Gritting his teeth, Mason woke with a raging hard-on that ached, and he opened his eyes, getting his bearings in the dim room lit only by the sunlight behind yellow curtains and black blinds. He was laying on his left side, his right hand on Avery's bare ribcage just below her breasts and he quietly groaned, as it only enhanced the throbbing in his groin.
She was dead asleep on her back with one arm curved above her head, her chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm. The comforter only covered her hips, and her striped tank had crept up high enough that it only covered her chest; the lines of her pelvic bone prominent ridges with how thin she was. Just beyond her, Carter was asleep on his back as well with his head turned away.
Everything came flooding back to Mason then; how they'd come to sleep in their parent's bed together last night. Avery's bare ass. His dream about her. No wonder he ached, he'd been in a state of arousal since last night.
Then there was his hand. All it would take is one tiny inch upward to touch her. While fantasizing, his thumb crept up, catching the under-curve of her breast until it came to a rest between them on her sternum. Her skin was so soft and he never would . . . but he took a few minutes completely still to imagine it. A small shiver crept through his shoulders; he needed a cold shower and a good masturbation session or he was destined for a world of pain this morning.
And so he rose, accidently placing pressure on her ribs while sitting up and she lightly moaned with an
"Auuhn
," as she shifted, arching her back and chin tucking against her shoulder. The clock read ten-thirty; they'd slept about six hours, which wasn't really enough but it would have to do. Mason pulled her tank down, then quickly walked over to the curtains, parting them halfway to let in a little more light.
"
Ahhh,
too bright," Avery moaned, covering her eyes with her arm.
"I'm going to take a shower," Mason said as he walked by the end of the bed toward the door.
"
Gah
, at least close the curtains," Avery called out, but received no response. Removing her arm, she looked toward the door to see Mason walking down the hallway to the master bath and groaned.
Carter rolled over to face Avery, still half asleep. Wrapping an arm around her, he slid the other beneath her neck as he pulled her against him. "I'll shield you," he said, rubbing his hand down her back, over her panties and hooking her leg over his hip.
"Too early," Avery mumbled against his chest, slamming her eyes shut to get more of a semblance of night. All she wanted was a few more hours of sleep. And an aspirin. Yes, an aspirin and orange juice. Carter's hand rubbed up her thigh, then gently squeezed her hip. "
Mmm
," she breathed, relaxing now that her eyes were shielded from the cruel sunlight. Hand moving to her waist, she felt fingers dig into her flesh and pull her closer. In a subconscious response, she hooked her right leg higher around Carter.
Waking further by the second, Carter slid his hand down over Avery's panties and faintly groaned as he squeezed, pressing his groin against her. Hearing her moan was nothing short of the world's greatest symphony, and while he wasn't hard, he had a feeling it wouldn't be long until he was. After gripping the other cheek, he sent his hand up her back, taking the tank up with it until his palm was between her shoulder blades against the softest skin he'd ever felt.
"Carter," Avery whined in half-hearted protest, waking just enough now to realize that it was actually
Carter
holding her, not some boyfriend or guy she liked from school or something.
It was Carter.
Still, she was too tired and comfortable to make any real effort to move as his hand scaled further up and clutched her shoulder, deeply massaging a few times as she heard him ask, "What?"
She couldn't deny that the ever-travelling hand felt amazing; that it was nice to be held and touched and massaged as she hovered in the twilight between wakefulness and sleep. But that twilight state was what ultimately made it a problem. The awake half was battling hard, arguing over how wrong it was. "I just want a little more sleep," she settled on, deciding it fit the 'in-between'.
Lowering his head to her crown, he placed a gentle kiss on her head. "Then go back to sleep," he said, sliding his hand to the back of her thigh, hiking her leg up higher and pulling her closer.
"I can't like this," Avery contended with a whine, though she was perfectly comfortable. With her left arm straight down, her right hand balled up against his chest, at least she was shielded from the light streaming through the window. If only he'd stop touching her . . .
"Not comfortable enough?" Carter softly teased, knowing full well that comfort had nothing to do with it as he once again cupped her amazing ass.
Avery groaned in exasperation. "No, Carter," she argued, shifting slightly. "Because your stupid hand is on my butt."
He couldn't help but chuckle, she was so adorable using her whiny voice. "I'm just trying to make you more comfortable," Carter contended with an ease of tone, as though everything he was doing was completely natural. "You're telling me this doesn't feel good?" he posed, firmly massaging her to emphasize his point as she moaned once more, answering his question.
"
Uhhhhn,
it's not . . . I'm saying . . ." Avery took a deep breath; it was too hard to think. That was exactly the problem. It did feel good. She was aroused. Wanting. Needy. It had to stop. "It's