EIGHT

DELILAH

The town we live in is on the small side, so once again we find ourselves at Lulu's Diner. I'm not complaining though, the retro vibe and 90's music is just what I need after a long day in the sun. R.E.M. is playing in the background as we walk in and just as we're sitting into the shiny red booths, our phones all start dinging simultaneously. If I've learned anything in the last few days, it is that rapidly dinging phones are not a good sign. Ever. I wonder what it is this time.

"So, how bad is it?" I ask, refusing to look at my phone at all. I order cheeseburgers, fries, and milkshakes for all of us while everyone else quickly scans through their notifications.

"Depends on what you consider bad." Tessa chirps and smiles at me questioningly. "The good news is that you look gorgeous as always. I don't know why you stopped modeling. I mean, I know why, but cameras just love you."  I nod thoughtfully. She's not lying. I'm very photogenic, but I haven't modeled since mom died. It was something we shared together and I'm not sure I'm ready to do it without her.

A young blonde waitress brings out our food and lingers around the table flipping her hair and rapidly batting her lashes. She's probably hoping to catch one of the boy's attention.  "And the bad news?" I ask while dipping a fry in my chocolate shake.

"This one makes the hallway pic at the party seem tame." Tess explains quietly.

"Let me see." I say as I grab the phone from Tess and look at the screen. The headline reads, "Liam Anderson Scores with Football Princess at Beach".  I sigh, taking a sip of my shake.  At least the headline is cheeky. "Liam, my dad is going to kill us. He told you to keep it PG if we aren't behind closed doors. Do you think this is PG?" I hold the phone where he can see it and point to his hands grabbing my butt, again. Only this time I'm in a teeny yellow bikini and we're both dripping wet.

Liam's eyes go wide and a pink blush forms on his cheeks. He stares at the photo and for some reason, I think he may be replaying the scene in his mind. "Worth it." He says before biting his burger and Tyler chuckles.

He shrugs. "I mean he did catch me in your room this morning and he was cool about it. He knows people wear bikinis at the beach and you're just so irresistible. I'm sure he'll understand that I was physically unable to keep my hands off you. Your dad loves me." He shoots me a smoldering smile and I'm surprised I haven't melted into a puddle.  This boy is trouble. What have I gotten myself into?

"Can you send me that though? I definitely need a copy. For later." The boys high five him as I stare at him in disbelief.

"Oh my God, Liam. Seriously?" I can feel all my blood rushing to my cheeks and I hide my face in my hands so they don't see.

He casually moves his hand further up my thigh and begins tracing shapes onto it. Tingles erupt across my skin wherever his magic fingers touch. I shiver as he leans in to whisper in my ear, "Do you think your dad will mind if I sneak in again tonight?" He nuzzles his nose into my hair, twirling a piece around his finger. I temporarily forget how to speak. "I. Um. I. I'm not sure."  I manage to say.

"Only one way to find out, right?" He whispers trailing his finger down my arm. He looks so smug right now. It's clear that he knows exactly what he's doing to me. "You want me to stay over right?"

"I don't know," I whisper as I run my hand down his chest. "You've been a pretty naughty boy today. Do you deserve to stay over tonight?" He leans closer and is about to respond when a loud cough sounds from across the table. We both turn to see everyone looking around awkwardly. Somehow I'd forgotten they were all here with us. Again.

Ty breaks the silence first, "Maybe you guys should head home. There are children present and you could cut the sexual tension between you two with a knife."

LIAM

"Dude. This definitely wasn't a thing before we left." Tyler doesn't take his eyes off of the view in front of him as he blindly swats at my arm to get my attention. I don't blame him I can't look away either.

I gulp, eyes wide and lick my bottom lip. "For some reason I feel like we should look away." I don't though. I'm not sure it's physically possible for me to do so.

"Naahhh. If they didn't want to be seen they wouldn't be out here on the beach right?" Ty responds confidently.

We just finished up our morning run down the beach, only to be stopped dead in our tracks by Dels and Tess doing sun salutations by the surf. I've never seen anything so beautiful in all my life.  "We've been missing out." I nod in agreement, blindly squirting water in my mouth, and trying to catch my breath.

Delilah is wearing some kind of pants that look like they were painted on to her body.  I want to personally thank their creator. They deserve a medal. She slowly bends over keeping her legs straight and pushing her butt up in the air while holding herself up with her arms. My jaw drops.

Those pants should be illegal.  "You seeing this?" Ty asks in disbelief.  I feel Tyler punch my arm and I realize he's watching this too. Shit. He's still here?

I quickly clear my throat. "You better not be checking out my girls ass right now." He doesn't respond, so I punch him in the arm to break him out of his trance.

"Sorry man." He finally replies, rubbing the spot where my punch landed. "We should go talk to them."

"Yeah." We nod at each other in encouragement, keeping our eyes on the girls, but neither of us move from our spots.

"Five more minutes."

"Are you creeps going to say hi or are you planning to gawk at us all day?" Tess asks turning in our direction while Delilah chuckles. They stand up facing us and Dels dusts the sand off her sexy bottoms. We quickly walk in their direction.

"Like what you see?" Dels asks as I lean in to greet her properly with a kiss. I nod, shamelessly checking her out.

"Your pants should come with a warning label."

They both giggle and I don't miss the blush blooming on Dels cheeks.

"So do you ladies do this every morning? I'm going to set an alarm on my phone if you do, so I don't miss out." Tyler teases and Tess swats at his arm. Well, at least I think he's teasing.

"You can come, but only if you participate. There are some fun couples poses we can teach you." Tess offers hopefully.

Tyler raises an eyebrow intrigued, "You have my undivided attention."

Tessa quickly wraps her arm around his leading him towards her mat.  "Here let me show you."