Grace's Gap Year In Australia

Grace's Gap Year In Australia- Part Ten

Jay sat at my feet and grinned up at me. “Tired?”

“Yeah,” I replied, agitated. “Stupid time difference and sleeping patterns.”

“We should watch another film, but whilst in our sleeping places this time,” Summer suggested, her thumb grazing over Daniel’s knuckles. I wasn’t the only one that had helped calm her then.

“Sounds like a plan,” I said, stretching out once more before scampering to my cupboard for my pyjamas.

“Jammie time?” Jay asked, replacing me on the bed. Summer nodded in response and padded across the room to steal some of my sleeping clothes. She took a pair of cotton shorts from H&M.

“I snapped because I didn’t want Daniel on your bed before mine,” she told me in a hushed voice. “I know, I’m already over-possessive.”

I rolled my eyes at her and sighed, handing her a pair of red, cotton shorts from H&M.

When we turned back round from our suitcases, the boys were already stripping into just their boxers, giving us a clear view of their stomachs. My conclusions from these sightings:

-Luke’s stomach was the most toned

-Beau’s was toned and tanned

-Jay’s was tight like Beau’s, but not as tanned

I didn’t even bother looking at Daniel for fear that Summer may catch- and snap at- me.

“You boys look good half naked,” I stated, being obvious about my checking them out. Walking over to them, I dropped my PJ’s onto the bed and then trailed my hands over Beau and Jay’s naked torsos. They shivered beneath my touch, making me grin with satisfaction.

“Mwhaha!” I chuckled evilly, removing my hands and scooping up my clothes again. “Be back in a sec!” I called over my shoulder, padding to Summer’s room.

Once the door was pushed-to behind me, I removed my shorts and tugged my halter neck over my head. Just at that moment, the door creaked and my head snapped round, expecting it to be Summer joining me to change. Wrong! Beau stood there, leaning against the doorframe, arms folded and one eyebrow quirked.

I put my hand on my hip- the opposite of covering up. “Enjoying the view?”

“More than you know,” he winked at me, tilting his head to the side and scanning my half-exposed body. I didn’t mind though, because underwear was practically like a bikini anyway.

Rolling my eyes, I stormed over to him and pushed his chest so that he stumbled back out of the doorway and onto the landing. “Perve,” I claimed, an amused smile spread across my face.

“You love it, Gracie!” he called through the door. Commence the knee weakening.

Finally dressed, I tiptoed across the landing and swung my door open, scaring everyone as intended. Another satisfied smile played at my lips as I strode over to the bed and dropped down onto the white sheets, causing the mattress to bounce.

“Someone’s happy,” Beau winked at me.

“Not as happy as you were a few minutes ago,” I retorted, darting my gaze to just below his waist. He got my drift and blushed.

Jay eyed us suspiciously. “You guys get frisky?” he asked curiously.

I scoffed. “In his dreams.” Then I thought about actually kissing Beau and my insides clenched slightly, so I shook my head and ignored the fluttering butterflies in my stomach.

“Okay, game time!” Daniel announced.

“Which game?” Summer asked, beaming at him.

“Twister!” he replied, pulling a square box out of a black, Nike bag.

“My god, Dan, I haven’t played that since I was nine,” Luke said.

“It will be a lot more interesting with girls and cameras involved,” Jay stated, leaping up to snatch the twister box and lay it out.

A few seconds later, Jay had thrust the spinner into Daniel’s hands and had taken a cowboy stance- feet apart, hands stiff by his sides.

“Who will dare entangle themselves with me; the great Jay Bays?”

“If I accept that challenge, I’ll sound gay,” Luke said from right behind me. He was so close I could feel his breath on the back of my neck when he spoke. I shivered slightly at his proximity and closed my eyes for a moment.

“I will!” I announced, snapping out of my ‘Lost In Luke’ moment.

Positioning myself at the edge of the twister mat, everyone else copied whilst Daniel sat on the bed, hand poised to spin.

“Me first!” Beau squealed. Someone was excited.

After the spinner had come to a stop, Daniel commanded; “Left hand blue.”

These commands continued, making our five bodies increasingly intertwined. Summer had her butt facing Daniel, which was poised in the air as she bent over to put her hands on the correct, coloured dots. I didn’t think this was an accident. Ugh, sleaze. I’d be sure to warn her about him later.

“Grace, Right foot red,” I was ordered. Lifting my foot from the green dot, I slid it through Jay’s legs, incidentally ending up with my upper thigh pressed against his crotch.

“Whoops,” I said innocently, batting my eyelashes at him. He gulped and rolled his eyes, trying to hide his nervousness. How cute.

“Beau, right hand green,” Daniel told Beau, who instantly lifted his arm, crossed it over his body, reached across my stomach- grazing the skin (bare from where the top had lifted slightly)- and resting it on the slightly-worn green colour.

The skin of my stomach tingled with warmth. I wanted to slap away the feeling, but couldn’t without losing the game. The next moment, a thud came from behind me. I looked through my legs and saw that Jay had dropped down onto the floor.

“Loser!” I shouted through the gap between my thighs. “One sucker down, three to go…”