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“That’s not normal,” she said. “You need to see a counselor. Or … talk to someone, even if it can’t be me.”
It couldn’t be Josie. Not now. Not ever. I treaded thin water just being around her, giving into my attraction. I wanted to say sorry, but I didn’t. I laid back and covered my face with my palms.
Josie’s quiet footsteps stopped at my doorway. “I’ll break it off with King if you get help.”
“What?”
Josie faced me, worry sketched across her pretty face. “I’ll break it off if you get help.”
Could anyone help me?I wasn’t sure. Had I waited too long for salvation? “Josie, I’m not sure it’ll work—,”
She shrugged. “How do you know if you don’t try?”
“Okay,” I said softly. “I’ll seek out a counselor tomorrow.”
Josie nodded and turned toward the door. I jolted up and stopped her, my palm resting above her head against the door. She slowly turned to face me, only a hairbreadth between our mouths.
“But,” I whispered. “You’ll break it off with King?”
Josie nodded. “Promise.”
I sealed the distance between us and kissed her. Her small hands slid up toward my shirt and she bunched the fabric into a fist. The kiss was hungrier than the others were, even more so than the night before, when I’d been drunk.
The softness of her moans, and her gasp when I maneuvered my thigh between her own, sent my need into a frenzy. I clasped my palm around her neck, and she bit my bottom lip in return.
Unable to stop myself, I lifted her to my hips and pressed her against the back of my door.
Hungrily, I kissed her deep, keeping a firm grasp on the hair at the nape of her neck. She ground down against my waist and mumbled something incoherently.
I didn’t understand it, and I didn’t care.
Knock. Knock.
I kissed her harder, grabbing her bottom in my palm, making her moan into my kiss. She tried to turn her head but I caught her mouth with mine. “Not yet,” I whispered. “I’ve waited so long for this.”
Knock Knock.
I hit above Josie’s head, against the door, thinking they’d get the hint.
They didn’t.
Knock Knock.
An unknown feral noise came from my throat and I stepped away, Josie still around my hips while I opened the door. She yelped and hid her head in my shoulder.
Waverly stood on the other side, holding another box of pizza in one hand, her eyes wide at the scene in front of her. “Oh—we, uh—we saved y’all some—,"
“Not hungry,” I said, slamming the door in her face.
Josie groaned in embarrassment. “Ya know,” she said. “I may not have to tell King because I think she may do it for me.”
I chuckled, carrying her back to my bed, and laid her down against the comforter. “She’s probably got him on speed dial; he is on the football team. She seems to be trying her way down the list.”
Josie narrowed her eyes at me. “You can’t blame her for wanting your attention.”
Tracing her bottom lip with my thumb, I watched her. “Why did you let me bully you all those years, Josie? And why stand up to me now?”
She sighed deeply. “I was scared. You came in like a celebrity, everyone loved you, and you hated me. When I graduated, I knew that I wanted things to be different.Iwanted to be different.”
