Chapter 28

Saturday, June 1st

2:00PM

Raven, Logan, Kori, Dick, Victor, Bee, Jenny, and Wally are spending the afternoon on the beach of the island. Raven is sitting on a beach chair reading under an umbrella while the others are playing volleyball, Jenny acting as the referee. The teams are Dick, Victor, and Kori against Logan, Wally, and Bee. Dick's team wins 2 out of 3 games.

"We were at a disadvantage," Logan complains after they finish playing. "Your team is taller than ours."

"Not but much," Dick says. "Kori and Bee are the same height and I'm only an inch taller than Wally."

"Vic is 6 inches taller than me!" Logan exclaims.

"So grow," Vic says shrugging.

Jenny cuts off Logan before he can retort. "Come on, guys," she says. "Let's go swimming." She grabs Wally's hand and pulls him toward the ocean as the others follow. Logan goes over to Raven. He sits on the towel laid out next to her chair and grabs a bottle of water from the cooler.

"How's your book?" he asks her then takes a drink.

"It's good," she replies, not looking away from it.

"You want to put it down and come swimming with us?"

She looks at him but doesn't put her book down. "Do I have to?"

"I can't make you but I'd like you to. Maybe comfort me some from losing at volleyball."

She smirks and closes her book. "I'm sure you'll get over it. And it didn't look like you lost by much."

"So you were watching me?"

"I was watching all of you play."

"Were you checking me out?"

"Like I said, I was watching all of you."

"You can admit if you were checking me out, Rae. I would totally be checking you out if you were playing and I was sitting over here."

"You probably would get bored of reading while I don't."

"Maybe, but looking at you in a bikini would definitely keep my attention." Raven raises her eyebrows at him. "I mean that in the most respectful way possible."

"Uh huh. I'm sure you'd like to see me in a bikini all the time."

"If I'm being respectful of you then I'll say no. But if I'm being honest, yes I would like that."

"By being honest, I know you're also being respectful." She puts her book down and stands up. She holds her hand out to Logan. "Come on. Let's go join the others." Logan takes her hands and gets up. They join the others in the water. They play chicken, with couples being the teams. That quickly turns into a splash fight. Logan spots some rocks and pulls Raven with him to hide behind them.

"How long do you think we have before they realize we left the fight?" Logan asks, pushing his wet hair back from being stuck on his forehead.

"I don't know," Raven replies. "Why?"

"Just wondering how long I have to do this," Logan says, then kisses her. She wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him back. He pushes her back against the rock and she wraps her legs around his hips. He has one hand on her waist while his other moves up her side then cups her breast. She moans and arches her back, pushing into him more. He slips his hand under her bikini top so his hand is directly cupping her breast. He finds her nipple hard and he rolls it between his fingers. Raven gasps at the sensation, breaking the kiss and throwing her head back. Logan then kisses her neck and sucks when he finds a sensitive spot. Raven pushes her hips against his and feels his hardness against her. She continues to roll her hips against his as he continues his ministrations on her neck and nipple. He moves his other hand up from her waist to her other breast to give it the same attention. Raven gasps again. Logan stops sucking on her neck to look at her.

"Don't stop," she says, breathlessly. "Please don't stop." Logan kisses her and moves his hips in sync with hers. Soon after, Raven pulls back from kissing Logan, gasps and shudders against him. She then collapses against him, breathing hard. He removes his hands from her top and fixes it then moves so he is not pressing against her anymore. After a few minutes, their breathing returns to normal. Raven looks at Logan to find him looking at her.

"You aren't going to start yelling at me for going farther than we ever have, are you?" Logan asks.

Raven laughs incredulously. "Did you forget where I said "don't stop?" I'm not upset at all."

"Really?"

"I'll admit, I wasn't planning on that happening at all, but I don't regret it. Do you?"

"Now that I know that you're not mad at me, I don't."

"Logan, if I want you to stop, you know I'll tell you. I trust you. Completely." Logan smiles and lightly kisses her.

"You have no idea how happy that makes me to hear you say that."

"We should probably get back to the others. Do I look okay?"

"You look more than okay."

Raven splashes him. "You know what I mean."

"Your face is slightly flushed."

