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Between French and Lit, I hit the bathroom and checked my neck. Yep, there was a hickey there, right above my collarbone. The way the shirt sat covered it some of the way but not all. I let my hair down, which I rarely did at school, and tugged it over one shoulder.
Better.
Coop commented on the hair as soon as I sat down. “Did you lose your hair band?”
“Nope,” I told him. “Trying something different.”
He eyed me for a moment, and then nodded. “Cool.”
That was that. I rode in the front passenger seat on the way to lunch while Jake drove. Lunch was Blaze for more pizza, and Jake sprung for mine before I could get my wallet out. When I gave him a look, he just smiled and waved me toward the table. I was sandwiched between Ian and Jake this time and they both had a thigh pressed against mine. It was really kind of nice.
On the way back, I made Coop sit in the front so I could sit in the back with Archie and Ian. Jake made a face, but then shook his head. Study Hall, though—that was a whole new wrinkle.
Jake had our chairs right next to each other and an arm braced along the back of my chair. “How you doing?”
“I’m good,” I promised him. “But I really have to do homework this time.”
He traced his thumb against the side of my hand. “I wish the library had private rooms.”
Just the suggestion had me clenching my thighs together, and I frowned at him. “Not at school.”
“But…”
“Not. At. School.”
He pouted and it was adorable, but his eyes were laughing. “Fine, I’ll wait. Can I come over tonight?”
If he did… all the ideas rolling through my head left me more than a little warm. “I have to make my dessert for tomorrow’s French class and finish the video. So, if you come over…”
“You don’t want me to come over because I’ll distract you,” Jake said slowly, and his smile grew.
“Well, yes.”
“Even if I promise I’ll be good?”
I rolled my eyes then tapped his nose much as Archie had done to me earlier. “You’re not being good now.”
Then I looked at the chapter I had open. I really needed to finish it and get these notes done. Jake leaned over and whispered right against my ear, “Bad is better, but I can be good, Frankie. Whatever you need.”
A shiver raced over my skin and my nipples went tight. It was like I could feel him touching them all over again.So. Not. Helpful.
“And I have to tell you,” he said, his lips so close I could swear they brushed my skin every time he spoke. “All I can think about is what you don’t have on under your shorts.”
Heat swarmed through me. I’d made it most of the daynotthinking about the fact that Jake had gone commando and so had I. He’d watched me pull on my shorts and whistled. There was something really damn bad about that, even if no one else could see.
Course, now all I could think about was the facthewas commando and his missing boxers were still at my place. He hadn’t taken them out on his way to the SUV. His backpack had already been in the car.
I bumped his leg then stared at his textbook meaningfully. “Behave and I’ll think about it.”
He pulled his arm off my chair, but he rested his hand on my thigh and played with my fingers under the table as I worked to get the reading done.
It was definitely a distraction.
By the time we made it AP Euro, I pointed him to a desk one away from mine and refused his pout. “If I don’t get this done now, I’ll be up even later tonight.” I wouldn’t have time tomorrow with the date, and I definitely wouldn’t have time on Saturday between work and the party. Then Sunday I had work and a date with Jake. No, I had to take advantage of the work time while I had it.
I finished my reading and notes in record time, then got the outline done for the first paper we had due in lit and managed to get all of my calculus finished. That left making my French project again and finishing putting together the video.
When the bell rang, Jake helped me slide on my backpack and then held out his hand. “Thank you,” I told him as we headed out.
