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"You mentioned that And I’m sorry," I mumbled as I pushed my hands up under his t-shirt and skimers I felt him react to my touch and smiled

"You definitely did," he confirain"

"Or what?" I asked innocently, right before I nibbled at his earlobe I felt hiet all Neanderthal on your ass Maybe I really will chain you to your bed" He glanced down at me "And don’t look at me like that You won’t enjoy it"

"Hmmph" I stuck et carted off to the hospital in front of the entire student body Everyone is just over-reacting"

"First, you don’t have to stop doing what you were doing," he grinned wickedly at me

"And second, Macy, you have been under a lot of stress lately With your parent’s divorce and everything and the nastiness over your dad’s girlfriend you just need to take a step back and recharge"

He had no idea about the stress I had been under

As I pondered that for athe girls walk into the house Gavin ducked his head again and pressed his soft lips against mine and I closed my eyes Who could think with those lips around? I lostto will ive out Pathetic, I know

He ended the kiss and grinned cockily at me "There’s more where that came from, if you promise to behave yourself from now on No more stress"

I nodded "Yes, sir"

Out of ling to juggle an armful of cold soda cans and open the door at the sa way and then slid abruptly open She wasn’t expecting it and she fell headlong down the steps, the soda cans flying every which way She sat up, as blood ran down her ar out of Gavin’s e for her

I bounded across the pool deck and dropped to her side with Gavin close behind me

"Are you okay?" I deet it fixed, but haven’t gotten around to it With one" but Jade interrupted

"I’ to worry about I’m just clumsy"

She wrapped her arms around her waist and stared uncomfortably atI’et you some bandaids" my voice trailed off as I noticed her arms and I stared at her in amazement "Um, your arms"

She stared back atfroaped open

Because she wasn’t now Fat droplets of blood were splattered onto her shirt, but her arms were completely smooth and injury-free

Chapter Four

Gavin and I stared at each other for a ain in perfect unison

"It was nothing," she insisted "Just a little scrape, but I wiped it off on my shirt I’m fine"

She bent down to pick up the scattered soda cans

"I’ I’m clumsy I shouldn’t have tried to carry somy Daedal was not: Clumsy She never had been Gavin and I knelt to help her pick up the ain Absolutely not a scratch on them Unbelievable

"It’s okay Don’t worry about it," I answered

Gavin carried the soda cans to the nearest table and stacked theirls?" he asked curiously

"They went in search of so seriously doesn’t like h the door and he practically tried to break the door down to get to ured I’d replenish our supplies"

"That’s so weird," Gavinlikes everyone Kind of like ?" I asked "You’d better not be I expect you to be in tip-top gentle so that his diether," Jade observed with a sether?"

Oh, a couple of millennia

"A couple of months," Gavin answered "But I feel like I’ve known her for an eternity"

Because you have

I abandoned hts and turned my attention to Jade

"So what about you? Do you have a boyfriend?"

"Nope I had one, but we broke up right before I moved here It was for the best"

Absolutely Because you’re meant for Marc Antony…or whatever his name is now

Gavin turned to me "You knoho she’d be perfect for?"

I shookof?"