Washed Up ≫ A.I

Chapter [39]

[Ashton Irwin]

I was frightened of course but more than anything did I want to be with Charlotte. She was always a special jewel, stuck at the bottom of the ocean and slowly rising to the top one milestone at a time. She was incredibly beautiful and everyday, man everyday did I wish she would finally crack and fall for me just as I had for her. I only needed one month here with Charlotte to figure out that she was the girl, the one to hold and the only one to kiss. It was a selfish thought and since she is in such a vulnerable place with Emma now dead I felt completely wrong about all of this. Yet I can't help myself.

I guided us backwards into the lagoon, tickled by the cold water at my ankles before gently lifting Charlotte's weak body into the water in front of me. We sunk into the surface, shivering together with the mixture of excited nerves and freezing water. She gasped into my mouth as I held her closer to my chest, pinning her fragile figure to me like how we both wanted. The air was light around me until we walked waste deep into the lagoon. I continued kissing her, savoring the taste of her coconut stained lips until she pulled away tauntingly once again.

"I don't want you to be hesitant. . ." She mumbled into the night air before dipping her hands into the cold water below us. I jolted at the sudden touch of her hands wrapping around the elastic band of my boxers.

With that said I was suddenly hesitant. I couldn't let this happen, "Charlotte but I. . ."

"Shh. . . Ashton I want this."She was so instant and I couldn't just take that away from her because I was afraid.

Her voice drifted into a soft hum at the end as she leaned forward to kiss my jaw. My eyes fluttered close as she dipped down, sucking the skin above my bare collar bone too. I sucked in a sharp breath, relieving the stress and regret of all my feelings. It was her that I always wanted. Right now we were close to being completely exposed to each other and I finally wanted nothing more than just Charlotte. I was finally as ready as she was.

"Okay." I brushed aside my final worries and took her by the shoulders.

She pulled away from my neck and helped my hands by placing them around the loose ties of her bathing suit. I pulled apart the ribbon behind her back and let the fabric drop. Her breasts spilled out of the sides before she pulled at the top ribbon behind her neck. Slowly the suit dropped into the lagoons water, landing above the surface and exposing the rest of her body to me completely. I took in the sight of her and licked my lips nervously. I felt my lips wobble before I pressed them shut and silently brought her and her exposed breasts closer to my own chest. Her expression was frightened as we moved in the water, guiding over the ripples and turning in the moonlight. Charlotte pulled up her thighs and wrapped around my waste as I walked us backwards until we were completely submerged to our shoulders.

Her long hair trailed in the crystal glare behind her bare back as she spun against my chest, holding on tightly to keep her weight above the deeper waters. I bent down and picked up her face with my lips again, kissing her attention back into the lust and not just the fear. Her lips shivered against mine until the in sync matched again.

I guided us all the way through the water and ended up against a sun bathed rock, gently spinning so that Charlotte was pressed against it. I pulled away from her lips completely flustered still. "Char we can't do this." I breath out the words again and she looks at me with these sad eyes.

"Ashton I told you-"

"No, what if- what if I-" Her faced brightened suddenly and she pulled her arm forward. "I could you know. . ." Oh just fucking say it you wimp. I wasn't paying full attention to what she was doing until her hand grabbed mine. My lips whimpered shut as she pressed my palm to the inside of her bicep.