Then Kiss Me by Jamison Jade C

Author:Jamison, Jade C. [Jamison, Jade C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-08-29T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

OKAY. SO SCOTT couldn’t be classified as an unwanted visitor. Ever. Did I say I was getting ready to go to bed? He had a cute lopsided grin on his face, and he seemed almost shy when he said, “Hi there.”

Relief rushed through my veins. After all the thoughts that had been running through my head all day long, he was quite a sight. I opened the screen door and asked, “What are you doing here?” Oh…did that come across as rude?

It must not have. “I was hoping you might want to talk.”

My heart leapt in anticipation. Yeah…I was ready. “Sure.” Scott turned around and waved to a car full of rowdy guys. Great…now our business was pretty goddamned public. They hooted and hollered, yelled hi to me and bye to both of us. I waved, hoping they’d drive off now and then saw Jim hanging out the passenger window like a dog. Enough already. I pulled Scott in by the arm, shutting and locking the door behind him.

“How are you?”

He was close enough for me to smell his breath. “How much have you had to drink?”

“Not much.” He stood up straighter. Then he sighed at the look on my face. “I’m not totally wasted. And I promise to be good.”

God…he looked really cute…almost vulnerable. Innocent and sweet. I’d known so many mean drunks that Scott was a welcome change. “Would you like some coffee?”

He nodded. “Yeah.”

He followed me to the kitchen. I turned the light back on. I touched the side of the coffee pot. Ah…the coffee I’d made earlier was still hot, so I grabbed a couple of cups. “It’s not totally fresh. Is that okay?”

Scott shrugged. “Yeah.”

“How do you like your coffee?”

“Black’s fine.”

So I brought over two cups full of joe and we sat at my little kitchen table. He took a sip of his coffee and said, “Do you always answer the door looking like that?” I took a few seconds inventorying myself like that, but before I could answer, he said, “‘Cause if you do, I’ll come over more often.” My legs…must have been my legs. There wasn’t anything else special or different today.

I also realized that, even though he was in a good mood, we probably couldn’t talk about what had been bothering me. He wasn’t completely trashed, but he wasn’t sober either. And he was in such a fun, playful mood, I didn’t want to wreck it. So I just smiled and took a drink out of my mug, deciding maybe silence really was golden…or something like that. I decided too that I was okay with not talking right now. I wanted to just enjoy his company, something I’d failed to do last night.

Scott took another sip of his coffee, and then pierced me with his green eyes. “You owe me something, you know.”

I cocked my head, trying to figure out what he might be referring to. “What’s that?”

He smiled. “Something about a drawing.”

I considered him. Having been drinking, did he just

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