Aly
I wake up the next morning, wrapped up in Jay’s arms. I snuggle back into him, rubbing against him as I do.
“Aly Kat, you’re starting something we don’t have time to finish,” Jay whispers.
“Why don’t we have time?” I ask back.
“Some of us have class today, including you and Jeremy,” Jay answers.
Oh ya, Jeremy and I have our Feeding Your Soul class today. I wonder how it’ll go now that he isn’t acting like he hates me. We are permanently partners in that class, which has made it miserable. I imagine we might actually have some fun now.
But right now I’m focused on being wrapped up in Jays arms with something hard against my back.
“We have time, come on,” I say turning around in his arms. I lean up to kiss him, and he doesn’t stop me. I wrap my leg over the top of him, so I can feel his bulge against my core.
He groans into my mouth before tugging my hair, so he can get to my neck.
“We better make it quick or,” but he doesn’t get to finish that sentence.
“Come on baby girl, we have to go if we don’t want to be late.
He sounds bored but I can feel his emotions. They’re a mixture of jealousy, annoyance and most of all excitement. Is he excited to spend time with me?
I lean up to check the time and sure enough, he’s right. We need to leave, Jay and I really slept in.
Jay gives me one more peck before saying, “go, I’ll see you later.”
I smile at him then hop up and get dressed. I really need to grab some more clothes and Bailey if I’m going to keep staying here.
* * *
Jeremy and I get to class right on time and I think the teacher is so pleased to see us arrive together, she doesn’t even mind.
“Okay class, I have something really exciting for you today! Your work last week for the community garden was exceptional but today we are going to focus on ourselves.”
She pauses to look around the classroom for a response, so I give a bright smile back. Never hurts to have your professor like you.
“Today, you and your partners are going to work on reading each other’s emotions! I have these crystals which will help you tune in to your partner’s frequency.”
She goes around the space, handing out smooth white crystals to everyone. When she gets back to the front she keeps explaining what she wants us to do.
“So one partner will write the emotion they’re feeling down on a piece of paper and the partner needs to identify it. Then switch, try thinking of different memories to evoke different feelings!”
I turn to Jeremy, laughing some. With our bond we feel each other’s emotions all day. This exercise will be extremely easy if she comes around to observe.
“Well, maybe this is a good way to work on identifying the feelings from the bond,” I whisper.
He nods, but he doesn’t seem very excited about it. So I offer to go first, I go through my memories and stop on Bailey. When I first got him, how it feels to snuggle him, how much I love him.
Jeremy glares at me before saying, “love, who are you thinking about?”
And I feel jealousy from him. He’s worried I’m already in love with one of the guys? I mean we are on our way there but not quite.
“Bailey,” I respond and I feel relief down our bond. “Speaking of Bailey, can we stop to get him and some of my stuff on the way home? Or I can go without you if you need to do something.”
He grunts, “I’ll go with you, it’s a good idea.”
Class passes in a blur of this exercise. We both stayed pretty surface level but it was fun to learn some things about Jer. Like he actually loves and cares about his parents, he really does think of the guys at his best friends, and he’s worried about my safety. All things that make me like him a little more.
