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I roll over to face him and he whips his head out of the way so I don’t elbow him in the face

"Hey, Sy "You think you’re so hot, but I don’t even reood"

He laughs in my face and I can still s happened last night"

"Nothing happened?"

"You walked into my room, stripped down to your underwear,the most comfortable bed in the universe, and knocked out"

"Oh… So"

"You’re buettable sex? Or you’re bummed we didn’t have sex?"

The truth is, I’otten the whole first ti out of the way It’s too much pressure I haven’t been with anyone other than Chris and, like Senia said last night, he spoiled hteenth birthday I’ve only known Adaet the sex over with tells uess I’m disappointed we didn’t have sex," I reply, because I know that’s what he wants to hear

"You guess you’re disappointed?" He brushes a lock of hair away from my face and lifts in, are you?"

"What? No!" I don’t knohy I’h part of me wishes I were

He smiles as he slips his arm around my waist and pulls h his boxers

Oh, God

He leans in to kiss me and, as soon as his lips touch mine, my body relaxes into him I slide my arms around his neck as he rolls s open with his knee as his fingers skates up ue flirts with rinds against oing to have sex

He slips his hand underneath ers find the hook on , but the need throbbing between s is more intense

"I want this," I say with a nod "I want you"

He unhooks my bra and watches as I slide the straps down I toss it over the edge of the bed and he gazes atin his eyes He lays a soft trail of kisses froasp as he takes htly over rasps the waist ofif he can remove these, too I nod and lift my hips so he can slip theht on his elbows as he kisses raze ain He keeps going until his head is between s

He looks up at ue swirls around , it doesn’t take much I come quick and probably too loudly His body slides over mine as he slinks up and kisses htstand and rips it open with his teeth

I can’t breathe

The nurse wheels me out of the hospital rooh, I’ht of the person standing ten feet ahead of me next to the nurses’ station Joanie Tipton hands the nurse behind the desk a piece of paper then turns toward me

Senia steps in front of the wheelchair to block me from Joanie’s view, but it’s too late Joanie has already seen rin on her face, she knows exactly why I’m here

Of all the people in the world, Joanie is the last person I want to see here She’s had it out for h school when Chris and I were broken up for three weeks and he still rejected her invitation to the prohts’ house the day before he left in July to wish hi ready to leave to celebrate ht, I used Joanie as an exaroupies Chris would have access to on tour I told hiet all that stuff out of his syste out he’d faltered while ere still together

Joanie doesn’t know I used her crush on Chris as an example of e should break up, but as she stands there s at me I know she will move mountains to tell hiht state of mind to deal with Joanie My chestand I’o As she approaches us on her way down the corridor, the panic builds inside me, but itat?" Senia snarls at her, and Joanie’s smile vanishes just as she disappears somewhere behind the wheelchair

The nurse continues to pushoing to tell Chris everything and this time I’ll lose him forever

"Claire"

Adam’s voice shakes thenext toon top of me Cool tears stream down my temples and into my hair I quickly wiped thes into my chest

"What happened?" I ask as I stare at the foot of the bed to avoid looking at him

I don’t want to see the expression on his face I don’t want to see just how crazy he thinks I a Nothing happened I swear"