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I smiled to myself and agreed with him. “Of course, I did. How could I forget?”
He had a huge meeting today, so I was trying not to be short and put him in a bad mood. While I wanted him to stay close where we could always see each other, going to the big leagues was going to surely pull him out of my life. The idea of it made my stomach hurt, but I wouldn’t have changed anything. I knew that Dennis was going to do great, and he deserved everything that he was going to get and then some.
“Other people forgot.”
“I’m sorry. You don’t share with many people, that’s why. Maybe the ones you shared it with, besides me of course, suck.”
He chuckled and heaven help me, I really did like the sound of it. Why did he make me cave, when I told myself that I was going to be different, act different, not fall for the same man over and over again? The man I couldn’t have. It was almost tragic.
“Good luck, Dennis. I know that you’re going to do great.”
“Thanks, Kimberly. You don’t know how much that means to me.”
I hung up and ignored my heart. It was stupid, obviously. I’d told it a million times, no. Not Dennis.
* * *
“Kimberly, guess what?!”
Maria gasped, as well as Cindy from the team. If it was anyone but Dennis, I think they would have said something. I couldn’t believe that he was here, again. It felt like this was déjà vu, but I wanted to make sure it was different this time. The last time, I’d messed with him and almost immediately regretted it. I didn’t want to make the same mistake again.
I walked toward him, past him, grabbed a towel and yanked it around my body as I left the shower area. When we were in the locker room and it didn’t look like anyone was around, I asked him what he was doing here. I was naked again; he was gawking again. What the hell?
I said something along those lines, and he was just staring at me like an idiot again. “You know, Dennis, for someone that always has women around him and gets around from what I hear, you act like you’ve never seen tits before.”
“I haven’t seen yours before.”
“You saw them a couple of weeks ago. It hasn’t changed.”
“No, but you shaved.”
My face started to heat up. I can’t believe that he’d said it. I mean, I could, but it was hard to look at him head on at the moment. That wasn’t what I thought he’d say, but Dennis never did act the way I’d thought he would. When I found out how popular he was, it surprised me even more.
“Yes, well, glad you noticed. I don’t think anyone else has.”
“You know that half the guys on campus would give their left nut for you.”
I scowled. “Charming.”
So perfect, and then he goes and does something like that.
“So, why are you here, again? You really can’t keep coming in here like this. You’re going to get reported.”
“Doubtful.”
He was so sure of himself and for good reason. I didn’t think anyone would, except maybe a jealous boyfriend, but not even then. Dennis was a god on campus, and everyone knew it. He could do what he wanted, when he wanted. Maybe he thought that went with me as well, but it didn’t. I wouldn’t let it.
“Seriously, Dennis, what do you want?”
Now I was getting aggravated, and he just gave me this smirk that melted me from the inside out.
“Well, I got some really good news and I wanted to be the first to tell you. You are actually the only one that remembered and the only one that I want to tell.”
“You got in, didn’t you? Like you got in, in and it’s going to be insane, huh?”
He smiled broadly and I was so happy for him. So much so, that I forgot I had a perilously fastened towel around me. It fell to the floor between us. I was already going in for a hug and it became a lot more than that really quickly. I was pressed up against him, and I was about to pull away when he wrapped his arms around my waist. It felt right in his arms and I never wanted to leave them.
Dennis leaned in so naturally and captured my lips in his. He was so gentle and soft, like I was going to break. His hold on my body, though, was crushing and I could feel parts of him starting to change. I think a part of me started to change as well. I was shaking inside, needing more and I deepened the kiss.
