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the sky tonight.  Even though I lived in a small town and was sure that I could see more of the night sky than most people, it didn’t compare to being out here without any other light around.  I was certain stars I’d never even spotted before were out tonight.
    “This is amazing,” I breathed, looking up in amazement.
    “I know,” Trent agreed in hushed tones.
    We stood gazing up at the inky night sky for a moment, neither of us wanting to speak and break the magic spell.  Eventually Trent spread the blanket down on the soft ground, and I dropped my towel onto it.  He shrugged out of his sweater and pulled me to him as I shivered in the night air.  Goose bumps rippled across my flesh, and I wondered again how exactly he thought we’d keep warm swimming out here now.  “Come on,” he said, suddenly scooping me up into his arms.  Trent started walking hastily toward the water, and I clung to him, squealing.
    “It’s going to be too cold!”
    “Nah, it’ll feel great,” Trent said, grinning from ear to ear.  He stepped into the lake, and droplets of cool water sprayed up against my skin as he noisily splashed farther in.  He continued walking, until my feet were dipped in the chilly lake and I was clamoring to get out of his embrace.
    “It’s freezing!”
    Trent lowered his head and kissed me, and as his tongue gently pushed into my mouth, suddenly I wasn’t quite so aware of the cold water seeping over my entire body as he carried us deeper into the water.  I twisted in his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist, as Trent held me to him, kissing me intently in the darkness.  “See, it’s not bad once you’re in the lake,” he said, his voice deep, letting his fingers trail across my bare shoulders and back.  His fingers slid under the thin spaghetti strap of my bikini top, gently trailing back and forth, until at last he untied it with a single tug.  He reached up to untie the strings behind my neck as well, and palmed the skimpy top in one hand, lest it float away.
    “ Mmmm, much better,” he said, gazing down at my bare breasts.  Releasing me ever so slightly from his embrace, he lowered me to the ground, so that we were both standing chest-deep in the water. His hands edging down over my bikini bottom, he cupped the curves of my backside with his hands, pulling me to him. He lowered his head and kissed each breast, sucking intently on my nipples and teasing them with his tongue.  I shivered slightly, both from the coolness of being in the lake and from his touch.
    “Are you cold?” he asked, pulling me to him and wrapping his muscular arms around me.
    “Yeah, let’s go back to the blanket.”
    We walked back out of the lake together, hurrying over to where we’d left our things.  I grabbed my towel, wrapping it around myself as I shivered in the cool night air.
    “Here, put this on,” Trent said, handing me his sweater.   I pulled it over my head as Trent tossed my wet bikini top to a corner of the blanket.  The sweater was way too big for me and hung down to mid-thigh, but it was warm and smelled like the spicy scent of Trent’s aftershave.  Nothing, however, could warm me up like the way he was looking at me right now.  He stepped closer and brushed my hair, now damp at the ends from our dip in the lake, back from my face and then cupped my cheek as he bent down for a kiss.  “God, you are so sexy,” he murmured.
    “So are you,” I replied, kissing him back and running my fingers over the hard planes of his chest.  Moving my hands down his pectorals, I let my fingertips trail over his washboard abdomen, which was rippled with solid muscles.
    Trent shifted and reached around me, one arm around my back and the other supporting my head, as he lowered me gently onto the blanket beneath us.  His body hovered above mine, and I could just make out the desire in his eyes in the moonlight.  A breeze blew off the lake, but with Trent sheltering me I barely noticed the cool