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It wasn't too unusual for Isaak to wake up in the middle of the night. The 16 year old actor had a fairly occupied schedule that kept him busy. So the occasional restless night from jetlag, insomnia, or even the most mundane midnight bathroom runs after too much to drink before going to sleep was common. Every now and again he might even wake up to find his dick was rock hard and throbbing.
And tonight was no different. But most of the superficial coincidences ended there. He'd woken up in the middle of the night but it wasn't to use the bathroom. The long day of driving beforehand did contribute though.
However it wasn't often that when he woke up he was surrounded by his Stuck In The Middle co-stars. He and his father had driven out because his schedule between filming the show, YouTube videos, and everything else meant that for the next few days he didn't have much to do. The same could be said about the rest of them so when Ariana Greenblatt had called asking if he would come spend the night with all of them for a Diaz family sleepover he figured why not.
He woke up sleeping on one of the couches. It was where he drifted off after the movie they were all watching went off. He turned onto his back and the tug on his boxers was evident. He reached down and his dick was wide awake. He couldn't even remember if he was having a good dream to cause it or if it was just one of the random ones he got throughout the night.
All he did know was it wasn't going down anytime soon and he felt a bit aroused. Looking around in the dark living room he could see his friends around him. The more his eyes adjusted they better he could make out everyone. All of the kids and teens were sleeping pretty much where he last remembered seeing them.
Everyone was still asleep. After checking his phone he saw that it was 1:13 AM. It would be a few hours before anyone in the house would likely be waking up so he essentially had all the privacy he needed. Isaak thought about getting up and walking into the bathroom for some real privacy while he stroked his cock. But he didn't feel like it, not after his hand had gone down and felt his meat throbbing and leaking pre-cum all over the inside of his boxers.
That was kind of it and he knew he didn't want to wait another second before he started to get off. Ao Isaak wipes the collection of pre-cum from his thumb and smears it between his index and middle finger before wrapping his hand around his cock. He gives it a few strokes before the uncomfortable position of jerking off under his pajamas puts a stop to his hand.
The horny teen grabs his pajamas and boxers with his left hand and frees his dick. Grabbing back onto his dick he starts to stroke it slowly. The methodical pace of his hand gliding his foreskin felt nice as he worked his way to a faster pace.
As aroused as he was after about a minute of jerking off, Isaak could feel he would likely be there for nearly 10 minutes or so before he really started to feel good and about half an hour or more before he finally came from his hand.
Jerking off so soon after waking up tended to be when he lasted the longest. Not wanting to spend all of that time jerking, he let his eyes wander again. This time not looking to see who was awake but to remind himself where everyone was. He was looking for one person in particular, Ariana.
She was sleeping next to Jenna Ortega on the floor. Not too far from them were Malachi Barton & Nicolas Bechtel who slept only a few feet away. And Kayla Maisonet who slept on the other couch opposite Isaak himself. Not a bad layout to have with his mind working things out.
She may have been close to a few of them, Jenna in particular but there was still plenty of room for him to move around freely. Taking a last second to decide if he would go through with it and then Isaak sat up, then slid off the couch.
His pajamas slide down his thin but muscular thighs and calves before landing around his ankles. He steps out of them and takes his first steps with his entire bottom half exposed and his rock hard 6 inch dick swaying as he makes his way over to the youngest girl.
Isaak stops next to Jenna looking down at the cute teen. Staring at her face with his dick blocking some of his face made his throb even harder. Once he's enjoyed the image of his dick against her face he then steps over to Ariana who was about an arms length away from her. Before he starts he then glances over at Kayla and strokes his cock.
It was actually a bit of a surprise that he didn't get boners around them more often as they were both very cute. But he'd spent so much time around them he kind of saw them like sisters. The same could be said for Ariana. Or even the two boys behind him. But it wasn't them he was standing over with the intent of satisfying his lust with.
He lowers himself until he's down on his hands and knees over Ariana. Glancing over he can see Jenna's face is looking up at the ceiling as he then turns back to the sleeping 11 year old. He nudges her arm and whispers her name in her ear but he doesn't get much of a reaction out of her. Ariana was out cold much like everyone else which worked for him.
Reaching down he gives his dick another few slow strokes. He hadn't lost any hardness despite the on and off again strokes and periods between them without any attention. Granted moving around surrounded by his co-stars did help in keeping him hard.
