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“I don’t think anyone has ever called me beautiful”

It took a second for ers of embarrassment worked their way up from inside me, she stood on her tiptoes, her hands now sunk into my hair She offered up her hot, open mouth, and that was it I was done

I was a guy anted a girl so badly, and just like any other norhts but Everly flew out of my head I slid , because right now, in thisbut this kiss There was no e that didn’t feel right

She was soft and smooth and pliant in roan I cradled her head so that she couldn’t loss, spearainst me, and I couldn’t help myself—I let one hand travel down her back because most of it was exposed

All that soft skin, naked and exposed

I trailed fingers down her spine, and I knew that she wasn’t wearing a bra because I felt her pressed against me, and by this point, I was pretty damn sure she felt all of me Like all of me

I pulled back a bit, because this was going way too fast and ere both breathing hard Resting ether When I thought I was okay to talk, I took a second and prayed that everything would coht

“That was pretty a? My hands were still all over her It was ht word had been invented to describe what I was feeling Where was Nate the poet when you needed him?

In the distance I could hear the echoes of the bush party Kids laughing and arguing and singing along to Nate, Brent, and Link Funny, any other time, I would have felt left out Like who did they think they were, ja without me?

But right noith this girl and the stars and the fireflies flickering along the ground, I felt like I was the king of the world

Total chick analogy, but whatever

“I think a doesn’t come close,” she said

A smile crept across my face Good to knoasn’t the only one who felt it

“So, where do we go froand was quiet for a moment

“You’re so not the guy that I…” Her eyes flew to mine, wide and more than a lit