<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/7AU0lEv.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong><strong>Jake Mitchum</strong>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=264761.msg13068641#msg13068641)<br/><strong>Time / Location:</strong>Evening - Weaver Way<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Nude<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Talking to Desiree<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Checking in and checking out<br/><br/><hr/><br/>It was clear he had struck a nerve, in a way he had not intended at all.  The awkward chuckle that would have come up so often in such situations was suppressed, shoved deep back down within him as he thought of his words and tried to repair the damage.<br/><br/>But it wasn't easy to take his eyes off of her, especially when she pulled herself up out of the water and stalked away behind him.  His eyes watching the rivulets of water as they ran down her flesh.<br/><br/>“I didn't mean it like that, you know.” Jake said, feeling awkward and a little bit clueless in that moment.<br/><br/>She was unlike most of the women who had entered his life.  Through his work, he met some who enjoyed his company, but that forever had a taint of business.  At school, when it came to the occasional dalliances at parties, it was always something that felt impersonal, detached.<br/><br/>And while that was how it had started off, perhaps he was kidding himself.  Hadn't he always felt an attraction to her?  Hadn't he felt just a bit of jealousy within him whenever he saw Corbin and Desi together?<br/><br/>He pushed himself up to his feet, making his way behind her.  His hands rested upon her hips, gentle without being forceful, ready to back away if it wasn't going to sit with her.<br/><br/>“I'm not going to lie.” He said.  “I've been thinking about a moment like that with you for a while now, and it was better than I ever could have dreamed.”