His next touch comes with him brushing his thumb over her bottom lip. He peels it from the top to see her tiny set of teeth sitting behind them. He uses his thumb to then pry her jaw open leaving her mouth a little ajar. Isaak then rubs that same slightly wet thumb over his dick's head. Dragging it over the newly oozing drop of pre-cum he brings it back to Ariana's mouth and wipes it onto her tongue before planting a soft kiss on her lips.
Isaak is back to stroking but just for a short time as he moves up Ariana's body. He gets his waits up to eye level and his dick to mouth level. He was very fit and strong. Holding himself up with just one hand was easy. And that made lining his dick up with the sleeping girl's mouth a non-issue.
He presses his tip against her lips and smears some of the newest pre-cum over her lips. It was a little pleasure especially compared to his jerking but the sensation of her lips against the softest part of his erection given his current situation made it feel ten times better. As it did when he lowers his body and lets his head sink past her lips and slides against her tongue.
Fighting back is urged to let out a mouth he sinks further. He didn't want to go too deep too soon but the feeling of the little girl's mouth on his dick was too much to solely enjoy without a sound. Letting out a deep growl through his flaring nostrils he sinks in deeper just a bit more. He bends his head down to look under himself. The sight of Ariana asleep with his dick in her mouth almost made him want to throw away any kind of restraint and just shove all 6 inches down the girl's throat.
Isaak lets out another moan this time under his breath as he pulls most of his cock out before pushing it back in. His unofficial push-ups as he fucked Ariana's mouth were so satisfying for him. In his mind he would have likely still been jerking off to get to the point where he would blow his load. But now it almost felt like he could blow at any moment despite still being a ways off from it.
With the first two inches of his dick glistening in Ariana's saliva, Isaak was feeling good. He would have liked to continue on but there were far better pleasures to be had with the little girl's pre-teen body.
After sliding his dick out he lets it rest a bit on her cheek as he changes hands to give his left one a break. Afterwards he rubs his cock against her face until she starts to fidget in her sleep. Isaak backs off then and moves back down her body. He could smell his cock on her breath as he gave her lips another kiss.
Before he ventures further down her body he glances at Jenna. He was starting to moan more and more while he was pumping his dick in and out of Ariana's mouth and the sound made the teen move around in her sleep.
Her head was still looking forward but her legs had moved along with the blanket she was under. Isaak's eyes went to her legs which rested spread open now. The pair of shorts the teen was wearing had ridden up in her sleep and now with how her legs were wide open he could see through the hole at the pair of pink panties she had on underneath.
He started to wonder how good it might feel if he was able to play with her the way he was with Ariana. Jenna was probably the next cutest girl for him behind Ariana. And imagining being able to slide his dick into her pussy spurred him on with what he was doing.
Ariana was wearing a pair of bright red pajama pants. A pair that Isaak skillfully began to pull down. He wouldn't have bothered to look at her panties but after seeing Jenna's it made him curious. Ariana was sweating a black and white striped pair. It would have likely hugged her cute little ass so well. He would have loved to see it if she weren't laying on her back.
Taking in the sight of her panties he pulls them and the rest of her pajamas off leaving the girl in the same state of dress as himself. With her lower half exposed now he pulls her legs open and lays down on his stomach. The heat coming off of her body was as intoxicating as the scent of her childish pussy.
With the thought of sliding his thick cock into her tiny hole in the back of his mind the ten got to work. His tongue comes out and begins to lick along her slit. He pussy her labia open allowing his tongue the perfect unfettered access to her pink entrance. Once his tongue starts to flick along her little pussy Isaak finally starts to hear some sounds from someone else.
Ariana moans for the first time and the sound of her voice sounding so erotic made his dick pulsate. Several seconds go by before he hears it again. She moaned from his tongue in her sleep. Every few seconds one escapes her mouth. They came more frequently when he slipped his tongue into her pussy. But not as much when he pulls her open wider and lets his tongue flick across her bare clit. The stimulation from this almost had the girl purring every second.
The increased sounds of pleasure get some movement out of Jenna and he can even hear a bit from the couch just out of his line of sight. He would have liked to spend more time licking her pussy but she was wet enough as is. When he pulls his tongue away he can see a long trail of the girl's cum and his saliva clinging from her.
