Me (thinking): He's looking at me. Why the fuck do we have to go to Colorado via train for our wrestling tournament? He's looking at me. Well at least it was one cheerleader and one wrestler per carrier. He's looking at me again. I wonder how Kelly and Raven are doing. Why is he looking at me?
I instinctively pulled my shirt up. But Zach was looking me in the face. He stepped across the train carrier, pulled down all of the shades, checks the windows and locks, and sat next to me. I felt his hands push my head and turn my face to his. I realized what was going to happen and felt his thin lips on mine. I let him kiss me. I let him lay me down and unzip my blue and black jacket. He got halfway and gently bit my neck. I gasped.
Zach (quietly): Relax Erica. I won't hurt you.
He kept unzipping my jacket. I let it fall from my shoulders and unzipped his black jacket with the lightning bolt. He had on the blue button up that he said "made him look like the planet's dorkiest wrestler" and it wasn't until I bought the keychain that said "I heart Wrestlers" that he willingly wore it. He slid my pink shirt (or my Tropicana shirt, as Kelly called it) over my head, and kissed my partially exposed chest. I undid his button up, and he was wearing a t-shirt. I ran my hands over his arms, and he undid my bra, kissing every inch of chest he could reach. I lifted his t-shirt off, and ran my hands over his chest, abs, and arms. He smiled and said:
Zach: Just for you.
He slid off my jeans, and I played with his belt buckle, teasing him.
Zach: Oh come on!
Me (sweetly): What?
Zach: Oh, you're askin' for it!
Me: So what if I am?
Zach: Be careful what you ask for…you might just get it.
Me: Well I want this!
I pulled out his belt and slid off his jeans. He slid off my underwear and I slid off his boxers.
A tap on one of the windows. Zach stuck his head out of the window that connected mine and Zach's cart to Justin and Kelly's, and Justin asked Zach quietly for something. Zach pulled something out of his bag, and tried to hide it from my view. I saw it was a condom.
Me (thinking): so only Raven maintained innocence.
A tap onto the other window, connecting me and Zach to Josh and Raven, just as Zach closed the other one.
Me (thinking): spoke too soon
.
He grabbed two condoms, set one on our seat, went over to the window, gave
other one to Josh, shut and locked that window, and came back to me.
Zach: and we were?
Me: here.
I pulled him on top of me, and kissed him. He opened and slid the condom on, and he took me. He started slowly, our natural rhythms moving separately at first. Then he slowly began to speed up. Our rhythms began to run the same, and our breathing became rapid. He pulled my hair out of it's long ponytail, and said
Zach: Your hair is sexy when it's down.
And kept going faster. My nails dug into his back, and I was moaning softly , trying not to let the whole train hear what we were doing (we're teenagers for gods sake!) Zach began to moan with me, and he picked up the speed again.
The windows were fogging up, and we were sweating. Zach finally hit me one last time, and laid his head on my chest.
Zach: Erica?
Me: yeah?
Zach: I didn't hurt you, did I?
Me: no.
Silence.
Zach: Erica?
Me: Yeah?
Zach: I…I….I love you.
Me: I love you too.
Zach: and all those years I was so mean to you, I really did like you. I really did.
Me: that's why I was so mean to you, too I was.
Me and Zach: Hiding. From what was always there.
