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"Tellaround his waist, pinning him to me "I love y-" but just like I hadn’t let hiainst htly around his neck, happier than I had been in weeks While I ith Luke like this, everything was right in the world and nothing elseI noticed was how comfortable I was The soft sheets were pulled up toI was cuddled up to felt like luxurious satin againstdrawn on the sht was: heaven Blissful, beautiful heaven I aking up in I already knehat I would see when I openedin through the blood red drapes, I looked up into Luke’s war there silently, watching ers overh every cell inthe line of his jaw, just wanting to check to make sure he was definitely here, and that this was definitely happening It al since I’d woken up with him like this, like part of a couple, that it didn’t feel real His night’s growth of hair scratched against h
A slittered with elation as his arhtened aroundwithand would soon burn everything in their wake "Hi," I croaked, hating that my voice was thick with sleep and not in the sexy way that sorin as I snuggled closer to hi to feel every part of his skin on mine As I moved, I realised that my body ached in delicious ways that it hadn’t ached for in weeks My otten up to last night in the back of his car, and after in the front hallway downstairs, and then again in his bed My body was out of practice with all this physical exertion, but I would get used to it again pretty quickly, that ?" he asked, his eyes searchingto ascertain the ansithout
I felt the heat flood ain "My body aches I think I have sexently so I was half under hie?" he offered, bending his head and tracing his nose across ful’s of h
I closedinto his shoulders "No," I croaked "How about we just stretch the as he kissed the sensitive spot on side of my neck, just below my ear
He didn’t i Instead, he pulled back, his eyes tight, see is it? This thing that’s happened, this is us getting back together again, right? Not just us sleeping together" His eyes searched h as he seemed to hold his breath in anticipation
My heartHe wanted me back so badly that it made my insides tre, and I knew that he felt the sa that had happened, I was destined to be with Luke Hannigan forever, I knew it deep down in ain," I confir my hand into the back of his hair
His whole body seeulped "Thank you," he whispered His eyes opened, glistening in the diht of his bedroom as he smiled down at ain, not ever You’re my life, Maisie, and I alain I’m so sorry" His voice was earnest and full of emotion as he spoke
I nodded "I know you are" That was the truth, I kneas sorry, and I kne i it up to you, I pro fall back into place, just like it was before all of this happened
"How about you start right now?" I suggested, raising one eyebrow suggestively as I hitchedover his hip and pulled his body closer to h his teeth and let it out as a low groan as his ainst his lips andmyself over entirely, body, ed ourselves out of his bed For ages I’d just laid there in his ar nothing in particular in the background In et any more perfect than that I’d wanted to stay in thatforward or back, just frozen in tiin bed forever plan
"There’s nothing e I picked up the re ha my nose up at the prospect The ha in a sto way
His arainst ently "I have a great idea," he said intowith the edge of his T-shirt that I earing
I tipped ry," I teased
He chuckled, taking the eggs and ha the to suggest that we get dressed and take a drive over to that little café that you like, the one that asped, rinned up at him "Yeah?" I chirped "I love that idea!" The café he was talking about was a quaint little old fashioned tea roo It was about an hour drive from here, but the muffins and pastries were to die for Luke and I hadthere whenever ent that way to caer "I thought you o It’ll be like a date"
I grinned ecstatically If he was going to bethis much of an effort to irl "Race ya," I joked, shovingfor the stairs He chuckled darkly, and I heard his heavy footsteps behind ht up with asped as he sweptled against his lips, wrappinghi away fro out his playful side, so no doubt the trip to the café would be put on hold, at least for a while anyway
The café was just as lovely and romantic as I re in the corner, feeding each other iced pastries and h theThe lady even recognised us and gave us a free refill on our coffees It had been perfect; every single second of the day with him had been spectacular, and I didn’t want it to end I didn’t want to have to share hiain ent back to school
"I can’t wait to go to college," I mused as he threw money down on the table to cover ourto be great Justthat’s happened here It’ll be like a fresh start for both of us," he replied, holding out his hand tohim help me out of the booth I smiled at his words That was exactly what I felt too With us going away to college together andthere to res that had occurred recently "Sounds great" His aruidedto the owner on the way out I cli as he walked around to the driver’s side The little sot in and started the engine I suddenly realised I didn’t actually want to go ho out here with him, with no one to bother us, and no need to worry about soh of disappoint not to let s show on my face I didn’t want to ruin this happy day, but I couldn’t getwould be different once we got home
"What’s up, baby?" Luke asked as he backed the car out and headed in the direction of ho how to explain that I was just fed up with feeling frightened all the ti overto happen next "I just don’t really want to go ho and stuff," I explained "I just wish it was me and you all the time and that all that other stuff would just disappear"