It was very late on a warm summer's night.
Janine and Carter had brought a blanket and spread it on the backyard lawn. On their backs, they gazed up at the stars---millions upon millions of them---as they twinkled high above.
"Makes you feel insignificant sometimes, doesn't it?" Janine remarked.
"Or unique," Carter replied with a smile. "Guess it depends on how you look at it."
Carter rolled onto his left arm and side, gazed over her face, saw the myriad stars reflected in the blackness of her pupils.
He ran his finger down her nose, over the small mounds of her lips, around the curve of her chin and neck, then down into the hollow of her breasts hidden behind the top button of her blouse. He trailed a lazy pattern across her bare skin, letting his finger teasingly swoop lower into the hollow.
Janine's eyes glanced at him. "Afraid to go further?" she asked.
He glanced around to see if any of the lights from the neighboring houses were on.
"You're too chicken, aren't you?" Janine suggested.
"No, I'm not."
"I dare you." A half-smile crossed her face, egging him on.
He looked around them again, just to make double-sure no one was watching. Except for the light of the stars and moon, everything else was dark.
He turned back to her, undid the buttons of her blouse, opened it so that the cool light of the night gleamed from her slightly-dewed skin. He leaned down, licked between her breasts, tasted the saltiness of her perspiration, then licked sideways to her right nipple, flicked across it, twirled around it, felt it rise and harden.
Janine sighed as Carter sucked the stiff nub into his mouth, drew it in and out, nibbled on it with his teeth for several long moments before leaving it to kiss his way to her other breast, there to seek out its own pink bud.
Janine's hand reached behind his head, ran through his hair, pulled him closer to her breast so that he felt the quick beating of her heart against his cheek.