Man Up Party Boy by Danielle Sibarium

Author:Danielle Sibarium [Sibarium, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Lexi

That piece of shit! How can he walk away like that? Did I disgust him that much when I was fat that even now the thought of being attracted to me repulses him? I take a moment to dry off before following after Noah. I call out, but there's no response. I go down the steps, and see him through the window, standing on the beach, his arms behind his head, staring out into the waves.

I give him a few minutes, but he doesn't move. It's like he's frozen out there.

"Hey, party boy."

"Don't call me that." Noah, turns to me, his eyes look pained, his chest heaving. "That's not who I am, Lexi."

I shrug. "It doesn't really matter."

"Yes, it does. I need you to know that." He closes his eyes. "Look, I'm sorry about what happened in there. I was way out of line."

"It's no big deal."

"Yes, Alexis. It is." He uses my full name, and it sounds beautiful coming off his lips. I wish he'd say it again. "It's a huge deal. I didn't mean to . . ."

"I disagree. You meant to." I step closer, and poke my pointer finger into his chest. I'm not going to let him off the hook with 'I didn't mean to,' or 'it was a mistake.' "You meant every touch. Every kiss. Look, we're alone together, and for the moment you were attracted to me."

"It wasn't a moment."

"I know it doesn't mean anything, that I'm not the type of girl you want to be with."

"You know shit about the type of girl I want to be with."

"I had a pretty good view at the bar the other night. Look, it happened. Get over it. You don't have to stay alone out here because you're embarrassed or ashamed."

His eyes narrow as he focuses them on me. "That's what you think? That I'm embarrassed and ashamed of wanting you?"

I nod.

"Why?"

"Because you find me repulsive and disgusting."

He steps toward me, cups my face in his hands, and looks at me like no one else ever has. Like I'm a precious treasure. He shakes his head as if he can't believe what I just said. "No. God, no."

I feel myself drowning in the intensity of those blue/green eyes. "Maybe not now, but when I was young and fat." I can't bear to look at him.

He touches his lips to mine swiping his tongue over my bottom lip slow and tender, as if I'm delicate and might break if he kisses me too hard. "You were never fat."

I back up. "Maybe you see things different now, but I heard what you said to my brother about me."

His hands drop and wrap around my waist, pulling me against him.

"I never said that." He brushes my hair away from my face. "You were always a cutie. The only thing I ever told Coop about you, was that he better invest in a lot of baseball bats because that was the only way he was going to keep the boys away.

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