Falling Too Deep

Chapter 16

Sea turtles! I have never seen sea turtles in my life, except in movies like Finding Nemo. I looked down at the turtles in amazement as they swam by underneath me. I dove a little deeper in the water and watched as these beautiful yellow and blue fish swam by too, I was so close I could see their gills. I felt Nick's hand on my shoulder and then he gestured for me to follow him. I swam after him and we came up at the top of the reef, resting on some rocks.

Nick smiled at me and pointed at the bottom of the rocks. "Look what I found."

I looked to where he was pointing and my eyes widened. "Oh my god! Starfish!" I gently ran my finger across their backs and giggled. They were so slimy and smooth. Nick grinned at me and pulled off his goggles and took his snorkel out his mouth.

"Are you having fun?"

"Yes. I'm having the best time," I said to him truthfully. He leaned over to me and moved my snorkel away from my face and kissed me. "Your lips taste like salt water."

He laughed at me and his cheeks and neck turned a light shade of red. "So do yours."

I smiled and brushed his wet hair off his forehead and looked into his sea green eyes. They were so beautiful it's like you could get lost in them forever if you stared too long. I kissed him again, making the kiss slow and thoughtful, while playing with the hair on the back of his head. He held my waist and started carefully stroking my back with his fingers.

Just when we were getting into the kiss we heard someone clear their throat. I pulled away first and we both looked up to see who had interrupted us. It was Luis, the snorkel guide and trainer who helped out first timers.

"Sorry to interrupt, but...eh...all of the other first timers have moved along...so I suggest you do the same, I could be fired if...eh...you two got hurt or lost."

I couldn't help but chuckle because he was so polite. Nick smiled at him and nodded his head. "Of course, we wouldn't want you getting in trouble because of us."

Luis smiled politely and jogged over to the other first timers. Nick helped me out the water first and then he lifted himself out. I couldn't help but take a quick look at his body, it was mouth watering. I stared at his six foot four frame my eyes moving from his toned pecks down to his ripped abs. I watched as he raised his fit arms and pushed his wet, dark brown hair back away from his face. I literally licked my lips but quickly tore my eyes elsewhere when he looked at me.

I heard his deep chuckle and my face flushed. Did he see me staring? I dug my toes in the sand and looked out at the water trying to play off my embarrassment. Nick rubbed my shoulders and grinned. "Are you coming? I don't want to get lost." I nodded and we followed Luis and the rest of the group.

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It was day four of our trip and today Nick and I were just going to relax, like watch movies all day and lay out on the beach. We decided to lay out first and have a few drinks...well I had a few drinks, Nick had a non-alcoholic Piña colada.

As we were laying out I was massaging sun tan lotion onto Nick's back. I wasn't complaining either because I could feel every one of his muscles tense as I rubbed the lotion on, it was quite nice. My hands were moving to his lower back and I slowly rubbed the lotion around the sides of his waist. I stopped rubbing once I saw a black mark on the lower right side of his waist. Staring at it, I slowly moved his swim trunks a little lower and noticed it was a tattoo.

Before I could clarify what it said or was Nick pulled off his sunglasses. "Is everything alright?"

I cleared my throat and looked at him. "You have a tattoo?" How could I have never noticed it? I've seen him shirtless plenty of times.