Authors Note: I'm so sorry for the delay in updating, and I apologize that this update is only two chapters.
I've had a bit of a setback as I continue coming off meds and starting a new one. I'm now experiencing tremors as a symptom, and it's been causing me anxiety.
I originally was going to wait to try to write some more chapters before updating, but then decided I'd put these two chapters up at least.
Hope you enjoy them!
Chapter 54: God Bless Sunscreen
After a few moments of sitting together in peaceful, content, happiness, Zak spoke.
"Want to go for a swim?" Zak asked softly.
I opened my eyes as I lifted my head up from his and smiled.
"Sure," I replied.
Zak smiled and the next thing I knew, he had put both his hands on my hips and lifted me up onto my feet.
I couldn't help but giggle at how easy it was for him.
Zak smiled at me as he stood up.
"Let's go crash their game," Zak said, about to turn toward the pool.
"Hang on," I said.
Zak looked at me in confusion.
I picked up my bottle of sunscreen off the table.
"Sunscreen first," I said, sitting down on the lounger.
"Oh right. Can I borrow some?" Zak asked.
"Sure," I said, handing him the bottle.
Zak smiled as he squeezed some sunscreen onto one hand, and then started to rub the lotion onto his chest and stomach.
I managed not to stare too long, adverting my eyes down to the sunscreen bottle as I picked it up and squeezed some onto my own hand, and then started rubbing the lotion onto my legs.
After I had rubbed the lotion onto my legs, I squeezed some more onto my hand and started rubbing it onto my stomach, chest, face and arms.
"Need any help there, doll?" Zak asked, as my hands happened to be rubbing the lotion onto my chest.
I had to laugh as Zak got some more lotion and rubbed it onto his face, arms and legs.
"Nice try Bagans," I said, trying not to blush.
Zak laughed.
"Damn," Zak said jokingly. "I know you'll need help with your back though," Zak added, looking smug.
I laughed again and held the bottle out to him.
"I guess I do," I jokingly said in a reluctant tone.
Zak smirked as he took the bottle.
"Lay down," Zak said.
"Lay down?" I questioned.
Zak chuckled and nodded.
"On your stomach, it's better that way," Zak said with a slight smile.
Oh boy…
I turned and carefully laid down on my stomach, folding my arms up in front of me and rested my head on them, facing the pool.
Thankfully, the others weren't paying attention.
I felt Zak carefully straddle over my hips, the lounger wide enough for him to have one knee on either side of me.
My body instinctively tensed up when I felt him start untying the strings at the middle of my back.
I saw one of his hands grab one side of the lounger near my arms, before I felt him lean down over me and felt his breath near my ear.
"It's okay…I'll behave, I promise," Zak said softly, leaning down a bit more and lightly kissing my temple before sitting upward again.
I smiled to myself and did my best to force my body to relax as he undid the ties the rest of the way, and also undid the ones at the back of my neck.
I laid motionless as I waited while Zak squeezed some sunscreen onto one hand, and then rubbed his hands together a bit to even out the lotion.
Then I felt his hands start rubbing and massaging the lotion onto the skin of my upper back and shoulders.
Oh good god…
I would of blushed at the realization that Zak was rubbing my bare back, while I was essentially topless, if his hands didn't feel so good.
I felt his hands move up and gently rub some lotion onto the back of my neck, before his hands moved to rest on my collarbone/shoulder area and began gently but firmly kneading the back of my shoulders with his thumbs.
I closed my eyes, as my mind started to clear of all worries, and my body started to feel boneless.
Zak moved his hands slowly down over the back of my shoulders, using his thumbs to knead the skin over my spine, as the rest of his hands squeezed and massaged the sides of my back, making sure the sunscreen was covering the entirety of my skin.
I lifted my head slightly, and turned it to rest one side of my face on my arms.
Zak continued massaging down along my spine with his thumbs, and massaged the knots of tension out of my body as he eventually reached my lower back.
I had to bite my lower lip to keep myself from moaning.
He used his thumbs to gently, but firmly rub circles in the middle of my lower back, as his long fingers squeezed and massaged the lotion into my skin above my hips.
