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The operator s the bar over our laps
Cooper puts his arain and pulls me closer to him I smile up at him and then turn to look out over the ocean The waves crash onto the shore but just past the white caps everything is cal my attention to hiainst ive into that heat I turn towards him and his eyes are fiery, a desire even I can see An undeniable pull was building between us and the way he looks atneither of us wanted to turn away fros over the lastlooks arenew, and the protectiveness over h It wasn’t soht anymore, I felt it
Cooper cups the side ofhands and runs his thu hitching at the sensation It’s everything I can do not to sigh
He looks down atto kiss you If you don’t want ot to stop me now"
I want him to kiss me, God, do I want him to I think he knows this My cheeks color under the intense heat of his gaze, giving ue and sloet roans and crashes his lips tolike the kisses that we shared in the past when playing ga in the both of us It did I can feel it and I’ and passion behind it It has pro as the carnival and as calh and one on his chest to angleue traces the sea hi hiet frenzied but suddenly Cooper stops He leans his forehead against , but he doesn’t because his words wouldn’t be heard anyway
"Jesus," I giggle, finding some words to put into perspective what that was for us, or at least for entler kiss on my lips this time
Just before the ride comes to an end I reach intoto capture the ainst Cooper’s shoulder, he kisses the top of it just as I press the button
A perfect picture
I’sI couldn’t fall back asleep afterto escape froh I’ other thanat the kitchen table flipping through a "
She looks up over her coffeeabout the way she looked atshe couldn’t do anything for me
After I pour myself a cup of coffee, I find o back asleep?" It’s a silly question to ask because I know she didn’t, her eyes are still tired and they’re underlined with bags ItI have inside e she’s lost sleep overI need to talk tothis talk but now that I don’t have Cooper,to need so forward MacKenzie is too wrapped up with Ryder and Olivia now Hailey has enough on her plate and needs to keep her blood pressure down Jackson and Chloe are trying for another baby so I don’t want to stress her out about this either No way could I ever talk to Hunter, and Mason and Jackson are just out of the picture I have a few friends from the soccer team but none that I would share this type of stuff with, so really the only other person is my mom
I take a deep breath and say what I never expected I would thisroom and talk, Mom"
We both refill our cups of coffee and sit on the couch My sto to relive that night again Part of et it out without a panic attack but there’s no saying that won’t happen
I look over at in My voice is steady in the beginning and holds a certain a to start fro" I let out deep breath "This is hard for h it, okay?"
"I don’t like the sound of this" Mo mine for a clue as to what’s to come I’m not sure what she sees when she looks atlike I feel; cold and empty
"And I don’t like that it happened" I say, ht and as I speak I’ forIt’s vivid, so real and frightening that I fear, when I’ her, I won’t be able to co out solaid every day, so Cooper had been riding solo to the parties o out with his friend Eli On rare occasions, the boys actually got a Saturday night free, but ht, Mason, Eli, Cooper and I all went out for pizza Cooper and Eli were talking about a party at one of the frat houses that they wanted to go to Eli looked over toto be a good tio I didn’t feel like going back tohoht down No way could I go; girls likeat parties like that I was a little hurt but dao and see what all the hype was about Girls fro about theht of showing up with Cooper and Eli was a little exciting and powerful since they were pretty popular around campus Plus I wanted a little of Cooper’s attention So that night I wasn’t taking no for an answer, I was going to that party no reed He wasn’t happy about it and bitched and complained the whole ti then the three of us headed off to the party Eli was in the back texting away on his phone while I sat up front with Cooper