Love Me for Me by Laurens Kate

Author:Laurens, Kate [Laurens, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary
Publisher: Kate Laurens
Published: 2013-03-26T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

I sat on my bed the next morning, staring at toes that were still painted with sparkly polish. I wiggled them, enjoying the sensation of the rough carpet on the skin.

I’d just gotten home, and I was happier than I’d ever been.

Alex had coaxed me into returning to the dance after my meltdown the night before. We’d stayed on the dance floor with Tripp and Georgeanne until the party ended, and I’d let go—of everything this time—and had the time of my life.

Still worried about me, Alex had talked me into a sleepover at his apartment. I’d been taken aback when, after I’d dressed in a pair of his sweatpants and one of his T-shirts, he’d wrapped me in his arms and gone straight to sleep.

No hands wandered to my breasts, no touches played between my legs. At first I couldn’t sleep, unused to being held so tightly while drifting off to slumber, but finally...

Finally I’d relaxed. His strong arms around me felt... good. Warm.

Safe.

When I’d left that morning, he’d finally kissed me again, the first one since I’d freaked out the night before. The way his lips had slanted over mine, and the way his arms had wrapped around my waist made my toes curl.

It was his way, I knew, of announcing that he was still very much attracted to me, despite everything.

I was amazed. And happy.

I couldn’t keep the goofy grin off of my face when the dorm room door banged open, and Kaylee flew through. I wanted to tell her, I realized. I wanted to talk to her about Alex, the way she talked to me.

Milliseconds after I opened my mouth to do just that, I noted the panicked expression on her face and snapped my lips shut.

“What’s wrong?” I jolted, then stood as she slammed the door shut behind us. She faced me, her hands tugging distractedly on her ponytail.

“Your mom’s here.” Her words were like a blow to my gut. My mouth fell open, and my mind rejected the notion.

My mom had only visited me at school once before, which was when Kaylee had met her.

It hadn’t ended well.

“Are you sure?” I clenched my hands into fists.

“Like, ninety-nine percent.” Kaylee bobbed her head nervously. “She—aah—made quite an impression last time she was here.”

That was putting it nicely. The last time Felicity had visited, Kaylee had barely turned away before my mother had commented on my best friend’s ‘sexual appetite’, simply because Kaylee had mentioned in passing that she was going on dates—first dates—with two different boys that weekend.

She’d been hurt, I knew, though she’d never have told me so.

“Is she alone?” Frantically, I began to strip off the dress that Kaylee had loaned me, which I had pulled on when Alex had driven me back to campus. Kaylee grabbed a pair of jeans and one of my usual tank tops and flannel shirts from my closet and tossed them at me.

“As far as I know.” I hissed a breath out through my teeth as I hitched the jeans up over my hips.

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