After all the stress of the past few months, Zak's hands felt incredible as they massaged all the knots and tightness out of my muscles.
Zak must have seen, most likely, a look of pleasure on my face, because he suddenly spoke up.
"Feel good?" Zak asked softly.
I kept my eyes closed and nodded my head slightly.
"Mm-hmm…" I replied, afraid if I opened my mouth an inappropriate sound might come out.
"Good," Zak said, as he changed tactics and gently but firmly rubbed his hands up and down the full length of my back.
I could feel myself melting into a puddle of goo.
Zak's Point of View
I really had to battle with myself not to let the feeling of Alicia's soft, lightly tanned skin of her bare back affect me in a sexual way.
I had meant what I said when I had started untying the strings of her bikini top, I wasn't going to use this situation as anything other than doing my part to protect her skin from the sun.
Her beautiful, unmarked skin…
"Zak..? I think that's probably good," I suddenly heard Alicia say, speaking softly and in a slightly awed voice.
Thank god she had interrupted my thoughts.
"Alright doll," I said, reaching up and doing up the ties across the middle of her back, as I saw her hands reach behind her neck to get the ties there.
"Is this too tight?" I asked, securing the ties at the middle of her back, tight enough that they were flat along her skin, but not so tight that they dug in too much.
"No, that feels good," Alicia replied.
I double checked my handiwork, definitely not wanting to be responsible for a wardrobe malfunction, before I gently and carefully got up off her.
I watched her as she sat up, adjusting the ties a bit at the back of her neck before securing them, and then she made some general adjusts to the fabric in the front.
I looked away slightly, not wanting to make her uncomfortable.
After another few seconds, I saw her stand up and turn to face me.
"Thank you," she said softly.
I smiled.
"My pleasure," I responded.
I saw her hold a hand out.
"Your turn," she said.
I handed her the bottle of sunscreen, and then laid down on my stomach across the lounger, folding my arms up under my head like Alicia had done.
Suddenly, I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket.
"Hang on," I said, before Alicia moved to straddle my hips.
I reached down under myself until I could slip the phone out from my pocket and brought it up to hold in both hands in front of my face.
It was a text from my mother.
"Hello Zak. What are you up to today?"
I chuckled to myself and glanced back over my shoulder at Ali.
"Go ahead, it's just a text from my mom, checking up on me," I said, looking back at my phone and typed a quick reply.
"Having a pool/BBQ party with the guys and girls."
I suddenly felt Alicia straddle over my hips, gently sitting on my butt and I heard her squeeze some lotion onto her hand.
My mother sent a reply text.
"Oh, that's nice. Is Alicia there?"
I chuckled to myself.
"What are you laughing at Bagans?" Alicia asked, rubbing the lotion between her hands.
"My mom wants to know if you're here," I responded, then had an idea.
I switched to my camera app, and stretched one arm far out in front of, aiming the camera so you'd see most of my face, and Ali in the background.
She quickly caught on when she saw the phone, but instead of grumbling, she smiled at the phone and held up the sunscreen lotion with one hand, pointing at it with her other hand.
I smiled, not only at her willingness to take the photo, but also at how cute she looked.
I snapped the picture and was pleased with the results.
"Thanks Ali," I said, so she'd know the picture came out.
"No problem," she replied.
I sent a text to my mom, with the picture attached.
"Yes, she's here. :)"
I received a reply almost immediately.
"Aww, that's such a sweet picture. She's beautiful."
I smiled to myself as I sent a reply.
"I know. :)"
I saw my mother typing a response, but didn't get to see it, because I suddenly felt Alicia's hands gently rubbing the sunscreen onto the back of the neck, before moving down to my shoulders.
I felt Alicia's fingers curve over the top of of my collarbone/shoulders, massaging my tense muscles, while her thumbs rubbed circles near the top of my spine.
"I've never given a massage before…so I probably suck at it," Alicia said softly.
With the way her hands were gently, yet firmly kneading and massaging my skin, I disagreed.
"You're doing fine…" I said softly, letting my arm with my phone in my hand hang limp over the edge of the lounger, while I rested my head on my other arm and closed my eyes.