Soon after her pussy twitches and a trail of her cum leaks out from between her folds. Isaak wipes it up with his middle finger. The slick of girl cum stretched between it and the tip of his middle finger. Then it's smeared over his cock head and mixed with his own pre-cum.
The double blend of slick is added too further with a glob of spit that he drops onto his awaiting fingers. With all three liquids being smeared on his dick head he was ready to slide into the girl's tight little pussy.
But just to be sure she was ready he first starts with a single finger. His middle finger slips into her pussy like a familiar glove. The wet sound of her being penetrated by his digit makes him throb. He pushes it in up to the second knuckle when he hears Ariana moan again.
He slides out to the fingertip and the back to the knuckle. As he lays over her body he kisses her lips as she lets out another moan. His finger slides up to the last knuckle and despite being asleep she could feel it. His entire finger was squirming around inside of her and it felt good.
The next few seconds go by with him slowly fucking Ariana's young pussy with his finger. The faster he went the more she moaned into his lips. With him kissing on her she wasn't nearly as loud as she could have been. But like he had before when she started getting too loud for his licking her slowed things down.
Seeing Ariana's face twist and turn as he fingered her turned him on so much. The 11 year old was beyond sexy and he wished he could see her like this so often. He was a teenager so getting aroused was a given. Usually taking care of his boners was resigned to jerking off. Thankfully with his stardom he had no lack of girls who liked him. He wasn't quite a household name but he was cute and he often got recognized by teenage girls in the streets.
His father told him about sex and he was careful. Since starring in the Disney show he'd had two brief girlfriends so far. Only one of them he'd had sex with on two separate occasions. After that he knew jerking off was his least favorite way of getting off. It wasn't bad by any means but it just didn't compare.
Once Isaak slides his finger out of Ariana her moans settle down. She's left letting out soft pants as he rubs the juices of her walls on his dick. He was about to burst from going so long without touching himself.
Though all of his patience was about to be rewarded. With Ariana breathing in his face he couldn't wait another second. He climbs on top of her and takes his dick in hand. with everything he'd put on his dick now he was dripping down on the blanket beneath her as he pressed his swollen head against her pussy.
Despite how hard he was, his tip was still soft enough to slide into her underage entrance with ease. It was the massive slab of meat behind it that would need to stretch the little girl's walls out beyond what seemed possible.
With the first half of his dick smothered in makeshift lube he glides into her pussy with minimal effort. The distinct shift in size from a single finger to his fat teen cock made Ariana moan out. He was just fast enough to cover her mouth as he slid the next inch in deeper.
Ariana moans into his palm as he buries almost half of his cock into her tight body. He balls his hands into fists as the tight grip of her walls strangled his cock and he seemingly went numb from the heat of her wrapping around him. Isaak lets out his own moan under the mask of a deep exhale. There was nothing like it. The sex he had with his former teenage girlfriend certainly didn't, not to this.
The amazing feeling went both ways. Isaak wasn't the only one who felt the insane amount of pleasure as he slid into her, Ariana did too, the sheer magnitude of pleasure swallowing her up and the unsuspected feeling of his adult size entering her childish body. It was enough to awaken the 11 year old before he'd even buried all 6 inches inside of her.
As a half of his dick thrusting into her she opened her eyes and saw Isaak on top of her. He gives a pant as he locks eyes with her and thrusts the last few inches back into her. She moans against his hand again but as she coos she feels his hand slip away and in its place he returns with a kiss.
The shock of waking up with him inside of her passed along with the grogginess of suddenly waking up from her slumber. But she was swept up in it all, falling into it so naturally. Ariana kisses the older boy back. The feeling of her pushing against him let him know he could go further as he then slips his tongue into her mouth. A second or two after she feels his tongue in her mouth she matches it and lets her slither along his and into Isaak's mouth as the two start tonguing the other down.
His shallow thrusts could only go on for so long. And now with Ariana awake and lively he couldn't keep himself from going all in and that included with his length. Burying all size inches into Ariana's tight pussy with one gradual thrust. The feeling of being impaled by his thick cock had her moaning louder than before, so much in fact Isaak cautiously had to stop just to make sure she didn't moan like that again in their kiss.
