Good Composition by Lily Seabrooke

Author:Lily Seabrooke
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2020-04-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Aubrey

Like some kind of reverse Sleeping Beauty, I accidentally kissed Erin unconscious.

I panicked. Some part of me freaked like holy shit she’s dead, but no, obviously, I didn’t kiss her to death. Even if I felt like my soul left my body when I kissed her, I doubted anything about it was lethal.

She’d probably be upset that she made me miss the fireworks, telling me I should have ditched her behind a couple trees or something, but I picked her up bridal-style and carried her, feeling kind of cool about it for about five hundred feet before it was too exhausting, and then I slung her over my shoulder and carried her like a sack of potatoes the rest of the way home.

I’d dealt with Britney passing out drunk enough this wasn’t too hard. But I got Erin home, and feeling like it would be kind of rude to give her a sofa to recover on, I took her upstairs and lay her down on my bed. I mean… besides, I kind of hoped she’d be interested in maybe closing up that sofa bed, simplifying our living situation a little.

I’d barely even gotten her tucked away in bed before she jerked awake, gasping and sitting up. I put a hand on her shoulder, but instead of relaxing, she whirled on me with eyes wide.

“Oh my god. Where am I? What…” She stared at me, her eyes going wider, her face turning red. “Aubrey?”

“It’s okay, Erin. We’re back home.”

She blinked at me. “Was that… was all that… did that actually happen?”

I laughed, teased her hair. I’d taken her bun down when we got inside, and I loved the way it all stuck around her head at all angles. “Only if you want it to have happened.”

She clasped a hand over her mouth and looked down, nodding just a little. “I’d like that very much.”

I kissed her cheek. “How are you feeling? You scared me. I’d thought I kissed you to death.”

She laughed awkwardly. “It felt kind of like you kissed me to death. Uh—in a good way.” She fidgeted, still avoiding eye contact, still flushed. “I don’t know, I feel really weak and tired for some reason.”

“You need some extended rest. Don’t worry about it. You’ve been running around nonstop since you got here, and you had multiple things freak you out tonight, and you just need some time to recover.” I moved over and sat on the bed with her, putting my arms around her. I think it just kind of happened automatically, something about her drawing me in whether I tried or not. “Get some rest. I’ll take care of you.”

“You’ve been taking care of me all this time. I’m sorry.”

“There’s nothing I’d love more than to keep doing it.” I kissed the top of her head, the feeling of her, the smell of her hair, all of it intoxicating. “If you really feel bad, once you’re recovered, we can get a job search started for you.”

“I’d love that.

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