Surviving Summer // Baxter Radic x OC

Chapter Eight - Penny For Your Thoughts

☼ Kai ☼

His arms were still wrapped around me in the morning when the sun shined down on us from my window. His chin resting on my head. A girl could seriously get use to sleeping in his arms every night. I properly melted last night at his confession, no one compared to me...not when I existed. Are you kidding me right now! Baxter Radic was written by a woman, I swear it. He's perfect and he chose me. Me?! Last night was a mess of emotions that I'm still not sure how to sort out. Grief consumed me most of the night....then spent the better part of the early morning kissing Bax until we couldn't keep our eyes open any longer and sleep hit us like a freight train. It was a perfect disaster and i'm sure I look every bit of the disaster part.

I start to stir his arms tightening around me pulling me into his chest even more. "Morning gorgeous." his voice was a little raspy from sleep. "Should probably wait to use gorgeous until you see what I look like in the mornings." I advise him. He moves back, leaning on one of his arms as his blue eyes roam my face. "You're right...Morning my gorgeous orge." he winks that cheeky smirk gracing his lips. I pull my pillow out from underneath him as I sit up on my knees playfully hitting him with it. He tries to block my pillow but I'm relentless, I move to get a better angle his laughter filling my room. I didn't realize I was straddling him until his hands grip my hips making me instantly still, dropping the pillow from my hands. The intensity in his stare sent a shiver down my spine. My eyes trailing down to see him bite his lip before coming back to look at those beautiful blue hues. "Kai..." he trails off his eyes looking at my lips. We meet each other halfway our lips colliding in a perfect rhythm, tongues and hands exploring one another. Every nerve in my body was lit on fire at his touch. His hand cups the back of my head gently grabbing a fist full of my hair as he pulls down breaking our kiss my neck exposed to him. He leaves a trail of bites and kisses, a little whimper escaping my lips when he finds a sensitive spot.

A knock on my door sounds, Bax not stopping his heavenly assault on my neck. "Ummm. Hate to break up whatever is going on in there but um the team is all here for training. Um so see you both out here in a few. no rush or do rush..." Manu says awkwardly from the other side of my door.

I let out a frustrated groan, Bax's hands gripping my hips as he lays back on my bed. "I'm gonna need a few minutes." he tells me as I climb off him. "Take all the time you need Pinkalicious" I wink as I untie the back of my dress, holding it up to my chest with one hand and opening my closet door with the other one. I use the door to cover myself getting undressed, I hold my discarded dress out from my closet door dropping it to the floor. "I'm trying to be very respectful right now!" he tells me as I chuckle. I quickly grab a bathing suit pulling it on, I peek my head out from the door "I would rather you be very disrespectful right now." I smirk watching his hands rub his face as he groans. "Picturing you naked is going to be the most productive thing I do all day." he says before rolling off my bed and taking the few steps towards my closet.

He leans against the door slightly disappointed that I was dressed. His hand comes up to play with the little string in the middle of my suit tying the front together. "Your breathtaking Kai." his voice was barely above a whisper, the look in his eyes full of desire. My heart was pounding so rapidly I thought it was going to fly out of my chest. "You need to stop looking at me like that Bax" I warn him. "Like what?" he smirks knowingly. "You know what." I whisper. He leans down to kiss me once more, it was all too quick. Smirking as he pulls away opening my bedroom door as we walk out into the living room and towards the sliding glass doors.

Her dark hair was the first thing I saw as she swept in front of us in a chaotic mess.  "Summer..were good. We talked last night. She knows how I feel." he reassures her. "So you're both good?" she asks looking at the both of us. I tilt my head to look up at Bax those perfect blue eyes already on me as I give him a small smile. "We're more than good" I answer. "oh....OH!" Summer says with a wink before going back to sit next to Ari. Bax sits in one of the chairs as I go to sit down next to Bodhi. He quickly grabs my arm pulling me back to sit on his lap. The blush exploding on my cheeks as I try to focus on Manu talking. Bax sweeps my hair back behind my ear, I look to see the giant smirk on his face no doubt from seeing my cheeks red like Rudolph's nose.

It felt like Manu was just talking to talk at this point, I was itching to get back into the water my body becoming antsy as I wait. Bax must have felt the change in me one of his hands rubbing circles on my thigh. It was calming and yet also made my skin tingle. I adjust myself on his lap trying to refocus but it was hopeless, memories of an hour ago flooding my thoughts at the way his hands gripped my hips....the way it felt to be on top of him....the way he bit my neck....I really needed to get out in the water if only just to clear my head.

As soon as Manu tells us to go I jumped out of Bax's lap heading towards my boards grabbing my thruster before walking over to Bax's truck. He wraps a towel around his waist as he changes out of his clothes and throwing on a pair of trunks I'm sure he keeps in his vehicle for spur of the moment surfing. I bite my lip as my eyes stayed glued on that towel barely wrapped around his waist. The butterflies in my stomach going crazy, now I understand his disappointment when he saw me dressed. He unwraps the towel throwing it back in his backseat before grabbing his board from the bed of his truck. He leans down to kiss my cheek, a new blush creeping on my cheeks as we walk down the path to meet the others.

Manu was setting up his camera as we take off for the water. We spent a few hours out in the surf with the others. Everyone buzzing about the tryouts starting in a few short days. When the sun was setting everyone paddled back in. I sit on my board closing my eyes as I tilt my face up to the sky. Is it weird that I'm wondering if my mum guided me here somehow....guided me back to Shorehaven....guided me to find Bax....whatever invisible force brought us together....I'm thankful for it...for him. I was alive....I was living....the air filling my lungs...the sun kissing my cheeks...a messy pink haired aussie by my side.....this was enough....and right now enough was everything I needed.

"Penny for your thoughts?" his voice causing butterflies to erupt in my stomach. I turn to look at him my heart skipping at the sight of those perfect blue eyes. "Just being grateful for today." I smile at him. He leans over his lips on mine in a slow perfect kiss. I could get use to this feeling.....for the first time in a long time I felt happy again, all because of Baxter Radic. Who would have thought?