Not breaking away from it however he glances over and looks at Jenna. While he wasn't looking the teen had turned onto her side and her face was now looking directly at them. If she'd opened her eyes she would have seen the 16 year old balls deep in Ariana. Seeing his eyes on her had Ariana press her hand against the side of Isaak's face and direct his attention back on her before their kiss ends.
"Look at me."
"...Hey?"
"Hey yourself... what are you doing?"
Isaak moves several of the dark brown strands of hair from Ariana's face.
"I was horny."
"Then why didn't you wake me?"
"...I was horny. I tried."
Isaak pulls some of his dick out of her and Ariana's mouth opens to let out a moan. But she was wide awake now so she was able to hold it in despite that, letting out a low exhale after the urge passed.
"You could have got caught."
"Yeah... you do that to me..."
Ariana smiles. Seeing it makes him think he's off the hook and kisses her. And to a degree he was. After a second of kissing she pushes him away though.
"You're a dummy."
"Do you want me to stop, so we can move this?"
She bites her lip in consideration but she was just as turned on as he was. Something he could pick up on given he knew she could be a little spitfire when she was upset. And this was relatively low. The decent amount of pleasure he was giving her while she slept might have put her in a good mood. Having his big dick inside of her again tended to do that.
"Don't you dare."
He kisses her.
"It's kind of exciting though, the chance of getting caught."
"Of you going to jail."
He smiles. He knew the chance was there but he was addicted to Ariana. She was the reason he couldn't date girls his own age. After their first kiss he questioned himself. And after the first time, after a drunken mistake led to him fucking his 10 year old co-star at the time, he knew he likely would never be able to have sex with a girl that could compare to Ariana.
Isaak fixes his position with Ariana lifting her legs to his waist as he buries all of his length into her again. He can feel the girl dig her nails into his back as she takes all of him. She was in love with his dick and Isaak was in love with her pussy. He clenched his fists as he lost himself in her. She was clearly getting into it but he was about to lose it. Before he was enjoying it when he started with her mouth but now in her pussy he was so close to cumming.
His forehead presses against Ariana's as he leans in for a kiss. He lets out a moan and she takes in his breath and the musk of his slightly sweaty body as he goes balls deep in her young hole. Ariana's back arches up off the floor. She's taken in Isaak's strong arms as he pulls her into his thrusts. He had sped up and was slamming into her with everything he had.
Isaak was getting close and she felt it. As he delivered his final thrusts she felt a hint of disappointment as she knew he wouldn't be able to make her cum. But it didn't last for very long. Isaak had been able to deliver more than once before. She would only have to wait for him to give her the best pleasure.
The sweat drips from his brow and lands on Ariana's neck. She was starting to sweat a little herself. She closes her eyes and rides out the remaining time Isaak had. For another few more moments she took his cock until he finally came. His last thrust hits against her cervix before then pumping his load into her. Her walls and his own cock get glazed over by his warm seed between each pulse of his length.
Isaak goes still for a while as he relishes all of the euphoria that washes over him. He continues panting against Ariana's neck until he's able to move without the insane tingling pleasure keeping him numb.
Ariana holds onto Isaak. When her own pleasure starts to wane she runs her fingers through Isaak's hair. She plants a series of kisses from his temple and along his face to his ear where she lets a sexual moan in his ear.
"Don't stop..."
Her words act as a trigger as the spent teen regains enough strength to look up and kiss her.
"It feels so good..."
"Yeah. Hang on."
Isaak pulls his hand to her arm and brings her close. Ariana wraps her arms and legs around him as she feels her body being lifted off the sweaty blanket beneath her. As the cool air hit her back she bit her lips and then was kissed leading to the young girl kissing back as Isaak muscled his way to his feet.
She had expected him to just keep fucking her on the floor which she definitely wouldn't have been opposed to. She had no idea that he would go about trying to increase the chance of them getting caught. Quickly pulling the covers over them might have been able to hide the fact that he was fucking Ariana. But now he was standing up in the middle of the living room with his pants off and his still hard cock inside of Ariana's pussy who was also bottomless.
With the risk came a greater satisfaction from the sexual pleasures they would experience. Without the added cushion of the blanket beneath her there was no dampening of their sounds, everything could be heard.
