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like a jerk for not thinking to get you anything.”
“I’m not upset.” I stood up from the desk. “Besides, being able to spend today with you makes me happy. You do like it, right?”
He set the journal down on my desk, letting his fingers drag over the cover before letting up.
“Yeah. It’s one of the most thoughtful gifts I’ve ever gotten,” he said, licking his lips. “And you know, I’m really glad you’re with me, too.” A subtle reminder I had agreed to be his girlfriend. “I’ve been thinking about you ever since the day I left the hospital. Since we ‘talked’ on the porch.” He cracked a smile.
“Me, too,” I said beneath my breath.
He stepped closer and I stepped back.
“Tell me you feel it, too,” he said.
It was dead quiet besides the soft whirring from the fan on my laptop. “Feel… what?”
He reached up to take a lock of my hair between his fingers.
“That tightening in your gut. Anxious nerves that won’t settle. You try to fight it—tell it to go away, but it won’t.”
I did.
He released my hair.
“Your pulse racing,” he continued. “What you felt when we were downstairs by the coat closet earlier.” His thumb caressed my chin again.
Yes.
Lightheadedness. Knots in my stomach . The same whirlwind of emotions I had felt at the dance. A restless drive to be closer…
“Aren’t we moving a little fast?” I shuddered, bumping into the wall behind me.
“Do you want to slow down?” he asked, his eyes glinting with anticipation.
I should have lied, but I couldn’t. Excitement coursed through me, electric. Free.
My conscience warned me not to let go, but…
“I asked you a question, Alice.” His voice softened and he pinned me against the wall beside my desk. A bold move. It lit me on fire.
“Brian?” I couldn’t hide my eager, fluttering breaths. His warm scent clouded my mind. I wanted him so much, my whole body trembled.
One more step. His hazel eyes devouring me.
His face lowered and I tasted his breath. A hint of chocolate.
He brought his hands up to clasp my face and then kissed me.
I tangled my fingers into his belt loops and tugged him closer so our bodies touched. The back of his hand dragged down the side of my neck, making my knees weaken. He lingered, teasing my lower lip with the tip of his tongue. A quiet groan escaped me. I pushed up off my heels and kissed him back, plunging my hands through waves of his soft hair. The smell of his skin. The tension. The need to keep him near. His heat against my own feverish body.
“Alice,” he whispered, pressing his lips just behind my ear and again on the side of my neck. I shuddered. He grasped my shoulder and pressed gently. “Alice.”
“Wh-what is it?” I opened my eyes and gasped.
Fluorescent white-blue light tinted his left hand, glowing and spreading through his veins, skittering halfway up his arm, exactly as it had in my dream. He slid his fingers down my shoulder and watched as the green light beneath my skin chased the path of his touch, twinkling on contact and then fading away.
“You have it, too?”
His eyes narrowed and a wide, satisfied grin stretched across his lips.
“You’re… you’re not afraid?” I asked, shaking.
He slipped his other arm behind my waist. Our glows resonated in sync, two colors pulsing in harmony.
“Why would I be afraid? What happened at the dance wasn’t the first time I’d almost died,” he said. “It probably won’t be the last. But whatever this is, it fixed my heart. You had the dream, too, you know. It’s pretty obvious we’re together for a reason, Alice.”
He lifted my arm and pressed it back against the wall, dragging his glowing fingers up my wrist, circling my palm, and then taking my hand. The skin glimmered with soft turquoise light.
“With you, I feel unstoppable.” He folded his fingers around mine. “As if there’s nothing to fear anymore.”
“But, what if my mom…”
“She won’t.” He leaned in and
“I’m not upset.” I stood up from the desk. “Besides, being able to spend today with you makes me happy. You do like it, right?”
He set the journal down on my desk, letting his fingers drag over the cover before letting up.
“Yeah. It’s one of the most thoughtful gifts I’ve ever gotten,” he said, licking his lips. “And you know, I’m really glad you’re with me, too.” A subtle reminder I had agreed to be his girlfriend. “I’ve been thinking about you ever since the day I left the hospital. Since we ‘talked’ on the porch.” He cracked a smile.
“Me, too,” I said beneath my breath.
He stepped closer and I stepped back.
“Tell me you feel it, too,” he said.
It was dead quiet besides the soft whirring from the fan on my laptop. “Feel… what?”
He reached up to take a lock of my hair between his fingers.
“That tightening in your gut. Anxious nerves that won’t settle. You try to fight it—tell it to go away, but it won’t.”
I did.
He released my hair.
“Your pulse racing,” he continued. “What you felt when we were downstairs by the coat closet earlier.” His thumb caressed my chin again.
Yes.
Lightheadedness. Knots in my stomach . The same whirlwind of emotions I had felt at the dance. A restless drive to be closer…
“Aren’t we moving a little fast?” I shuddered, bumping into the wall behind me.
“Do you want to slow down?” he asked, his eyes glinting with anticipation.
I should have lied, but I couldn’t. Excitement coursed through me, electric. Free.
My conscience warned me not to let go, but…
“I asked you a question, Alice.” His voice softened and he pinned me against the wall beside my desk. A bold move. It lit me on fire.
“Brian?” I couldn’t hide my eager, fluttering breaths. His warm scent clouded my mind. I wanted him so much, my whole body trembled.
One more step. His hazel eyes devouring me.
His face lowered and I tasted his breath. A hint of chocolate.
He brought his hands up to clasp my face and then kissed me.
I tangled my fingers into his belt loops and tugged him closer so our bodies touched. The back of his hand dragged down the side of my neck, making my knees weaken. He lingered, teasing my lower lip with the tip of his tongue. A quiet groan escaped me. I pushed up off my heels and kissed him back, plunging my hands through waves of his soft hair. The smell of his skin. The tension. The need to keep him near. His heat against my own feverish body.
“Alice,” he whispered, pressing his lips just behind my ear and again on the side of my neck. I shuddered. He grasped my shoulder and pressed gently. “Alice.”
“Wh-what is it?” I opened my eyes and gasped.
Fluorescent white-blue light tinted his left hand, glowing and spreading through his veins, skittering halfway up his arm, exactly as it had in my dream. He slid his fingers down my shoulder and watched as the green light beneath my skin chased the path of his touch, twinkling on contact and then fading away.
“You have it, too?”
His eyes narrowed and a wide, satisfied grin stretched across his lips.
“You’re… you’re not afraid?” I asked, shaking.
He slipped his other arm behind my waist. Our glows resonated in sync, two colors pulsing in harmony.
“Why would I be afraid? What happened at the dance wasn’t the first time I’d almost died,” he said. “It probably won’t be the last. But whatever this is, it fixed my heart. You had the dream, too, you know. It’s pretty obvious we’re together for a reason, Alice.”
He lifted my arm and pressed it back against the wall, dragging his glowing fingers up my wrist, circling my palm, and then taking my hand. The skin glimmered with soft turquoise light.
“With you, I feel unstoppable.” He folded his fingers around mine. “As if there’s nothing to fear anymore.”
“But, what if my mom…”
“She won’t.” He leaned in and
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