“Gunner! Wake up!”
I wrapped my arms around her tighter. “Mmm, baby you feel so good.”
“That’s the pillow you’re holding, now wake up!”
My eyes opened and I sat up. “What’s wrong?”
Ellie went to talk, but a loud crash outside our tent had both of us jumping.
“That! There’s something outside the tent. You need to go see what it is.”
With a half-hearted chuckle, I shook my head. “Hell no. I’m not getting skunked like Jeff did.”
She tilted her head and gave me a look my mother or Grams would give me. “Really, Gunner?”
Another crash, this one louder.
“Get dressed and see what it is! Please!” Ellie pleaded.
I let out a frustrated groan. “Fine. But if I get skunked, I’m grabbing your ass and rubbing all over you.”
Her teeth sunk into her lip. “I like the sound of that.”
My dick jumped. “Damn, Ellie. Now I’m turned on.”
“You started it!”
/> After pulling on jeans, my boots, and a shirt, I slowly unzipped the tent. Ellie was right on my tail. At least if I got sprayed, she was going down with me.
I was slowly inching out when I heard the small ice chest start to open. I pushed Ellie back into the tent when I saw the shadow of a person. I jumped out and went to grab them, but I kicked whatever it was that had fallen, causing them to spin around and shine their flashlight in my eyes. The next thing I felt was something sharp hitting my jaw.
Dropping to the ground, I swore I saw stars.
“Gunner!” Ellie screamed as she rushed over to me.
“Damn it! Gunner, I’m so sorry, but you scared me!”
I tried to focus my eyes on the person now leaning over me.
“Ari, what are you thinking sneaking over here like that?”
“I was thirsty and we didn’t have any bottles of water.”
I rubbed my jaw and said, “Jesus, why were you making all that noise?”
She shined the flashlight in my eyes, causing me to look away.
“The light, Ari!”
“Shit, sorry!” she said as she shined it out the other way.
“I wasn’t making any noise. I literally just walked up a second ago.”
My jaw was throbbing as I slowly sat up with Ellie’s help. “Then who was making all that nose?”
A noise came from our right. The three of us all turned to face it.
“Ari, can you shine your light over at the picnic table?” I asked.