up in his arms and burying his head in my hair. “I’m not going without you. I figured I could stay here and take care of you.” He kissed my ear softly, making a little growl.
It felt good. Even though I’d been throwing up all morning, Aiden had a way of still making me feel beautiful.
“You need to go to class.” But I put my hands under his shirt against his hot skin, hugging him. Snuggling with Aiden sounded like the best medicine ever. But we couldn’t. He was barely passing Language Arts as it was. “Just come back at three.”
“Of course I’ll come back,” he murmured, gently nibbling my neck. “And you better not be sick anymore. I have plans for this weekend.”
I grinned, squeezing him a little tighter. “Oh, yeah? What about your mom?” I tilted my head up to give him better access to my skin.
“Don’t care.” He kissed my collarbone.
“She won’t let you sleep here.”
“That’s why she thinks me and Darren are going camping,” he said, mocking my tone.
I laughed. “I love camping.” I would have kissed him then, but ... I’d just vomited. Instead, I moved back and looked up into his green eyes. “I love you,” I said.
He winked. “I know you do, baby.” Aiden patted my rear before he let me go and pulled back my sheets.
I got on the pillow-top mattress, curling up as he covered me. He leaned down and kissed my forehead.
“Take care of that body for me,” he said, smiling.
“You can take care of it when you come back.”
He straightened up and walked to the door. “Oh, I will,” he called over his shoulder. “Don’t you worry about that.”
I watched as he left, and when I heard his car start, worry was exactly what I tried hard not to do.
Kira called me at lunchtime. SOS had obtained photographic proof of Selena and Paul. The two had been meeting secretly in the cafeteria storage room. In fact, they’d been hooking up in there. Where our food was kept! Now that was tacky. And completely unsanitary.
On top of that, we’d suspended Corey Panchilla’s investigation even though the stakeout had already been planned. Sometimes our clients got cold feet. I didn’t fault them for that, but it did make our job a little harder. Especially when Leona had already bugged his place.
Plus, we’d gotten a new assignment. It was a good thing I’d let Kira keep the Society of Smitten Kittens’ phone yesterday. I was in no shape to organize a mission. She promised to meet with the girls after practice and give them the skinny.
Kira was really improving. Last year, she was a pill. Totally boy crazy. Sort of easy. But I let her join the squad because I could see her potential. I was talented that way: seeing the good in people. And after a few months, she was a total Smitten Kitten. Polite. Sweet. Great at herkies.
Now if only I could find her a nice guy. I’d thought it was Darren. He was handsome, talented, and friends with Aiden, who had even helped get them together. But Darren cheated, and I couldn’t understand why. Kira was a natural blonde. Who cheated on a natural blonde?
That reminded me—I still didn’t get how Aiden hadn’t known about Darren’s extracurricular activities. I knew everything about my squad. In fact, I even knew that Izzie was menstruating this week!
A quick flash of suspicion flooded me, but I pushed it away. Just because Aiden had seen him talking to Charlie Meyers, didn’t mean he knew they were messing around. No. Aiden would never keep something like that from me. SOS was making me overly suspicious, and it was seriously warping my senses.
By the time Aiden came over, I was feeling better. Not a 100 percent, but easily 95. He appreciated it. He practically attacked me the minute he walked in. He was so cute when he had to be away from me.
“I’m missing the uniform right about now,” he said as he looked me over at the front door.
I laughed, dragging him by the T-shirt into the house. “I’m not going to practice,
It felt good. Even though I’d been throwing up all morning, Aiden had a way of still making me feel beautiful.
“You need to go to class.” But I put my hands under his shirt against his hot skin, hugging him. Snuggling with Aiden sounded like the best medicine ever. But we couldn’t. He was barely passing Language Arts as it was. “Just come back at three.”
“Of course I’ll come back,” he murmured, gently nibbling my neck. “And you better not be sick anymore. I have plans for this weekend.”
I grinned, squeezing him a little tighter. “Oh, yeah? What about your mom?” I tilted my head up to give him better access to my skin.
“Don’t care.” He kissed my collarbone.
“She won’t let you sleep here.”
“That’s why she thinks me and Darren are going camping,” he said, mocking my tone.
I laughed. “I love camping.” I would have kissed him then, but ... I’d just vomited. Instead, I moved back and looked up into his green eyes. “I love you,” I said.
He winked. “I know you do, baby.” Aiden patted my rear before he let me go and pulled back my sheets.
I got on the pillow-top mattress, curling up as he covered me. He leaned down and kissed my forehead.
“Take care of that body for me,” he said, smiling.
“You can take care of it when you come back.”
He straightened up and walked to the door. “Oh, I will,” he called over his shoulder. “Don’t you worry about that.”
I watched as he left, and when I heard his car start, worry was exactly what I tried hard not to do.
Kira called me at lunchtime. SOS had obtained photographic proof of Selena and Paul. The two had been meeting secretly in the cafeteria storage room. In fact, they’d been hooking up in there. Where our food was kept! Now that was tacky. And completely unsanitary.
On top of that, we’d suspended Corey Panchilla’s investigation even though the stakeout had already been planned. Sometimes our clients got cold feet. I didn’t fault them for that, but it did make our job a little harder. Especially when Leona had already bugged his place.
Plus, we’d gotten a new assignment. It was a good thing I’d let Kira keep the Society of Smitten Kittens’ phone yesterday. I was in no shape to organize a mission. She promised to meet with the girls after practice and give them the skinny.
Kira was really improving. Last year, she was a pill. Totally boy crazy. Sort of easy. But I let her join the squad because I could see her potential. I was talented that way: seeing the good in people. And after a few months, she was a total Smitten Kitten. Polite. Sweet. Great at herkies.
Now if only I could find her a nice guy. I’d thought it was Darren. He was handsome, talented, and friends with Aiden, who had even helped get them together. But Darren cheated, and I couldn’t understand why. Kira was a natural blonde. Who cheated on a natural blonde?
That reminded me—I still didn’t get how Aiden hadn’t known about Darren’s extracurricular activities. I knew everything about my squad. In fact, I even knew that Izzie was menstruating this week!
A quick flash of suspicion flooded me, but I pushed it away. Just because Aiden had seen him talking to Charlie Meyers, didn’t mean he knew they were messing around. No. Aiden would never keep something like that from me. SOS was making me overly suspicious, and it was seriously warping my senses.
By the time Aiden came over, I was feeling better. Not a 100 percent, but easily 95. He appreciated it. He practically attacked me the minute he walked in. He was so cute when he had to be away from me.
“I’m missing the uniform right about now,” he said as he looked me over at the front door.
I laughed, dragging him by the T-shirt into the house. “I’m not going to practice,
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