Summer Nights || Ben Hardy || COMPLETED ||

Chapter IV - Moonstone

"Why do you have those muscles if you can't row! USE THOSE MUSCLES DARLING" Summer said, making fun of his accent, while sitting on the tip of the boat "JUST DO IT!" she joked, like the meme.
"Why don't you show off your muscles, ruh? If you think you can do a better job..." Ben laughed.
"oh no darling, my arms are like spaghetti, see?" Summer raised her arms, moving them like they were mushy, making Ben laugh hard. 

This was their third 'date'. They haven't kissed, but they were finally flirting and hanging out, literally all the time. Ben would knock on her door every day, at 8 am, so the two of them could explore Greece. On the first date, Ben forgot to put sunscreen, becoming as red as a pepper, which made  Summer laugh her lungs out, but then, she took care of him, passing some cream to relief the blazing and at night, they had dinner at a beautiful small restaurant on a cliff, in a small village, with the most incredible view of the sea. He asked for a pasta and she ate some risotto, but the truth is that Ben ate all of her shrimps, as they set, side by side, listening to some soft traditional music, drinking wine and looking at the moon just upon the sea. At the end of the date, Ben didn't kiss her, but he did leave a soft, slow kiss on her cheek, in front of her bedroom door. Summer slept like a baby, thinking about him.

On the second 'date', Ben took her diving, observing all the colorful fish and the sea life. 

She was way faster than him when it came to swimming, so often, she would feel him grabbing her feet, trying to tell her to slow down. Ben found a coin in the middle of the diving and when they finally set on the boat again, he gave it to her and she kept it, feeling cared. He was a bit clumsy, which was not a problem at all, Summer always enjoyed seen him splashing water all around or almost falling while chasing her on the streets of the small towns they visited. On the other way, Ben adored the sarcastic funny way Summer used to not only show affection, but also hide her fear of exposure and intimacy, he took that as a challenge, just had to think a little bit more on how to conquer her heart and make her feel conformable and cared.

Ben found himself rowing, looking at the beautiful woman sitting in front of him. He was in love with everything about her, the way she gives a shy smile and put her hair behind her ears every time he said something sweet about her, or how he loved the way she raised her eyebrow when saying something sarcastic, also the way her dark eyes looked when in contact with the sun, getting this beautiful honey color. Summer loved how she felt comfortable on his arms, he would always hold her in the sea, when her feet couldn't touch the ground anymore, because she way way smaller than him, she also found his smile the most charming thing in earth, been able to look like a cute romantic boy but also, looking like he could and would tear her apart, in a good way.

"I'm just saying, i though you were stronger" she shrugged, giving him a sassy smile.
"I think you need a cold shower to get off your high horse" Ben said, standing up.
"what do you mean with that?" she questioned, confused, "OH NO" she yelled, watching him getting closer and closer, picking her up like she weighed as much as a feather, "BEN NO" she yelled, grabbing him by the neck, shacking her legs, hoping he would put her down, but despite of her effort, she fell quickly in the water, splashing all around. She started beating her arms on the water, looking like she was drowning, which was weird, he knew she was a good swimmer, but Ben almost panicked, jumping in the water right away and swimming towards her.
"SUMMER" he said with a firm voice, holding her by the waist "SUMMER", she opened a big smile, laughing very loudly, while wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck "oh you! can't believe you would do that!" he laughed, wrapping his arms on her waist.
"I knew that would work!" she said, feeling the water drops flowing through her face. She took some wet hair out of his face, giving him a quick kiss in the cheek "that was cute though" she complemented, stroking his cheek softly.
"that was smart, Summer" he smiled once again.
At that moment, he almost kissed her, there was nothing more that he wanted to do, but Summer, been a smart ass, trying to be a difficult girl, soon got rid of his arms, and started swimming back to the boat, "come on, life guard, we got a whole day ahead of us" she said, already inside the boat, raising her hand to him.

The day went by like the others, Ben and Summer talking about their taste, the beauty of Greece, making jokes and trying to make a small castle on this deserted island, and with the most wonderful sunset, with a mix of yellow and dark blue in the sky, they set down on a big rock to have a nice picnic. Summer tried to nail a grape, throwing it in Ben's mouth, and he got all of them.  She made a big mess trying to eat a watermelon, letting all of its juice fall on her body, making Ben laugh, but also, want to lick it. After they finished eating, they laid on the rock, looking up to the sky, all colored and about to turn dark, letting the stars run the sky. "I've got something for you" he said, sitting down, and by hearing that, she did the same, "oh, what is it? Are you trying to buy my love with your rich boy gifts?" she joked, as Ben turned back and got something out of his backpack, he searched for a little bit, before finally finding it all "First" he said "I remembered you said how much you love sunflowers and you do remind me of them, Summer" Ben said, giving her a bouquet of sunflowers "I know they don't look the best, but they were inside of my backpack for a couple of hours so" he laughed from been nervous, making Summer completely speechless, holding the flowers, feeling like her heart would jump of her body, "and also" he said reaching the bottom of his backpack "this is a moonstone, I feel like it represents these few days we've had together, between living in the sun and the moon, watching the stars and, yeah, I just thought it would fit you perfectly, since you think you're brighter than the moon" Ben tried to make a joke at the end, waiting to hear her laugh, while holding a necklace with the moonstone on his hand, but all he got was Summer speechless, looking like she was about to cry, "d-did, did I fuck it up? I know we might never see each other again and this is a summer...thing and that we've been going out for just a couple of  days, but I just feel something very special about you and I..." he was interrupted by the touch of Summer lips on his and the delicate touch of her soft hands on his face. Only a kiss could show how she was feeling, no words could translate what she wanted to give him, show him, only by the touch of their lips, by the dance of their tongues, only by that way of showing affection, he would get what she wanted to shine through. Ben wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her close, needing to feel her body close to his, holding her dirty salty hair on his hand. He felt like fireworks were exploding inside of him and so did she, pulling him closer and closer, until, finally sitting down on his lap, deepening the kiss, while wrapping her legs around his waist. They had no idea of for how long they were kissing, but it didn't matter, all that maters was that she was finally in  his arms and there was nothing to stop that moment. Her lips were so soft and his kiss was something else, something hot, it was impossible not to fall in love. Things started to hit up, Ben kissed her neck, sucking it, definitely leaving a hickey behind, kissing it down, getting closer to  her breast. Summer bit his lower lip, hearing a low moan escaping his lips and making Ben astonished when seen what she did, that was loosen her bikini top. She gave him a dirty smile and said "This is a night you're never going to forget", Summer dropping her bikini top next to his backpack.