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her words were slurring just a bit.
“One of him,” she replied, pointing directly at me.
Olivia looked back at me and widened her eyes just a bit before turning back to face Gina. “We’ll find you a Keeton,” Olivia assured her, and her friend suddenly seemed pleased with the idea of getting what she wanted. Olivia was just doing her best to soothe her friend, but I found her promise quite humorous.
I buried my face in Olivia’s shoulder to hide my laughter.
“You two are so cute together,” Gina added, and I looked up just in time to catch her walking off to join a group of girls dancing around like their asses were on fire.
“Can we get outta here now?” I asked. Olivia nodded her head as she reached back and took my hand in hers, leading me toward the exit.
We hadn’t even made it to my truck before Olivia stopped and turned around to face me. “You know I like you a lot, right?”
“I sorta like you too,” I told her as I hooked her around the waist and pulled her body close to mine. “A lot,” I added, before leaning in and kissing her.
I hadn’t had anything to drink at all, but Liv had a few and I could taste the sweetness on her tongue as she deepened our kiss. We were just outside a house that held hundreds of students unwinding for the week. The sounds of music mixed with the laughter of those students were instantly drowned out by Olivia’s soft moans as I backed her up against the side of my truck.
She had a tendency to make me forget about the life I lived up until this point. The years I listened to my father tell me I wouldn’t amount to shit while my brother agreed. The times my father would stumble in at 2:00 in the morning, drunk off his ass, and start beating on me because he knew he could get away with it. All that faded when Liv was near. She was so innocent and sweet, so full of life and sassy, it was like a breath of fresh air.
I allowed myself to believe those things over the years. Allowed myself to believe that I was destined to be a hopeless drunk until one person helped me see otherwise. A man I knew for only a short time until he passed away in the middle of the night.
Mr. Vickers.
He was an old man who lived at the end of Sable Court. I walked past his house every morning and afternoon on my way to and from school. He would always wave and ask me how my day went. At first I thought he was a creepy old man, but soon came to realize he was just alone, kind of like me. He had lost his wife years ago and never remarried. He always said she was his soulmate and his better half. He refused to believe there was anyone else out there for him. The day he lost her was the day he decided he would carry her memory with him for the remainder of his life, until they met again.
Even I found the beauty in his love for his late wife.
He was the man who taught me about cars, and he’d share stories about him and his life with Mable. Before she passed, they traveled the world and as they grew older, settled in Texas. He still lived in the home they bought together, surrounded by the things she filled their home with.
He gave me hope. He helped me understand I could be something, that I didn’t have to allow my father and brother to bring me down. They couldn’t choose my future, only I could.
And now Olivia was the one person who had me opening my heart to the possibilities of more. She made me smile and laugh. It felt so damn good to be this happy.
A few guys passed and one of them whistled, which caused Olivia and I to pull apart.
“Maybe we should head back to my place,” I said as I led her to the passenger door. She only nodded her head, still feeling the effects of our kiss.
It was so easy to get lost in Olivia. She was the best kind of distraction.
***
I woke to the sound of the shower running in the bathroom.
Stretching my arms over my head, I took a moment to remember just how frisky my girl got when she was a little tipsy. Who would have known?
But
“One of him,” she replied, pointing directly at me.
Olivia looked back at me and widened her eyes just a bit before turning back to face Gina. “We’ll find you a Keeton,” Olivia assured her, and her friend suddenly seemed pleased with the idea of getting what she wanted. Olivia was just doing her best to soothe her friend, but I found her promise quite humorous.
I buried my face in Olivia’s shoulder to hide my laughter.
“You two are so cute together,” Gina added, and I looked up just in time to catch her walking off to join a group of girls dancing around like their asses were on fire.
“Can we get outta here now?” I asked. Olivia nodded her head as she reached back and took my hand in hers, leading me toward the exit.
We hadn’t even made it to my truck before Olivia stopped and turned around to face me. “You know I like you a lot, right?”
“I sorta like you too,” I told her as I hooked her around the waist and pulled her body close to mine. “A lot,” I added, before leaning in and kissing her.
I hadn’t had anything to drink at all, but Liv had a few and I could taste the sweetness on her tongue as she deepened our kiss. We were just outside a house that held hundreds of students unwinding for the week. The sounds of music mixed with the laughter of those students were instantly drowned out by Olivia’s soft moans as I backed her up against the side of my truck.
She had a tendency to make me forget about the life I lived up until this point. The years I listened to my father tell me I wouldn’t amount to shit while my brother agreed. The times my father would stumble in at 2:00 in the morning, drunk off his ass, and start beating on me because he knew he could get away with it. All that faded when Liv was near. She was so innocent and sweet, so full of life and sassy, it was like a breath of fresh air.
I allowed myself to believe those things over the years. Allowed myself to believe that I was destined to be a hopeless drunk until one person helped me see otherwise. A man I knew for only a short time until he passed away in the middle of the night.
Mr. Vickers.
He was an old man who lived at the end of Sable Court. I walked past his house every morning and afternoon on my way to and from school. He would always wave and ask me how my day went. At first I thought he was a creepy old man, but soon came to realize he was just alone, kind of like me. He had lost his wife years ago and never remarried. He always said she was his soulmate and his better half. He refused to believe there was anyone else out there for him. The day he lost her was the day he decided he would carry her memory with him for the remainder of his life, until they met again.
Even I found the beauty in his love for his late wife.
He was the man who taught me about cars, and he’d share stories about him and his life with Mable. Before she passed, they traveled the world and as they grew older, settled in Texas. He still lived in the home they bought together, surrounded by the things she filled their home with.
He gave me hope. He helped me understand I could be something, that I didn’t have to allow my father and brother to bring me down. They couldn’t choose my future, only I could.
And now Olivia was the one person who had me opening my heart to the possibilities of more. She made me smile and laugh. It felt so damn good to be this happy.
A few guys passed and one of them whistled, which caused Olivia and I to pull apart.
“Maybe we should head back to my place,” I said as I led her to the passenger door. She only nodded her head, still feeling the effects of our kiss.
It was so easy to get lost in Olivia. She was the best kind of distraction.
***
I woke to the sound of the shower running in the bathroom.
Stretching my arms over my head, I took a moment to remember just how frisky my girl got when she was a little tipsy. Who would have known?
But
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