Because of Her by KE Payne

Author:KE Payne
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Gay & Lesbian, YA Fiction/ Social Issues - Homosexuality, Lesbian, Adolescence
ISBN: 9781626390492
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2014-03-16T04:00:00+00:00

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We didn’t win, as it happens. If I’m truthful, we had our arses whipped by teams that were far better than us. I didn’t care. I’d had the best day ever with Eden, and now I had the prospect of having her all to myself for the return journey, too.

The coach back home was uncomfortably warm. I wriggled my top off from my shoulders, crumpling it up and putting it on my lap, stifling yawn after yawn. I was sure the warmth inside the bus, combined with the low murmuring voices of others around me and the monotonous drumming of the wheels on the road, would soon send me to sleep.

“Another three hours at least.” Eden’s voice wrenched me from my drowsiness.

I blinked, foggy brained. “Sorry?”

“Until we get back,” Eden said. “At least another three hours.”

“Oh. Yeah.” I dug my knuckles into my eyes and stifled another yawn.

“Tired?” Eden asked.

“Knackered,” I said. I dragged my hands through my hair and sat up straighter, trying to wake myself up. “You?”

“Shattered.” She stretched. “I think the excitement of the day has caught up with me. I feel like I could sleep for a week right now.”

Eden rolled her head across her headrest and looked out the window. She clenched her jaws, suppressing a yawn. We didn’t speak again for a few minutes. I put my head back against my headrest and stared, heavy-eyed, up at the skylight of the minibus, idly watching the still grey sky scud past overhead. My mind had at last drained of thoughts.

“I’m so tired,” Eden repeated.

I flicked a look her way, but didn’t reply. She hesitated, then reached over and took my rugby shirt from my lap. She rolled it up and placed it on my shoulder. “Do you mind if I…?” Eden motioned her head towards it.

“I…guess not, no,” I said, a bit taken aback. My muscles tensed as she adjusted my rolled-up shirt, then nestled her head between my shoulder and neck. She moved her head a little bit and wriggled until she was finally comfortable.

“Thank you,” Eden murmured into my shirt. “I promise I won’t fidget too much.”

I gazed down at her hair, tumbling onto my T-shirt. A small part of me crumbled inside as she reached up and rubbed sleepily at her eye, then sighed with contentment. I tried to relax my muscles, sure that Eden would be able to feel that I was stiff with nerves and tension at having her so close to me. Everything inside me wanted to reach down and touch her skin, trace a finger along the outline of her cheek, which was so agonizingly close, it almost hurt to see it. I wanted Eden so badly at that moment. Agony and ecstasy, all rolled into one.

Soon, her breathing became deeper and slower. She was asleep. My shoulders finally relaxed, and I allowed myself the luxury of looking at her, safe in the knowledge that she couldn’t see me doing it. My hand strayed towards her hands, lying

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