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Authors: Tori Brooks
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fought back his panic as he opened his mouth to mirror her own.
Lindsay’s hands crawled across his shoulders and climbed his neck; she let her fingers slide into his hair, with her thumbs resting on his cheek bones. At the same time, Lindsay tilted her head slightly and let the tip of her tongue flick gently across the threshold of his lips.
Dev felt awkward as he put his hands on Lindsay’s waist. He wasn’t sure about what she was doing with her tongue, only that he was sure he couldn’t mimic it.
Undaunted by his failure to reciprocate, Lindsay’s tongue slid deeper into Dev’s mouth. Soon Dev lost the ability to analyze her movements, then interest in trying, as the kiss turned into an exotic dance of gentle strokes, brushes, taps, grazes, and teasing chases.
Then it was over. It seemed Lindsay glowed, but otherwise gave only a slight smile as she backed away.
“I promised earlier I’d tell you something that would blow your mind. This doesn’t change anything, not in terms of college, the tour, the band, or the guys. It won’t make our relationship easier, but I don’t think it’ll make it harder either. This is just something that I don’t think you know yet, and you really should.” Lindsay leaned over Dev’s shoulder, letting her lips brush his ear, and said softly: “You love me.”
Not waiting for an answer, Lindsay turned and disappeared behind a closing door before Dev’s mind began to formulate a response.
Chapter Five
Dev stood on the step staring at Lindsay’s front door. That he’d thought about that original glancing kiss daily for the past few months and hoped she’d grace him with another one wasn’t lost on him. This was different. Dev didn’t have words to describe this.
A bench sat in the flowerbed that lined the walk and Dev stumbled the few feet to it and sat. Lindsay freely admitted she was leading him to something, was this it? Maybe.
How could she tell him he loved her ? That was a little presumptuous. Dev leaned forward, resting his forearms on his knees. Wouldn’t it be more normal for her to say she loved him and then scamper off? Did she? What if she didn’t? Dev considered that. What if Lindsay didn’t love him but thought he loved her?
Did he love her? Dev wasn’t sure. Was there some sort of test? Wasn’t he supposed to feel like he was falling, or have rocks in his stomach, or feel sick all the time, or something?
Bryan loved Brenda, but Dev wasn’t around when it happened. They’d always been together from his point of view. Jess and Cassie – no, Jess was more obsessed with his sister than loved her, that didn’t count. His mom – Dev didn’t want to think about his mom either with Paul or Flynn, and didn’t pay much attention to her interaction with his dad. Kenny wasn’t with Alicia long enough to count.
Back to Bryan and Brenda. Dev couldn’t see how he and Lindsay emulated Bryan and Brenda in any way. Okay, they didn’t fight. When they disagreed about anything, the girls inevitably won, that was the same. He supposed he did little things for Lindsay for no reason like Bryan did for Brenda. And Lindsay humored him, like going to the skateboard park on dates when she didn’t have to. And she put up with Kenny and Jess. She was like Brenda in those ways, he supposed.
Dev remembered the night he took Lindsay to meet the band. On the way home, Lindsay told him she’d always be there to support him no matter what he needed. She understood his hacker side and understood his music side existed, even if she wasn’t really into it. Lindsay said she was willing to be what he needed her to be.
Putting that long-ago conversation in context with everything that happened tonight, Dev started making connections. Lindsay said she kept the goth pretext going longer than she needed to because he wasn’t ready for her to drop it yet. Everything she did, she did for him. He was pretty sure that meant Lindsay loved him. Why not just tell him
Lindsay’s hands crawled across his shoulders and climbed his neck; she let her fingers slide into his hair, with her thumbs resting on his cheek bones. At the same time, Lindsay tilted her head slightly and let the tip of her tongue flick gently across the threshold of his lips.
Dev felt awkward as he put his hands on Lindsay’s waist. He wasn’t sure about what she was doing with her tongue, only that he was sure he couldn’t mimic it.
Undaunted by his failure to reciprocate, Lindsay’s tongue slid deeper into Dev’s mouth. Soon Dev lost the ability to analyze her movements, then interest in trying, as the kiss turned into an exotic dance of gentle strokes, brushes, taps, grazes, and teasing chases.
Then it was over. It seemed Lindsay glowed, but otherwise gave only a slight smile as she backed away.
“I promised earlier I’d tell you something that would blow your mind. This doesn’t change anything, not in terms of college, the tour, the band, or the guys. It won’t make our relationship easier, but I don’t think it’ll make it harder either. This is just something that I don’t think you know yet, and you really should.” Lindsay leaned over Dev’s shoulder, letting her lips brush his ear, and said softly: “You love me.”
Not waiting for an answer, Lindsay turned and disappeared behind a closing door before Dev’s mind began to formulate a response.
Chapter Five
Dev stood on the step staring at Lindsay’s front door. That he’d thought about that original glancing kiss daily for the past few months and hoped she’d grace him with another one wasn’t lost on him. This was different. Dev didn’t have words to describe this.
A bench sat in the flowerbed that lined the walk and Dev stumbled the few feet to it and sat. Lindsay freely admitted she was leading him to something, was this it? Maybe.
How could she tell him he loved her ? That was a little presumptuous. Dev leaned forward, resting his forearms on his knees. Wouldn’t it be more normal for her to say she loved him and then scamper off? Did she? What if she didn’t? Dev considered that. What if Lindsay didn’t love him but thought he loved her?
Did he love her? Dev wasn’t sure. Was there some sort of test? Wasn’t he supposed to feel like he was falling, or have rocks in his stomach, or feel sick all the time, or something?
Bryan loved Brenda, but Dev wasn’t around when it happened. They’d always been together from his point of view. Jess and Cassie – no, Jess was more obsessed with his sister than loved her, that didn’t count. His mom – Dev didn’t want to think about his mom either with Paul or Flynn, and didn’t pay much attention to her interaction with his dad. Kenny wasn’t with Alicia long enough to count.
Back to Bryan and Brenda. Dev couldn’t see how he and Lindsay emulated Bryan and Brenda in any way. Okay, they didn’t fight. When they disagreed about anything, the girls inevitably won, that was the same. He supposed he did little things for Lindsay for no reason like Bryan did for Brenda. And Lindsay humored him, like going to the skateboard park on dates when she didn’t have to. And she put up with Kenny and Jess. She was like Brenda in those ways, he supposed.
Dev remembered the night he took Lindsay to meet the band. On the way home, Lindsay told him she’d always be there to support him no matter what he needed. She understood his hacker side and understood his music side existed, even if she wasn’t really into it. Lindsay said she was willing to be what he needed her to be.
Putting that long-ago conversation in context with everything that happened tonight, Dev started making connections. Lindsay said she kept the goth pretext going longer than she needed to because he wasn’t ready for her to drop it yet. Everything she did, she did for him. He was pretty sure that meant Lindsay loved him. Why not just tell him
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