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look up, only to catch her looking at him. Damn
damn! She was doing this all wrong. She smiled and looked down. One – two. She
looked back up just as Diana came into the room. Leo was looking at Diana.
    Rose ground
her teeth.
    Diana
dropped onto a cushion at Leo’s feet and leant back against his chair. He put
his hand on her shoulder and rubbed it.
    For goodness’ sake , thought Rose. They should just get a room. What on Earth was she doing, trying to
flirt with him anyway? He was a Flanagan, not to mention an annoying git.
    She tried
to focus on the game again.
    As Leo
watched Rose laugh and play with her family, he longed to go over, to be a part
of their easy-going group.
    The boys
had always been nice to him. Not over-friendly, but perfectly nice. They hadn’t
invited him to join the game, but then he had never done much with them
socially. If he went over to the group he was sure they would welcome him to
join them.
    Leo looked
down at Diana. She looked like she had been crying again. He sighed and stayed
where he was.
    It was
nearly midnight when the family games came to an end. Ellie was asleep in her
chair and Toby was getting grumpy with tiredness, which was never fun. Everyone
else had gone to bed ages ago. Christmas was over. Rose waited for the others
to go up to their dormitories then poked her head into the West Tower Common
Room. She glanced towards Leo’s favorite chair but it was empty.
    Actually it
wasn’t totally empty. His book was lying in the chair. This would be a good
opportunity to see what he was reading. She walked over and picked it up.
    At that
moment Leo walked in from the stairs to the boys dormitories. Wearing only
pajama bottoms.
    Rose felt
her mouth drop.
    Hot damn!
She had felt up his arms when they kissed and she had seen him in a wet shirt
after playing sports in the rain, but never had she thought his chest would
look so amazing. She had seen her dad’s chest, lots of hair and a bit of a
tummy. Alex still had a pretty skinny frame, his chest almost concave. OK, so
Jack had filled out and looked good without a shirt, but most of the boys her
own age were fairly unimpressive. But Leo had muscle definition. His muscles
moved when he walked.
    Rose could
remember him when they had started Compass Court, he had been shorter than her
then. Not any more.
    Perhaps he
did weights in his room? He must be really vain. But even as this thought
crossed her mind, Rose dismissed it just as quickly. Leo wasn’t vain.
    If anything
he looked really embarrassed. Rose quickly shut her mouth, which was still
hanging open.
    “Looking
for me?” She tried for a flirty tone.
    “Uh, no. I
forgot my book.” He gestured to the one she was holding.
    “Then come
and get it.” She tried to bat her eyelashes. Wasn’t flirting supposed to be
easier than this?
    She had
accepted that they were attracted to each other. It was nothing more. So maybe
that could be fun. Except he didn’t seem to be playing along now.
    He didn’t
move.
    Rose took
her courage in both hands and decided to step it up a notch.
    So she went
towards him instead, using his own technique to back him against the wall, she
leant into him. But he just groaned in a frustrated way, clenching his fists as
he fought not to touch her back.
    Rose
pressed closer and he could smell the dusky rose perfume he knew she wore on
special occasions. Her breath feathered his ear as she whispered “Don’t you
want to kiss me?”
    “Yes, very
much.” He said, giving in and to hell with his conscience.
    They kissed
passionately against the wall, and then for another 15 minutes with her on his
lap in the armchair. She got to run her hands all over his upper body, though
he managed to restrain himself from doing the same to her.
    They didn’t
speak, they barely breathed, just kissed, shifting positions to get as close to
each other as they could.
    Finally, as
he nibbled her ear, he said “If we are going to do this are we going to be able
to keep it a