Hope's Chance

by Jennifer Foor

  I was following him like a little puppy dog when he suddenly turned around. “Are you checking out my ass?”

  “Maybe.” I said as I kept walking toward him.

  He spun back around and yelled “Carry on!”

  I had to smile. Chance always did that. He could find something sarcastic to say even when things were serious. It was just another quirk about him that I admired.

  He found us a perfect spot on the beach. It was close enough to the water that we could see everything, but far enough back so we didn’t get our blanket wet.

  Chance had one of his naughty grins on his face after we got the blanket spread out and were starting to go through our bags. He reached inside of his and pulled out a bottle of suntan oil. It said that it was s.p.f. ten, which was plenty enough for my dark complexion. He held it up and smiled like he was advertising it for a commercial, showing off his perfect teeth.

  I rolled my eyes and tried to ignore him. He stuck out his lip and gave me a sad face.

  I stood up off the blanket and pulled my sun dress over my head, and when I did I saw Chance do a double take.

  I didn’t think my bathing suit was bad. It did happen to be a string bikini, and it also was held together with silver metal rings. One was hooked between the breasts, and another on either of the sides. The bottoms were kind of small and had two rings on either hip, leaving each side open to only bare skin. The suit itself was red and I thought it went great with my skin color. Chance continued to stare.

  “What is wrong with you?” I asked.

  “What are you wearing Hope?” He asked.

  “It is my bathing suit. I borrowed it from Buffy.”

  “That does not have enough fabric to constitute as clothing. Holy shit!” He exclaimed.

  I shrugged and kneeled down beside him. I grabbed the bottle from his hands and poured it on my chest. When I began to rub it in, he threw a towel over me. “Oh my God Hope. What the Hell are you thinking?” He was freaking out.

  “Jesus Chance. I am applying sunscreen to my body. What is your problem?”

  He looked around us, and I tried to act like I didn’t know what he was looking for. “They are my problem Hope. I wanted you to myself today, but I can see them mindfucking you and I can’t beat all of their asses.”

  I started laughing. “Did you just say mindfucking?”

  “Yes, and that is also my job.”

  “Chance take this.” I grabbed the bottle. “Put some in your hands and show them who I came here with, and who I will be leaving with.” I ordered him. “Oh and by the way…” I pulled his face toward mine and grabbed his bottom lip between my teeth. As I pulled away I licked it. My hands were all over his chest and I only stopped when I heard a woman close to us gasp.

  I was kind of embarrassed, but Chance pulled me into his chest as we both laughed it off.

  He took his time applying the oil to my body, and the more he rubbed the more I wished we were alone. It was making me so hot for him that I could hardly control my breathing. When he got to my thighs I wanted to scream out in pleasure. He could feel me tensing up and when I looked up at him, he had a huge grin on his face, like he knew what it was doing to me.

  After he finished he lay his body beside mine and whispered in my ear. “That was only the front. Just wait until it is time for the back baby.”

  I purred. “Oh, I love it when you call me that.”

  “Well I love it when you talk like cat woman.” He declared.

  I rolled my eyes and leaned into his kiss. “You are so lucky that you’re gorgeous.”

  “If you are trying to threaten me with compliments, it is working. I am very scared right now.” He held his fingers up like he was pretending to bite his nails.

  Chance finally settle down beside me after he applied a generous amount of sunscreen to his face and chest. He kept making me laugh and I loved it. As we lay there, I felt his fingers sliding in between mine and he kept his hand in mine until we were ready to flip over.

  I couldn’t believe how perfect it was being here with him. I tried not to think about tomorrow, but when something is this great, you just can’t help it.

  Chance

  Being on this beach with Hope was amazing. I joked about the other guys checking her out, but it didn’t bother me because I knew she was mine, at least for today. That bathing suit she was wearing revealed too much though. I was half worried that when we got into the water she would lose it, then I got kind of excited about that as well.

  Hope’s smile was back in full force and it was contagious to me. When she smiled I found myself smiling. When she brushed against me, I wanted to do the same. I loved being obnoxious around her, because it drove her crazy.

  When she rubbed that oil on her body, I imagined actually busting a load on my pants like I was twelve again and seeing my first hot vixen walking across the beach. Except today, Hope was my hot vixen. It was funny, Hope had confidence, but she really had no idea how beautiful she was.

  She had her hair clipped up so it bounced around in the air. I know she did it so the breeze didn’t blow it in her face, but I couldn’t help but remove the clip. She jumped up and dove over top of me trying to get the clip out of my hands.

  “Chance, give it back.” She demanded.

  I stood up and ran toward the water, looking back to make sure she was following. Once I had jumped in to my knees I noticed she stopped at her ankles. “Come and get it.”

  “It’s freezing.” She cried.

  “If you want it back, you have to come get it. Come on sissy.” I taunted her.

  I took the hair tie and clipped it to my shorts, then immediately began splashing her with the freezing cold ocean water.

