“Where in the hell do you think you’re going after doing that?” he asked in a groggy voce. I didn’t respond as I searched around for my phone, and I heard him mutter something about me not being fair as I walked down the hallway to grab my phone from the kitchen counter where it was going off. Again.
“Hi,” I looked down at the caller id, my guess being right, “Callie, I’m coming back today. I promise.”
“Of course you are, silly. Where else would you stay besides with your two best friends,” she emphasized.
I had seriously missed Callie and Zoey over the break. Callie had flown home to Ohio while Zoey, who was from the same town my grandparents lived in, had gone to Florida with her parents. They had both gotten back to the dorms yesterday, and I had been dodging their calls, wanting to spend a little bit more alone time with Justin.
“I just have to pack my things up over here and then I’ll be back. I’ll swing by and grab some lunch.”
“All right,” she said, not sounding convinced that I would show up. I heard Zoey yell something in the background, and Callie replied before talking to me again. “Okay, hurry up Zoey’s impatient for details about your love fest, and we’re both starving. Can’t wait to see you.”
I hung the phone up with a smile and walked back into the bedroom where Justin looked to be passed out once again. I did a sweep around the room, picking up all of the clothes that had accumulated on my stay and tucking them back into my suitcase.
“This room looks way to bare without all of your stuff laying everywhere.” I looked up to find Justin’s gray eyes on me, his arms tucked behind his head as he gave me a sad smile. “You know you could just move in here, and we wouldn’t have to be apart. You could still hang out with Callie and Zoey whenever. But at least I would get to wake up with you in my arms every morning.”
I was a little shocked that he just came right out and said he wanted me to move in, like it was a normal everyday thing. We hadn’t talked about it what so ever, even though the thought had snuck into my head more than once.
“I’d love to Justin, but I think it’s a little too soon.”
“Who says?” His lips mashed into a tight line and he crossed his arms tightly over his broad, bare chest. The sight made me want to attack him on the spot, but I didn’t think it would be the best time. Or maybe it would. At least it would offer a distraction, a really good distraction.
“Just because we haven’t been together for years doesn’t mean we don’t have a connection better than a lot of other couples out there. I could really give two shits about what anyone thinks. Can you at least think about it? Please?” He grabbed onto my hand as I set my suitcase down by the side of the bed, pleading with his eyes. Normally, I would give in easily when he gave me that look, but this wasn’t something I wanted to jump right into.
“Okay, I’ll think about it. I promise, but I do need to get going. I promised to bring Callie and Zoey lunch.”
“Fine,” he huffed out, tugging on my hand to pull me onto his lap. “But I at least need some sugar before you leave.”
“Sugar, really?” I bit down on my lip as I shook with laughter, looking down at his serious expression. “All right, I guess I can give you some sugar then.” I kissed his jaw as he gripped my ass to pull me closer and then moved my lips to brush against his neck.
He turned his head so our lips fused together, pushing his tongue against mine, and I felt his fingers slide into my yoga pants, just teasing the edge of my underwear. “Hey, you’re not getting that much sugar.” I slapped at his hands, sliding off of him but not before swiveling me hips against him to give a little bit of a tease.
“Why not? You’re so damn sweet, and I promise you that you would enjoy it.” I slapped his hand again that was reaching to pull me back onto the bed. If I ended up there, I really wasn’t going to want to leave.
“I love you and now I’m leaving. I’ll see you at work later tonight. Hopefully you can wait till then.”
“I don’t know,” he called out right before I shut the front door. “Maybe I’ll just have to take care of this myself.”
I rolled my eyes as I started up my car that had pretty much sat the whole break, but surprisingly it didn’t put up any kind of a fight. I stopped at our favorite Chinese takeout place and headed back to the dorms. The campus was once again filled with students lugging suitcases into their dorms and emptying out cars.
I heard a squeal when I opened up the door, and Callie and Zoey both attacked me, squeezing me into a tight hug as I tried to hold onto our bag of food. “Here, let me get that.” Zoey grabbed the bag from my hands, not needing quite as long of a hug as Callie and set it on the kitchen counter, pulling out paper plates to dish it out onto.
“Okay, I think you can let go now,” I muttered into Callie’s blonde curls.