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CH 60-Don't it Make My Blue Eyes Green
Clay was slowly waking up. The feeling of Emma in his arms was familiar, but the bed and the light in the room were not. He smiled to himself when he remembered where they were and that they had an entire week together. He looked down at Emma laying on his chest. The early morning light made her hair look like golden silk spilled across his arm. He placed his lips against the crown of her head and breathed in the fragrance of her.
She was soft and warm pressed against him. He was at war with himself. Part of him wanted to kiss her awake, strip off her clothes and stroke his hands over her. But he knew that she and the girls wanted to go to the beach today. They would have to get there fairly early to stake out a decent spot. His conscience finally won out and he slipped out of bed and into the shower.
Clay dressed and went down to the kitchen to make some coffee. As he was fixing himself and Emma mugs of coffee, Vic joined him.
"Hey man."
"Hey. I'm gonna go take Em some coffee to wake her up. Have you heard anything from Hannah and Jeni's room?"
"Yea. I heard some talking earlier. So, I guess they're up."
"Cool. I figure we want to be out of here in about an hour or so."
"Sounds good," Vic answered as he grabbed a banana. "Hey, I saw a note last night about some beach supplies in a storage closet outside. Want me to go check it out?"
"Yea man. See what you can find."
Clay climbed the stairs and opened the bedroom door. Emma was still sleeping. He sat her coffee down on the nightstand and bent to kiss her.
"Time to wake up sweetie."
"Huh?"
He chuckled at her. "You need to get up so we can get going and get to the beach. I brought you some coffee."
That got her attention and she opened her eyes.
"I'm ready to go so I'm gonna go help Lopez and see what we can find in the way of supplies."
He got up to leave but her voice stopped him at the door. "Thanks honey. Thanks for the coffee."
"Of course, Em. I'll see you down there."
Emma got ready and came downstairs. Jeni and Hannah were ready to go and filling up a cooler with drinks etc. Emma grabbed a yogurt and quickly ate. Vic and Clay came in from the deck to check on them.
"All ready to go," Clay asked.
Hannah nodded and Jeni answered. "I think so."
Vic grabbed the cooler and they headed out
"I checked things out earlier, and it looks like the best spot would be about 200 yards down the beach. We can get near the water and it's close to a little shack that sells drinks and snacks."
Hannah looked at Vic. "You ran a recon mission for our beach spot?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "We might as well try to be in the best spot possible."
"Vacation with Navy SEALS ladies and gentlemen," Hannah announced, and they all laughed.
They arrived at Vic's 'optimal location' and unpacked. The guys had found an umbrella and some chairs that they set up.
Once they had everything how they wanted it, the girls began to take off their cover-ups so they could get some sun. Vic and Clay realized that they were going to attract plenty of make attention. Hannah was in a bright, green two-piece that set off her dark curls and exotically tilted eyes. Jeni's generous curves were poured into a red suit that was perfect with her caramel skin. And Emma pulled off her cotton throw to reveal that tiny bikini that drove Clay wild.
They had no desire to be kill-joys, or keep anyone from having fun, but Vic and Cay wanted to make sure everyone was safe. Jeni and Hannah had let them know that they weren't there to pick up guys. So, helping dissuade any aggressive admirers was fine with them.
Everyone settled in and they relaxed in the sun. The girls were content to talk and read, but Clay and Vic were starting to get antsy. They decided to join a pick-up, sand volleyball game that was starting up almost right next to them.
The guys were on opposite teams and were fiercely competitive. Emma was enjoying watching this display of Clay's physicality. As others began to gather around to watch the action, she realized that she wasn't the only one admiring Clay. She noticed several sets of eyes following him. It didn't bother her too much. She knew he was gorgeous.
He must have gotten over-heated because he stripped off his shirt and threw it next to the net in the sand. Emma heard several gasps, comments, and a sharp increase in interest. One particularly brazen pair of girls stepped directly in front of her. She heard the girl comment to her friend.
"Damn girl! That's one fine man and I'm gonna get me some of that."
Her companion leered at Clay as well and responded. "His body is H-O-T. You suppose he's as built under those board shorts as he is above them?"
During a break in the game she approached Clay with a bottle of water. She pretended to drop it so she could bend over right in front of him. She grabbed the bottle and offered it to Clay.
"Here you go honey. You look…hot."
Clay looked uncomfortable and didn't reach for the bottle.
"Oh, hell no," Emma said under her breath.
She turned to Hannah. "Can you hand me a beer from the cooler?"
Emma took the bottle Hannah gave her and pushed her way past the floozy to Clay.
"Here honey. I know how you like a cold beer when you're hot."
She made sure she spoke loudly enough for all interested parties to hear. Emma was not one to shy away from PDA. But she usually wasn't so blatant. So, when she traced her hands over his pecs and went up on tip toe to kiss him, he knew something was up.
"Em?"
She half-turned to make sure bimbo girl was watching. When she turned back to Clay, she could see that he'd accurately assessed the situation. He looked down at her with a smirk and an arched brow.
Emma felt slightly embarrassed and turned to go back to her chair, but Clay caught her hand.
"Em, I'm yours. Totally and only yours baby."
He wrapped his arms around her, grabbed her ass and pulled her close to give her a searing kiss. There were many catcalls, hoots, and whistles. He released her so that she could sit down, and he could get back to the game.
As Emma brushed past her audience, she decided she had to say one more thing.
"To answer your question, about his uh…build. The answer is 'yes', and he knows how to use it."
She gave them a smug grin and left them gaping in her wake. She sat back down next to Jeni and Hannah. It seemed that it wasn't only going to be the guys that needed to thwart unwanted advances this week.
