Make My Way

Chapter Forty-Five

Aria's POV

I saw a cute guy who was maybe twenty walking across the street and took my chance. I ran over to him, kissed him, and ran away. "Second time today!" He exclaimed and I laughed. Probably Stella, I thought. Xavier had found his target as well, kissed her, and met up with me. We saw two guys, although it was only three in the afternoon, staggering down the street, clearly drunk. We took our chance and pants-ed them. They clumsily pulled up their pants and continued on their way. Seven down, four to go.

We decided to go check into the hotel and drop our things off before dinner, so we walked the couple of blocks to our hotel and went inside. We passed the Casino and went to the front desk. We got the room key and headed to the elevator. On the fourth floor, we found our room and deposited our bags. It was a comfortably sized room with a queen sized bed and nice bathroom.

On our way back out, we realized there was a pool and we agreed we needed to find some swimsuits. We took the trolley back to the store and found some on sale in the off-season section and bought them. Then we walked over to a nice looking sit-down place for dinner we had seen from the trolley. It was only a little after five, but since it was winter, the sun was setting. We had to cross a bridge over a small stream to get to the restaurant and the view was incredible. With the deep reds and oranges bleeding into the sky, it cast a warm glow over the city, even though the temperature kept dropping.

Xavier and I stopped to look at it on the top of the bridge. The small stream reflected the sunlight in the places it wasn't frozen. I was about to make a comment about how beautiful it was, but when I turned my head, Xavier crashed his lips into mine, as if he couldn't hold back any longer.

I stepped closer to him so that our bodies were right up against each other. I reached up and put my arms around his neck and his hands went to the small of my back. They crept up the back of my shirt, cold from the night air. My hands slid down the sides of his body and found their way up the front of his shirt. I could feel the sculpted muscles under my fingers and get him flinch because my hands were so cold.

His hands kept sliding up farther and farther and honestly, I wouldn't have minded except that I realized we were still in public. I pulled away enough to whisper in his ear, "We're still outside." We stepped apart and he took my hand. He pulled me towards the restaurant.

"We might miss our reservation!" he exclaimed.

"Wait, we don't have a reservation...."

"Right...." he said hesitantly and lead me inside. A waitress led us to a table and he let go of my hand. We ate quickly and returned to the hotel. We changed into our swim stuff and went to the pool because it closed at ten but the bar was open all night. The pool was fairly small but there was a hot tub too.

He slid the keycard into the door and let us into the pool. He turned around and handed me the key. I took it and he got a running start before running and jumping into the pool. I had just set down the card and slipped off my shoes when I got a full splash on the back. I turned to face him. "Oh no you didn't!" I yelled.

I stepped back and ran before jumping into the water next to him. When I broke the surface of the water, I splashed him and he laughed. He disappeared under the water and I felt his hands on my legs. He lifted me up and flipped me over backwards. We kept splashing each other and laughing for quite a while until I got tired and moved to the hot tub. I sat down and he followed me. We didn't talk for a while, and just sat in silence. I closed my eyes and felt a hand on my leg. I tilted my head to him and rested it in his shoulder.

It was almost ten and we were about to get up and leave when he picked me up again. This time he carried me over to the pool and threw me in, jumping in after me. I laughed as he broke the surface and shook the hair out of his eyes. He pulled me closer to him through the water and I felt his hand touch the bare skin of my back. He leaned down and kissed me. If the time at the bridge had been PG-13, this time was pushing R. It didn't get that bad, for all we knew, there were cameras in here, but let's just say we wouldn't have to worry about grinding with someone at the bar.

We went back up to the room and each took a quick shower and freshened up. We both got dressed and we were ready to go. By eleven, we were downstairs and had persuaded the people at the door that he was 23 and I was 22 and we were on our honeymoon. I had even moved one of my rings from my right hand to my left. We had the bartender take a picture of us together, but we both made sure not to drink too much, but we definitely had fun.

When we were done, we went back up to the room. I set an alarm on my phone for 8:30 so we could be back at the cabin by about 10 tomorrow. We took off our clothes, with some difficulty because both of our pants were so tight, and went to bed.