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They could have walked down to the river from where Gia lived, but
the wider, sandier part they preferred was about fifteen minutes away.
         There were eight of them total. Kelly, Debbie, Shannon
and Gia as well as Blake, Josh, Scott and a friend of Blake and Josh's named
Devon, or Dev. They split into pairs, Kelly and Blake riding with Deb and Josh.
Everyone else piling into Gia's jeep. Gia breathed a sigh of relief that Josh
and Deb were taking the other car.
    Once they loaded up, they were off to the river. By
four-thirty they were there and unloaded. Everyone started peeling off clothes,
slathering on sunscreen and racing into the water. Kicking off her sandals, Gia
was one of the last, still putting her keys away and tucking her purse under
the umbrella. She pulled off her shirt and shorts then turned, surprised to see
Josh standing there with his shirt still on. Since they were the only two left
on the sand, she felt she could speak freely. And, she knew why he wasn't in
the water yet.
    "It's healed enough to go in, ya know. Make sure you
coat it with a layer of sunscreen and wash it really well when you get home,
but it's been over two weeks, you're fine to swim. Besides, it's too fuckin'
hot not to."
    "Yeah, I'm not worried about that."
    "Then why are you still up here? Want to borrow my
sunscreen?" Gia tossed it over to him then turned and reached for her hat.
At his hiss of breath, she turned and looked at him. He looked... strange. He
stared at her, his eyes roving over her, head to toe.
    "Okay, I know I'm not as skinny as they are, but I've
never had any complaints, so quit staring at me. And I know it's not about the
ink. You've seen most of it before, and now you have one of your own."
    "You're not fat, Gia, don't be stupid," he growled
at her.
    "I'm not stupid, dumbass." All of a sudden it
dawned on her why he was still standing there. She couldn't stop the laugh that
bubbled up at her realization. "You haven't told her, have you? Deb
doesn't know you have a tat."
    Now he glared at her, no longer taking in her body, just
staring straight into her eyes, all pissed off and pouting like a petulant
child.
    "No, I haven't shown her yet."
    "Now, how the hell did you manage that. I mean, I know
she has her own place still, but seriously, it's not a little tattoo, Josh. How
could she not see it when you're doin' the nasty? Unless, wait, are you a shirt
on kind of guy?"
    This time he didn't even bother with words, just growled at
her, a low menacing sound. Which sent Gia off into fits of laughter.
    "So, that's a yes. I don't see why. Having recently
seen that torso, I can easily attest to the fact that you have nothing to be
shy about. Or maybe you guys are a lights off kind of couple. Nobody can see
anything. Am I right?"
    His temper finally snapping, Josh stepped up to Gia, leaning
over her in an obvious attempt to seem threatening. "I am not embarrassed,
as I thought I'd already proven when I stripped in your shop. And I don't need
the lights off. I like to see what I'm doing, where I'm touching. See the
reactions I'm causing with my lips and my tongue. See everything, including the
look of pleasure when I bury my cock inside her."
    Licking her suddenly dry lips, it took two tries before she
could make her voice work. If she didn't know better, she would swear he was
talking about her, not Deb. Standing up on her toes, bringing her face closer
to level with his, she went nose to nose with him. She refused to be cowed, and
she damn sure wouldn't let him know what his words were doing to her.
"Well then, how is it that she hasn't seen it yet?"
    Josh's head snapped back. He took one step, then another
backward, away from Gia. "Because, we haven't exactly done the 'nasty', as
you put it, since I got the work done."
    Gia was shocked. Truly, completely stunned. There is no way
she could keep her hands off a man like that for almost three full weeks. Three
full hours seemed like too long. Three days... forget