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“Yeah, lovey-dovey I suspect will be the least of my problems. Besides, we’ve already fucked. So really, how bad can it get?”
“Already fucked?” she asked sarcastically, and I felt like I’d put my foot in it. “That’s a charming way of talking about you being granted the treasure of my virginity.”
I put the beers down on the closest available surface and turned her to face me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pretended I didn’t notice how perfectly right it felt to have her there. My forehead dropped to hers and I sighed.
“Yeah, I know. Are you okay, Barlow?”
She gave me a wide smile that reached her eyes and lay her hand on my cheek. “It’s not the way I thought it would happen. But I still don’t regret it, if that’s what you’re asking.”
“I…” sighed heavily.
“What are you doing here, anyway?” she asked, like she knew changing the subject was a good idea. “Showering my window with pebbles is hardly nailing and bailing behaviour.”
I laughed, but I wouldn’t have said there was much humour in it. “Is it terrible that I wanted to spend time with you?”
She gasped sarcastically. “Even after you got everything you wanted?”
I wanted to be more serious, but a wry smirk escaped me. “Yeah, laugh it up.”
“Oh, I will. Don’t tell me you’re looking for seconds, Lombardi?” she teased.
I looked up, praying for strength. Piper Barlow would quite possibly be the end of me. “What if it’s less seconds and more…I just enjoy your company?”
She didn’t say anything, but I didn’t think I’d said the wrong thing. I was pretty sure I’d said the right thing, and she was doing me the favour of not having to talk about it anymore.
She slipped out of my arms, took my hand again, and dragged me to her bed. I won’t do anyone the disservice of saying I didn’t think a very rapid succession of very dirty things that I planned to do to her. But I ignored them and told myself to get a grip.
“Come on,” she said as we settled. “I just started this one, so I’ll go back to the beginning.”
“What are we watching?” I asked warily.
“Say Anything.”
Sounded thrilling. Couldn’t wait. “It’s already my favourite,” I huffed sarcastically.
“Oh, something we have in common!” she teased.
“Yay,” I offered weakly.
“You were the one who asked to join me. Suck it up.”
She had a point, and it wasn’t like I was planning on going anywhere else or even thinking about suggesting a different movie. I wanted to be with her doing whatever she wanted to do. I didn’t have to tell her that, though.
“What’s it about?”
“Why don’t you shut up and find out?”
We sat up in her bed, sipping beers and watching the movie. I put my arm around her shoulder, and she snuggled up to me. I didn’t really care much about the movie, I was busy fighting the light and airy feeling in my heart.
That movie ended and another one started.
Piper got halfway through her second beer before she was asleep on my chest. I finished mine and leant my head against hers gently. I was pretty sure I dozed off at some point through the second half of that movie. It wasn’t late by any means, but I was just so damned comfortable.
