When it rains...it pours.

The rain came barreling down on us like a damn had broken open. I quickly took Karma's hand and snatched up the teddy bear I won for her.

"Over here!" I yelled, pulling her along.

We ran in the direction of the changing area that was about twenty feet from us. It was made out of bamboo and wood and needed a makeover ASAP. It was only meant for the beach-goers to quickly change from their bathing suit to regular clothes, or vise versa. It didn't even have a lock on the make-shift door. Once we were inside, Karma and I looked at each other and laughed.

"Well, on the bright side, Lanie was wrong about the weather," I quipped.

Karma continued to chuckle and wiped the water from her face. "She's probably seething right now."

I shook the water from my hair the way a dog does it. Karma squealed as the water flew everywhere—was music to my ears. She's always had the most amazing laugh.

"I guess this puts a damper on our date night, huh?"

The corner of her mouth lifted. "Oh, I don't know." She ran her hands over my chest. "Stranded in this small room on the beach during a thunderstorm sounds pretty romantic if you ask me."

A shiver shot down my spine when she started kissing my neck. My eyes slid shut and my head fell back. "Karma, we can't." It came out as a strangled moan with very little conviction. The way she was kissing and sucking at my skin was going to leave a very noticeable hickey—and I didn't fucking care.

"Why can't we?"

Her words vibrated against my throat and I palmed my dick through my jeans. Fuck. If I didn't stop her soon, I wasn't going to be able to at all.

"Because—fuck, Karma."

She chuckled and gave me a devilish smile. "I like where your head's at."

"Karma—"

She cut me off by crushing her mouth to mine. I cupped her face with my hands—already lost to this stubborn, maddening woman that I loved so much. Everything about her kept me enthralled. Her witty sense of humor, her charm, her goddamn stubbornness...Most of all, it was just Karma.

I felt her work the button and zipper of my jeans and I knew it was game over. There was no stopping what was going to happen here tonight. I pulled away from her to look in her eyes and lightning lit up the sky.

"You are so incredibly sexy." My voice was low and throaty. "You have no idea how sexy you are, Karma."

Her smile was seductive and my dick twitched in my pants. It wanted in that mouth. I never told Karma, but she's the only woman I've let suck me off. Well, after we started dating. In high school, there were others. But once I experienced that intense pleasure that only Karma gave me, I didn't let any other women do that to me. It didn't feel right.

Karma was different than other women at everything. She was better. My favorite thing was kissing her. Even if we were together forever, I would never be able to kiss her enough.

"I want you, Nathan," she breathed against my lips.

I groaned into her mouth when she freed my hard throbbing dick and stroked it with her hand.

She took my hand and lifted the bottom of her dress. She pushed my fingers right between the tender, slick folds of her core. She let out a deep moan as I slid my fingers in her wetness.

"No panties again, Karma?" I growled in her ear. I sank a finger deep inside her and she gripped my shoulders, her nails digging in through my shirt. "You are going to be the death of me, woman."

I inserted another finger into her and she worked her body against me shamelessly. I knew she was getting close and I started circling her clit with my thumb. She cried out my name as her climax shot through her.

"You are so beautiful when you come," I said to her in a low voice. "I could watch you do that forever."

I couldn't wait any longer. I reached down and lifted her by her thighs. Her legs wrapped around my waist immediately—the wet heat of her sex rubbing against my dick. I leaned her back against the wall of the small room. A part of me wanted to tease her. I was tempted to rub the head of my dick against her sensitive clit until she was begging me to be inside her. But I was the one who was impatient tonight. I needed to be inside her more than I needed to breathe.

With one powerful thrust, I filled her. She bit down into her bottom lip and tugged at the hair at the nape of my neck. Thunder ripped through the sky and it shook the small shack we were in. I knew there was a small chance that someone could stumble upon us, so this wasn't the time for slow and savor.

I took possession of Karma's mouth as I started to pound into her. Her tight channel gripped my cock perfectly. I knew we weren't going to last long. Passion and pleasure consumed us like a hurricane. Unable to be controlled, we just had to ride it out. And we did.

Karma threw her head back as call out my name over and over again. Begging me for more. I gritted my teeth and buried my face in the soft hollow of her next as I fucked her hard and fast.

"Nathan...Oh, God..."

I moved my lips to her ear. "I fucking love you so much. You're it for me, Karma." I pushed further into her—hitting her sweet spot and making her gasp. "You're mine. Say it."

"No," she moaned, her legs tightening around my waist. "You're mine."

God, I loved her. I traced my tongue over the shell of her ear. "Come for me, baby."

I smiled when she climaxed in my arms. The walls of her sex milked my cock and it sent me over the edge. With one more hard thrust, I released myself inside her.

"Okay," she panted as she tried to catch her breath, "that...was amazing."

I chuckled and gave her a sound kiss. "You're amazing."

