I climbed on top of him and started kissing him hard, our tongues tangling in the most delightful way. But I jumped as someone knocked on the door so hard I thought they might break it down.
Brooks groaned as he stood to answer it. Bridget was there, wearing her dark eyeliner, with her hair in two very intricate braids.
“What’s up?” Brooks asked, sounding snippy. I guess he didn’t like us getting interrupted, and that made me smile.
Bridget just rolled her eyes. “Calm down, cowboy; I just came to return this.”
My camera was dangling from her finger on its strap. “We got lucky. Jake had the piece I needed to fix it in his infinite amounts of stuff. It wasn’t that hard.”
I walked forward and took it in my hands. The lens didn’t look as cloudy, and as I opened the shutter, the screen turned on like normal. “Oh my God! You fixed it!”
She shrugged. “Of course I did; I’m the family genius after all.”
I rushed her, pulling her in for a hug. She seemed shocked but eventually hugged me back. I wasn’t really a hugger either, but I was just so happy.
“Wow, you really are cute,” she said in that sultry voice.
“Quit it,” Brooks warned, but I just laughed.
“What do I owe you?” I asked.
“Not a thing. You, on the other hand…” she started, looking at Brooks. “Where’s my board?”
“Ugh, not this again.”
“What?” I asked, confused.
“When I was sixteen, I got a skateboard, and Mom wouldn’t give Brooks one because he was too young. Itsuddenlywent missing, and I know you have it.”
“I do not!”
“I know you do. Return it or the camera gets it.”
I took a step back to keep it—and me—out of the line of fire. Their staring contest felt like it could set something ablaze.
“Gods… Fine!” Brooks finally said. “It’s in the south barn. I couldn’t even ride the stupid thing.”
“Then why didn’t you give it back?”
“At that point, on principle.”
“You little—”
“Okay,” I interjected. “So now we know where it is.” I turned to Bridget. “Thank you again. I really appreciate this.”
Her angry resolve depleted easily. “No problem. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a board to recover.”
With that, she left, and Brooks shut the door.
“You hid her skateboard for that long?” I asked.
He shrugged. “It just didn’t make sense to give it to her after a while.”
I rubbed his arm. “Well, I appreciate you giving it up for me.”
Brooks leaned down and kissed me. “I would give up a lot for you.” He smirked and gave me a sexy look. “Now, why don’t you get naked so we can test if the camera is just as good as before?”
I smiled. “I would like that.”
