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“Okay?” she said. She looked wary.
“It’s not something bad. Why are you going negative? I haven’t even told you what it is.” She stuck her tongue out at me.
“Fine, what is it?”
I had totally planned this part, and pulled out the printed spreadsheet and list I’d made for the trip.
“I want to check something else off your list.” Her eyes scanned down the list and then she smiled.
“A road trip, huh? A multiple-day road trip? And we’re going to be staying overnight?” One of her eyebrows went higher.
“I’m not trying to seduce you,” I said in a completely unconvincing tone. I mean, I wasn’t. I definitely wasn’t.
“Are you sure about that?” she asked, setting the list aside and using her arms to crawl up to where I was. We’d been laying pretty much head to foot. Suddenly, her mouth was very close to my mouth.
“Do you want me to seduce you?” I asked. The air had changed in the blink of an eye and things were . .. different. Again.
“Do I look like I want to be seduced?” she asked, and I was about ready to explode. This was different than just kissing. She was asking for something beyond that.
I didn’t know what to say.
I opened my mouth and she answered for me. She kissed me.
I gasped into her mouth and she softened her approach. Still, the second her lips touched mine, I couldn’t help but reach for her. Reach for more.
I pulled her face closer and let my tongue answer her. My other hand stroked up and down her side, making her shirt ride up a bit.
I was in so much trouble.
And I didn’t give a single fuck.
Fi started making these desperate little sounds as we kissed and I felt like I was going to completely lose it. I needed her. I wanted her. This was different than when we’d been together before. The fire burned hotter; brighter.
Desire thrashed inside me and my entire body shook with it. I’d never experienced it like this. Not even before.
“I want you so much,” I said and she moaned. I was about ready to lose all sense and reason, but she put a hand on my chest and pushed herself back.
“Are you sure?” she asked. Her eyes were bright and she was so beautiful it hurt to look at her.
“Yes,” I said. “I want you. And I want . .. I want to try this.” The words that I’d been holding back for days spilled out of my mouth. I couldn’t stop them.
“I want to see what we could be. Together.” I stroked her cheek and she smiled.
“I want that too. And you. I want you.” I couldn’t stop the smile that probably took up my entire face.
“So we’re doing this?” she asked.
“We’re doing this,” I said. She rolled over onto her back and looked up at the ceiling and started to laugh.
“Life is strange sometimes, isn’t it?” she said. I turned on my side and looked at her profile.
“Yeah, it is.”
Eleven
“This car is halfway filled with snacks,” Fi said the next weekend when we were packing up my little hatchback for our road trip. I’d gotten the time off work, she’d told her parents whatever she’d told them, and we were booked at a few inns and bed and breakfasts along the Maine coast. I was both nervous and more excited than I’d ever been before.
We hadn’t told everyone about our change in relationship status. For now, it felt a little private. Like I wanted to stay just in our bubble and not share anything yet. Of course, Anna gave me a knowing look before she left for work and told us to be careful. And then gave me a wink and I knew exactly what she was thinking. But I’d deal with that when I got back. We had four days ahead of us together. Just us.