  Finally, she decided she couldn’t take it anymore, and came running toward me full force. We both went crashing down into the water just as a wave came in. When I came above the water I saw Hope running her hands through her now wet hair. “Jerk.” She said as she splashed some water in my direction.

  I gave her a smile and went under the water. In Virginia the water is dark so there was no way she could tell exactly where I had gone. Once I was close enough that I could see her legs, I pinched her ass before coming above the water again.

  She jumped up and started to come at me, but I grabbed her body and pulled her close to me. I loved the way her body felt when it was wet. Her skin was already so smooth and the salty water made it even more desirable.

  “I got you now.” I said, as we were only inches apart from each other.

  She reached her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist as the waves came crashing down just past where I was standing. Children were at the water’s edge screaming as each one broke and turned white. Hope looked at me with those beautiful crystal blue eyes.

  “Thank you for today Chance.”

  I smiled and kissed her gently on the lips. “There is really no place I would rather be Hope.”

  She leaned her forehead against mine and closed her eyes. While she held on to my neck, I freed my hands and ran them up the outside of her thighs and then under the back of her bikini bottoms.

  She looked around. “Chance? What are you doing?”

  I started laughing. “It’s fine. Nobody can see what we are doing.”

  She looked around and considered if I was really telling the truth.

  “Hope….trust me.” I said as I grabbed both of her ass cheeks and pulled her closer to me.

  “I do Chance.” She said as she leaned in and kissed me again, this time slipping her tongue into my mouth. When she pulled away she looked right into my eyes. “I’ve never felt safer than when I am in your arms.”

  I let out a sigh and leaned my head against hers.”You don’t know how much that means to me Hope.”

  I pulled my hands away from her butt and hugged her. Her lips tasted salty from being under the water. My lips found the nape of her neck and then her shoulder, and as I kissed them she let out a sigh. She kept her legs around me,
but let the rest of her float. I held onto her back and she laid back in the water. As she floated I looked at her chest. They were the only part of her floating above water and the air was causing her nipples to harden.

  “Mmm, you are just teasing me now.” I mumbled.

  I took one of my hands and ran it across her wet stomach, stopping right before I got to her breasts. She gave me a smile and sat back up against my body. “If there weren’t all these people around I would suggest we get busy out here.” She joked.

  “They wouldn’t know anyway. You know I am game.” I gave an eager nod.

  “Chance! There is no way. They would see our faces.” She argued. “I can’t keep a straight face when you are inside of me.” She admitted.

  “You have got to not talk like that Hope; I am getting hard as we speak.” I confessed.

  She pushed herself away from me and began backstroking. I swam toward her and watched as she caught a wave and made her way into shore, only turning back to give me that teasing smile she knew made me crazy.

  I had to stay in the water for a few extra minutes to get myself calmed down, but finally met her on the beach. She was holding the tanning oil, waiting for me to apply it. “Do you want to put this on me, or will it make you hard in front of all these people.” She teased looking around to add to her game.

  “Touching you in anyway makes me hard Hope. But, you already know that.” I said as I grabbed the oil.

  She lay on her stomach and I poured it over her back and massaged it into her skin. I could tell it felt good cause she relaxed her shoulders and let me work my magic. I was able to maintain a calm stature within my pants, but it wasn’t without a lot of effort.

  When I was finished, she insisted on applying it to my back as well. We both lay on our stomachs but faced each other. We talked for hours, only taking breaks to turn over or cool off in the water. Being with her was like being in heaven. She was so thoughtful and I found myself hanging onto every word she said. I wanted to know everything about her, and I knew it would take a lot longer than just today.

  Chapter 18

  Hope

  The hot sun beat down on Chance and I, but neither of us seemed to care. We were too caught up in each other to notice anything really. When we finally agreed we were both hungry, we stood up and realized that we were one of the only few people still on the beach.

  Chance had asked me so many questions, starting with what it was like when I was a child, and then on to what it was like when my parents decided to separate. I told him all about my past relationships and how my last boyfriend still had hopes of us getting back together. When I assured him it was never going to happen, he just smiled and seemed to be happy about it.

  Explaining the breakup of my parents had always been a hard topic for me to deal with. I had just become a teenager, and with that came all of the physical and emotional changes someone goes through at that age. My parents had been so wrapped up in hating each other, that I was left to fend for myself.

  I started hanging around the wrong people and eventually my grades began to fall. Thankfully, Rylee had moved closer to where we lived and I started spending more time with her family. Her mother treated me like I was her own. She took me out and bought me feminine products and explained how everything worked.

  My mother never even noticed I had gotten my period until six months later. I remember it vividly. We were sitting at the dinner table with my grandparents and they had made beets. I hated the way they tasted, and made your mouth turn red. When my mother put them on my plate and demanded I eat them, I freaked out. I started getting all emotional at the table and my mother, being the last to notice, yelled out, “You act like a woman on her period!” When I yelled back and confirmed that I actually was, she was so shocked. She took me in my room and cried for half the night admitting she had been a bad mother for not being there when I needed her.

  After that she seemed to always be one step ahead of my decisions. She was my number one supporter, and as my relationship with my father drifted to non-existent, she was there to pick up the pieces. I admired her so much.