Isaak brings his hands down one at a time, hooking his arms under Ariana's legs. Each is brought up to his chest as he then grabs onto the girl's tight little bubble butt. She lets out a harsh moan as she chews on her lip as Isaak's cock begins moving in this new position. It seemed like he was reaching in her so much deeper than before despite his still battering her cervix with his cock.
her arms are wrapped around him tight and her nails are back to digging into his shirt now. The two share a kiss before he lifts her body up along his length and then brings her back down with more force and speed.
Ariana moans as his entire length sinks back into her. The sound of his dick pushing into her soaking wet pussy fills the room. But it wasn't the only sound. As careful as he was to make sure their only real contact was their sexes occasionally he would fuck her too deep and his body would collide with his and a wet splat echoed. The sounds of them panting and kissing also joined the mix.
In the nearly silent room their fucking carried. However despite them never being able to remain silent they didn't stop. At times Isaak would even purposefully slam his cock into the 11 year old to draw out a moan. She coos and purred as he owned her little sex. Fucking her the only knew way he knew how to. Fully.
"That's it... that's it..."
As with himself Isaak knew when Ariana was about to cum. It was the way she sounded and the faces she made. Pumping his hard dick in and out of her in their standing position was exactly what she needed to push her to her limit and inevitably passed it.
She starts to spasm in his arms as her pussy contracts and wrestles his thick teen cock. As she struggles with all of her might to hold in her orgasm Isaak slams into her pussy one last time. If he kept on he knew she would have broken and cried out in pleasure. And given how she was barely able to hold in her moans, with the sounds of them fucking as well they would have had a real audience watching as her fucked the shit out Ariana.
With the living room going quiet for a brief second there was nothing that could prevent the only two awake actors from hearing what came next. As Ariana's orgasm makes itself known by causing the girl to whimper under her breath and then explode all over Isaak's dick. Her built up juices squirting out hard, spraying the thick patch of dark pubes above Isaak's throbbing dick as well as said dick.
Her pussy strangles the life out of him as she contracts and continues squirting on him. The hot liquid pours off of his sex. The pitter patter of her squirt landed on the floor to the degree that it could have been the young girl pissing herself but they both knew what it really was. With her drooling against his chest she lets it all out, squirting on him off and on again for a good three to four seconds before she almost went limp in his arms.
When the sound of her juices stop but continue to drip down his legs he lowers himself. His arms were getting a little tired and certainly didn't want to risk dropping her. Once he was back on his knees he laid the girl down. She's aware enough to put an arm down and ends up on her side as a result.
Isaak's dick slips out of her and with it remaining close he could see a long strand of Ariana's cum clinging to his dick keeping them connected in a way. As he repositions it breaks but they wouldn't remain separate for long as he then moves her to her knees. She was a bit out of it but feeling him putting her in this new position, Ariana reaches back and grabs his hand.
Her pussy was gaping wide open for him. He'd just made her cum in spectacular fashion but now he needed to cum again and she was more than willing to let him have his way with her body as he had while she was asleep.
Spreading her partially open cheeks he leans forward and allows his dick to slide back into the little girl's still dripping cunny. he lets out a moaning "fuck" as he's submerged back in her pussy and almost wakes everyone up for the second time as he's about to slam into Ariana as if they were the only ones in the house. The teen has enough restraint however to ease himself in on the last quarter of his thrust.
Burying himself in her completely just to feel her squeezing down on every inch, milking him like no other girl could before he started fucking her again. The wet squishing and plops of their sexes meeting was only increased with their sloppy bodies continuing to go at it. But they were truly nearing the end. With as hard as Ariana came she was bordering on passing out and Isaak could feel after he came this time he would likely be too far gone to be able to keep fucking her even if he wanted to.
Ariana was able to muffle her moans with her pillow. Biting down as hard as she could on the soft cotton wall as she felt him already bringing her tiny body to another orgasm. She was addicted to his big cock. Every second he was inside of her was a treat. And Isaak felt a similar way. Ariana's pussy and her mouth for that matter always felt so good around his dick. Always like the first time. Neither of them could get enough of the other and their entire secret fuck buddy relationship was one of the best things they had in their lives.
Only able to hold out for a little over another minute the two horny stars had reached their limits again. Ariana moaned in her pillow with almost no care for who heard her. Thankfully the pillow locked it enough. Though that didn't stop some of the others from getting a bit of a wake up call that was fortunately not enough to fully wake them up.
