Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

Author:Hayley Kiyoko
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

TWENTY-THREE

We don’t talk. Kissing her takes my breath away, so I don’t think I could, if I tried. Making out seems like a cheap way to describe this, learning her mouth like it’s a secret I want to keep.

Even after the kisses slow, we twine together like ivy up a tree. In the long grass, as the sun sets, I drape my jacket over both of us and she cuddles close to me, her body loose and relaxed, like she knows she’s safe. I’d never let anything happen to her. I’d fight the fucking world for her. I know I might have to, and I’m ready. She’s worth it. God, she’s worth it.

Her lips flutter against the skin of my neck, her thumb rubbing back and forth against my wrist. Eventually, the movement slows with her breathing, and I hold her closer as she falls into sleep, never wanting the day to stop. I want to stay here, where nothing can touch us.

I can’t place the buzzing sound at first. Then I realize it’s coming from her pocket. She stirs against me, waking slowly. She blinks up at me, and all I can think is that I want to watch her wake up forever.

“Hey,” I whisper, reaching out and plucking grass off her shoulder.

Her phone keeps buzzing. She slicks her hair off her face and grabs it out of her pocket. “Shit,” she says, leaping to her feet.

“Is everything okay?”

“Yeah,” she says, staring at her phone, not even looking at me. “Yeah. I just…” Her gaze slides up, fixing on me for a solid, electric moment before dipping back down to her phone, paging through her texts. “I gotta go. Stuff to do.”

Before I can react, before I can say anything, she’s bolted, heading down the tracks at such a clip that if I follow her, I’ll have to run to catch up.

I stand there, watching until her form disappears into the fading light.

What the fuck just happened?

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