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Brinley looked down at her watch then back at Annalise. “Right on time.”
This brought a smile to Annalise’s face. She sighed as she put both hands down on the bar. “I was never once late for a class. I’m not going to start now.”
“Nerd,” Brinley said while coughing into her hand.
Annalise leaned across the bar, bringing her face closer to Brinley’s. “ I’m the nerd? Did you make my syllabus?”
“Of course I did. Want to come up to my place and check it out?”
“I thought you’d never ask.” Annalise’s lips curved up on one side, and Brinley had the sudden urge to kiss her again.
Instead, she turned toward the computer and clocked herself out, then motioned for Annalise to follow her through the bar to the stairs in the back that led up to her apartment. She could feel Maddie’s eyes on her the entire time but refused to acknowledge her.
Once they were up in her apartment, she immediately grabbed a copy of the two-page syllabus and handed it to Annalise.
Annalise’s eyes went wide as she stared down at the paper in her hands. “This is… very detailed.”
“Of course it is. I don’t do anything half-assed. You’ll learn that soon.” Brinley winked, but Annalise hadn’t taken her eyes off the syllabus to notice.
Damnit. What a waste of a good flirt.
The longer Annalise studied the syllabus, the more Brinley’s heart rate seemed to pick up. She was normally always cool and collected, but something about this moment had her on edge. She wanted to do this right. She was currently representing the lesbian community. Messing up was not an option.
When Annalise finally looked up, her eyebrows were furrowed and lips puckered as if she was nervous. “Is it bad if just reading this gives me anxiety?”
“Nope.” Brinley made sure to pop the “P” to accentuate the word. She took one of Annalise’s hands and directed her over to the couch where they both sat down. She kept her hand on top of Annalise’s because it seemed to be helping. “That just means it’s good that we’re doing this. It will slowly help you become more comfortable with it.” Brinley studied Annalise’s face to try to decipher if it was nerves or hesitance. The last thing she wanted was for Annalise to feel like she was being forced into something. I mean, come on, their third lesson was consent, for God’s sake. Since she wasn’t a mind reader, she decided to just go ahead and ask. “Are you sure you want to do this at all? We really don’t have to. If you want, I’ll even go to your grandma and act as if I’m someone you met and hooked up with from the app. That way she won’t bother you about it anymore.”
“No, I definitely want to do this,” Annalise answered quickly, her fingers running across the words Quiz #1: Achieve orgasm from instructor’s hands and mouth as she said it. It was probably just a coincidence, but there was a part of Brinley that wanted to believe it wasn’t. “Plus, that would never work.” Annalise laughed and shook her head. “My grandma already knows all about you teaching me.”
“You told your grandma about me?” Thud. Thud. Chill out, heart. What the hell?
“She forced it out of me against my will.”
“She sounds great. I’d love to meet her.” Why did I just say that? Get it together, Brinley.
Luckily, Annalise just laughed at this. “She would love that, which is exactly why we need to make sure it never happens.”
When the room became silent again, Brinley pointed to the syllabus. “So, you’re sure you’re okay with this?”
“I do have one issue.”
“Oh, yeah? What’s that?” Brinley couldn’t imagine. Not to toot her own horn, but she honestly thought the plan was pretty flawless.
“So, I know we’re technically on lesson three—consent—very important, but the problem is, I think I need to brush up on lesson two first.”
“Lesson two is…” A big grin spread across Brinley’s face that she wouldn’t have been able to stop if she tried. “Kissing.”
“It is.” Annalise leaned in until her lips were just barely brushing against Brinley’s. This girl was going to be the death of her. “In sticking with lesson three—is it okay if I kiss you right now?”
Not only was it hot as hell that Annalise was taking the lead, but also asking for consent before initiating it? If Brinley wasn’t already turned on (which she very much was), she definitely would be now. “Wouldn’t want to let my student down. I’m all about extra study time.”
“Please shut up.”
That was all Brinley needed to hear. She moved her lips against the ones that had just been teasing her. Ever since their last kiss, Brinley wondered if she had played it up in her mind. There was no way this girl who claimed to have no idea what she was doing and had no interest in women had given her the best kiss of her life. Sure, kissing men probably wasn’t much different from kissing women (Brinley wouldn’t know), but there was a confidence in Annalise’s kisses she hadn’t expected.
And holy shit she definitely hadn’t played it up in her mind because this kiss was somehow even better than the ones from last time. Kissing was kissing, and while some people were certainly better than others, she didn’t know you could be compatible kissers, but that’s how it felt with Annalise. Their mouths moved in a perfect rhythm. Their tongues touched, teased, and entangled as though they were made for each other. It made Brinley’s whole body hum. It made her starved for a lot more than kissing. She couldn’t though. She had to take this slow. That was the whole point.
Apparently, Annalise didn’t have the same reservations. She moved her body so she was now straddling Brinley’s lap and grinding against her while running her hands through Brinley’s hair, never once backing away from the kiss. It was Heaven on Earth. Electric currents bolted through Brinley’s whole body, and she was about to lose all control. But she couldn’t let that happen.
