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I pulled up the menu on my phone, and took a small pad out of one of the kitchen drawers. I walked over to Chase when he returned. “I have the menu up. Look over the menu and see what you want.”
He took my phone and the pad from me and tossed them onto the couch.
“Hey, what are you –”
Before I could finish, he took my face into his hands and pressed his lips against mine. I was stunned, and could not do much else other than stand there and be kissed. His lips were warm and full. When he pulled back, his eyes searched mine, as if he was waiting for an answer to a question that I did not hear him ask. I could not move, I could not speak a word. We remained where we were. My heart was racing, unable to find my breath, and all I could hear was the sound of my pulse pounding in my ears.
Without wasting another second, I rose up onto my toes and met his lips with mine. His arms wrapped around me as he pushed me up against the wall. His moves were not aggressive, but deliberate; he did what he wanted in a way that was not forceful, but passionate. He cradled the back of my neck and pushed his tongue into my mouth. Though I could feel every part of him pressing against me, it did not feel close enough. I grabbed fistfuls of his hair to pull him closer. Kissing Chase Brooks felt exactly how one would expect it to feel. I could have kissed him for hours. I would have, if it weren’t for the faint buzzing sound.
“What’s that sound?” I breathed into his mouth.
He lifted me up and took me to the couch. His movements were smooth and effortless. “It’s nothing,” he murmured as he laid me down beneath him.
His tongue parted my lips and surged inside. I wrapped my legs around him, pressing his body against mine. I slid my hands under his shirt and ran my fingers along his smooth muscular back.
Then I heard it again.
“Something is buzzing. Is your phone in your pocket?”
He dropped his head onto my chest, and sighed out of frustration. “Yes.”
I reached my hand into his pocket and pulled out his phone. “Chase, your mom called you three times. Tanner is calling you now!”
He instantly jumped to his feet and answered the call. “Hello? What’s going on? What do you mean? You’re heading there now? I’ll meet you.” He lowered the phone from his ear. “They’re taking my dad to the hospital.”
I sprang up from the couch. “Let’s go.”
He hesitated a moment, staring blankly at his phone.
“Come on. I’ll drive if you want.”
He shook his head. “No. I’ll go alone.”
I stopped in my tracks. “Oh. Okay. Are you sure? I can just drop you off if you want. I don’t have to go in or anything.”
“No, it’s okay. I’ll call you.”
I wanted to reach out for his hand, but I held back. “I’ll be here.”
He turned around and walked out the front door. I stood there, waiting, unsure of what was going on – scared for what might be happening. Stranded without a car, I paced like a caged animal for the next twenty minutes, staring at my phone and willing it to ring with news about something. Anything. Anything but the worst.
Ring.
“Hello?”
“Whoa. It rang for literally half a second. What are you doing?”
“Shelly, where are you?”
“I’m at my place. Brody’s working late tonight. Are you okay?”
“No. I mean yes, but no.”
I could hear shuffling on the other end of the phone. “I’ll be there in five.”
In five minutes, Shelly walked through my open door. “You’re pacing. That’s never good. What the hell is going on?”
“Chase’s dad… he’s sick… they called, and he left to go to the hospital. But we kissed… and then he just left… and I… I don’t know what to do now.”
