“Mel…”
“Jordan, let’s just go home and see what happens, no pressure on either of us. We can sit on the couch and watch TV or a movie, and we’ll just be there together.”
“You’re sure?” he asked cupping her cheek and kissing her gently.
“Completely,” she answered slowly opening her eyes to look at him.
“Let’s go home,” he stated pulling her out of the booth with him. He wrapped his arm around her waist, walked her to the car kissing her once they reached it, and then took them home as quickly as possible. He didn’t want to rush her, didn’t want to risk scaring her away but he wanted to be close to her.
“Jordan, stop thinking so much,” she teased as they walked into the house. She kicked off her shoes and let her jacket follow.
“So you want me to just act?” he replied pulling her over to the couch with him. He brought her down onto his lap and held her against him as he flipped on the movie she’d watched again and again.
“Just wanted you to stop glaring at me but this is nice,” she admitted snuggling against his chest. “This is very nice.”
“It is,” he agreed enjoying holding her like that. As the movie went on, his hands began to stray over her arms, up and down them then down her side inching closer to her front and lower towards her waist where her skin was peeking out.
“Jordan,” she said with a small giggle as his hand found a ticklish spot.
“You want me to stop?” he questioned turning her more in his lap to face him.
“No, I’m ticklish and you…”
“Found the right spot?” he asked purposely making her squirm away. He continued as she batted at his hands playfully until she was lying on the couch with him above her.
The playfulness ended and he couldn’t stop himself from kissing her. Her hands strayed up around his neck, and she let herself give into the feelings and enjoy the moment. His hands trailed down towards her waist and soothed her skin as they tracked higher and higher until they grazed the undersides of her breasts.
“Jordan,” she gasped against his lips.
“Too much too soon?”
“No just unexpected.”
“Do you want me to stop, slow down?” he asked praying she said no.
“Not a chance,” she admitted pulling his mouth back down to hers and stealing his breath as they discovered everything about each other.
∞∞∞
“Morning,” Jordan murmured against her hair as she reached out to turn off the alarm. He could feel her blush before he saw it and kissed the top of her head as he pulled her closer. “Regrets?”
“No, I just…morning,” she stated turning over to look at him. The alarm rang again and she groaned. “Why does it have to be Monday?”
“Are you saying you’d like to stay home in bed with me instead of going to class?” he asked brushing her hair from her face.
“I would,” she admitted with a bright face and even brighter smile, “but we can’t. Jordan…” she added when he began to push back the covers.
“What? If my girl wants to stay home then we’re going to stay home. I think you got food poisoning from the birthday cheesecake I tried to make you, and hey I’m the boss and need to take care of my gorgeous girl until she’s feeling better.”
“You’re kidding, right?”
“No, I think we both need a day alone at home together to get past this momentary awkwardness and get back to being us. If I go to work and you to school, later joining me there, we’re going to have this hanging over us and we’re either going to not speak at all or wind up doing something we really shouldn’t do in the office. Now, I’m going to call the school and text Tate, so he doesn’t show up concerned, and then I’ll be back,” he told her with a quick kiss. He began to slide out of the bed but pausedto send her a big smile, “Unless you feel like blushing you might want to look away gorgeous.”
He stood up and she saw his naked backside and though she could feel the heat surface in her cheeks she couldn’t look away. He half turned and she ducked her head. Okay, she was definitely not that bold yet, not even after everything they’d done together last night. She might have touched him there, but they’d been under the covers, and she’d only seen his top half fully naked.
She scurried into the bathroom as soon as he left the room and tried to tame her hair as she quickly brushed her teeth. She’d slipped on her robe as she’d come into the bathroom, and she stood staring at her reflection wondering if she looked as different as she felt.
“How’d I know you were going to sneak in here?” he asked sliding up behind her.
