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He kissed ainstand pushed ainst my chest so he could press himself into me even deeper I moaned and shifted, unable to keep quiet while he positioned hi his hips until ertips were buried deep into his sweaty skin, but I could still feel hisbeneath theainst my backside He held his with hi on his shoulders He h it was a little painful, that pain shot sparks of adrenaline all overto a new level
"Oh, GodTravis," I said, breathing his nao of the intensity building up inside me
My words made his body tense, and the rhythid, until beads of sweat forainst each other
He let s fall back to the bed as he positioned hiain He shook his head "You feel so good," he ht, but I"
I touchedthe simple sentence with a soft, s my knees fall even farther apart and closer to the bed Travis pressed deep inside ripped ood it was addictive, and I felt it build untilbursts I roaned in reaction Finally, his er, until he finally called out "Oh, fuck! Dah!" he yelled His body twitched and treainst my cheek
Both out of breath, we didn’t speak Travis kept his cheek againsthis face in the pillow underthe salt on his skin
"You were right," I said
Travis pulled back to look at me, curious
"You were my last first kiss"
He sainst ainst ed to sweetly whisper, "I fucking love you, Pigeon"
CHAPTER NINE
Before
Abby
A buzzing pulled me out of a deep sleep The curtains kept out all but the slivers of sun bordering the-size bed My dress had fallen off the chair onto the floor, joining Travis’s suit that was scattered all over the rooh heels
My naked body was tangled with Travis’s, after the third tie we passed out fro It was htstand I reached over Travis and flipped it over, seeing Trent’s nae on the list of dead
That was all he said I felt sick as I deleted the es, worried that maybe Trent didn’t offertheir dad that Travis lanced at the tie was one less person to investigate One uilty about I tried to remember if I’d seen John after the fire broke out He was knocked out Maybe he’d never gotten up I thought of those frightened girls Trent and I saw in the hall of the baseht about Hilary Short, who I knew fro as she stood next to her new boyfriend near the opposite wall of Keaton Hall fivethe list of the dead really was and as on it was so I’d tried not to think about
Maybe we should all be punished The truth ere all responsible, because ere all irresponsible There is a reason why fire marshals clear these kinds of events and safety precautions are taken We ignored all of that Turning on a radio or the television without seeing the ies on the neas impossible, so Travis and I avoided theators would be all the more motivated to find someone to blame I wondered if their hunt would stop with Adam, or if they were out for blood If I were a parent of one of those dead students, I o to jail for everyone’s irresponsible behavior, and right or wrong, that wouldn’t bring anyone back I had done everything I could think of to keep him out of trouble, and I would deny his presence in Keaton Hall that night tobreath
People had done worse for those they loved
"Travis," I said, nudging him He was facedoith his head buried under a pillow
Uggggghhhhh, he groaned "You want s?"
"It’s just after ten"
"Still qualifies as brunch" When I didn’t respond, he offered again "Okay, an egg sandwich?"
I paused, and then looked over at him with a sas"
Travis’s head popped up and he flipped on the lamp Once the last twenty-four hours finally set in, his hand eed fro hs, and then bent his head down to kiss er on ly
"I can still get you eggs Want me to call room service?"
"We actually have a plane to catch"
His face fell "How ht is at four Checkout is at eleven"
Travis frowned, and looked over at the"I should have booked an extra day We should be lying in bed or by the pool"
I kissed his cheek "We have classes too soas, anyway"
His face screwed into disgust "I definitely don’t wanna spend it in Illinois"
I conceded with a nod Couldn’t exactly argue that Illinois wasn’t the first place that caht honeymoon "St Thomas is beautiful We don’t even need passports"