Well, not on my watch.
He doesn’t know what’s coming for him.
Me.
I’mcoming for him and I know how to punch.
Yeah, that’s right. I know how to throw a mean,meanpunch – four brothers, remember? – and he’s getting it.
Right in his face.
Swallowing down my fear, I start to walk toward the noises.
I’m trying to be as quiet as possible.
I don’t want thatanimalto know that I’m coming for him. I’m gonna take him by surprise. That’s the best way to do the most damage. That’s what my brothers taught me.
But as it turns out, I don’t think I’ll be using any of the punching skills that I learned from my brothers.
Because there is no drunk guy and no innocent girl.
I mean, he could be drunk and she could be innocent but he’s not doing anything to her that she doesn’t want. In fact, she seems pretty into it, what he’s doing to her. Which is kissing.
He’s kissing her and she’s kissing him back.
They’re standing under a tree and there are a couple of candles around them. A blanket, beers.
Oops.
I think I crashed a date. Which is completely escalating right now.
Now that I’m close and thankfully hiding behind a tree of my own, I can hear more noises. Chuckles, rustling of their clothes, a few murmurs.
And gosh, I can see stuff too.
Their hands and legs and their mouths. It’s like they’re attacking each other — happily but attacking nonetheless with their lips and limbs.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this before.
What I mean is that I have seen people kiss before even though I’ve never been kissed myself. But this is something… else.
This is passion and lust and rawness and holy God, I can’t stop looking and I know…
My thoughts break when I hear another noise.
Or rather avoice.
I hear a voice.
A voice saying, “You like that, huh?”
It’s rich and smooth.Deep.
God, so deep.
It makes me think of taking a dive off a skyscraper. It’s strange that a voice can invoke such imagery and such a reckless, dangerous image at that. But I swear I feel the rush of air on my body, the adrenaline pumping through my veins as if I’m really flying.
Just because I heard a voice.Hisvoice.
