Free Hell House by Brenda Hampton Page A

noticed Roc checking her out. I placed my finger on his cheek, turning his face toward me. “So,” I said. “What’s the play? Tell me some things about yourself, Roc. Are you a single man?”
    He licked his lips and rubbed the flowing waves on his head. “I’m down with somebody, but she be funny actin’ sometimes. What about you? Or does any of that really matter, especially since we’re here and they’re wherever?”
    I shrugged my shoulders. “I’m single and loving it. I just didn’t want to cause any setbacks in your relationship, that’s all.”
    â€œNo worries. Nobody can setback my relationship, but me. Now riddle me this. You sayin’ all of this because you want to hook up, right?”
    â€œIf that’s how you want to put it, yes, hooking up soundsappropriate. So whenever you’re done getting a feel for Sylvia, and I’m sure she’ll disappoint you, I’ll be in the pool. I’m hot right now and need to cool off.”
    Saying nothing else, I walked away and jumped into the bubbling swimming pool with plenty of underwater lighting. The whole area was cozy and I couldn’t wait for Roc to join me. Jaylin seemed occupied, and now he was in the weight room with Prince. Looked like they were showing each other a few techniques, and I could see them laughing. Jada had finally put her book down and she was sitting at the edge of the pool with her feet in the water. She had on a one-piece swimming suit with a pair of shorts covering her bottom half. Poor thing. I guess her weight didn’t matter, since she was also snacking on those chocolate chip cookies she’d baked earlier.
    Sylvia returned to the table, but after a short while I saw her go back inside. That was when Roc jumped his sexy self into the water and swam over to me. It was a wet and wonderful sight.
    â€œWhy you out here floatin’? You should be swimmin’,” he said.
    â€œI was waiting on you. I didn’t want to go into the deep water, unless you were with me.”
    Roc turned his back and gestured for me to get on it. I straddled my legs around him and pressed my breasts against his back so he could feel them. He was so strong. The way his body felt made my pussy dance. I hoped he couldn’t feel it doing the pop, as he swam around the water with me on his back. I laughed a little, joked a lot, and when he lifted me in the air, I screamed.
    â€œRoc, please don’t drop me,” I begged. “This water is too deep and I can’t swim!”
    â€œYes, you can,” he said. “You just playin’ with me and lyin’ to me, too.”
    He tossed me several inches away from him, but made sure thatI didn’t go far underneath the water. I threw my arms around his neck, and, this time, I straddled the front of him. I could feel his hardness pressing into the right place. And after not having sex for almost two months, I was so ready to let him dip into it. I wasn’t the type of woman who had to wait to do these things and one-night stands were what I lived by. It was rare that I would ever get attached to a man, and the ones that I wanted, I had no problem going after. I wanted Roc and I wanted Jaylin. He and Prince had finally come out of the workout area and were now chilling back in the lounge chairs drinking. I didn’t know what the two of them possibly had in common; they were like night and day. But I saw Jaylin peeping Roc and me a few times. This was my chance to show him that I wasn’t only interested in him, even though I was sure he was confident I was.
    I gazed into Roc’s eyes as he held me and nodded my head toward the stone-layered waterfalls. “Would you like to go behind there?” I said.
    â€œWhat’s shakin’ behind there?”
    â€œMy ass, if you want it to be. But why don’t you follow me and find out?”
    I broke away from Roc and swam behind the waterfall