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“I’m sorry for making you wait.” It breaks my heart knowing she has been waiting for me.
“It’s ok. You were worth the wait,” she says with a wink.
“Natalie?”
“Yes?”
“I like you. Ireallyfucking like you.” God, it felt good to tell her.
“I like you too,” she says sweetly at the base of my neck. “I really fucking like you too.”
That makes me laugh because I’m not sure I’ve ever heard this girl swear before. “You have no idea how nice that is to hear,” I say as I tilt her chin up toward me. Her iridescent grey eyes stare back at me, waiting for me.
Has she missed this as much as I have?
I try to prolong the buildup, but I need her now. I need her more than I have ever needed anything in my life. And the moment our lips meet, I realize how much she needs me too.
She wraps her arms around my neck and grips my hair, tugging me closer to her. This, in turn, tightens my grip around her waist. Her luscious lips taste sweet, probably from whatever was in the punch bowl, and I’m loving it. The second our tongues meet, a fire ignites inside me, running up and down my core, craving every part of her. I loosen my hold and bring my hands to her hips, pulling her body entirely onto my lap and turning her so that she is now straddling my thighs. My hands slide lower down her back, pressing her body right up against mine. I feel the warmth between her legs as she grinds her hips deliberately onto mine, instantly making me hard.
She moans my name in a ragged breath as I move my lips to her jawline and further down her neck. Her breathing starts picking up as I find the sensitive spot below her ear, where my tongue slides across her delicate skin. I feel her hands slide down my neck and further down my chest, but I'm taken aback when she gently pushes herself away from me.
“Is everything ok?” I ask breathlessly. Maybe she changed her mind. God, I hope she didn’t change her mind.
She nods but slides off my lap and stands in front of me, trying to steady her breathing. Her hands smooth out her hair and make sure her shirt is tucked back into those skin-tight jeans.
I sit back and watch her in confusion. Then she clears her throat before looking straight into my eyes.
“Nathan, there … there is something I need to tell you.”
Seventeen
NATALIE
STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT of Nathan, who is patiently waiting for me, my stomach clenches into tiny knots. There’s a good chance I could heave at any moment, and now my heart is pounding so hard that it’s the only thing I can hear.
Should I start at the beginning?
Should I skip ahead to the end?
Was this a mistake?
Have I forgotten how to speak?
Breathe.
God, this is going to be so hard to say, but after everything he just confided in me, how could I not tell him?
A slight breeze pushes a loose strand of my hair in front of my face, and as I bring my hand up to move it back into place, I notice the uncontrollable trembling in my fingers. Nathan sees this as well, causing me to hastily look down at the ground.
“Natalie, you really don’t have to do this if you don’t want to,” Nathan says with concern echoing in his voice.
“No, no. I want to,” I say very matter-of-factly. But I can still feel my chest tightening, and my pulse accelerating. Last I checked, it was sixty degrees outside, so why does it feel like every pore on my body is releasing sweat like I’m the goddamn Niagara Falls over here?
I take one final deep breath and slowly exhale before I let the words find their way out of my mouth.
“Ok, so before I tell you—” I’m cut off by the sound of my phone buzzing loudly in my back pocket. I grab it with the intention of putting it on silent but freeze when I see my mom’s name on the screen.
“It’s after midnight. Why would she be calling me so late?” I say out loud to myself before looking up at Nathan. “I’m sorry. I think I need to take this.”
