I wake up before dawn, the excitement building inside me as I think about the day ahead. I've been waiting anxiously all week for Saturday to get here. My chance to hit the beach, to feel the cool morning air on my skin and the rush of adrenaline as I catch some waves. The journey to the beach is quick and effortless, and before I know it, I'm pulling into the sandy parking lot. The first glimmers of sunrise are just begi...
“Mmm, that looks delicious,” Erin said as she reached across the table to poke one of Luke’s chocolate-covered bananas with her fork. “I’m so impressed with breakfast here. I would have never imagined so many sweet and savory items could go together for breakfast.” She chewed and swallowed before adding, “You have to try these Vietnamese shrimp pancakes.” “I had some yesterday. I agree, they are amazing,” Luke replied as...
Dani walked slowly across the wide stretch of minimally undulating beach that morning. Her head down in contemplative gaze at the details of the sand having been washed once more on the outgoing tide. She carried her favorite short board cradled against her side. It was a soft morning, as the fog lifted slowly. Her wet suit warmed her against the cool of the morning breeze. She had deliberately left the front zi...
A hot June sun glittered on the water’s surface, but the Pacific breeze cooled Jenna and Celeste, as they settled with their drinks at Armando’s Venice Beach cafe. “You might need something stronger than a Frappuchino to get through this afternoon,” Jenna said, and she chugged on the neck of her beer as if to reinforce the point. Celeste eyed her, sipping nervously through her straw. “You think?” She had little doubt, how...
Nothing can ever last In the time of an era All sound bites and glib Laughing on Yahoo Idling night and day too Killing time with nothing extra Eating snacks, gone too soon Searching for manna for the Id Bored with funnies and kittens too Internet decaying thought every hour Games within frontiers for I Carnage as fingertips on keyboards run Orgasms on demand become chronic Carnal desires, whims of every type Kinks and pe...
My parents have owned their house on the beach in sunny Southern California since before I was born. My dad, a successful doctor, and my mom, the civil lawyer, had always dreamed of living on the beach. When they bought the house, it was a real fixer-upper. It had been devastated by a storm and abandoned, but Mom saw the beauty and potential in it. My dad thought she was crazy, but he loved her so much, he trusted her ins...
As it turned out, Levi didn’t get his hands on me for awhile, not that either of us was happy about it. I couldn’t allow my weekend experience to bleed into my school week. Those two days had been a blast – a taste of what my summer might be like after graduation, but I had too many responsibilities to be fooling around during the week. After the craziness of it all, my Monday was completely mundane. I hadn’t even had the...
Expectation It’s Tuesday night. Tomorrow we will meet my love: same time, same place. I look forward greatly to my visit and to all associated with you, my love. I anticipate our ritual. I anticipate your every move and I long for your deep, wet embrace. Tonight, I will sleep restlessly, lustfully, anxious to be with you again. I may dream of you, remembering and hoping. Tomorrow, in the morn, I will set out to see you....
Sitting on my board I traced the plumeria design with my fingers. The cold water slapping gently against my thighs. I ran my hand over my hot forehead and looked up at the sun in the high sky. “Okay, this is the last set for the day,” I said with a longing sigh. I need to stop surfing and head into town today because the only internet access is in the school. I volunteer on an Asian music website and I need to go through...
Life with Roxy was like a roller coaster that both thrilled and chilled. Sometimes your stomach gets queasy with the whole thing and you swear you’ll never get on again. Then before you know it, you find yourself lining up for another ride, like the adrenaline junkie you really are. The kind of relationships that make you sweat, in both good and bad ways, can become a lot like this over time. Eventually, if you’re lucky a...
She was an enigma on the Pacific Coast Highway, a she-devil as I would later learn, but springtime in California evoked a lazy naiveté in me. The golden coast was full of the promise of summer love affairs and casual encounters. There are the mind-fucks too, but nobody is thinking about the pitfalls and risks while watching the swish of a short skirt over tanned thighs and the smiles that invite you down that gilded path...
Blair Wilson was an average guy in almost every respect. He was of average height, average looks, and average intelligence, and possessed average athleticism, average personality, average libido, average sex equipment, and average charisma. Like every average person, however, he had some better than average features, and some less than average. For example as some of his good features he was slimmer and had more muscle to...
I pondered everything as I drove out to King's Bay the following morning. Did I really want to stay in California, or was I just overwhelmed with my current freedom, and Callie? Was I just caught up in the novelty in being somewhere different? I kept coming back to the fact that I wasn't sure what I had to return to. I could find a job out here, and Callie was here. Callie . . . I couldn’t sort out my feelings about her....
After that weekend, I went to King's Bay whenever I could. June somehow turned into July without me noticing. I spent as much or more time at Callie's place than I did at Manny's. Manny invited me to various parties and barbeques and get-togethers, but I always begged off. I wanted to be with Callie as much as possible. One day I came down with some kind of virus that made me as sick as a dog, and only Manny hiding my car...
We swam. We surfed, we rested on the beach and we swam some more. I'd never seen anyone as at home in the water as Callie. She was one of those people that made you think if mermaids were real, she'd be one. If she'd grown a tail and headed out to the horizon, I wouldn't have been a bit surprised. I noticed after a while that the beach wasn't as crowded as I had expected. That struck me as odd. Summer was in full swing. I...
