I’d never been gentle in my life. I’d never done a slow, getting to know you show, either. I was way out of my depth. But even as I thought it, Karen smiled and lifted her bottle back to those sweet rosy lips.
Maybe this could be the new Gav.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Gavin
“Iguess it’s time I left. I can’t have much more since I’m driving.” Every chance the guy from behind the bar got, he watched us, or should I say, watched me. I was tempted to put my hands on her, but that wasn’t fair to Karen. “Fancy a lift home?”
“Lift? Like an elevator?” Her nose screwed up as her brows met in the middle. She couldn’t look more confused if she tried.
“No.” I chuckled as my head shook, I smirked at her. “I mean lift, you know like a ride home.”
“Ohh, why didn’t you say that?”
“Because it’s the same damn thing.”
“No, it’s not.” She laughed lightly. “A lift is an elevator and unless that beast of a car of yours can fly, I guess you’re not giving me a lift.”
“Smartarse. You bloody Americans are weird.”
“How?” she asked as she leaned forward, amusement shone in her eyes as her teeth sunk into her lip, and she waited for me to answer her.
“You just are.” I drained the bottle of Bud. “So,” I said as I took the bottle from my mouth and placed it back on the table, “did you want aride,” I exaggerated the word just for her, “or not?”
“I guess so.” Just then a dark-haired woman came rushing toward us. Karen shot up from her stool and hugged her. As they pulled apart her friend grinned widely.
“So, who’s your friend, Kaz?” she asked, not so subtle.
“Gavin. Pleased to meet ya.” I winked as she smiled.
“Gav, this is my best friend, Holly. Holly this is Gav,” she leaned closer and said a little quieter, “Roman Dean’s best friend.”
“You’re fucking kidding me?” She gasped. I found it quite funny how someone could say his name now and people just knew him.
“Nope,” Karen replied.
“Well, pleased to meet you, Gavin.” Holly smiled.
“Likewise.” I shook her hand and smiled back.
While she told her friend she was leaving, I hung around for long enough to be polite, then as soon as Holly left, I rushed out of the door and around the side of the building. I kept everything crossed that no one had decided to hotwire my car. It was a huge sigh of relief when I saw it still sitting in the same condition that I’d left it in. “I told you it would be fine.” She said as she came up behind me, I turned, and she screwed her nose up.
“Whatever, smartarse.” The locks opened as I pressed the button with my thumb, before she got inside, she peered over the top of the car and bobbed her tongue out at me. She disappeared inside and I joined her, my head shook as I sat myself in my seat. “What are you, five?” I chuckled as I asked in relation to her answer to me. As I started the engine and turned out of the street, I pulled back out onto the main road as silence fell aroundus. Just because I needed her to be vocal now, she decided to go silent on me. “Which way am I going?”
“Oh sorry, left. It’s down this block.” She pointed as I took the turn. We went a little further and she pointed her apartment block out. With her silence, my mind was running a mile a minute. I didn’t know what to think.
I pulled up outside of her building and shut the engine off for a minute. I heard the click of her belt as she took it off and turned her back to rest against the door. I felt like I should say something but I had no idea what. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah.” she nodded but again she was quiet.
“What’s wrong?”
She exhaled a heavy breath. “I really enjoyed today.” A small smile twitched at her lips and she turned her head away from me.
With the smallest movement in my seat, I reached across and grasped her chin softly. I turned her face to mine. “So did I.”
Her smile widened. “Well, I better get going.”She muttered nervously.
