cute though. Adorable, actually. I liked him way too much already.

"Am I?" I shouted behind me, though really, I spoke too soon 'cause he caught up with me way too easily, which I totally blame on the height difference. I shrieked playfully as he grabbed me up, takin' me way out above my head before throwing me. I went flying a little bit throw the air before finally hittin' the water and sinking. A wave was rolling in and it caught me, spinnin' me for just a minute before I swam out of it's grasp. It pulled my bra up though and I just managed to pull it back down to cover myself as I surfaced in time to see Jude already almost back at shore.

"Your loss!" I called after him. "That wave totally took my top off and if you weren't so far away, you could have caught a peek." Diving into the water, I began swimming back toward shore. It was dark, and I was pretty sure he couldn't see me. But it was weird, my senses were in this crazy overdrive lately, and I could hear his heart beat louder and louder the closer I got to it.

Which gave me the perfect opportunity to give him a swim-by pantsin' and then swim forward before he even knew what had happened to him. Popping out of the water a few feet ahead, I ran out of the water laughing hysterically, if a little breathlessly.

"Consider that payback!" I shouted over my shoulder.

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I lifted my brow, cursing myself under my breath for missing the fact that me throwing her under caused her bra to come down. I could’ve totally caught a peek. At least that’s what she said. I wasn’t going to argue, because that wouldn’t have been so bad, getting a peek and all. Hey, I’m a teenage guy. Do I have to keep reminding you of that? What average guy wouldn’t want to get an eyeful of that?

I craned my neck trying to see where she’d disappeared to. She went under and I couldn’t see her anymore. I kept watching, waiting on her to pop out of the water any time now, but she didn’t. Next thing I know, my boxer briefs are around my ankles and she’s resurfacing a few feet away before running up onto the shore.

“Hey!” I yelled, sinking under the water to pull them back up. “So not fair! Just because I didn’t get to peek doesn’t mean you do.” I smirked, taking off out of the water after her. She was fast, like faster than any girl I’d ever seen. But I still managed to catch up with her. Guess that height difference helped. Well, that and she slowed down to turn around and see where I was.

Scooping her up in my arms, I started back towards the water. "You wanna see payback?" I teased, lifting my brow. I reached the water's edge and acted like I was gonna throw her again. Instead, I set her down on her feet and walked back up to sit down in the sand. "Bet you weren't expecting that were you?" I grinned as I tried to catch my breath.

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"Not fair!" I screamed as he picked me up yet again and took off back toward the water. "Just because you can pick me up and I can't..." I braced myself as he swung me once, like he was measurin' the force to throw me back out again and then just... put me down before turning around and sittin' back down in the sand.

"Not really." I admitted, curiously, from the shoreline before I walked over to where he sat and joined him. Actually, I lay down in the sand, immediately crinkling the idea of it being in my hair but then I realized after being in the ocean, there was already some in there anyway, so I might as well.

Stretching out, my head a few inches next to his thigh, I looked up at the moon before looking up at him.

"Bet you weren't expectin' any of this though, were you?" I turned his words around on him with a coy little smile, just thinking about the way the night had turned out from how it had began.