  When I explained all of that to Chance, he just lay there holding my hand taking it all in with a smile on his face. I could tell that he liked hearing about my mother, and since I knew his mother had died unexpectantly, I knew it was the right time to ask him about it. If he wanted to tell me he could anytime.

  Chance and I converted all of our dry and sand free items to one bag and put all of the beach exposed things in another one. He held my bag and carried my flip flops with one hand, and held my hand with his other as we walked off the beach.

  Every time I looked in his direction he was smiling at me, and each time he would give my hand a tighter squeeze. I couldn’t help but smile back at him.

  Once we got onto the boardwalk we walked around looking for a place to eat. Chance became secretive and we began to walk into a parking garage right off the boardwalk. We ducked past a couple cars before we reached an outdoor shower that had a little privacy to it. It was still out in the open, but Chance pulled out our beach blanket and tucked it into the ceiling so that it made a makeshift curtain. He got me situated inside of it and stood guard on the outside so I could strip out of my bathing suit and change into something dry, without being sandy.

  As soon as I turned off the water, he was handing me my sundress and a pair of underwear. For some reason I found it more sweet than embarrassing. I came out from behind the makeshift curtain and let him zip up the dress in the back. The one I had brought with me had a built in bra that thankfully supported my breasts enough to wear and I didn’t look ridiculous. When Chance got to the top of my zipper he kissed the back of my neck. “All done beautiful” He whispered.

  “Thank you!” I said smiling.

  I turned as he slipped in past me and took his turn getting rinsed off. Just as he had done for me, I reached into the bag and located his clean clothes. When the water turned off I handed him the dry clothes and waited for him to get dressed.

  When he whipped around the corner in a baby blue polo shirt and plaid shorts I gasped. He was so handsome. His tan skin and brown eyes stood out with the light shirt. I loved the way it fit against his chest.

  “Wow you clean up nice.” I joked.

  “I try.”

  He grabbed both of the bags from me again and we started walking back to find a place to eat. Chance led me into a small little place I had never noticed before. It was in the basement underneath a surf shop. The smell of marinara sauce filled my nose and I knew it was a pizza place right away. Little tables were situated around the small room and few people filled the seats. Chance led me to a quiet corner table away from everyone else.

  He pulled out my chair for me and helped me scoot it back in. “A chair for my lady.”

  I smiled and watched as he took his seat across from me. He handed me a menu. “So have you been here before?”

  “Buffy brought me here a couple times the first week we were here. The pizza is the best.”

  I looked over the menu and then set it back down on the table. “How about we share one.” I suggested.

  “Sounds great to me.” He said as he put his menu down. He reached over and grabbed my hand. “Are you having a good day Hope?”

  “It’s been the best.”

  He squeezed my hand. “I agree.”

  The waiter came and Chance ordered us a pizza with two iced teas. In all the times I thought he wasn’t paying attention to me, he seemed to have picked up on everything. He knew my favorite topping was mushrooms and that I liked unsweetened iced teas.

  He played with my hand on the table even after our drinks and our food came. His smile did things to me. It made me feel like I was the only person in the room. I loved it.

  Even after we finished eating, we sat at the table and continued to talk. He shared stories about when he and his sister were children. He talked about a tree house that all the neighborhood kids hung out in, that you neede
d a secret word to be able to get inside. Chance talked about his favorite dog Buttons, who bit all of his neighbors on their butts, but never hurt him.

  We walked around the boardwalk, holding hands and sharing stories. He won me a stuffed frog by throwing rings onto the top of a small jug. He offered to put it in our bag, but I wouldn’t let it go. Chance even got me to go on the Ferris wheel with him. I looked down at the people as it circled around. He held me close and kissed me on top of my head. I leaned into his body and he held me tight against his chest.

  When we starting walking back to where he parked his bike, he bought me an ice cream that I ended up sharing with him. He kept taking it from me and touching my nose with it, leaving some sitting there, so that he could kiss it back off.

  He kept making me laugh and I couldn’t remember the last time I had felt so happy for that amount of time. When we got to the block of the boardwalk that the bike was parked, he pulled me onto the beach. We removed our shoes and held hands as we walked down the beach. The waves crashed in the distance and then it would come in and reach our feet as we continued walking.

  We came to a lifeguard stand and he climbed up inside of it, urging me to follow him. I dropped my things and climbed up behind him. He situated me on his lap as we looked out into the oceans never ending skyline. We sat back and watched the sunset, while the cool ocean breeze blew across the beach.

  Chance kept taking my hand and pulling it to his lips. He wrapped his arms around me and put his fingers in between mine. I pulled him around my waist tighter, wishing we could stay in this very moment forever.

  Chance

  I never imagined I would find her. It had never occurred to me that she was what I had always needed. Today had been effortless. Being around her came natural to me. As she pulled my arms around her tighter, I finally felt like I wasn’t alone. She had filled a void that I thought would never be filled, that I never even had wanted to fill. Until now.