He grabs his phone. “It’s almost 10.”
“Yeah, I should get home and get ready. I can just grab a muffin or something on campus to tide me over.” I say, slipping out of the bed with the sheet still wrapped around me.
“Hey,” he says softly, reaching for me and tugging me close before I can do anything about it. He pulls my hair to the side and twists it lightly in his hand. “I’m not trying to hint for you to get out or anything like that. You know that, right?”
I rock up onto my toes and press my lips to his. When I drop back down, I smile. “I definitely know that. I just really do have plans today and I wasn’t…” I glance down at my sheet covered body then look back up at him with a smirk, “… I wasn’t exactly expecting to spend the night. So I’m feeling a little flustered and just need to get home to get ready and go see my Nan.”
The tiny wrinkles between his brow smooth out at my response. He places a quick kiss on my lips, then spins me and slaps my buns through the sheet. “Get dressed, pretty girl, and I’ll get you back to campus.”
* * * * *
Twenty minutes later, Jeremy pulls up to the front of Eidelman and puts his car in park. The campus is always dead on Saturday mornings, and I’m thankful no one will be around to see me hauling up to my room in the sweats and t-shirt I’m wearing that clearly belong to someone else. I don’t necessarily believe inthe walk of shame– basically because I don’t think any woman should feel ashamed after hooking up – but the last thing I want is for RJ to realize I was out all night with her brother. And it would be just my luck if she popped out of those doors right now.
“I had a great time last night,” Jeremy says, interrupting my thoughts.
I smile at him and rest my head back against the seat, turning slightly sideways to take him in. “Me too.”
His eyes search my face.
“Well, I’d better…”
“Did you want to…”
We both laugh.
“You go first,” I say.
Jeremy clears his throat. “I’m still down to go stargazing tonight if you want to. Or we can hit up the drive in movie. Just shoot me a text when you’re done with your Nan.”
The smile on my face is ridiculous. I tuck my hair behind my ears.
“As much as I would love that, I have my very first college presentation on Monday and I haven’t even started it,” I say with a laugh. “Can we do something this week? My schedule is pretty open after Monday.”
He looks happy with my response and promises to call me later today or tomorrow to get it scheduled.
After a searing kiss, I hop out of the car, and jog up the steps to Eidelman, unable to contain the glee. When I get to the top, I turn to wave goodbye and find him staring at me with the window down.
“Have a good day, pretty girl,” he says, then drives off.
I spin on my heels and race to the elevator, giddy with excitement. I don’t knowhowI’m going to focus on this stupid presentation when all I want to do is gush to everyone I know about my date with Jeremy.
But my excitement sobers up when I realize that the one person I want to share with is his sister. RJ isnotgoing to want to talk about my first time having sex if she realizes it’s her brother.
I let out a groan. Sometimes, secrets can be fun, like sneaking makeup books home during high school. But this is definitely not one of those times. As the elevator doors close and I ascend to my floor, I wonder how I’m going to keep RJ from realizing what happened.
