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“Morning!” I’m careful not to put my full weight on her.
“What the… Jayce!”
“Surprise, beautiful.” Knowing Zee’s mum and sister are downstairs doesn’t stop me from wanting to climb into bed with her. I know how good she’ll feel under my touch. But I force that aside and keep it to my imagination. We’ve found time to fool about but being alone in a house with a bed has proved harder to come by.
“This wasn’t part of the plan, was it?” She blinks up at me, all sleepy and cute, stretching her arms out from the duvet.
“No, but I took matters into my own hands. Today, you’re mine until my parents drag me away. You don’t have to work, and we can chill, or rather, we can go over our first date again. Only now, we can skip to the good bits.”
“You’ll have to let me up first.” She runs her hands through my hair, and for a moment, I imagine what it might be like to stay here. Stay in Cornwall instead of travelling the world.
“And what if I don’t. What if I hold you hostage here for the rest of the summer?” I tickle her and make her giggle until she’s shoving me away with her legs.
“Stop, stop, stop, Jayce, please.” Her smile fades too quickly. “Come on. It’s a nice idea, but we both know that’s not going to happen.”
“I’m serious. Why can’t we change our plans? I don’t have to leave.” The words are out of my mouth before I’ve thought them through, and I kind of regret saying them. I look at her but don’t see any hope in her eyes. She sits up in bed, and the fun of a moment ago feels stiff and forced.
“Let’s play this out. Either you stay a few extra weeks here, and it only gets harder for you to leave, or I take my imaginary pot of savings and come surf around the world with you.” She chooses this moment to get out of bed, showing me the tiny shorts and vest top she sleeps in.
It’s my turn to run my hands through my hair, and I take a needed deep breath. “I guess neither of those sound like a good plan.”
“It’s been the best few weeks. And I’m pretty sure you’re going to break my heart when you leave but aren’t we meant to have these experiences?” It fucking hurts to hear her say that. She looks at me, but I think there’s a glaze of tears in her eyes. “I’m going to have a quick shower, and I’ll be right back.” She winks and leaves me on her bed.
Alone. Feeling stupid.
God, this girl.
She’s killing me. She’s actually killing me.
I hear the water running from the bathroom and scrub my hands over my face to pull myself together. It’s probably a dick move, but I have a quick nose about her room to keep my mind off what I’d just proposed. Plus, she did leave me in here unguarded.
There’s a pad of paper on her desk, so I scribble my newly created email and address down. It might not turn into anything, she might not even write, but if we don’t know how to contact each other, there’ll be no hope of anything in the future.
The pendant she wore on our first date hangs from some sort of tree thing with other bits of jewellery on, and it gives me an idea for later.
“What are you doing?” Zee’s only wearing a towel as she comes back into the room. I don’t care that we’re in her house with her family, and I go over to her, run my hand to the base of her neck, and tilt her head towards me. The kiss isn’t meant to be so hot, but she’s standing, fucking naked, under that towel. My hands brush down her shoulders to her arms and toy with the edge of the towel.
Her tongue presses against mine as I open her mouth and show her everything I want to do to her with that kiss.
“Zennor! Time for Jayce to come down, please.”
My jaw clenches, and my eye roll might give me a headache.
“Okay!” she calls back, behind her laugh.
“I guess I’ll see you when you’re dressed.” It’s painful to say the words.
“I won’t be long.” She raises her brow and then drops the towel, showing me everything I’m not going to see again.
“You are a fucking tease, Zennor,” I whisper as my eyes drink her up.
She just smirks and shuts the door on me.
Tegan is smiling as I come down the stairs, and Mrs Williams has her arms crossed, leaning against the kitchen door. “She’s very young, Jayce.”
“We both are. Will you tell Zennor I’ll wait outside? It was nice to see you both.”
I take up my usual spot on the wall and catch my breath.
