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God, this was fucked up.
“What about two years ago? You said you were locked up for a year?” It feels silly to be questioning him on this when there are much more important parts to his story, but he wanted a chance to explain why he hurt me.
“I was a dick, Theo.” He sighs, wiping his hands down his face. “You know, aside from Bonnie, all I could think about was you. Our conversations, this goddamn waterfall, your blue eyes that I could easily drown in. I was so torn on how to feel. I loved having thoughts of you to escape to, but I was so angry that I was even thinking about you at all. What right did I have to be happy?”
I just nod along, not really knowing whether he wants me to reply or not.
“Theo, you were like a saving grace to me in there. I had Puck, but it was you who kept me human, keeping alive the moments of anger and hope. I kept thinking about how I’d find you when I got out. But then I did and I didn’t know what to do. Me and Dax got so worked up trying to put plans together and it had been a year, I didn’t even think you’d be thinking of me. So I just left it. Then I got your text when your mum died some years later. And I just panicked. I couldn’t be there for you and I have no idea why.” His words are all jumbled up as he tries to get them out. “Theo, I don’t have a good excuse. All I know is you never deserved to be treated or ignored the way you did and for that I am sorry. But at the time I had to put my family first. Christ, I was seventeen. I didn’t know what the fuck I was supposed to do. My father had just murdered my sister. My father had just thrown me into jail. I?”
“It’s okay, King,” I whisper.
“I never meant to abandon you.”
I look at him and I can see the truth in his eyes and my heartstrings tug even harder.
“We were just kids,” I say back.
King hurt me. A lot. But after hearing what he went through, I can’t hold a grudge against the seventeen-year-old boy I knew. He wasn’t him anymore.
King stands and holds his hand out to me. I consider him, then gently put my hand in his and let him help me up. He walks us slowly around the waterfall's edge, up onto the rocks, until we’re standing where we jumped off all those years ago.
Never letting go of my hand, King walks us to the edge.
“Ready?” he questions, and it feels like that word has more than one meaning.
I nod and with a step over the edge, we both fall into the depths of the water. But unlike before, King never lets go.
Under the water, King’s grip tightens, crushing my hand until we both slowly come up for air and he pulls me into him.
Brushing my wet hair from my face, he holds me close and kisses my forehead.
“I’m not going to ask you again,” he says, cupping my face in both hands. “But I’m not going anywhere.”
26
THEO
I throwmy arms around King’s neck and kiss him like there’s no tomorrow. I’m not sure what this is between us. Back then, I didn’t know what King was to me, but I knew I had feelings I’d never felt before. And if I’m being honest about my feelings, nothing’s changed.
King has always been something to me. I just don’t know how deep it runs.
King’s arms snake around my waist and travel lower, grabbing my ass and hoisting me up. I wrap my legs tightly around his waist, his erection digging into my stomach.
My tongue slides straight over our lips and clashes with his. It’s passionate and raw and vulnerable, just like my feelings.
I don’t know if it’s a result of everything that’s built up between us these past few months, or being back here that’s relit the fire, but I won’t dare put it out.
King moves in the water, walking us towards the shallower end, never breaking apart from our kiss. My hands tighten in his hair, holding on so he never lets me go.
As we rise out of the water, King’s shirt is flattened against his chest, defining all of his muscles as he moves me effortlessly through the water.
Reaching the edge, King lifts me slightly and sits me down on the rocks, pulling away from me to look me up and down.
My white sundress is now see-through and my nipples are visible and poking out, an obvious giveaway to my state of desire. King’s eyes linger on my nipples before tracing them all over my body.
Goosebumps coat my skin under his gaze and I bite my lip in nervousness. His eyes land there, a fire burning brightly behind them, and I let go of my lip. In an instant, King’s teeth replace mine, biting down firmly before dragging my lip out and letting it go.
A gasp falls from my mouth and I rub across my lip as a reflex whilst the tingling continues after his bite. King leans in and runs his tongue across my lip, replacing the first sensation with another, and my eyes automatically close as a pleasurable sigh leaves my lips.