I reluctantly withdrew from her body and set her feet back on the floor. The rain was still beating down on the roof of the small room we were in. Thunder angrily rumbled around us.

"Looks like we're stuck here for awhile," I said flatly.

As much as I enjoyed what just happened between Karma and myself, I did not want to be stuck in here indefinitely. I had more planned for our date tonight—and stranded wasn't it.

"Maybe its good karma that we're stuck here," she teased with a wink.

The comment sent my mind back to a different rainy night thirteen years ago...

"They say there's good karma and bad karma," I breathed against her lips. "How come I've only seen the good with you?"

Karma moaned into my mouth as I deepened the kiss. Her eyes stared into mine and she ran her hand down my bare back.

"Believe me," she answered teasingly, "you don't want to see the bad Karma."

I flashed her a charming grin. "Don't be ridiculous, gorgeous. I want all of you. Good. Bad. PMS-y. Every. Single. Part." She giggled as I kissed her after each word, trying to prove a point.

"What about you?" she whispered when I started kissing her neck.

"What about me?"

"Is this the good Nathan? Or the bad?"

I lifted my head and met her gaze as she continued. "I've known you a long time. I know you're...reputation. So, which is it with me?" Her voice dropped to a whisper. "Are you going to break my heart, Nathan?"

I stretched out beside her on the bed and rested my head on my hand. My eyes searched her face for reasons I didn't know. Even though I haven't said the words to her yet, I already knew I had fallen in love with Karma Fitzgerald. I loved every single thing about her and that scared the hell out of me.

I've never had a relationship before her, let alone actually being in love. But with her...I wanted it all.

"Karma," I started in a low voice as I traced her lips with my finger, "I care about you. I would never break your heart. Never, gorgeous."

"Nathan?"

Karma's voice pulled my thoughts back to the present.

"I'm sorry, what?"

She didn't repeat whatever she asked me originally. "What were you thinking about?" she asked instead.

I held her stare for several moments. "I promised you once that I would never break your heart."

Karma exhaled a heavy sigh. "Nathan, we've already talked about this. Let's leave the past in the past, okay?" She cupped my face with her hands. "The future—our future—is all that matters."

"I know." I gently took reached for hee wrists and lowered her hands. "That's why I want to make a new promise. Right now."

As I took in the sight of Karma before me, I couldn't believe how lucky I was. I still remembered the first time I ever saw her—really saw her. I wasn't even planning on going to the club that night. I was actually going to meet this girl I met on the beach and have some drinks. But, I saw Lanie sneaking out with her two best friends and I was worried about them going off on their own.

"When I saw you dancing in the club that night, I was done for," I said quietly. "I knew my whole life changed in that instant. Everything that happened since then has been a bonus."

I reached out and clasped her hand. "You are everything to me, Karma. More than everything." I placed her hand on my chest over my heart. "You feel that?" I whispered the words I said to her a long time ago. "That's what you do to me, Karma. You make my heart race. You haunt my dreams and my thoughts. It's you. Only you."

A tear slid down Karma's cheek. "I—I can't believe you remember that."

I smiled and wiped away the tear that fell. "Of course I do. I remember everything." I exhaled a deep breath. "I just want you to know that this time it will be different. I'm going to do this right. I love you, Karma Fitzgerald, and I will spend every day proving it to you."

I gave her a hard kiss as thunder shook the small room again. She was right—this was kind of romantic. I tilted my head, deepening the kiss as my tongue danced with hers. I groaned into her mouth when I felt her hand stroke my cock. I was already ready for her again. I was always ready for her.

She pulled away from the kiss, her teeth tugging on my bottom lip. "I suggest you get started now, then. I think I need a little more convincing."

A deep chuckle escaped me and I leaned her back against the wall. I lifted her leg and entered her in a quick thrust. She squeezed her eyes shut as she cried out. She reached out and pulled the shirt I was still wearing over my head.

"That's better," she breathed. Her eyes ran over my chest an abs.

I reached behind her and unzipped the back of her sundress. It slid down to her waist, stopping at her hips since her leg was wrapped around my waist. I took her hard nipple into my mouth—sucking the sensitive bud as she buried her hand in my hair.

A thought came to mind and I looked up at her with a grin.

"What's so funny?" she gasped as I continued to thrust deep inside her slowly.

I shrugged a shoulder. "I finally have my answer."

"To what? And can't we talk about this later?"

Another chuckle from me and I put my lips to her ear. "I always thought you were my good karma. But look at you...fucking me in this little room on the beach where we could get caught."

She let out a deep moan. She loved the thrill and risk of being stuck here. So did I.

I picked up the speed a little as I whispered, "Now I know the truth. You are definitely bad karma—and I fucking love it."

They say karma comes back to bite you in the ass...well sometimes, it's a fucking good thing.