"Can't really do anything about that. Dunk your head under water. Your hair is all messed up from me." Logan goes under water then resurfaces. He wipes the water from his face and pushes his hair off of his forehead.

"Better?"

"Yes. Let's go." They reappear from behind the rocks to find their friends hitting around a beach ball, trying to keep it from hitting the water.

"Where'd you two disappear to?" Dick asks after hitting the ball.

"Nowhere," Logan says.

"You can tell us that you two snuck off somewhere to be alone," Bee says, hitting the ball to Vic.

"And you were clearly doing some pretty heavy stuff, judging by the hickey on your neck, Raven," Jenny says smirking. They all stop hitting the ball to look at Raven, who has covered the hickey with her hand and is blushing.

"Nice job, Logan," Wally says, laughing as Logan blushes as well.

"I don't want any funny business happening between you two," Vic says. "Y'all aren't even 18 yet."

"I'm sure you and Bee didn't wait until you two were 18 to fool around," Logan says.

"He's got us there, Sparky," Bee says. "And we definitely did more than these two have."

"You're encouraging this?" Vic asks Bee.

"I'm not encouraging it but I'm also not discouraging it," Bee says. "They can make their own decisions. There's a lot of trust and respect and care between them, more than any of us had at their age. They'll be smart about the decisions they make."

Before Vic or anyone can comment, Logan speaks up. "How about we join you guys in your game and we can stop talking about this? And we won't go off on our own again." Everyone agrees and they resume their game. After a while, they get out of the water and play different games on the beach. Around 6, Vic starts a fire so they can roast hot dogs for dinner then make s'mores. They have a radio playing music while enjoying each other's company around the fire while also sharing stories. When it gets dark, they put out the fire and go back into the Tower, breaking off into couples to spend the rest of the evening together. Raven and Logan go up to their rooms.

"I'm going to take shower. Then do you want to watch a movie in my room?" Raven asks.

"Sure," Logan replies. "I'll go down to the gym to take a shower so you can use the one up here. I'll meet you in your room after." Raven and Logan go their separate ways. Logan grabs a change of clothes and goes down to the gym locker room to take a shower while Raven uses the one near their bedrooms. After showering and changing clothes, Logan puts his swim trunks and towel in the laundry room then go up to Raven's room. He knocks on her door but doesn't hear anything. He opens her door and goes inside when he sees her room is empty. He lies on her bed as he waits for her. He hears the bathroom door open and he sits up. Raven walks into her room in her robe and her hair wrapped up in her towel.

"I wasn't expecting you in here so soon," she says, as she puts her bathing suit and beach towel in her hamper.

"Sorry," Logan says. "I can leave."

"It won't take me long to get dressed," Raven says moving over to her dresser and opening it. With her robe still around her and her back to Logan, she slides on a pair of underwear then unwraps her hair from the towel. She brushes her hair then pulls out a large shirt to wear to bed. Still with her back to Logan, she removes her robe leaving her standing in her underwear while he looks at her back. She hears Logan groan as she pulls on her shirt then puts on a pair of shorts.

"You like teasing me, don't you?" Logan says. Raven tosses her towel into her hamper then turns to him.

"It's not my fault you were in here before I was dressed," Raven says.

"I could've left."

"It would've taken longer for you to leave than it did for me to get dressed. You could have closed your eyes."
"I didn't know you were going to dress right in front of me."

"Are you upset that I did?"

"No."

"Then why are you complaining?" She kisses him before he can say anything else. When she pulls back from the kiss, she grabs the remote to her TV from her dresser. She sits on the bed, leaning against the headboard and turns on her TV. She goes to her Netflix app. "What do you want to watch?"

"I don't care." He moves up next to her and puts his arm around her.

"I'll probably fall asleep watching any movie we choose, so pick something you want to watch even if I'm asleep."

"How about Cars 3? I'm in the mood for an animated movie."

"Okay." She selects the movie and it starts playing. They lean down more into the pillows so they are lying down more than sitting. Halfway through the movie, Raven falls asleep on Logan's shoulder. When the movie ends, he turns off the TV and maneuvers them so they are fully lying down. He turns off the lamp on the night stand and falls asleep shortly after.