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her tan body cutting cleanly into the water. She swam the length of the pool twice in the time it took him to strip and put a toe in the shallow end.
    She paddled in place, her breasts floating, her arms waving gently, and watched Eric ease his way down the steps. “It’s like a thousand degrees today and the water’s lukewarm. Just dive in the deep end.”
    “I don’t dive.” The truth was he didn’t swim very well and really didn’t like the weightless feeling of being suspended in water. He preferred to enter the pool with his feet on solid ground.
    “Eric, Eric, Eric.” She shook her head. “You’ll never take a plunge.”
    “Then I won’t drown.” He waded in until the water was halfway up his chest. Brianne bobbed in front of him like a buoy marking the drop off. He reached for her, but her wet body slipped from his hands as she swam backward into the deep end.
    “Come on. Play with me.” She smiled then disappeared under the surface.
    He sighed, took a deep breath and dove after her, arms and legs pumping like pistons. Opening his eyes underwater, he saw her blurry, nude form shoot away fast as a minnow, and he lumbered toward her. When he swam to the surface to gasp for air, she was by the ladder near the diving board, waiting for him.
    He swam toward her with choppy strokes, and when he reached her, she let him catch her. “There now, don’t you feel better, all cooled off?”
    “Not that cool. You make me pretty hot.” He pulled her wet body close.
    She laughed. “Cheesy line. No wonder you don’t date.”
    “Does everything you think come out your mouth?” He gripped the pool ladder on either side of her and pressed against her, feeling the length of her wet body, and her moving legs bumping against his.
    “Pretty much. But seriously, why didn’t you hook up with anybody after Amber? I know you weren’t all that wrecked when you guys broke up, and there were plenty of girls who’d go out if you showed any interest.”
    He stared at her from a couple of inches away, asking silently with his eyes Why do you think?
    Brianne’s eyes widened in comprehension. “Oh.”
    “This thing between us may be a whim for you,” he finally said. “But I’ve been thinking about you for a lot longer than just this summer.”
    It was the first time he’d ever seen her look uncomfortable, maybe even a little embarrassed. “I never guessed.”
    “Now you know.”
    “For how long?” Her hands rested on his shoulders.
    “Since the beginning.” As soon as he said it, he wished he hadn’t. Why had he confessed that?
    “Wow.” The exhalation of her breath tickled his wet face.
    “I tried not to feel it and I sure as hell never meant for this to happen.” He gripped the cold metal of the ladder harder and leaned in until his lips brushed hers. He kissed her slow and easy, tasting chlorine and a trace of strawberry that still clung to her lips.
    At last, he pulled away. “I know its wrong, but I wouldn’t take back these past couple of days. Not even for Josh.”
    Under the water, Brianne wrapped her legs around his hips, grappling him to her. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and pressed her cheek to his. “I really am a self-centered bitch,” she whispered. “But I don’t want you to think this is a whim for me either. This means something to me, too. You mean something to me. You’re not just a way to kill time.”
    Eric let go of the ladder with one hand and slipped it around her back, but it was awkward supporting two while floating in deep water. “Can we get out now? I want to do things to you I can’t do in here.”
    He followed her up the ladder. The moment his feet were back on hot pavement, Eric pulled her into his arms and kissed her urgently. His hands roamed up and down her slick back before cupping her ass to pull her even closer.
    After a few minutes, Brianne pulled away. “Over here.”
    Just off the patio tiles beneath a little tree she’d spread a blanket on the