Alicia continued massaging my shoulders for a while longer, and then started her way down my back, kneading my tense and locked up muscles, rubbing the lotion into my skin.
"You're so tense Zak…are you okay?" Alicia asked.
Part of my tension was from the fact that a beautiful, half naked woman was giving me a back massage, but most of my tension was from the past few months of stress and lockdowns.
"I haven't had a cleansing in a while…everything's probably built up again," I replied.
"You should arrange for one," Alicia said softly, and before I could reply, her hands massaged and kneaded down to my lower back.
Oh holy fuck…
She had hit a especially tight spot in the middle of my lower back, and the pressure of her hands and fingers working out the knots felt incredible.
I couldn't stop myself from starting to become aroused.
Thank god I'm laying on my stomach…I thought.
Alicia must of known she'd reached a particularly tense spot, as she started applying more pressure with her hands and fingers.
I couldn't stop a quiet groan of pleasure from escaping my throat.
Alicia's Point of View
I heard a quiet, yet deep groan of pleasure emit from Zak's throat.
Holy fuck…
He sounded sexy as hell.
I could feel how tight and tense his muscles were, and I felt bad that he went through this on a regular basis.
I continued using firm, slow strokes with my fingers once I was sure the lotion was fully covering his back.
I felt Zak's lower body shift a bit under me, and worried I was causing him pain.
"Am I hurting you?" I asked, easing up on the pressure a bit.
"No," Zak replied quietly, somewhat huskily.
He cleared his throat.
"I think that's good though, thanks doll," Zak said, speaking normally.
"Alright, but one last thing," I said, reaching back toward the table and grabbing my phone.
It was time to kick it up a notch with my flirting.
Zak's Point of View
Oh god…what is she doing? I thought, as she was moving above me.
I was still quite aroused, and I needed time to myself to relax before I could get up, or Alicia would notice right away, and I didn't know how that would go over.
Things had been going great so far today, I thought.
Then I nearly died of shock.
I felt Alicia carefully, and gently lean down so she was resting on my back.
Her breasts, the bare skin of her stomach, pressed against my back.
Fuck…
I suddenly saw her phone in front of my face.
"I want a selfie too," Alicia said, before leaning her head down to rest her chin on my shoulder, so our heads were next to each others.
I swallowed back the lump in my throat.
"Alright doll," I replied, managing to keep my voice normal.
I took her phone with my free hand and stretched my arm out at full length in front of us.
Seeing our faces, and our heads together on the phones screen, made me smile brightly.
"Ready?" I asked.
"Yep," Alicia replied.
I tilted my head toward hers a bit and we both smiled before I took the picture.
I smiled at the results.
"We're so gosh darn cute!" I said, smiling when Alicia laughed.
I started to reach back to give her the phone back, when she suddenly spoke up.
"One more," she said.
I felt confused, since she wasn't changing her position, but nodded as I stretched my arm out again.
"Alright," I said. "Ready?" I added.
"Just about," she said, before I felt her wrap her arms wrap loosely around my neck and shoulders, and then pressed her lips to my cheek.
Woah…
I quickly got over my shock of her actions and snapped the picture before she changed her mind.
I felt her lips leave my cheek as she turned to look at the phone, and smiled at the results.
"Thank you," she said softly, taking the phone back before gently, and carefully sitting upward and getting up off me.
"You're welcome," I said with a smile, as she put her phone down on the table.
"So, are we going swimming?" She asked, walking toward the pool.
"I'll be right there, just going to finish up the conversation with my mom," I replied.
Alicia smiled.
"Alright," she replied, walking over to the pool and sitting down on it's ledge, with her legs in the water.
I stayed laying on my stomach on the lounger.
She kissed me. She's never kissed me before, I thought to myself as I watched her sitting on the pool's ledge.
Calm yourself Zak, it was only on the cheek, but considering her circumstances, that had to be a big deal, right? I thought again.
I smiled to myself.
"Thank God for sunscreen," I mumbled to myself, lifting up my phone again and replying to my mother's text.
