The boxes were stacked in the corner, and I was almost ready to go. The apartment I'd shared with Shawn for the past two years looked bare, even though he was staying here. Most of the big furniture had been mine, either handed down to me by relatives or found at the rummage sales that I liked to frequent.
The apartment itself was fine, but it was located in the midst of the college district, where I'd gone to school. In three weeks, I'd be starting at the law firm of Hollister and Banks. It was 40 minutes away by car, and I didn't even want to think of a bus ride that included three changes. So I needed to be closer to work.
Shawn still had one more year of school left before he hit the real world. In some ways, I envied him, yet in other ways I was glad to be done with all-nighters and drunk frat boys. Dating as an adult had to be easier than dating so many juveniles posing as college students.
Shawn poked me on his way to the door. "Stop with the daydreaming and get a move on."
I smiled at him and lifted another box. Even though I was starting work soon, I was still on a college budget. So I'd rented a truck and asked some friends to pitch in. So far only Shawn and Robbie, a friend of both of ours, had volunteered. Maybe I should have offered to buy them dinner or drinks, but the rental of the new apartment and the moving van had about done me in.
I picked up another box and headed downstairs to put it in the truck. Shawn had two boxes with him. He was an ideal mover, tall with broad shoulders and big hands. He had a ready grin and buzzed blond hair. He was cute, and I'd noticed those big hands on more than one occasion, but nothing had ever happened between us.
Robbie was the opposite of Shawn. He was tall, but thin, and he wore his clothes so that they literally hung off of him. He had long dark hair that was pulled back in a ponytail today. He slid into between the two of us arranging our boxes in the back of the moving van and adeptly slid his box into an open spot.
We stopped around lunchtime. There was still some leftovers in the fridge that I heated up for the three of us. "Eat well," I said. "I want you all in good form for the afternoon."
"Then we'd better have these too," Shawn added. He broke out the beer and handed one to each of us.
Both guys swallowed nearly the whole bottle in a gulp. I guess they'd worked up a sweat. Shawn handed Robbie another and found one for himself. All I got was a raised eyebrow, since I was nursing my beer.
They finished the second round, and we went back to work. The large items had already been moved, so mostly at this point, I had boxes. Lots of boxes.
We were taking another load of boxes down, when Shawn began to curse. "Damn it, Gayle. What do you have in here?" He turned to face me, and his t-shirt had been sliced down the front. I looked at the box and saw that two paring knives had cut through the cardboard and were sticking out of the box. Shawn had started to bleed a little into the ripped fabric.
"Come on. Let's get that cleaned up," I said, motioning him to the bathroom. "I don't want your death on my hands."
Shawn laughed. "Appreciate the concern, really. I'll get my parents to hire you as their lawyer. That would be fun."
Fortunately, I'd left Shawn enough first aid materials to handle most emergencies. I knew him well enough that he wouldn't have bought them on his own. I found a hydrogen peroxide and Band-Aids in a drawer.
He watched me collect the materials, and then said, "Guess I don't need this anymore." He grabbed the edges of the cut fabric and tugged. The shirt ripped apart, exposing his solid chest and flat abs. He tugged again and it ripped up the collar, making it more a jacket than a shirt at this point. I watched his shoulders as he shrugged out of the garment.
He was standing only a few inches from me now. I could feel the heat of his body radiating out from him and warming me. I fumbled with the hydrogen peroxide bottle, splashed some on a cotton ball and dabbed at the cuts. I tried my best not to touch his chest as I worked on the cuts.
After they were cleaned, I got the Band-Aid and put it across the wound. I couldn't help but touch his skin now as I pulled it tight over the cuts. My fingers strayed across a few inches of his abs which were ripped. I suspected that he was pulling them as tight as he could right now, but even so, they were exciting to caress.
I looked up at him, seeing if he'd noticed that my hands had done more than cover his wounds. He had noted my interest. He was staring at me with his lips slightly parted. He moved closer to me and our lips brushed against each other's lips. The lightness of the touch made me tingle all over. I moaned slightly, and he pressed his lips to mine again. This time there was purpose to his kiss. He brought a hand up and touched the side of my face as his tongue pressed against my lips, asking for permission. I moaned slightly, and he slid his tongue into my mouth. He found my tongue, and they danced around each other with a certain hunger.
My hands moved as well. One hand went around his waist and pulled him closer while the other pressed against his chest and played lightly with his nipple. It must have been sensitive, because Shawn made a guttural noise that I'd never heard from him. I took that for approval and slowly slid my hand to his other nipple, pinching and touching it until it grew hard. Shawn made more noises, moaning into my mouth as we kissed.
His body was nearly pressed against mine, and I could feel his arousal. I looked down and the head of his dick had poked out from the waistband of his boxers. I bucked my hips towards him, and I could feel his dick twitch in excitement as I did.
Our kisses grew sloppy with desire. Shawn's hands had pulled my t-shirt over my head and thrown it to the floor when he stopped abruptly. I ached for the feel of his hands on me again. He stepped away from me, and turned to face the door.
My eyes followed his. Robbie was standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame and very obviously watching us. I wondered how long he'd been standing there. The bulge in his jeans suggested that he'd watched quite a bit of our performance.
I felt a little exposed, standing there in a bra. Robbie practically leered at me. "Don't stop on my account," he said. "You two are hot."
Shawn didn't move. Robbie could plainly see his friend's hard-on, but he didn't comment on it. Shawn didn't seem to feel bothered by that fact, or maybe in the midst of the situation, he'd forgotten his display.
Shawn turned back to me. "I don't think we will mind you." Shawn slid his arms around me again, and immediately I felt a growing heat in my stomach. Part of me was a bit embarrassed, but part of me wanted this.