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Smiling, Vannah was beyond grateful that he made it so easy to say things like that to him. As scary as it was to admit these things so soon, his responses were never a disappointment. It’s why she decided to share something else with him when he finally came up for air to gaze into her eyes in that same dazed way she was feeling.
“I hardly got any sleep this whole week.” She smiled running her fingers through his hair. “My mind’s been so preoccupied with thoughts of you.” Feeling her dreamy smile wane a bit she added the next part, only because she now knew why he’d sent that text. “Last night was the worst though. I don’t think I slept at all.”
His smile flattened at that. “Only reason I got any sleep last night was because after seeing your sister with that dude, I went out and got wasted.”
Surprised by this, Vannah felt her brows pinch. “You did?”
Closing his eyes for a moment, he shook his head. “Yeah, but I don’t want to think about that anymore. I’d rather be doing this.”
In the next instant, he devoured her mouth. And for what felt like forever and yet not long enough, she was indulged with the sweetest nonstop of what she was now sure no one would ever come close to replicating, Byron’sgloriouskisses.
A phone ringing in the distance pulled a reluctant Vannah out of the amazing dream she’d been having. It took her a few seconds to grasp that she wasn’t in her own bed, and then a few more to realize it wasn’t all a dream. Glancing around as her heart rate spiked suddenly, Byron walking into the room smiling broadly calmed her a bit. The fact that she was still fully dressed also helped, except she couldn’t help but wonder. “What time is it?”
He brought a finger to his lips as he held out her cell phone to her. “It’s just after eight in the morning.” Vannah’s jaw dropped as Byron smirked before handing her the phone. “Phone call frommom.”
Not sure she wanted to answer, but relieved he walked right back out of the bedroom, giving her some privacy, she did. “Morning,Mommy.”
“Morning, Sunshine.”
Vannah smiled. One of thepolaropposite traits, as Byron had put it, between her and her twin was that Nena wasnota morning person. As opposed to Vannah who was always cheery regardless of the time of day.
“I take it you were too busy last night with yourfriendto call and see if your parents made it home okay?”
Wincing, Vannah brought her hand over her face feeling bad. “Sort of. I’m sorry. I had a long week, with little sleep and last night I just knocked out.”
“With him?”
“Hmm?” Vannah squeezed the phone a little tighter.
“Did you knock out with yourfriend, Byron?”
“I can’t really talk about that right now,” she said in a lowered voice then refrained from giggling when she heard her mother gasp.
“Savannah,” she hissed and Vannah knew her mother had likely been in bed still.
“Mom, don’t say anything if daddy’s nearby!”
There were some door closing sounds and footsteps, then more doors closing before her mother spoke again. “Did you spend the night with him?”
Sitting up, Vannah glanced around certain Byron had done nothing more than kiss her whipped ass to sleep, but still knew her mom would have a million questions. “Yes, I’m still at his place actually but he’s in the other room. Only nothing happened,” she whispered. “I just woke up and I’m fully dressed. He promised me he’d wait until I was ready for more than just making out. I just hadthelongest week of losing sleep. We hung out here at his place last night after dinner. There wasn’t even any booze involved and I still can’t remember falling asleep.”
“You lost sleep all week,why?”
Out of everything she’d just admitted to her mother,thiswas her main concern? Chuckling softly as it suddenly dawned on her, Vannah shook her head knowing full well her mom already knew. “Because I met this amazing guy who afteronedate, he’s the last thing I think of when I fall asleep, and the first when I wake.” Suddenly overwhelmed with emotion, she felt her face scrunch and she wiped tears away before Byron could walk in and see her but admitted to more even as her voice broke a bit. “I’m scared, mom.”
“Scared of what, baby?”
Sniveling back all the emotion that made it hard to speak, she squeaked out her explanation. “That he’ll break my heart.”
Her mom was silent for just a moment until she spoke up again. “You said you’re at his place still. You’re fully dressed after spending the night and now you’re crying. Where is he?”
Vannah shook her head still swiping stupid tears away. “I dunno. He just walked in to hand me my phone because it was ringing but walked back out.”
Just then Byron walked in again holding a tray in one hand, and his finger against his lips with the other, to show he didn’t want to interrupt. He put the tray down with the plate of food, napkins, and utensils over her upper thighs and pecked her before starting to walk away again but paused when his eyes met hers in question. Vannah made a show of yawning big to explain her glistening eyes. She smiled when he nodded as if understanding and started away again.
Vannah covered her mouth feeling a little guilty, though it didn’t muffle her soft bemused laughter as she took in her breakfast. “He just brought me breakfast in bed,” she whispered with a smile as soon as he was out of the room, looking down at her perfectly plated breakfast. “French toast, sausage and coffee.” Breathing in deeply and sucking it in because she was terrified now of allowing her heart to get too excited so soon all over again. She was just glad this was her mom on the phone with her because even this made her feel so weak. “Mom, he’s so perfect.”
Her mother chuckled but then huffed. “They can be, even when they don’t know it.” Vannah shook her head not understanding but before she could ask, her mother went on. “Listen to me, Savannah. If you really believe he’s genuinely into you and trust me a mother knows and this boy has it bad, you need to be honest. Spare yourself all the unnecessary tears and sleepless nights and just tell him.”
