to the engine as
well as the exterior. So the guys are going to fix it for me. Skeeter let me
use a rental car that the shop had, so I am not without transportation. They
won’t let me pay them, but I am going to have to find some way to pay them back,”
I replied. She nodded.
“Yeah last summer, Lamar’s SUV got broken into and
whoever broke into it, stole a bunch of sports equipment out of the back. This
town is getting shady,” she replied.
“We are spoiled Abs. We grew up in this perfect little place
where no one had to lock their doors and everyone watched everyone else’s kids
when they were outside. We could not really expect it to stay that way forever
you know?”
“One can hope my dear, one can hope,” she replied with a
smile.
After dinner, Abby drove me back home. We promised to
talk after the weekend, especially since I had a phone now. I waved as she
drove away and then turned to find Jack sitting on my brother’s porch smoking a
cigarette.
“Hey there stranger!” he called. He eyed my bags and he
raised an eyebrow. I just shook my head.
“Busy night?” he asked. I nodded.
“Abby took me shopping. “ He stood up, putting his hands
in his pockets. Putting the bags down, I studied his face. He looked like he
had a lot on his mind.
“What’s up?”
“I am sorry about at the lake. I should not have taken
advantage of you Bleu. You are just getting out of a relationship. You barely
know me.” He fiddled with his keys and looked down at the ground and then back
up at me.
“Jack. I am a big girl. I can make my own decisions. I
just don’t want to make any more mistakes, not that I would consider you a
mistake.” He moved closer to me. My breath caught in my chest. Breathe
dammit.
“I still want to kiss you,” he whispered, coming even
closer and tangling his hands in my hair as his lips touched mine. Holy shit! I
felt this incredible rushing shock swell over me. Heat, fire, electricity
coursed through my body and it was all from one simple kiss. I could not
breathe and honestly I did not want to. Putting my hand on his chest, I ended the kiss. He gave me a puzzled
look, his chest rising and falling rapidly. He felt it too.
“Did I do something wrong?” His voice was soft and he
sounded like he was in pain.
“No. The thing is I just met you. I mean, I hear what a
great guy you are and believe me you get bonus points for being there for me
when my own family was not. And you make me want to kiss you until I cannot
breathe, but I don’t want to rush into something and have it blow up in my
face. This town is not that big! Also, I have the bad habit of overthinking
things.”
He grinned and I had to hold myself back from kissing
him.
“You want to kiss me?” he asked with a laugh.
“Out of all that I just said, that was what you got out
of it?” He nodded and I nudged him playfully with my elbow.
“So any chance that you will try on what you bought?” he
asked with a mischievous grin. I elbowed his side and laughed.
“Not that its anything dirty, but no, not a chance,” I
said. How in the hell was I going to be able to put the brakes on this. I knew
I was not ready yet. But good lord he made me feel all warm inside. And he made
me wish I had some dirty things in the bags, just so that I could try them on
for him.
Chapter Five
The door opened and I jumped, not
realizing that I had fallen asleep on the couch reading. I teetered on the edge
of the couch and then slid not so gracefully to the floor with a THUD. I
looked up at the clock and saw that it was after one .Axel stumbled in. He looked
like hell. His hair was flattened, his red t shirt torn and his jeans were
dirty. He noticed me after a few minutes and came over to the chair next to the
couch.
“Hey,” he said softly. He smelled like a distillery.
Sitting up, I looked at him. His eyes were blood shot and there were dark
circles under them. Christ.
“What happened to you?” I asked, kneeling
well as the exterior. So the guys are going to fix it for me. Skeeter let me
use a rental car that the shop had, so I am not without transportation. They
won’t let me pay them, but I am going to have to find some way to pay them back,”
I replied. She nodded.
“Yeah last summer, Lamar’s SUV got broken into and
whoever broke into it, stole a bunch of sports equipment out of the back. This
town is getting shady,” she replied.
“We are spoiled Abs. We grew up in this perfect little place
where no one had to lock their doors and everyone watched everyone else’s kids
when they were outside. We could not really expect it to stay that way forever
you know?”
“One can hope my dear, one can hope,” she replied with a
smile.
After dinner, Abby drove me back home. We promised to
talk after the weekend, especially since I had a phone now. I waved as she
drove away and then turned to find Jack sitting on my brother’s porch smoking a
cigarette.
“Hey there stranger!” he called. He eyed my bags and he
raised an eyebrow. I just shook my head.
“Busy night?” he asked. I nodded.
“Abby took me shopping. “ He stood up, putting his hands
in his pockets. Putting the bags down, I studied his face. He looked like he
had a lot on his mind.
“What’s up?”
“I am sorry about at the lake. I should not have taken
advantage of you Bleu. You are just getting out of a relationship. You barely
know me.” He fiddled with his keys and looked down at the ground and then back
up at me.
“Jack. I am a big girl. I can make my own decisions. I
just don’t want to make any more mistakes, not that I would consider you a
mistake.” He moved closer to me. My breath caught in my chest. Breathe
dammit.
“I still want to kiss you,” he whispered, coming even
closer and tangling his hands in my hair as his lips touched mine. Holy shit! I
felt this incredible rushing shock swell over me. Heat, fire, electricity
coursed through my body and it was all from one simple kiss. I could not
breathe and honestly I did not want to. Putting my hand on his chest, I ended the kiss. He gave me a puzzled
look, his chest rising and falling rapidly. He felt it too.
“Did I do something wrong?” His voice was soft and he
sounded like he was in pain.
“No. The thing is I just met you. I mean, I hear what a
great guy you are and believe me you get bonus points for being there for me
when my own family was not. And you make me want to kiss you until I cannot
breathe, but I don’t want to rush into something and have it blow up in my
face. This town is not that big! Also, I have the bad habit of overthinking
things.”
He grinned and I had to hold myself back from kissing
him.
“You want to kiss me?” he asked with a laugh.
“Out of all that I just said, that was what you got out
of it?” He nodded and I nudged him playfully with my elbow.
“So any chance that you will try on what you bought?” he
asked with a mischievous grin. I elbowed his side and laughed.
“Not that its anything dirty, but no, not a chance,” I
said. How in the hell was I going to be able to put the brakes on this. I knew
I was not ready yet. But good lord he made me feel all warm inside. And he made
me wish I had some dirty things in the bags, just so that I could try them on
for him.
Chapter Five
The door opened and I jumped, not
realizing that I had fallen asleep on the couch reading. I teetered on the edge
of the couch and then slid not so gracefully to the floor with a THUD. I
looked up at the clock and saw that it was after one .Axel stumbled in. He looked
like hell. His hair was flattened, his red t shirt torn and his jeans were
dirty. He noticed me after a few minutes and came over to the chair next to the
couch.
“Hey,” he said softly. He smelled like a distillery.
Sitting up, I looked at him. His eyes were blood shot and there were dark
circles under them. Christ.
“What happened to you?” I asked, kneeling
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