Denying the Wrong by Evelyne Stone

moan, which just encouraged me to keep exploring his body with my hands. I moved my hands past his waist a little, touching his bare butt.
    He slid his hand up my shirt, softly rubbing his fingertips against my skin. My stomach tightened up, anticipating his hand moving higher.
    “Are you okay?” he whispered, breathing against my ear.
    I closed my eyes, feeling a tingling sensation between my legs. “Yes,” I barely moaned out.
    His hand cupped my breast. My nipples hardened as his fingers rubbed against them through thin material. The tingling sensation increased and I moaned into his ear. He pinched my nipples lightly and my hips bucked up a little in response. My body’s response to his touch was sensational. I wanted more but Dillon stopped, looking down at me with a huge grin.
    “Why are you so happy? I'm the one having an out of body experience! Your touch does things to me I never thought I’d experience.”
    “I want you to feel good. I want to do things to your body you'll never forget.” He kissed my cheek and sat up. “But we need to take things slow.” I sat up with him. I wanted to make him feel good too, but was too shy to ask how.
    I pouted hoping he would just tell me so I wouldn't have to ask.
    “Oh, no, not the pout,” he joked.
    “I feel guilty because I don't know what you like.”
    “You'll learn eventually, but I want us to go slow. I don't want to miss out on any experience with you and that means taking things one step at a time.”
    “How’d I get so lucky?” I pushed him back down on the floor, jumped on top and kissed him harder than I had ever kissed him before.
    ~*~
    I called Alissa the moment Dillon left my apartment. My mom wasn’t going to be home for a few more minutes and I wanted to talk candidly with her. I knew there was something going on and I couldn’t seem to stop obsessing about her going shopping with Mary.
    “Hey, Kat.” She answered on the third ring and I could tell she wasn't home by all the background noise.
    “Hey, what are you up to?”
    “I'm with Mary at the gym. We went shopping today and then she decided to start working out with me.”
    “The gym is open that late?” I looked at the clock and it was past eleven.
    “Not exactly. Scott lets some of us use the gym after hours so we can get personal training time with him. Check this out! One of the guys he's been working with got cornered by some bully at school and he kicked his butt in front of everyone. He got suspended for a couple of days, but he said it was so worth it seeing that jerk’s nose bleed.” I was a little surprised at how happy she sounded while talking about people getting hurt.
    “Yeah, that does sound interesting.” I wasn't sure how to respond because I didn't like violence and Alissa had never liked it either. She was changing into someone I didn’t recognize.
    “Well, hey, I gotta go.”
    “Okay, talk to you later?”
    “Sure! Bye!”
    I clicked the “end” button and sat back in the chair.
    I miss my best friend.
    Not wanting to think about it anymore, I went to bed. Sleep would help, and then I could attempt to get Alissa to spend more quality time with me. I had to figure out what was going on with her.
    ~*~
    I’d called Alissa to make sure we were still on for our weekly lunch date. She’d skipped out on the last couple, using ‘too much homework’ as her excuse. When I walked around the corner, toward the front door, I noticed Mary standing outside.
    “Hey,” I said, walking towards her.
    “Hey. Looks like it’s just me and you. Alissa just texted me that she got hung up and I need to be back to school soon.” She opened the door for me and we both walked in, straight towards the counter.
    Disappointment took over my body. Alissa had not only ditched me again but she didn’t even have the courtesy to text me. We ordered coffee and pastries and sat down at my favorite table by the window.
    “How’s school going?” I asked, not sure what to talk