“Oh, okay, well I’m glad things are better for him. You said most of the guys are good guys…who’s the bad apple?”
“Ryan is a kiss ass and is really annoying. He’s probably a nice kid but he thinks he’s cooler than he actually is. He went on and on about how many girls on campus want him and he just comes off as a douche bag.” He waved his hand in the air to dismiss the subject. “Anyway, back to you. I’m glad you came down.”
I felt totally shy when he said that, his eyes holding a hint of a smile. After all that we had been through so far, I still felt shy around him. Maybe if he wasn’t so gorgeous and so nice I would feel less shy, but the shyness was there and so were the butterflies. So what do I do when I’m shy like that? I try to change the subject. As I looked around his room I noticed there was only one bed. Perfect, I’ll ask about that.
“Jonathan, you were able to get a single? How in the world were you able to pull that off?” Oh wait, he’s the R.A., of course he has his own room, he already told me that. Dumb question Skylar.
He had a tiny smirk playing at the corner of his mouth as his gaze held mine. “Really Skylar? Is that what you want to talk about?”
He crossed his arms, waiting for my response. No, it’s not really what I wanted to talk about, I wanted to talk about how perfect he was and how perfect I thought we would be together. I could have stood there all night just looking at him but I did kind of want to head over to the student union for a snack.
I glanced at him. “No, that’s not what I want to talk about.”
He took a step toward me and I could barely breathe. He studied me and stood there, silent, and I began to shift back and forth, becoming extremely uncomfortable under his gaze. Then after what felt like an eternity, he finally said something. He narrowed his eyes a bit as he looked me, seemingly trying to figure me out.
“Let’s go grab a bite, what do you say?”
He was so damned sexy and I didn’t realize I had been holding my breath until a loud hiss of air escaped my lungs and Jonathan turned up an eyebrow at me.
“Are you okay?”
Totally embarrassed I sheepishly nodded my head.
He leaned in and gave me a soft, lingering kiss and I wanted so much more.
“Good. Ready to go?” He took a couple of steps toward the door.
My head was saying yes and my mouth had a mind of it’s own, and I was completely mortified when the next words came tumbling out of my mouth.
“That was a really delicious kiss.” As soon as the words came out, I could feel my cheeks burning with fire. Did I really just say that out loud?
I could see the look in his eyes shift and what I saw was pure desire.
“Delicious kiss, huh?” He was leaning against his desk now and his gaze was pure seduction as his eyes searched mine.
I felt butterflies flitting around in my belly as I returned his seductive gaze. It was as if all of my morals had flown out the window the moment I met Jonathan Hunter. I had only had one real boyfriend so I didn’t sleep around like so many girls in my high school did. Never in my life had I ever wanted a guy so badly, so soon. I thought I was really into Seth, but what I felt for him was nothing compared to what I was feeling for Jonathan. I was so physically drawn to him that I would probably do whatever he asked me to do in the bedroom. That’s how into him I was. My body wanted him and my head was not trying to fight it.
“Earth to Sky.”
I snapped back to reality and I realized that I had been standing there with what must have been a really silly look on my face, and I could feel the warmth of my cheeks as they most likely burned crimson red.
“Oh, sorry. What was I saying?”
Jonathan slowly walked over to me and stood less than a foot away and tipped my chin up with his finger so that our eyes locked. You are so beautiful. I felt like that teenager you see in the movies who is obsessed with a celebrity, except Jonathan wasn’t a celebrity, at least not yet. My skin tingled under my chin where our flesh met and I wanted to feel his touch all over my body.
“You were saying that the kiss was delicious.” His eyes roamed over my hair and my face and settled on my lips. He leaned down and gently touched his lips to mine in a soft peck. He pulled back and I could see something in his eyes and it wasn’t lust, there was a look of caring behind his intense gaze.
“I just had to do that, you look so beautiful Sky.”
There were those pesky butterflies again, ravaging my belly. Feeling shy and not knowing what to say was a bad combination for me because anything was likely to come flying out of my mouth.
I touched my hands to my face and hair. “Beautiful? I barely have on any makeup and I’m sure my hair looks a mess because I forgot to run a brush through it while I was waiting for you upstairs and then it was getting late and you didn’t show up so I was kind of annoyed and I just came down here without checking myself in the mirror. I’m sure I look a mess. Beautiful? I don’t think so.”
He looked at me with amusement as I rambled on which was something I tended to do whenever I was uncomfortable or embarrassed.
“Yes, beautiful. You look perfect.” I saw a sparkle in his eye and it made my belly flip again. His eyes perused my body and slowly made their way back up to mine and I could see that the sparkle in his eye had turned to pure lust. I knew that look and I was sure that same look was reflected in my eyes.
I instinctively took a step back from him as he moved toward me.
“Trying to get away from me Sky?” Seduction was written all over his face.
I gave him a small, cautious smile. “No, of course not, but I think we should probably get going before it gets too late. I have an 8:00 class tomorrow morning.”
He reached out and pulled me close to him, his arms wrapping tightly around my waist. “I think we’ve had a change of plans, I don’t want to share you with anyone else tonight. I just want it to be you and me. I don’t know what it is about you Sky, but you draw me in and I don’t want to be let out.”
Well, how could I resist that? He was saying exactly what I wanted to hear and I wanted to be with just him too, no interruptions and no other noise, just us two. I didn’t back away when he leaned in to kiss me and this kiss was different. Something had shifted between us when I finally found out that nothing was going on with him and Barbi. I had let my guard down and I allowed myself to feel for him and I allowed myself to stop running from what I was feeling.