The sun was blazing as they walked towards the enclave. Huge rocks surrounded the enclave and the sea ran into the area to create a deep enough pond to allow the adventurous to experiment with rock climbing.
Jack, Sean and Ben were hell bent on jumping off the cliff.
�I think I�ll just use the ladder to make my way down.�
�Come on Maleeyah. Are you scared?�
She looked down and back over at Ban, �As a matter of fact, yes I am and I have no shame in that either.�
�I�ll go down with you.�
The other moaned, �Come on D. You punking out?�
�Jack, you know how athlete�s contracts are.�
That satisfied them all. Actually, he wasn�t sure if jumping off of cliffs were specifically prohibited per his contract but he had to figure if he wasn�t allowed to ride motorcycles Mr. Steinbrenner surely didn�t want him pretending to be some acrobat.
He and Maleeyah slowly and carefully went down the rusted and unsteady ladder directly into the sea.
She had a small purse that was wrapped around her body. She pulled a camera out and began to take pictures.
�What else do you have in there?� Women always seemed to carry everything you could possible need in their purses.
�If we were to get stranded I got your back.�
�Why don�t you give me the camera and I�ll take some pictures of you.�
She smiled, �Ok thanks.�
She got rid of her purse and posed for a few pictures as they played a game of model and photographer.
�Why don�t you get in the water?�
She removed her shorts. For the first time he saw Maleeyah in a bikini and it was a remarkable sight. She definitely was working it and her body was on point. The top tied at the neck and the back and the bottoms tied on either side at her hips. She made the typical black bikini look anything but ordinary.
�You just do whatever and I�ll take pictures of you; don�t pose.�
It was at that moment he was able to simply look at her. Through the lens of the camera, he admired that arch in her back; that line going down the middle was definitely one of the sexiest things on a woman. The curve of her hips, her toned legs, the definition of her abs.
She turned her back to him, scooping up water in her hands and he shook his head at her round butt. He zoomed in and noticed her right butt cheek. It appeared to be a birthmark there; it wasn�t a mole it was a weird shape that was just a bit darker than her caramel skin.
She walked towards him,
�Did you get some shots?�
�Yeah.� He answered as he snapped a few more of her as she emerged from the water exposing more of her body the closer she got to him.
He handed her the camera and she looked through them.
�These are pretty good. Are you into photography?�
�Nah, I would love to though. Every now and then I take a good picture and want to be a photographer.�
�Yeah, its an art. I�m thinking of taking a photography class.� She looked at him again, holding the camera up, �There are some of these that are going to be my favorites. Thanks.�
�Well, I had a great model.�
�Flattery will get you everywhere.�
He laughed, �Seriously, I�m surprised you look so good this morning; we had a long night.�
She nodded, �Yeah, even longer when Ben woke me up to sleep in my room because he was so drunk. I ended up sleeping in his room.� She laughed, �That boy is a horrible sleeper.�
His room? She slept in his room? He didn�t know why that was such a relief to him but it was. Actually he did know; it was because he wanted Maleeyah to be that too cool to touch girl. She hadn�t tried to push up on him once and it was refreshing. It restored his faith in women just a bit.
He wanted a wife that was spunky, independent and didn�t allow herself to be pushed around by a man. He wanted a woman who wasn�t afraid to walk away if the man wasn�t going right. He wanted a woman who didn�t tap-dance for a man. He wanted a woman who behaved like a woman. He may have liked women who were sexy and wanted to have fun but lately he had encountered women who were a little too abrasive for his liking. They approached him and were willing to be whatever he wanted them to be. Not to mention that there was nothing to hold his interest beyond the physical and the props he got for bagging yet another hottie.
She pointed towards the cliff, �Look.�
He looked up just in time to see Ben, in his bright yellow shorts, jumping off the cliff in a swan dive. He groaned and shook his head.
�So was it the contract or you didn�t want to jump?�
He turned to see her smiling; the answer was obvious. �I�m not an exciting kind of guy.�
�I don�t see it as exciting. I see that,� She pointed again towards the cliff top as another thrill seeker plunged, �Foolish.�
Ben and Jack made their way over to them.
�Did you see?� Ben asked as he draped his arm around Maleeyah�s shoulder; it didn�t bother now that he knew she slept alone the previous night.
�Yeah, you guys really are that stupid. I didn�t think you�d go through with it.�
Derek laughed, �Well, you�ll learn as I have. They really are as stupid as they look.�
Sean ran over, �How did I look?�
They all laughed at him. His friends, he shook his head, he was stuck with them.
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