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I was also having trouble keeping the oversized T-shirt I&039;d put on for bed fro wet Norotten to pack a second nightshirt I finally turned the shower off and adjusted the te to try and dodge the shower

Ithat last patch off his skin I tried talking to get my mind off of where my hands were "We killed all the vampires, Jason It&039;s okay"

He shook his head "Not Barnaby We missed hiht of hiain"

"Then go hoet out"

"I won&039;t desert you," he said His gaze stayed on my face for a moment "And it&039;s not just because Jean-Claude wouldn&039;t like it"

"I know that," I said "But all I can do is swear to you that if it is within my power to protect you fro very close to hiotten over the e the dried bits froh school It was gross until the teacher toldthe skull away, ever so carefully, so as not to da, and just concentrated on getting the brain out in one piece My lab partner and I were the only pair to get the brain out whole

Jason turned his head towardsmy hair with his face "You smell like Cherry&039;s baseup "I don&039;t own any base so she put some of hers on me earlier She wears base that is way too pale for her, so it works for ot all of it off"

"Hmm," he said His mouth was very close to my ear

I froze in ainst his back,the smooth skin just above his buttocks There was a tension now that hadn&039;t been there My pulse sped up with the awareness of his body, because I suddenly kneare of oop off his skin and took a deep breath I started to lean back and knew that he was going to try so Part of me was nervous about it and part of me was relieved It was Jason after all, and he was naked, and I was close, and it was Jason If he&039;d let the opportunity pass, I&039;d have known he was hurt beyond anything I could fix

His arm slid around my waist, and he used that incredible speed that they were capable of I felt him lift me and ere just suddenly on the floor with his that pinned roin didn&039;t press into me, which of courseHe began to lean his face down for a kiss

I put a hand on his chest and stopped the movement "Stop it, Jason"

"The last tiun in my ribs and said you&039;d shoot me if I stole a kiss"

"I meant it," I said

"You&039;re ar your hands down"

I sighed "You know un at anyone unless I plan to shoot the to shoot you for stealing a kiss You know it, I know it"

He smiled and leaned in closer My hand was on his chest butcloser to my own chest "But I also don&039;t want you to kiss me If you&039;re really my friend, you won&039;t do it You&039;ll just let me up"

His face was just above mine so close it was hard to focus on his eyes "What if I tried forover my chest I could feel his breath just above the soft line where an

"Don&039;t push it, Jason If I shoot you in the right spot, it won&039;t kill you, you&039;ll be hurt, but you&039;ll heal"

He raised his face back up to rinned, and started to roll off ofthere staring down at us Perfect, just perfect

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"Would you believe I slipped?" Jason asked

"No," Richard said That one as very cold

"Get off of me, Jason"

He rolled to one side but rab for a towel Richard threw the towel at hiht it, and his eyes sparkled with the effort not to s someone&039;s chain He liked to stir the pot and see what happened So person, and he was going to get hurt But not tonight

"Get out, Jason I need to talk to Anita"

Jason stood and wrapped the towel around his waist I&039;d sat up but hadn&039;t stood up Jason offered me his hand I almost never let aI took Jason&039;s hand, and he gave it that little extra pull that ot to o?" he asked

I moved a step back but let hiht," I said

Jason grinned up at Richard as he walked out the door Richard closed the door, leaning against it I was effectively trapped and he was angry enough that the rooy

"What was all that about?" he asked

"It&039;s none of your business anyht you turnedloyal to Jean-Claude"

"I turned you down because it was the right thing to do" I went to the sink and started trying to clean the bits of black crud out froernails

"If Jean-Claude finds out you&039;re doing Jason, he&039;d hurt hi to tell on us? Run ho to our master?" I looked at him in the mirror when I said it My reas that he flinched A little too close to home, that comment

"Why Jason?" he asked

"Do you really believe that I&039;htly damp towel to dry my hands

Richard just looked at me

"Jesus, Richard, just because you&039;re juht doesn&039;t mean I am" I sat down on the closed stool and tried to blot my jeans dry with the towel

"So you&039;re not sleeping with hi the jeans "No, I&039;m not" I threw the towel in the corner "I can&039;t believe you&039;d even ask"

"If you&039;d found me on the floor with a naked wo," he said

Hmm, he had me there "All the woers who are either dating you, fucking you, or both What you saw on the floor was Jason being Jason You kno he is"

"You used to threaten to shoot him if he touched you"

I stood "Do you really want ht one of our ht I shot first and asked questions later I think you called me bloodthirsty" I pushed past him and where our skin touched power flared like an invisible fla his arm like it had hurt But I knew it hadn&039;t hurt It had felt wonderful, a rush of power to make your hair stand on end It was little touches like that that let us both knohat it could be between us

I walked out So there was power between us, so there was heat, so what? It didn&039;t change the fact that I was sleeping with Jean-Claude It didn&039;t change the fact that Richard was sleeping around The fact that I was jealous of his girlfriends and he was jealous of anysex as just a nasty coset over it