And as for Isaak he did what he did best when he came with Ariana, burying himself balls deep in her pussy without any intent of pulling out. He would bath her womb in his cum as he did every creampie. They both loved when he did that and he wasn't going to change.
He lays against her moist shirt with his own. He would have loved to feel her sweaty body against his. As much as Ariana would have loved to touch his abs. She may have still been young but seeing Isaak with his shirt off did something to her that went beyond just age. She liked dragging her nails across his six pack. She was sure it would give her a complex when she was older. Isaak spoiled her in that regard and in many other ways as well.
Isaak plants several kisses against the side of Ariana's neck. The subtle touch of his lips there made her moan. And the fact that his dick was still so deep inside of her helped. He was starting to go limp but Isaak was a shower, not a grower, so she still felt all six inches inside of her even if it wasn't a straight rod. The pulsating of his cock as his seed spilled into her also remained and that was one of her favorite things. It was like feeling his heartbeat inside of her.
her eyes flutter open as she looks sideways at Jenna who hadn't woken up to watch the insanely hot fucking that the two had just put on. With her face now next to his and no longer buried in the pillow Isaak cuts off her line of sight and starts to kiss her. With the last of her strength she starts kissing him back and in no time their tongues are back in the thick of it.
"You're so damn hot."
Isaak's weak tone put a smile on her face as they kissed.
"And this is the hottest sex ever."
"Mhmmmmm... so far..."
Hearing that made him wonder what else they could do that'd be hotter than fucking in front of their on-screen family. But he was eager to find out.
Eventually when he's ready Isaak straightens out and pulls his dick out of Ariana. Another string of cum is pulled out which breaks after a few inches. A second later and his cum peeks out of her open entrance and the two loads of cum he'd pumped into her overflow began to leak out and drip down her leg.
Before he goes Isaak grabs the cover that was over her and her pajamas. Ariana only accepts the covers staying half naked and only up to her waist as she turns on her back.
She was too hot to get fully clothed again. If she had it her way she would have liked to go fully naked and do the same to Isaak so she could lay on his bare chest. When she got up properly she would pull her pajamas and panties back on but for now she didn't mind falling asleep as she was.
She brings her hand to her pussy and starts to finger herself, rubbing his sticky cum all over her sensitive clit. Isaak moves over her with his cock at the ready. Seeing it in her face she opens her mouth and takes his length as her own. Savoring the taste of herself, his cum, and his dick as she cleaned him off.
Ariana is able to show off her incredible skills by taking all of his dick in her mouth and partially down her throat for a few seconds before he pulls out. Seeing as his dick wasn't getting harder after just doing that and as she continued to lick his dick clean he knew he was good and spent.
Once Ariana is done he moves in and gives her a quick kiss on the lips which turns into the girl grabbing him by the back of his head and slipping her tongue into his mouth after swallowing his cum.
"I thought I tasted you when I woke up."
"I couldn't help it... even asleep you know just how to suck it."
She rolls her eyes and kisses him.
"Can I go to sleep now?"
"Yeah."
"And you're going too, right?"
"Promise."
"Good. I better not wake up and find you doing me in my sleep again."
She then gives a glance over to Jenna and then looks back at him.
"Or her."
Isaak chuckles.
"I can barely satisfy you."
"Yeah right."
"See you in the morning."
"Mhmmm... maybe we can have some more fun, before you leave."
"If there's time, absolutely."
"Well, you can always just come find me when I'm sleeping."
Isaak smiles as she kisses him again and then lets her head come down to rest on her pillow. The scent of sex was everywhere as Isaak stood up. He almost loses his footing as she gets back to his feet but recovers and silently makes his way back to his couch. What he didn't see was Ariana checking out his ass the whole way back before she turns onto her side and starts to fall asleep.
Laying back down he gave one last look to see if anyone was awake including Ariana. Isaak takes his wet dick in hand and gives himself a couple strokes. He was truly done for with his limp cock flopping around in his hand without showing any sign of getting hard again.
He was well satisfied thanks to his little nighttime rendezvous with Ariana so he didn't find it hard at all to fall asleep either. He wasn't sure if he should push his luck with fucking her awake again despite what she had said. But just in case she wasn't messing around with him, the thought of stay one more night and fucking her in her actual bed would have been a nice way to leave it. Breathing in the smell of the young girl's pussy all over him, Isaak drifts off back to sleep thinking about the next time.