Call Center Diaries: CASSIDY (Revamped)

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As soon the words left my mouth, his lips captured mine in a soft kiss and I couldn't help but sigh as we were finally able to express both our feelings after all those time that we have been flirting with each other.

His lips were warm and soft. It was a welcoming feeling, and I couldn't help but press my body to his and even with the coldness of the water, I could feel my body slowly igniting from the way his mouth slowly starting to explore mine.

I closed my eyes, and a soft moan escaped my lips, but the kiss suddenly ended, and I felt somewhat disappointed. I know that it showed in my eyes because he gave me a lopsided smile and gave me a quick peck on the lips before he stepped back to give me space but not far enough that I would not be able to hold on to him in the water.

"As much as I want to continue, there are people around and I would rather lose myself to you when we're alone." His voice sounded hoarser than usual, and I wasn't sure if it was because of the kiss or the anticipation of something more but I could see the happiness in his face.

"Will you be okay here while I go take a dip?" he asked and with my mind still reeling at the feel of his lips, I was only able to nod as he went and submerged himself in the water leaving me to deal with my heightened emotions.

I totally forgot that there were other people around and even though we were farther away from the rest of the group, they could still see whatever we were doing above water, and I was glad that I was alone so no one would see my cheeks turning red at the image that my imagination was conjuring.

I shook my head to clear my thoughts and finally waded closer to the shore where the water was chest- deep and I allowed myself to submerge for a few seconds and come back up. I did it a couple of times as I allowed my body to follow the flow of the water but made sure that I was moving closer to the shore and not away.

The next time that I submerged myself in the water, I held my breath longer and when I came up, I almost lost my balance when Cal was already standing in front of me, looking at me in question.

"You almost gave me a heart attack!" I exclaimed while clutching my chest in surprise.

"Is that what you've been doing the whole time?"

"Hey! Don't judge! I told you I can't swim!!" I reminded him; he raised his two hands in defense.

"I'm not judging but you could use some moving around once in a while and not just staying in one place."

"The water was already doing a good job of flinging me around so nope... I'm good."

"Would you like to take a rest for a bit?" He pointed towards the shore where our things were laid out on the sand.

"Good Idea." I started to move but he gestured to his shoulders and this time, I didn't hesitate and instead of just placing my arms on his shoulders for support, I clung to him, wrapping my arms around his neck and pressed my body to his back while I started moving my feet in the water. Although, I knew that it really didn't make any difference with our movement, but Cal just let me do my thing.

When he took my hand and placed it closer to his lips so he could kiss it while we were moving, I didn't stop him and to reciprocate, my lips went to his neck and I kissed it softly, tasting the saltiness of the sea and I knew that it had the effect that I wanted when he froze for a second and gripped my hand tighter before resuming our slow movement towards the shore.

We sat down in the blanket with his arms around me while I leaned into him as we ate and talk about how beautiful the place was.

All the while, his hand would caress my face, or he would kiss the top of my head and I would move to hold his hand, or my fingers would linger on his bare chest. We've become good at not discussing whatever actions we were doing or why we were doing it. It was like a mutual understanding for both of us that we were going to do whatever we felt like doing as long as there was consent from both sides. He wasn't complaining and I wasn't stopping him, so we continued showing our feelings for each other through actions instead of words.