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Rae whipped around to face him, and he held the towel shut in front of her. She looked from where his hands were clasping the towel closed and back up to his face, an eyebrow quirked. "What are you doing?"

"Listen, we get it, Rae. You look hot. But you're distracting the guests and it's getting to be a problem," said Quinn. He was holding her rather close to him. That probably wasn't necessary, but he didn't want to let her back away.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Dad , would you like me to put some more clothes on?" Rae looked up at him, daring him to say yes. He chewed the inside of his cheek as he stared back at her, maybe stealing a peek inside the towel to where her breasts pushed the swimsuit fabric out just the slightest bit.

When his eyes met hers again, she slipped one arm out of the towel and snatched the baseball hat off his head and pulled it down onto her own.

"Happy?" Rae yanked the towel out of his grip and tossed it to the side.

She nodded her head toward the gift table.

"I'm sure you've got a new one in there somewhere.

" Rae reached up on her toes and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek before turning and walking away, giving him a full view of just how much those cheeky bikini bottoms showed off.

Over at one of the many food tables, Quinn caught Jett, Chris and Tyler looking his way.

Jett gave a thumbs up, with what looked like a taco in his hand, Chris was nodding approvingly, and Tyler was doing a silent slow clap.

Quinn shook his head and once again couldn't help his smile before he sent a cheesy two-thumbs up back in their direction .

"I think I got his attention," Raelyn said, sitting on the edge of the pool and sticking her feet in near where Brandi was lying on a pool float.

"Oh, I think you got all their attention," Brandi replied. "Though if you wouldn't mind sticking to Quinn as your person of interest...I think I might be a little interested in Luke."

"He's a good egg," said Raelyn. "I like the idea of you two together."

"So, what's your plan?" Brandi asked. "I'm thinking if I go for Luke, by the time we get to the movie tonight- your parents are breaking out their big projector for outdoor movies, right?

" Raelyn nodded in confirmation. "Well, by then, I'm thinking me and Luke should be safely in the lip-locking stage. "

"You're planning on making out with him during the movie?" Raelyn asked, amused and impressed.

"Isn't that what movies are for?"

"Yeah, I guess," Raelyn said, looking over her shoulder in an attempt to locate Quinn.

Would they be making out by tonight? The thought sent a ripple of pleasure through her whole body.

But she also felt nervous at the idea. Quinn moved fast with every girl.

She didn't want to be just like every other girl.

If there was going to be something more than friendship between them, Raelyn wanted it to be big.

She wanted it to mean something. That meant it was probably best to take it slow, no matter how badly her body seemed to want his.

Speaking of his body... Quinn had now stripped down and was looking particularly handsome in just his red board shorts and aviator style sunglasses. He had a beach towel tucked under his arm and spread it out on a lounge chair behind Raelyn.

An idea popped into her head as she felt the sun beating down hard on her shoulders.

She smiled at Brandi and exchanged a mischievous look before turning and sauntering over to Quinn's lounge chair.

He grabbed a bottle of sunscreen and began applying it to his arms, chest, and stomach.

Raelyn wished she could be rubbing her hands all over those muscles instead.

She stuck a hand out to him, cupped slightly. "Can I get some of that?" Quinn didn't hesitate before squeezing way too much sunscreen in her hand and she laughed, "What am I supposed to do with all of this?"

"You've got more skin showing than usual, Rae," he replied smoothly. "I'd hate for you to burn your ass cheeks."

Enter: Flirtatious Quinn.

She'd experienced this side of him a handful of times before. It was like he could flip a switch and turn the charm on. Flip it back, and he was just her best friend who she'd known and loved since they were seven years old.

"Oh, is that what I'm supposed to do with it?

" Raelyn said with a grin, rubbing her hands together.

There was no way all this sunscreen was soaking into her skin.

Her plan to be sexy and sensual as she rubbed lotion into her body in front of him had completely backfired.

She started putting the white, creamy, and somewhat greasy liquid on her shoulders, working her way down.

Everything was slippery. She got her legs to absorb the majority of the lotion and thought maybe she'd seen Quinn's Adam's apple bob a few times while she massaged it over the curve of her hips and down to what was exposed of her butt cheeks, which was quite a lot, she had to admit.

