into a braid.
Penelope snorts. “You were there for the third, Lil, you saw it. It’s not fun once, let alone three times. Also, your body will never be the same again. Every time I sneeze, I pee, and have you seen these stretch marks?”
The curvy blonde points to maybe two faint silvery scars on her tight stomach and sighs.
“You look like a Kardashian, only blond. So Khloe, but not as tall. Seriously, shut up,” I chastise her.
“She’s right. Now you only have to make a sex tape and you’ll get famous.” Lily laughs.
Penelope applies some more tanning oil to her supple chest. “Who says I haven’t?”
Lily and I whip our heads to her. “You have?” We say in unison.
She just smirks, and I turn onto my stomach to tan my back. “I’ve always thought making one might be hot, but also I feel like I’d just be looking at the imperfections of my body jiggling the whole time I watched it back. And is it weird to watch your own porn?”
It’s Lily’s turn to frown at me. “Um, have you seen your body? You have like zero percent fat on you, plus people kill for your shade of hair. You’re gorgeous … and I don’t think Keaton would object to watching your porn tape over and over and over again.”
That sends a blush all the way from my toes to the tip of said red roots.
“How is Dr. Nash in the sack, anyhow?” Penelope asks.
I prop myself up on my elbows, totally game for a little sex talk with girlfriends. I’ve missed this, and I’ve never been shy talking about the dirty deed.
“The man may examine animals all day, but he knows damn well what to do with a woman. He’s very generous. And I know he may seem like the mild-mannered small-town doctor, but in the bedroom, he is shameless. God, the things he does …”
I fan my face just thinking about it. I would have never guessed that Keaton turned into a dominant heathen when the lights went down.
“So what she’s saying is that he likes to lick her pussy, and then hold her down when he fucks her.” Penelope takes a sip of water from her bright pink tumbler to hide her snide smile.
“Penelope!” Lily’s voice is the peak of embarrassment.
“Oh, come on, little Miss Librarian. I’ve known you too long, you don’t fool me. You’ve been with the most caveman of all the Nash boys, even if you were just in high school. You’re a dirty little minx in the bedroom. I just miss sex, is all. Orgasms aren’t quite the same when you give them to yourself.”
“Tell me about it,” Lily grumbles, relenting.
“What is it about having a man on top of you that is so satisfying? Like not even the sex, penis in vagina, part of it. But the actual weight of him.”
“It’s because that weight on you is comforting. It’s why people get those weighted blankets.” Lily flops from her stomach to her back, shaking her feet in the grass where her towel ends.
“So what you’re saying is that I should get a weighted blanket and a vibrator and I’ll be good to go?” Penelope snickers.
“Or you could find an actual man. Come on, there are some pretty nice guys in Fawn Hill. Surprisingly. Come to think of it, is this like the hidden gem town of hot men?”
There were actually way too many sexy guys around here for this place to be real. It was a blip in rural Pennsylvania, for God’s sake.
“Must be something in the water.” Lily laughs.
“An actual man, what a nice thought. Too bad I have three miniature humans ruining my life. I wouldn’t even know where to fit a man in my house, let alone my bed. There is always a combination of kids or dogs in my bed … I barely get any covers myself.”
I eye her, because I’ve honestly never thought about being a mother. I guess in a someday sense I have, but I’d never been in a relationship, which I think makes you really consider the possibility of children. And now that I was …
It would be lying to say that I didn’t picture more little Nash boys running around.
“Is having kids really that bad?”
Penelope sighs. “It’s not, I know I’m sarcastic and cold-hearted most times, but they are my biggest blessing. They’re just a handful, and I was so young when I got married to Travis. And then losing him … my