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them.” I muttered.
    He looked at me
quizzically but I shook my head so he wouldn't push it. We stopped walking when
we got to the path that would take me to the dorms and him to his next class. I
turned towards him and shamelessly took in his worn jeans resting low on his
narrow hips and fitted black shirt before going back to his face. I hadn't
realized how tall he was when we were walking out, but he had to be at least a
foot taller than me. His height and muscled body made me want to curl up in his
arms, it looked like I'd fit perfectly there. I nervously bit my bottom lip
while I watched his cloudy eyes slowly take in my small frame. It didn't feel
like the guys at the party, looking at me like I was something to eat. His eyes
made me feel beautiful, and it thrilled me that they were on me. Thrilled me
that they were on me? Get a grip Harper you just met him two seconds ago.
    “Come on PG,
let's go.” Chase grabbed my arm and started dragging me away.
    “Chase! Stop!”
I yanked my arm out and shot him a dirty look. “What is your problem?”
    “I'm taking you
and Bree to the house, and you need to pack for the weekend so let's go.” He
grabbed for me again but I dodged his hand.
    “The weekend,
what?”
    “You're staying
with me, go pack.”
    I narrowed my
eyes and started to turn towards Brandon, “Fine, hold on.”
    “Harper.”
    “Go away Chase,
I'll meet you in the room in a minute. Go find Bree.”
    He moved to
stand closer behind me so I just sighed and gave Brandon a lame smile. “Sorry,
apparently I have to go. I'll see you tonight?” I don't know why I asked, he
actually lived there.
    A sexy smile
lit up his face as his hand reached out to quickly brush against my arm, “See
you then.” With a hard nod directed towards Chase, he turned and walked away.
    I stalked past
Chase and didn't look back at him the entire way to my room. He stood in the
doorway as Bree and I packed for the weekend, which made me uncomfortable
because I couldn't ask her which outfits I should wear. I threw in things she
had gushed over at the mall, a few pairs of underwear, sleep shorts, make-up
and all my bathroom supplies before finally saying anything to him.
    “Why don't you
be a dear and carry this for me.” My tone was laced with anger, and he seemed
to find it amusing.
    I tried to
squeeze by him but he caught me around my waist and pulled me close, his breath
warm as he whispered in my ear, “Anything for you sweetheart.”
    My heart
pounded and my legs started to shake. I stayed in his arms a second too long
and he noticed. I pushed him off me as soon as I saw that cocky smirk take over
his face. “God you piss me off.”
    “Whoa, whoa.
Did you just say 'piss'? I'm not sure if that's PG approved.” He laughed when I
glowered at him and stormed away towards the parking lot.
    As soon as we
got to the house, Bree was talking to some guy on her cell in Chase’s room
which left me alone with Chase. Not wanting to deal with him, I grabbed the
remote and spread out on the couch trying to find something other than him to
hold my attention. I made it a point not to look in his direction again.
Sighing, I flipped through the guide a few more times without finding anything
interesting and just turned on the news. Sir would have been proud.
    I hated that I
knew Chase was looking at me, or where he was in the room. Why does my skin
have to tingle over a guy like him? It's not that I didn't want it to, because
to be honest, he's all I could think about the last two weeks. But I've already
heard all about his one-night-stand reputation from people at school, and from
the stories his sister told me, I shouldn't even want to be with someone like
him. He was with different women all the time, I knew what happened in the café
was completely normal and Bree said he hadn't been in a relationship for four
years because it “just isn't his thing”. Apparently girls felt privileged to
have been with him at all, I would hate to be