Rocks and Stars by Sam Ledel

Author:Sam Ledel [Ledel, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635551570
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2018-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

Part Two

Chapter Twenty-Four

I roll onto my side as the bathroom door opens. She’s silhouetted in the light, allowing my eyes to trace the curves of her body. It’s dark in my room, but the light from the streetlamp outside my apartment pours through the blinds, and I can just make out Jax’s face amongst the shadows when she crawls back into bed with me. The makeup is smudged around her eyes, and her blond hair is disheveled. I swallow as she lies down, one hand behind her head.

“So…”

“So,” she echoes, turning on her side to face me. She traces her fingers up and down my arm. “That was fun. As usual.”

“It was fun.” My voice cracks, and I clear my throat. Now I feel like that silly streetlamp outside; my entire body buzzes, and I swear my legs are tingling, just like they have every other time we’ve done this. Even now, as I watch Jax watching me, I struggle to recall how all of this began. After that kiss in May, things became a little gray. I remember her cornering me again that night of the party, both of us several more drinks into the evening. I remember looking for Joey but Jax finding me instead. There are flashes of us stumbling into Emily’s bathroom, her hands roaming over my body, my own hands touching Jax in ways I never imagined. From there it’s a collection of dark, scattered nights that fill my mind, where every moment felt like a camera shudder, focusing in and out as we end every night tangled in each other’s arms. Nights spent around campus, in her back seat, at a bar, almost anywhere. Nights where I forced the image of Joey from my mind. She wasn’t returning my calls, so what else could I do? Then Jax became this thing I couldn’t say no to. All summer long. Until I came to the conclusion that maybe I’d found what I was looking for in Jax. Somebody to hold. Somebody who didn’t ask questions. Somebody who could make me feel what I was so afraid to feel before.

“Water?” Jax offers, reaching past an empty bottle of wine on my bedside table for the glass she’d brought in once we’d come back from dinner. Practices don’t start for another week. So Jax and I passed the day on my couch until we ventured out to TJs, the local Mexican joint, for margaritas courtesy of some fake IDs. After a couple of hours, we’d stumbled back to my place and, like every other weekend this summer, ended up in bed.

“No thanks,” I reply, watching her take a sip before replacing the glass on the table. The sheet slips, exposing her midriff. Jax turns to face me, resting her head on her hand so that we’re face-to-face again. Her blond hair is a messy halo around her head.

“Kyle,” she says, her eyes lowered. “This summer has been fun. I really like you.”

I blink a couple of times, not sure if I heard her correctly.

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