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I pull her bra up and over her head, then throw it behind ers tracing a trail just inside the back of her jeans She ainst ers slowly slide around to the front of her jeans and I lower her zipper Her pants are soaked, so it takes effort getting them off her, but I eventually do

I slidebut sainst her lips "Codirectly in the strea the to remove than hers were Especially since she won’t release er than needed to pull off one, I lean back into her Sherabs them out of ainst her I reach down and grab her right leg behind the knee and I pull it up to my side

She sether," she says

I take her bottoive her the best damn shower she’s ever had

"HOLY CRAP," SHE says, falling onto the bed "That was intense"

Her arh to keep ination in check I sit down beside her and stroke her cheek, then run ainst my touch I bend over and pressabout this spot," I say, teasing her neck "Froet to the curve in her neck "To here" I kiss back down again "It drives hs "I can tell You can’t keep your uys prefer the ass or the boobs Will Cooper prefers the neck"

I shakemy lips across her incredibly smooth skin "Nope," I say "Will Cooper prefers the whole Lake"

I tug at the tie on her robe until it loosens between raze her stohs

"Will, you can’t be serious It hasn’t even been three nore her and kiss the chills that are breaking out on her shoulder "You re your neck?" I whisper against her skin

the (first) mistake

IT’S BEEN THREE weeks since Julia toldto Kel on a daily basis, I know she still hasn’t told the She doesn’t seeive her that respect

Having Lake in third period hasn’t gotten any easier I’ve learned how to adapt and focus , but the fact that she’s still just feet from me every day still has the sa she cons that Juliato her, but every day is the same She never raises her hand or speaks, and I make it a point never to call on her Iharder now that Nick see his territory I know it’s none ofI haven’t seen hiether at lunch She always seeood mood around him Gavin would know, but as far as he knows I’ve moved on, so I can’t ask him I really shouldn’t even carebut I can’t help it

I’et to class When I walk in, the first thing I notice is Nick turned toward Lake She’s laughing again She’s always laughing at his stupid jokes I like seeing her laugh, but I also hate that he’s the reason she’s laughing It immediately puts me in a bad ive a poetry writing assignins on their assign a lesson plan, but I can’t help but notice Lake hasn’t written a single word I know she doesn’t have a problerades since the day she enrolled Her lack of effort on this assignment makesthird period that I have

I glance up froht at me My heart catches in my throat and the same emotional and physical responses I try so hard to squelch are suddenly consuain It’s the first eye contact we’ve had in three weeks I try to look away, but I can’t She doesn’t reveal any hint of emotion in her expression I wait for her to look away, but instead she stares atin e between us causes my pulse to race just as fiercely as it did when I kissed her

When the bell rings, I force myself out of my chair and walk to the door to hold it open When everyone’s gone, including Lake, I sla? That twenty seconds of whatever the hell that was negated ainst the door and kick it out of frustration

AS SOON AS I reach the parking lot after school, I see that the hood to Lake’s Jeep is open I look around, hoping someone else is around to assist her instead I really don’t need to be alone with her right now, especially after what happened init harder and harder to resist the thought of her, and this current predicament has trouble written all over it

Unfortunately, I’m the only one around I can’t just leave her here stranded in a parking lot I’m sure it would be just as easy to turn around and head inside before she notices me Someone else will help her eventually Despiteforward When I near her vehicle, she’s bludgeoning the battery with a crowbar

"That’s not a good idea," I say I’h the battery before I reach her She spins around and looks atme up and down, then returns her focus back under the hood like she never even saw me

"You’ve made it clear that you don’t think a lot of what I do is a very good idea," she says firmly She’s obviously not happy to see me, which is just more confirmation that I should turn around and walk away