Almost Christmas by Brooke St. James

Author:Brooke St. James [St. James, Brooke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue House Press
Published: 2016-11-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

"Oh, Jesse, we absolutely, for the love of all that is good in the world, cannot do that again," I whispered after he kissed me.

I was so overwhelmed with emotion that it took me a few seconds to gather the nerve to say it. He must have been expecting me to react that way because he wasn't even looking at me. He had shifted to where we were both leaning up against the counter, and we stood there, spacing out on the grey tiles of the kitchen floor.

His kiss had been extremely brief, but it caused a domino effect of things to happen within me. I had never felt anything like it physically. The aftershocks of it left me feeling so on edge with nerves that I just stared aimlessly at the floor. I had just told him we could not do that again, which was obviously the wisest thing, but the exact opposite of what I wanted to happen.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I probably shouldn't have done that." He was standing beside me, and my eyes, though still downcast, drifted to him—his legs and the way they were crossed in front of him. He had kicked off his boots when he came in, and he had on blue striped wool socks. I took a snapshot of the vision of his casually crossed legs to keep in my memory bank since it was a divine sight.

"It just took me by surprise," I said. "I was expecting you to... I wasn't expecting anything like that to happen, you know? I mean what happened with us last night sort of put me in a different place with you," I said. "I thought we'd appreciate the encounter for what it was, and say goodbye with no feelings at the end." I let out a long sigh since my words weren't coming out right. I felt like I was talking myself into a corner. "Uhhh, what I'm saying is that doing stuff like that complicates things." I paused and smiled at him when he glanced my way. "It makes things even more confusing than they already were, which is pretty epic since I'm already so messed up."

"You're not messed up," he said. "But I get it if you want me to keep my hands to myself. I would have been mad at myself if I let you go without trying, though."

I looked at him to find that he was leaning forward to study something at the other side of the living room.

"It's my mom," he said.

Jesse smiled toward the front door and whoever it was must have seen him, because he waved them in, and the next thing I knew, I heard the sound of the door opening. I turned, expecting an older woman, but what I saw was two smiling women preceded by two children—a boy and a girl. I focused in their direction just in time to see the rush of people come through the front door. They were decked out in festive holiday clothes.

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