D.” He stepped around her and into the room.
“Sure, come on in,” s he said a bit sarcastically since he hadn’t waited for an invitation. “Is everything alright? Have you seen Olivia? I didn’t even hear her leave.” She crawled up on her bed and Charlie sat nervously at her feet. “Charlie, what’s wrong?”
“I want you to have me, D,” he said with his face in shadows.
“Have you?” She blinked the sleep away. Charlie stood and turned out her lamp but she could still see him in the light streaming from the bathroom. He was shaking when he pulled off his shirt and climbed into the bed next to her. Remembering how easy it had been to let him hold her made Dani shake a little too. “Charlie, I really like you but I have a boyfriend. I’m sorry if I gave you the wrong impression earlier.”
“I have what you need,” h e insisted only inches from her face. “I want you to take it.” He leaned over and brushed her bottom lip with his lips. That simple act sent a shot of warmth straight to her core. His green eyes begged her not to reject his offering. Dani tried to get out of the bed but was pulled in by his heat when she attempted to crawl over his body to escape. The smell of his skin made her mouth water. He was just so sweet and warm like mint and summer rain. She was draped over him trying to absorb the warmth with her face pressed into his neck. One of his arms wrapped around her waist, the other hand brushing gently through her hair.
“That’s right, take whatever you need. Take it all.” He tilted his head to give her better access to his neck.
“I don’t know. I can’t.” She whimpered against his neck. She could hear his pulse pounding in her head, beating against her lips. Her teeth ached. She wanted it…
Her cell phone rang and woke her up. It was just another damn dream. Lucas was calling. She answered, trying to convince herself she really was awake. “Hello?”
“I’ve called you five times. What’s wrong? Are you pissed because I went out?” he huffed.
“I just woke up, Lucas.” It was still dark in the room. The clock read four am. “Why are you calling me at four in the morning with an attitude? I didn’t get to bed until two o’clock myself.”
“What do you mean by that? What the hell are you doing out at two in the morning? Don’t you have a curfew or something?” he slurred.
“Are you drunk?”
“Don’t change the subject! I asked you a question! Where were you?” he was screaming at her.
“I refuse to argue with a drunk.” She said each word slowly, “You can call me later when you locate your common sense.” She hung up on him. He called right back so she turned the phone off. She was too pissed to sleep now so she quietly slid on her tennis shoes. Still fully dressed she whipped her hair up into a messy bun and left for a walk.
Surprisingly enough she was not the only one out wandering. It seemed as though lots of people were just now drifting back to campus. She turned the cell back on to find eight new voice mails and erased them all without listening to them. Dani walked down the old cobblestone sidewalk that circled her favorite patch of arching trees and found herself a bench in a clearing a few yards back into the trees. Anyone passing could be seen but they wouldn’t see her unless they looked in her direction as they passed. She watched all the partygoers stagger back to campus and was highly entertained, except for the guy that was puking in the bushes.
Laying there on the bench she stared up at the sky and remembered all the nights Lucas and she ha d spent in the back of his pick- up gazing at the stars and making out. As the sun began to rise over the trees, the peacefulness around her began to sink in. She continued to watch as the sky turned from black to dark blue and the stars began to fade. In the quiet, she
“Sure, come on in,” s he said a bit sarcastically since he hadn’t waited for an invitation. “Is everything alright? Have you seen Olivia? I didn’t even hear her leave.” She crawled up on her bed and Charlie sat nervously at her feet. “Charlie, what’s wrong?”
“I want you to have me, D,” he said with his face in shadows.
“Have you?” She blinked the sleep away. Charlie stood and turned out her lamp but she could still see him in the light streaming from the bathroom. He was shaking when he pulled off his shirt and climbed into the bed next to her. Remembering how easy it had been to let him hold her made Dani shake a little too. “Charlie, I really like you but I have a boyfriend. I’m sorry if I gave you the wrong impression earlier.”
“I have what you need,” h e insisted only inches from her face. “I want you to take it.” He leaned over and brushed her bottom lip with his lips. That simple act sent a shot of warmth straight to her core. His green eyes begged her not to reject his offering. Dani tried to get out of the bed but was pulled in by his heat when she attempted to crawl over his body to escape. The smell of his skin made her mouth water. He was just so sweet and warm like mint and summer rain. She was draped over him trying to absorb the warmth with her face pressed into his neck. One of his arms wrapped around her waist, the other hand brushing gently through her hair.
“That’s right, take whatever you need. Take it all.” He tilted his head to give her better access to his neck.
“I don’t know. I can’t.” She whimpered against his neck. She could hear his pulse pounding in her head, beating against her lips. Her teeth ached. She wanted it…
Her cell phone rang and woke her up. It was just another damn dream. Lucas was calling. She answered, trying to convince herself she really was awake. “Hello?”
“I’ve called you five times. What’s wrong? Are you pissed because I went out?” he huffed.
“I just woke up, Lucas.” It was still dark in the room. The clock read four am. “Why are you calling me at four in the morning with an attitude? I didn’t get to bed until two o’clock myself.”
“What do you mean by that? What the hell are you doing out at two in the morning? Don’t you have a curfew or something?” he slurred.
“Are you drunk?”
“Don’t change the subject! I asked you a question! Where were you?” he was screaming at her.
“I refuse to argue with a drunk.” She said each word slowly, “You can call me later when you locate your common sense.” She hung up on him. He called right back so she turned the phone off. She was too pissed to sleep now so she quietly slid on her tennis shoes. Still fully dressed she whipped her hair up into a messy bun and left for a walk.
Surprisingly enough she was not the only one out wandering. It seemed as though lots of people were just now drifting back to campus. She turned the cell back on to find eight new voice mails and erased them all without listening to them. Dani walked down the old cobblestone sidewalk that circled her favorite patch of arching trees and found herself a bench in a clearing a few yards back into the trees. Anyone passing could be seen but they wouldn’t see her unless they looked in her direction as they passed. She watched all the partygoers stagger back to campus and was highly entertained, except for the guy that was puking in the bushes.
Laying there on the bench she stared up at the sky and remembered all the nights Lucas and she ha d spent in the back of his pick- up gazing at the stars and making out. As the sun began to rise over the trees, the peacefulness around her began to sink in. She continued to watch as the sky turned from black to dark blue and the stars began to fade. In the quiet, she
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