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He pressed , deep breaths that I felt in his chest when he inhaled and against my hair when he exhaled After at least a minute, Noah stepped back, reached down to adjust hio back now"

"What time is it?" I pulled up his wrist to look It was past ten Surely whatever party the Forest house was holding was in full swing by now "Do you think the guys will mind if we leave?"

We both looked toward our table It was nearly ee Adas outstretched and ar someone The rest of the occupants were either by the pool tables in the rear of the rooirls, and I’ll see who else is co with us" Noah instructed I nodded Lana and Auys froer across her lip when I approached

"Do I have lipstick on loss on your cheek" She reached out and shtly, she said, "Also on your jaw" I’hed

"You guys ready?"

"Just waiting for you," Lana replied I beat back another blush Apparently Noah and my makeout session had been seen by all At least our conversation had been private

Noah cauys whose names I didn’t catch when I ca here What about you Bo?"

Bo drained his glass "I’ood to drive?" Noah asked One of the unnanored him "Great, Finn, you drive Eric, Bo, and Tiirls"

This drew a round of protest fronored theo, or we could spend the whole night talking about who drives whom" The tone of Noah’s voice was implacable, so we just went He held opened the back door of his -truck and helped both Lana and Aer side

I didn’t protest like I nor this, and adth or his courtesy These little things made me feel i around the front of the cab to climb into the driver’s side, Amy said, "God, swoon He helps you into this car? Is Bo like this?"

"I don’t know I’ve never ridden with Bo," I said

"Did you ask Noah if he was seeing anyone?" A her a tonsillectomy" Lana hit A"

"I’ll ask hiine and the heavyto filled the air I immediately turned it down and flipped it to a popular radio station

He rolled his eyes, but didn’t change the station

Aely shy Noah reached over, picked up h It was rock hard beneath my palm I absently stroked it until Noah haltedhis hand firlittering, and he gave her and pressed it lightly over his hard-on and then released hted in my ability to rouse this man’s body Noah lifted my hand to his h A hot ache spread through ether in anticipation and exciteht under the surface of my skin, and I wanted to run his hand all over my body Could he ease me just by a touch? I didn’t know, but I wanted to find out

"Swoon," Auised

Noah dropped us off with a promise to catch us inside after he found a place to park Bo and the other guys spilled out of Finn’s car and walked us inside The house was charging cover but the guy at the door waved us girls in for free

Away from Noah, my comfort level took a nosedive Had I just promised to have sex with him? It’s not that I didn’t want hiuy like Noah in bed? What if he decided I was so terrible at sex that he would break up with me? Or worse, what if I was terrible, but he didn’t tellsex withActually, I didn’t even knohom he would fantasize about

I wondered if I could get Lana alone and get so Ryan and pretend like I had an orgas the walls and lit up with Christ up in the h went by and slapped it The place smelled like weed, spilled beer, and sweat

Either it was too early or the entire croas in the back, but the front roo around the s

A table set up at the end blocked the path to the roolasses filled with a letters waived us over As I neared, I could see that the s is ‘U’"

"2 a shot for the guys Free for the girls Beer’s free back there" He gestured behind him I rolled my eyes The Forest house was apparently a party house where thefor liquor The freebies for the girls were to entice the guys to coenerously

I wanted to wait for Noah out front, and I turned to head back out when Areee would help me in bed I’d have fewer inhibitions I wouldn’t be so e naked

"Is that whiskey?" I asked

He nodded, "Jack"

"Please," Ae to hit on Bo, too

"You should wait until Noah gets here," Bo suggested, which set off Lana

"She needs permission from Noah to drink now?" Lana marched up to the table and laid down a ten-dollar bill "Three shots This can be your tip"

Shot guy wordlessly picked up the 10, stuck it in his pocket, and pushed three shot glasses forward I took one of the shots and drained it As the Jack burned downeyes

"Couys froyain, but Lana held up her hand He re We all did another shot while Bo looked on like a discontented father This one went down far easier, as if the first one burned away any resistance I felt better already

Tim and Eric wanted us to do another shot with them, but by that time Noah and Finn had walked in Noah looked unhappy to see us crowded around the shot table