Hale's POV
But when her smile came back and I didn't feel half as horrible
She gave me a heart attack just because she looked so adorable
We both put our sunblock on, laid on the beach
And vowed that we'd live and we'd learn
Yeah, but she got a tan and I got a sunburn, I got a sunburn
~Sunburn, Ow City (song)
Prompt: Sunburns (submitted by edennn) Thanks!
Warning: Unedited
I don't know how long I sat there staring at her bare back. It was probably for a couple of seconds but to me it felt like long decades. Was she trying to kill me?
My hand reached out to take the bottle of sunscreen her hand I carefully squeezed out a dollop of the creamy mixture. Meanwhile, Kat pulled her black locks aside so I could rub sunscreen over her back.
I swallowed as I hesitantly rubbed my hands together before touching her shoulders. She hissed out from the cold sensation, and I paused worriedly. Had I done something wrong?
But she didn't say anything, so I cautiously moved my palms over her shoulder blades. She didn't make any sounds of protest over that so I carefully ventured into the unexplored area of her spine. I traced a delicate finger over the column of her spine and she shivered in response. My finger glided over the stretchy material of her swimsuit that crisscrossed over her back before hitting her creamy skin once more.
When my finger reached her lower back I carefully rubbed my calloused hand back up once more-making sure to gently rub the white streaks of sunscreen I saw.
I bought both my thumbs up to rub circles into her tense back muscles and I felt her unwind with the gentle pressure of my touch. I heard her sigh softly as I slowly unknotted the tightly wound muscles. The pads of my fingertips lingered on certain areas: a freckle in the middle of her back, and the dimples in her shoulders.
The sunscreen was already being absorbed into her skin, but I couldn't help myself as I leaned in to kiss her shoulder.
I heard her breath catch, and I smiled against her shoulder before dipping my head to the top of her spine. I kissed that spot gently and then moved towards her other shoulder.
"Hale," Kat mumbled as my arms started to wind around her waist and pulled her closer to my body.
"Mmm?"
"What are you doing?" she gasped when I reached the middle of her spine. My breath tickled her and she instinctively arched her back.
"Putting sunscreen on your back," I replied while nuzzling her shoulder blade.
She turned around at this, and my mouth immediately landed on the crook of her neck. I never faltered, and instead I took the time to explore her burning skin. My lips meandered near her collarbone and tasted her gasping throat.
"Hale," Kat said breathlessly and I met her blazing eyes.
It looked like the sunblock was useless since we were already heating things up.
I deftly caught her chin in between my fingers and I slowly leaned in for the kill. There were sparks of anticipation between us and I was igniting on the inside. I was a scorching flame that only Kat could extinguish.
Just as my lips brushed against hers I heard the screen door slam open and we jerked apart.
"Who wants hot dogs?" Simon yelled cheerfully with ketchup in one hand and a pair of cooking tongs in the other.
Both of us just stared at Simon, red in the face, while we tried to catch our breaths.
He gave as a confused look before backing away, "On second thought, I'll just get you lemonade. You two look like you could use a cold drink."
It was only after he left that we started to laugh.
A/N: Hello darlings!
So, I deeply apologize for this crappy chapter. I honestly didn't know what to write about since I couldn't write about the proposal anymore. So...this came out. I dunno, I feel like it's not that good of a chapter since the chapters don't seem original anymore. I feel like I'm writing the same thing. I dunno it's late and I wanted to update today. I guess I was already feeling nostalgic about summer since School starts tomorrow! Gah! How did that happen?
Anyways, so updates will be a bit more infrequent now that school (and band) has started and also my FP story, Tug of War (TOW), is my main focus point now.
Fun Fact of the chapter: I wrote most of this chapter will listening to the Jonas Brother song "Burning Up". It was surprisingly helpful. Oh and of course I listened to the song the beginning lyric was from.
2nd Fun Fact of the chapter: This is the first Hale/Kat chapter that I wrote on my new laptop. *cheers* I'm still getting used to it, but I prefer this to my old desktop.
3rd Fun fact of the chapter: It's 11:36 PM and I'm still up. School starts tomorrow. Oh what wonderful decision making on my part. XD.
Review Challenge: Favorite part of Olympic closing ceremony? When does school start for you, and are you looking forward to it? What do you want to see in the next chapter (I'm slowly but surely getting through your prompts btw :P)?
Thanks for reading as always! Oh and to those of you staying up late while reading this, get to sleep! :D
Pickles
P.S It's late XD. I pinky promise that I'll put the Hale/Kat playlist up on the next update. Curse you procrastination habits.