Page 20 of Nights at Seaside
“That sounds amazing.” Jenna reached across the table for a jar.
Bella smacked her hand. “You can’t have moonshine.” She laid her hand over her very pregnant belly and eyed Jenna’s smaller baby bump. “Your baby needs calcium, not alcohol.”
Jenna’s jaw was still gaping when Amy giggled and reached for a jar. “The alcohol burns off, Bella.”
“Yeah, well, I’m not taking any chances.” Bella brushed her thick blond hair from her shoulder.
“Don’t be silly.” Leanna slathered jelly on a piece of toast and set it on her plate. “I know you’re worried about what Evan and Caden will say, but I’ll explain to them that it’s fine.” Evan was Bella’s stepson. As soon as he’d found out Bella was pregnant, he and Caden, Bella’s husband, had begun watching every move she made and everything she put in her mouth. They were so excited for the baby to be born that they’d decorated the entire nursery before she was even three months along.
“Evan has turned into quite the doting stepson, hasn’t he?” Jenna spread jelly on her toast, then fed a piece to Pepper, who had curled up at her feet. “I can still hardly believe he’s almost nineteen. Where has the time gone?”
“Speaking of time,” Amy said. “I think the guys will be back from their run soon and I wanted to talk to Sky before they get here. How was your date with guitar boy?”
“Guitar boy…” Jenna raised her brows in quick succession. “I bet he knows how to strum your strings.”
“I bet he’s got good rhythm, too,” Bella said with a smirk. “Does he like it fast and hard or soft and melodious?”
Sky couldn’t stifle her laugh as she said, “That man canstrumlike nobody’s business.”
Jenna, Leanna, and Bella burst out laughing. Amy squealed and hugged Sky.
“You naughty, naughty girl,” Bella said. “I’m so proud of our little Sky. She’s growing up to be just as dirty as all of us.”
“Hey, speak for yourself,” Amy teased.
Jenna tugged at her maternity top, which was stretched tight across her enormous boobs. “Sky’s been strummed! And? Are you going to see him again, or was this a one-hit strummer?”
“We didn’t sleep together,” Sky clarified.
“So he juststrummed?” Leanna wrinkled her brow. “Strumming is good, right? We like strumming.”
“Strumming,” Bella repeated. “His fingers took a walk on the wild side.”
Sky covered her face. “Oh my gosh.”
Leanna’s cheeks flamed. “Oh. Oh! Sorry. You guys are much quicker to catch on with this stuff than me.”
“Don’t sweat it, Leanna. You just have a cleaner mind than we do.” Jenna leaned in closer to Sky and lowered her voice. “But she gets more sex than all of us combined. You should have heard them last night.”
“Jenna!” Amy snapped.
“Kurt.” Jenna crossed her arms over her chest and closed her eyes. “Right…there. Oh, yeeeeeeessss.”
Leanna turned beet red. “Did we forget to close the windowagain?”
“Do you ever remember?” Bella patted her hand, then turned to Sky. “When are you seeing strummer boy again?”
“Tonight, at Pete and Jenna’s bonfire, but don’t you dare call him that.” Sky dug her phone from her bag. “He’s so hot. I mean, sexy hot, super-sexy hot, ultra-sexy hot. Not just hot, but…scorching crazy hot.”
“We get it—he’s hot,” Jenna said as Sky handed her the phone. “Wow. He looks even better than he did at Governor Bradford’s. You lucky girl.” She handed the phone to Bella.
“Don’t let my brother hear you say that, or he’ll kick Sawyer’s butt for being hot.” Sky closed her eyes and tipped her face up toward the sun, thinking about how sensually she and Sawyer had danced together. Her body flamed with the memory of his hips gyrating against hers, his hands traveling over her—
“Hello? Earth to Sky.” Bella’s voice drew her from her reverie. “I love that he said he wished you were with him this morning. And your response was perfect.”
She felt her cheeks flush. “You read my response?” She’d texted,Maybe tomorrow we’ll wake up together.
“Our little Sky has a sexier side than we thought,” Amy said as she gazed at the picture of Sawyerandthe text. “I’m glad someone else can be the brunt of the jokes this summer instead of me.”