Quinn was taking a drink from a bottle of water when she stood up straight and looked down at her chest and stomach. There were still obvious white streaks and globs of sunscreen, "You're gonna have to help me out with this. It looks like I just let some guy come on my tits."

The water from Quinn's mouth flew out in a steady spray. He coughed a few times and then laughed, "Rae, you can't say shit like that!"

"Why not?" Raelyn challenged. "You think I don't know how you boys talk when you're all together? What's the difference if I say it?" She sat down on the lounge chair in front of him so they were face to face .

"On second thought," said Quinn, grinning widely, "I like it.

It surprised the hell out of me, but you can definitely pull it off.

" He paused and, though his eyes were hidden behind his shades, she got the feeling he was sweeping his gaze down her body again. “And in case I wasn’t clear before- you can definitely pull off that swimsuit.”

The way the corner of his mouth twitched made her wonder if there was a dirty, double meaning to his words. Or was that just wishful thinking on her part?

"Thanks," Raelyn bit back a too-wide smile. "Now scoop the extra crap off my chest and rub it into my back." She held her hair back and stuck her chest out toward him.

"Um, what?" Quinn asked, his laugh disappearing from his face.

"You've got hands; put 'em to work, Case," Raelyn said, unmoving.

One corner of Quinn's mouth pulled up farther than the other and revealed his irresistible dimple. "You might wanna be more specific giving me orders like that."

Raelyn felt her body heat up as she realized what she'd said, and what he was now implying.

How obvious was it that her nipples had gone hard?

And how was he looking at her through those mirrored sunglasses?

What did his eyes look like behind them as he said these words that sent a satisfying shudder down her front and into a sensitive area between her thighs?

Oh mon Dieu…

Her heart was racing, and she was sure he could see it. He could probably also see how her breaths were shaky, and that her nipples were poking into the polyester of her top that now suddenly felt too small to hold in her not-so-ample bosom.

"Okay," she breathed, after what felt like a long pause with Quinn staring back at her, watching her body respond to his words, though she couldn't tell exactly where his vision was focused. "How about you put the sunscreen on my back, and try not to get carried away?"

That sexy little dimple smirk appeared on his face again. "I can try. "

Holy shit, dreams do come true.

That's all Quinn could think as he slowly massaged sunblock into the skin of Rae's back.

Her skin was hot and soft as it had been in his dream so many years ago.

Of course, that hadn't been his only dream featuring Rae since then, but this one still stuck out to him for obvious reasons.

The real Rae had never interrupted any of his other fantasy dreams about her.

Her bare shoulders were smooth, her back was toned and golden from countless hours spent in the sun.

He would gladly sit here with Rae nearly in his lap all afternoon and rub lotion on her.

Of course he was glad that she wasn’t facing him, because that would make it distinctly more difficult to hide what was going on in his board shorts.

I’m massaging my best friend’s back and my dick is hard. All my friends are here. Her dad is out here somewhere. And my dick is hard.

Rae let out a relaxed sounding sigh and leaned into Quinn’s hands.

Damn, that doesn’t help...but can she do that again?

Sure, it was awkward and anyone who walked by could potentially see that he was getting aroused, but this was sort of a dream come true, so he was going to enjoy it.

“Got any more lotion up there?” Quinn asked, referring to the excess sunscreen that hadn’t soaked into Rae’s chest and stomach. He had the urge to lean forward and brush his lips against her neck, along her shoulders... fuck, keep it in your pants, man.

“No, I think you got it all,” she replied. “Don’t forget my lower back, too. As great as this shoulder massage feels…”

Quinn felt his face redden. “Right.” He’d been massaging and kneading her shoulders and upper back even though all the lotion had been rubbed in. He just loved the feel of her warm, silky skin beneath his palms.

Squeezing more sunscreen into his hand, he eyed the dimples in the small of her back and pressed his palms in the space between her bikini top and those damn bottoms. Quinn spread the lotion outward, rubbing up and down her sides, and back toward her spine.

He couldn’t stop himself from pressing his thumbs into those dimples in the small of her back, turning the experience into much more of a massage than a simple act of helping his friend protect herself against melanoma.