the time.” I shrugged.
“ I suppose I
do, sorry,” he said casually. Immediately
I wondered why he wasn't like this all the time, if he was then I
would probably be in love with him like every other girl was. “Hey,
seeing as we can’t get to sleep…. how about we play a game?” he
suggested, sounding excited about it - which was probably a bad
sign.
I rolled my
eyes , trying not to imagine the stupid
games that he would come up with. “I’m not playing a game with you,
it’ll be something like a strip game, or something else crude
that’s going to involve you seeing me naked,” I said, frowning and
pouting.
He laughed
and grip ped hold of my pouty bottom lip
between his thumb and forefinger. “Don’t pout, Angel. If the wind
changes you’ll get stuck like that,” he joked, running his thumb
along my lip. The movement made my mouth water for some reason. I
stuck out my tongue and licked his thumb jokingly, expecting him to
pull away and say it was disgusting. He didn’t. Instead, he made a
little moan in the back of his throat. The sound made something
deep inside me tingle and throb.
He moved his
head closer to mine and then stopped, his
lips were a few millimeters away from mine. I couldn’t breathe, my
heart was racing, but it wasn’t the usual fear I had, it was
because I wanted him to kiss me. He seemed to be waiting for me
to give him a sign to say it was OK. I gulped and closed the
distance, pressing my lips to his lightly. It felt like he gave me
a shock, my body started to tingle and throb with the need for him
to touch me. A thousand butterflies seemed to take flight in my
stomach, but I knew it wasn’t because of the alcohol.
He responded
immediately, pulling me closer to him and running his hands down my
back. I raised my arms and put them around his
neck , tangling my fingers into his silky
brown hair. His lips were soft and fit perfectly with mine. He
sucked lightly on my bottom lip and I opened my mouth, not really
knowing what to expect from my first proper kiss. He slipped his
tongue in my mouth and massaged mine slowly, tenderly. The taste of
him was amazing as he explored my entire mouth; my whole body was
burning, wanting more.
Suddenly , he pulled away making
me whimper and wonder what I’d done wrong. He snapped his head up
to my door, clamping his hand over my mouth to keep me quiet.
“Shout that you’re fine,” he whispered. I looked at him
confused.
“ Amber! Open
the door!” Jake shouted, banging loudly ,
making the door rattle.
Liam nodded
at me and took his hand off of my mouth. I cleared my throat quickly. “Jake, I’m fine. I’m tired so go away!”
I shouted, trying to make my voice sound angry.
“ Ambs, have
you seen Liam?” Jake asked through the door. I looked at
Liam , horrified. What on earth was I
supposed to say to that? Yeah,
actually he’s in the bed with me, half naked, and I’ve just had my
tongue down his throat. Now can you go away, you’re
interrupting ? Yeah, I don’t think that
will go down too well with my brother!
“ I went
home,” Liam whispered, nodding encouragingly .
“ He said he
was going home , Jake. Now go away,” I
shouted, biting my lip and hoping he’d buy it. Liam bent his head
back down and touched his soft lips back to mine again, pulling
away with a sigh when Jake shouted again.
“ Amber, are you OK? You sound a
little strange.”
I
giggled . “Yeah. I got sick so I came to
bed, but I’m fine now. I’ll see you in the morning. Oh and by the
way, I’m not cleaning up, so you need to do it all,” I teased,
smiling at the thought of him cleaning the house on his
own.
“ Whatever , Ambs, we both know
you’ll help me anyway,” Jake replied, laughing.
I looked back
to Liam who smiled his beautiful smile at me and pressed his lips
back to mine again, making the tingle come back instantly. His hand
slid down my side slowly as he slipped his tongue back into my
mouth, his taste exploding onto my taste buds.
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