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“Can I hug you now?” he asked slowly, taking a tentative step forward.
I opened my mouth, closed it and tried again. “I was just a total dick.”
He shrugged. “Happens to the best of us. I was a dick first, so it wasn’t entirely uncalled for.” He took another step forward. “Can I hug you now?”
“Why?”
“You’re still being a dick.”
I stuck my tongue out at him and he caught me around the waist before I could dodge his arms. He kissed my neck and held me tightly.
“Are you going to stop being a dick now?” he asked.
“Are you?”
He chuckled and his breath tickled my neck pleasantly. “I might.”
“I might not.”
“I can live with that.”
He picked me up around the middle and carried me to the car in a most undignified manner over his shoulder.
“Excuse you!” I yelled, smacking his back as I tried not to drop my bag.
“That feels awfully too close to an apology, Barlow.”
“Lombardi, I’m serious! You can’t just manhandle me!”
He put me down and took my face in his hands. He pouted at me and I had to admit it was somewhat adorable. “But, you’re so tiny!”
“But, fierce!” I snapped, thumping him on the shoulder.
He grinned and I thought he was going to hug me again, but he just reached around and opened my door for me. “Get in loser, I’m driving.”
I snorted so hard at him quotingMean Girlsthat my loss of dignity before looked minor in comparison.
“Wow, I’m rubbing off on you,” I chortled.
“Yeah, if only, Barlow.”
I looked up at him and bit my lip. “Shame we have to get to school then.”
“Oh, fuck. Don’t do that. You’re fucking evil.” As if to prove his point, Roman rearranged his pants, picked me up by the waist and sat me in the car.
I rubbed my knee against his crotch and he glared at me.
“That’s not funny. You know what he’s like around you and I really don’t feel like suffering through first lesson with a boner.”
“Well, let me do something about that then…”
“I thought we had to get to school?” He looked up at my room. “By the time we get inside, get busy, get–”
“Who said anything about going inside?”
He looked back to me, his mouth parted like he’d been going to say something. Then, he frowned.
“What?” I asked, my insides plummeting a little.
