I woke up alone in bed. It was a surprise that I managed to sleep the whole night through without any nightmares. True to his word, Stephen had snuck into my bed as soon as everyone fell asleep.

Rolling onto my back, I stretched my body and the relaxed back into the soft mattress. The sun was just starting to rise. I sat up to listen if everyone else was moving around.

I heard the distinctive sound of something banging against the wall followed by moans. My cheeks heated as I rushed around the room to get dressed. Opening my door slightly, I peeked up and down the hall.

The sound was coming from the bedroom right down the hall. I stepped out into the hall and pulled my bedroom door close behind me.

“Ah fuck!”

The exclamation made me stumble slightly. With heated cheeks I raced down the stairs and straight to the kitchen. As my hand closed around one of the cups, the banging started up again.

I instantly pulled back and decided to go for a walk on the beach instead. The wind was a little stronger than it was yesterday. It whipped my hair around my face and my t-shirt around my body. I stared at the big waves rolling up and crashing into white foam on the sand.

Sucking in a deep breath, I allowed my head to drop back with my eyes fluttering close.
What would it feel like to wake up to this every morning? My eyes snapped open as two strong arms wrapped around my waist from behind. I glanced over my shoulder.

Stephen's eyes caught mine only briefly before his lips smashed onto mine. I tried to turn around but he kept me in place. Once of his hand trailed up over my stomach, between my breasts, and then settled on my neck. With his hand on my neck he, he guided my head back to deepen the kiss. He tasted like coffee. I moaned, raising my hands to wrap them around his neck.  His arm tightened around my waist. I could feel his arousal growing against my ass. Breaking the kiss, his lips trailed down my neck to my collarbone. His teeth sunk into my skin slightly.

“Morning baby,” he said huskily. “Did you sleep well?”

“Mm,” I hummed as I turned around in his arms. “I slept great.”

“I thought you'd be asleep for a couple of more hours.”

My eyes dropped to his chest. He was only wearing a pair of black shorts. His chest was on full display and glistering with sweat.

“I would've, but...uuu…  Sebastian and Trina are being pretty loud.”

He chuckled. “This is nothing baby. You should've heard them the last time we went camping.”

A giggle fell from my lips but it died down when my eyes locked with his. They were filled with heat which made my body respond in return. I could feel my panties dampening. The last time he looked at me like that, he had fingered me until I begged him to stop.

“Everyone else still asleep?” he whispered against my lips.

I nodded. His hands gripped my ass to pull me flash against him. I parted my lips to allow his tongue entrance. Stephen's hands trailed down the back of my thighs. He groaned as he lifted me and guided my legs around his waist.

I didn't care that anyone could see us, I wanted him so badly. My hips grinded against his as he started walking. I was briefly aware of us entering the house and moving towards the stairs.

He paused only to push me against the wall. His hands on my ass squeezed tightly before moving up and then beneath the material of my shorts. His hips were following the movement of mine making a moan slip into his mouth.

My stomach tightened as that familiar pull started from within me. I pulled my lips from his to throw my head back against the wall. Stephen kissed down my neck to my collarbone then up again.

“Do we have to wait till I'm eighteen?” I breathed.

He groaned pulling back to look at me. “Yes, we have to wait.”

He leaned down. I thought he was going to burry his face in my neck again but he didn't. Stephen bit my nipple. The action was unexpected and the pain made me crash over the edge.

His free hand slipped over my mouth to silence my cry. Stephen pressed his face against my neck as his body shuddered against mine.

“My birthday better come soon.”

“Ditto baby.”

***

Stephen didn't touch me again after that morning. He kept his distance from me in a way that made me think that I might've done something wrong.

Sometimes he would give me a peck on the cheek before pulling away again. He didn't even sneak into my bed anymore! As the week passed we got into an easy routine. We would take turns in cooking and cleaning up. If we're not on the beach we would stay inside to watch a movie or play some board games Sebastian found.

I was having fun even if Stephen was acting weird. The nightmares seemed to have disappeared and the only thing keeping me up at night was Trina and Sebastian. As my birthday neared the excitement became uncontrollable. I was looking forward to having sex with Stephen. The anticipation made me horny.

Two days before my birthday I decided to use the hair removal cream. Let's just say the feeling was alien.

Things were going absolutely great until Kate decided it would be a good idea to go clubbing. We were just finishing breakfast when she brought it up.

“Come on it'll be fun!” she exclaimed. “Tomorrow is Alia's birthday, it's the perfect time to go clubbing to celebrate.”

“Alia and I already have plans for tomorrow,” Stephen spoke up.

My eyes snapped to him in surprise. He didn't mention anything about plans for my birthday. I just figured we'd spend the day with them and head to my bedroom when the day was over.

“What plans?”

Stephen glanced at me. “It's a surprise,” he muttered, giving me a wink.

“So we go tonight,” Kate said.

My smile dropped as I turned to frown at her. “What about your son?”

“I can get a babysitter.”

“You want to bring a stranger into this house to look after your son?” Nathan questioned her. “Don't be fucking stupid Kate.”

“I'm not fucking stupid!” She pushed the chair back as she stood. “Excuse me for wanting to celebrate my best friend's birthday!”

I watched silently as she stormed off. Celebrating my birthday had never bothered her this much. All we ever did was go to the movies and then our favourite restaurant.

Was she pissed because she knew we'd be having sex? Not even a second later she stormed back into the kitchen.

“If we can't go out then we'll celebrate at home, and since you’re,” she pointed between Stephen and me, “going out tomorrow, we're doing this tonight.”

I blinked at her. My mouth opened but before I could say anything she stormed off again. Shaking my head, I glanced around at them. Stephen had his lips pursed as he stared down at the table. Nathan looked beyond pissed– I totally understood why he was.

“Thank you for breakfast it was delicious.”

Kate was in her room searching through her clothes. She stormed into the bathroom and slammed the door shut behind her.

Shaking my head, I took a seat on the edge of the bed. The shower turned on making me groan. Her morning showers took at least an hour– it did since we got here.
Talking to her was going to have to wait until later.