Instead of You by Anie Michaels

Author:Anie Michaels [Michaels, Anie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AM Books
Published: 2016-05-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

McKenzie

I woke to the sound of a zipper going down. You’d have thought thunder and lightning had stuck outside my tent for how fast I sat up, realizing that someone was trying to come in my tent, the tent that currently held a sleeping Hayes. I threw the sleeping bag over his face and crawled to the opening, still panicking, when Becca’s face appeared in the hole she’d created.

“Hey,” she whispered. I could tell by the amount of light it was still early. “I have to go to the bathroom.” She stared at me expectantly.

“And that involves me how?”

“I’m not about to walk out in the trees to pee by myself. Where’s your sisterly solidarity? There could be creatures out there.”

“Fine,” I conceded. “Just give me a minute to get dressed.”

“Hurry, please,” she said, making me laugh as she did a little dance. I zipped the door closed again and turned around to see Hayes peek out from under the sleeping bag. I held my finger up to my mouth, making sure he didn’t say anything. I didn’t want Becca to hear him.

He gave me a stupidly cute smile and crooked a finger at me. His eyes were sparkling and his hair was absolutely all over the place, and his gorgeous lips were tipped up, smiling for me. I crawled toward him, and when I got close enough, he reached out and wrapped his hand around my neck, pulling me the rest of the distance until our lips met. He kissed me as his hands slid around my waist, dangerously close to my ass, until I pulled away.

I used my thumb to point to the door of the tent and he nodded. Then he gave me one last kiss before he buried himself in the sleeping bag again. I made sure all his belongings were out of sight, pulled on my sweatshirt and shoes, then unzipped the tent just enough for my body to slip out. Then I made sure to zip it up all the way before I walked with Becca to find a place for her to pee.

We walked in silence until she felt she was far enough from the tents and found a large bush, copping a squat. She’d come prepared with a roll of toilet paper. That fact made me giggle. I was not, however, too proud to ask to use it. On the way back to the tents, she led me closer to the water and started talking about her evening with Jacob.

“I stayed in his tent all night.” She said the words with a wince, as if she were afraid I would judge her for it.

“I figured, seeing as how you didn’t spend the night in my tent.” I gave her a smile, trying to show her that I wasn’t going to tease her or judge her for spending the evening with a guy. “Did you have a good time?”

She let out a dreamy sigh, and I think I saw little love birds flying around her head.

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