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I turn around and see Miles’ expression is now serious and he’s no longer smiling.
He walks up to me and tilts his head closer before talking to me in a low voice. “I also know you’re dating Hudson Saylor-Tyne. I just want you to be careful, okay?”
My stomach twists immediately as his words sink in. “What do you mean be careful?”
He stares at me for a long minute before shaking his head. “Before he got out of living in the frat, he was…”
Miles trails off almost as if he can’t say the next few words. He looks at me again and I raise my eyebrows.
“He was what?” I feel myself getting impatient.
“With a new girl almost every week. We know he doesn’t date. I mean he’s an old friend, but I just want you to be careful,” he says.
“Thanks for the concern, but that’s really none of your business, Miles,” I snap.
The tone in my voice is hostile and I feel guilty about it, but I don’t want to listen to any of this.
“I know.” He shrugs. “I was just looking out for you, Parker. I’ll see you around.”
“Yeah.”
I take a deep breath and walk into the party.Zombieby The Cranberries is blasting through the air and I’m suddenly feeling really elated when I grab a green solo cup from a table full of drinks and take a huge gulp. I can just taste the sourness of the beer sliding down my throat.
It’s super warm and sticky in the apartment, the atmosphere heavy with flowing beer and weed. Sometimes I fucking hate parties. My eyes wander around the room, searching for Hudson and that’s when I realize someone is sliding an arm around my waist. I swivel around to see Hudson behind me in a white t-shirt and pair of black khakis.
“Hey.” His breath whispers over my lips as he leans in and kisses me. He tastes like sweet grapes, the kind you get in the summer when they’re ripe and bursting with flavor.
Our breaths mix hotly as his hands travel daringly low down my back as if no one else is in the room.
“When did you get here, beautiful?” he asks, breaking away, running his tongue over his bottom lip, and glancing around us.
“A few minutes ago. What were you up to?” I can’t stop myself from asking. Miles’ warning plays in the back of my mind like a broken record player.
Now that the doubt is already there, I know it won’t leave and I’ll always be wondering if he’s being unfaithful. I don’t want another Ryan episode.
What’s in your head? In your head?The hypnotic lyrics fill my ears.
“Nothing much to be honest. I’m bored as fuck,” he says, regarding me curiously. “Why, do you have something in mind?” His fingers encircle my wrists.
I try to search for any signs of guilt in his eyes, but there’s nothing. Just his verdant green eyes with that confident look that lets everyone know he’s the one to envy. He is the one everyone wants to be and he is the one everyone wants to fuck and I see how theothergirls watch us—especially how they watch him with theirfuck meeyes—and it thrills me to see the jealousy in their sharp glares. He’s with me. He is mine.
“I do,” I whisper and take his hand, leading him up to the surprisingly empty bathroom. The bathrooms are never empty.
I feel really light and I’m bursting with energy and all I know is that I want him to be inside of me right now. I want him to kiss me and hold me and fuck me like there’s no tomorrow.
Once we’re inside the small space, I lock the door and put the key on the counter, before turning around and grabbing Hudson by his t-shirt and pulling him against me. I can feel his heart pounding against my chest. But before we fuck, I need to know that he’s truly mine.
“Are we okay?” I ask, remembering him asking me the very same question on the drive to Athens.
“Is something wrong?” he asks, reaching out and caressing my cheek.
“I swear that we’re good.”
I can’t stop the tears that threaten to spill out as I feel myself about to break down in front of him. “Because sometimes, I hear bad things and I don’t know whether to believe them or believe you.”
Hudson drops his hand as his gaze searches mine. “Parker, what did you hear?”
“That you used to be with a new girl every night and that I should be careful,” I say, angrily wiping the stray tears away.Crap,I hate losing control over my emotions.“Why do I keep hearing that, Hudson? Is it true?”
“Look,” he says, glancing down and then he pauses as if he’s carefully choosing what to say next. “That was in the past. I’m different now. I used to party a lot. That’s not who I am anymore.”
“Promise?” It sounds pretty fucking stupid, but I need to hear him say it for my own validation.
He cups my face in his palm and nods. “I promise, baby. You have nothing to worry about. You’re the only one for me, Parker.”
“Good.”
“Let’s try this again,” he whispers before he leans forward and kisses me once more, and just like that the rush is back.
I know I’m high from the drugs that Lex gave me, but I also know what it’s like to be high on Hudson. It’s that never ending rush through my veins as he touches me, kisses me, and claims me. I belong to him just as much as he belongs to me.
