the book shop > j.l < MID EDIT

forty

penelope

penelope stood atop of the wood and began unbuttoning the flannel. john turned around as she did this out of respect.

it dropped to the floor once she slid it off her shoulders. leaving her in her blue bra and high rise black panties. nothing fancy, the bra had some lace on but it wasn't too special.

she crossed her arms over her chest and called to john, "you can turn around you know?"

he turned to look at her and his breath caught in his throat at the sight, he didn't think she could get much more beautiful than what she already was but she managed to exceed the mark in this element.

she perched herself on the edge of the wood and asked, "could you help me in please?"

he didn't reply again suddenly feeling nervous around her, and swam towards the wood holding his arms out for penelope to drop into.

she lowered herself in carefully immediately grabbing johns arms as she hit the water. he'd suddenly gotten very quiet and it made penelope worry.

"what's wrong?" she asked re-covering her chest with her arms.

"oh, uh nothing," he said trying to mask his sudden anxiety around her.

"john." she said sternly in attempt to coheres him into telling her.

"you're so beautiful penelope," he pulled her legs to wrap around him.

she blushed into his touch and simply replied by touching her lips to his. she kissed him delicately unfolding her arms to wrap around johns neck. pulling away he briefly flicked his eyes down onto that section of her body but returned them back to her face as she looked onto the surroundings.

she unraveled herself from his touch and turned to face away from him to look at the beauty he'd introduced her to, "i still can't believe this place."

she moved around to his back, propping herself on top of it like she'd done most of the time they'd been in the water.

"why'd you bring me here?"

"what do you mean?"

"it's so special to you, how come you want to share it with me?" she asked curiously. he held his hands underneath her thighs to keep her steady but couldn't help his mind from wandering to the thoughts of her almost naked body being pressed against his back like this.

"because you're special to me pen," he answered simply and truthfully.

she kissed the back of his neck and then rested her head on his shoulder so they were now both onlooking to the magical area.

"you're special to me too, really special," she replied.

he rested his head on top of hers.

he knew without a doubt that he was falling insanely in love with the girl sitting on his back. but he wanted to wait to tell her. wait until he knew for sure she could potentially feel the same back because although she was like this around him, he had insecurities of his own. scared that she could never love somebody like him. she could do so much better.