whimper.
“Do you have any idea how perfect you are?” His head tilted as his lips brushed against mine. I pushed my hips back against him, struggling to keep myself away. In one quick movement, he flipped me onto my back and was lying on top of me, pressing hard against my waist. He slowly moved his face closer to mine. I closed my eyes, begging for him to touch me. He froze. I opened my eyes, looking into his, searching for what I had done wrong.
“I can’t” He pulled his mouth back from mine. I could not breathe. I did not even know before tonight how badly I wanted him. Had he not pulled this stunt I may have never known. He rolled off me, leaving me wide-eyed and gasping for air. I was humiliated and desperately needing him at the same time. I rolled over on my side and curled up into a ball. After a moment, his hands slid over my waist and he pulled me back against him. I wanted so desperately to pull away from him but I could not.
Chapter Six
As the sun shined directly into my eyes, I squirmed and slid myself out of his grip. I made my way into the kitchen to get a head start on breakfast, refusing to believe last night was real. We had two eggs and no bacon left.
“Fuck” I muttered to myself as I slammed the fridge door closed. I snuck back into the bedroom and pulled on a pair of jeans. Collin was sleeping peacefully in the center of the bed.
The streets were packed for early morning and I loved the smell of fresh baked goods in the air as I made my way down the block to the market. I hardly ever seemed to make it out in the daylight hours any more. The sun felt amazing against my skin. I bought a ham steak, bacon, eggs, croissants and three different kinds of cheeses for breakfast. I blocked every awkward second of last night out of my mind as I made my way back to the apartment. I was terrified of the changes they would cause in my relationship with Collin. Somehow, I was the only person in the world he would not touch.
As I entered the apartment, Taylor jumped on me, wrapping her arms around my neck as I entered the room.
“Jesus Christ, we thought you were gone.” She whispered. I stared around the room at all of my friends. Collin sat on the edge of the couch, unable to look at me.
“We needed groceries.” I replied, looking at all of their faces. Taylor loosened her grip on me and turned back to the room.
“Guys? What the fuck? Do you want your eggs or not?” I joked, trying to divert attention from myself. The room erupted in cheers and I smiled, heading into the kitchen to make them all a feast worthy of kings. Taylor followed me into the kitchen, popping bread into the toaster. When the boy’s conversation turned to television, she began to talk to me.
“He knows?” she asked quietly as I cracked the eggs into a large bowl. I bit my lip and nodded to her. “Did you?” she asked and I hesitated before continuing.
“No” I replied sharply, feeling uncomfortable with the discussion. It was not because I did not trust Taylor, but I was still incredibly confused with the way the night had ended. He made me feel things for him I did not know I was capable of only to turn me down. He did not want me.
Everyone ate their food ignoring the elephant in the room. I suddenly felt out of place among my friends.
“You want to go out? Maybe go to the mall?” Collin asked as everyone stared at me expectantly.
“Sure” I shrugged, looking down at my plate. Before today they all treated me like one of the guys, now I was some breakable thing.
We walked around the mall for hours.
“Sin, last night…” His voice trailed off and I could feel my cheeks burning under his stare.
“Already forgotten. I mean…we had a little too much to drink.” I held my breath waiting for his reaction.
“Right” he said, rubbing the back of his neck.” I just wanted to make sure you were okay.” I nodded and we continued