Summary: When MC (Jessica) can’t sleep, she discovers Seth in the pool and decides to go for a late night swim.
Notes: For the purpose of this story, Jessica and Seth’s apartment building has an inner courtyard with a pool, although I don’t think it’s actually designed like that in the book.
Jessica rolled over in bed and picked up her phone from the nightstand: 2:17 AM. She sighed, frustrated, and put the phone back down on the table. After lying in bed for hours, she was no closer to sleep than she had been when she first lay down. Jessica sat up and looked defeatedly around her bedroom. Maybe a book would help? She stood up and walked to the bookcase beside her window, glancing out at the night sky. Even after being in LA for a while, it was still hard for her to get over the lack of stars. Jessica wondered if she’d ever get used to that. She loved LA, but it was so different from everything she’d known in Iowa.
Jessica let her gaze drift down from the starless sky to the courtyard of the apartment building. It looked like someone was using the pool. Wait, was that … Seth? Jessica squinted, trying to get a clearer view. She couldn’t be positive, but it looked like Seth was swimming laps. Jessica hesitated, smiling as she bit her lip with one hand still lingering on the bookcase. Then she made her decision, quickly before she could change her mind. She glanced down at her tank top and boxers and shrugged, slipping her feet into a pair of flip flops before she left her apartment and headed for the elevator.
When Jessica entered the pool area, she shut the gate behind her carefully so that it wouldn’t clang and bother the other residents. Seth’s muscled body cut cleaning through the water as he swam, his strong arms and legs propelling him forward before he flipped seamlessly at the end and began to swim back towards the other end. She smiled at the sight of him and walked over towards the ladder at the middle of the pool, kicking off her shoes before she sat down between the metal handrails. The water was warmer than she’d expected and it felt good on her bare legs as she watched Seth swim.
After a couple more laps, Seth stopped at one end of the pool and stood up, running his hands over his wet hair.
“Hey,” Jessica said. Seth turned, startled, and then grinned when he saw her.
“What are you doing here?” he asked as he made his way to her. He grabbed hold of the metal handrails of the stairs and pulled himself up to kiss her, his lips tinged with chlorine.
“Couldn’t sleep,” she said. “What are you doing down here?”
Seth lowered himself back into the water and held onto the edge of the pool on either side of her. “I had a late job tonight so I decided to use the pool. It’s usually pretty empty at this time of night.” He took one of his hands and caressed the curve of her calf under the water. “Are you coming in? The water’s fine.”
Jessica laughed. “I didn’t bring my bathing suit.”
“Yeah, I guess you’re right,” Seth said with a mischievous grin as he slid his wet hand up to her knee. “Of course, there are ways around that.”
“You want me to go back upstairs and get my bathing suit?” she asked, one eyebrow raised. Seth stepped up on the ladder and leaned in to kiss her, his hand slowly moving further up her thigh.
“I actually had another idea,” he murmured as his hand slid under her shorts. Jessica felt a warm heat pool in her abdomen as his fingers brushed the outside of her panties.
“I don’t know, I might need some convincing,” she said as she kissed him, biting playfully at his bottom lip. Seth grinned as he slid back down into the water, hooking his fingers into the waistband of her boxers. He pushed back from the wall slightly as he pulled her shorts and underwear off before discarding them beside the pool. Seth came back to her, urging her hips closer to the edge of the pool.
“What kind of convincing?” he asked as he trailed slow, teasing kisses along her thighs. Then Jessica could feel his warm breath on her center, his lips brushing against her.
“This could be a good start,” she said, running her fingers through his wet hair.
Seth’s eyes flicked up to hers for a moment as he smiled that irresistible smile before he looked back down, inhaling deeply as he brushed his lips against her again. He gently kissed her, parting her gently with his tongue. Each kiss upon her grew deeper, his tongue pushing further into her. Jessica sighed, slowly spreading her knees until they were braced against the ladder’s handrails. Seth hooked his arms under her legs, resting his elbows on the edge of the pool as his hands pressed against the small of her back, holding her to him.
When he finally began to caress her clit with his tongue, Jessica let go of his hair and gripped the handrails. She struggled to keep quiet, not wanting to wake their neighbors, but it became harder and harder to resist as Seth kept pushing her closer and closer to a climax. Finally, she couldn’t hold back anymore and she dissolved on his tongue, biting her lip to keep from crying out. Jessica felt his fingers digging into her skin as he held her close, unwilling to stop until he’d left her breathless
Seth finally released her and looked up at her as he wiped his lips with his thumb. “Do I have you convinced yet?”
Jessica laughed weakly and edged forward, lowering herself into the pool. Seth smiled as he kissed her, pulling her soaked tank top up over her head before tossing into into a sodden heap beside the pool. Jessica wrapped her legs around his waist as he braced her against the side of the pool, reaching between them to tug at the ties on his swimsuit. She pushed his swim trunks down and he kicked them away. They floated up beside them in the water and Seth grabbed them, tossing them beside her tank top before he turned his focus back to her. Jessica loved the feel of his body beside hers in the water, the way he captured her mouth in a kiss. She reached a hand down and found him in the water, hard and waiting. Seth groaned softly as she moved her hand along his shaft, bringing her hips to his. Jessica gasped as he pushed inside her, his hand gripping her thigh. She was completely absorbed by the feel of him as she clung to him, wrapping her arms around his shoulders. Seth moved in and out of her with a slow rhythm, the water gently lapping around them in the pool.
With each push, Jessica felt him pressing against every sensitive spot. Her nails dug into Seth’s skin, her teeth grazing his earlobe as she kissed him there.
“Harder, Seth,” she begged. “I can’t wait.”
He moved his other hand to the wall of the pool and thrust harder into her, the water around them growing choppier. Jessica felt a wave growing inside her, one that was on the verge of crashing as her back rubbed against the rough pool siding.
“Come with me,” Seth said, his voice strained as he pumped harder into her.
The wave came crashing down as Jessica came, burying her face in his neck to stifle her cry. Seth groaned and she felt him spill inside her as he reached his own release. The water that had stormed around them began to slow as they kissed, melting into one another.
“I told you the water was fine,” Seth said with a grin as he kissed her. Jessica laughed.
“That was more than fine,” she said. “And you know … it’s a good idea to shower off after going for a swim in the pool.”
“Oh yeah?” Seth asked as he raised an eyebrow. “What exactly are you suggesting, Iowa?”
Jessica pushed him back playfully and climbed up the pool ladder, making sure to take her time. Then she reached for her tank top and rung it out, the water splashing over her feet as Seth watched her, his eyes appreciative and full of desire. Jessica pulled on her shirt and then put her shorts on before kicking his swim trunks at him. He grinned as he caught them
“Why don’t you come upstairs and find out?”
