“Okay,” I say, but Laney already has the headphones on. She’s tapping away as Jackson and I get up. I’m not sure what to do, so I take him back through the house and into myroom.
I shut the door and he looks at me. “She’s weird,” he says with a smile. “But I like her. I can see why you dotoo.”
“She’s pretty great,” I say, suddenly nervous. Jackson is in my room, my actual bedroom. I feel like a teenageragain.
He looks around, studying my life. “So this is it,” he says. “More CDs than I would haveguessed.”
“I got into music,” Isay.
He nods and looks at the pictures on my walls, at the stuff on my bureau, before stopping in front ofme.
He reaches out and takes my hair, pulling me toward him. My heart skips a beat as I press myself against his body. “I’ve always wanted to fuck you in your bedroom,” he whispers in my ear. “Even all those years ago. But now we won’t have to bequiet.”
I look at him, eyes wide. “Who says you can do that?” I askhim.
“I do.” He smirks and kisses me, and I know he’sright.
23
Jackson
Ipushher down onto the bed and she laughs as I drop to my knees in front ofher.
“Back then, we would’ve worried about waking up your parents,” I say to her as I slide her jeans over her hips. “Remember how worried you’dget?”
She laughs a little. “I nearly shoved you off the roof that onetime.”
I grin at her and kiss her inner thigh. “You overreacted. I think it was just araccoon.”
“No way. My dad was awake orsomething.”
I shake my head and kiss her right on top of the panties. She’s wet and I breathe in her smell. “He wasn’t. They never woke up. But you were alwaysafraid.”
She smiles and moans softly. “Ah, uh, I was a stupid kid backthen.”
“You’re not a stupid kid anymore.” I reach up and slide her pantiesoff.
She props herself up on one elbow. “Do you ever wish we could go back?” she asksme.
I shake my head slowly. “No, not really. I wish I could do things differently,though.”
Her eyes go wide as my fingers slowly find her pussy and press inside of her. “Oh, shit,” she says, leaning back and tipping her headaway.
“I wouldn’t have waited,” I say to her, pressing my fingers deep inside. “I would have fucked you back then. You have no clue how badly I wantedit.”
“Why did you wait?” she asks between breaths. “I wanted ittoo.”
“I know you did.” I grin at her and slide my fingers back out, teasing her clit. “I was a stupid kid, that’s why. I thought we had time. I thought I’d wait until you were a little older. I didn’t want you to have anyregrets.”
She leans forward again and grabs my hair. “I was old enough,” shewhispers.
I grin at her. “Maybe. Doesn’t matternow.”
“I was so angry withyou.”
“Iknow.”
“But mostly I was disappointed. I never got to feel it. I didn’t lose it toyou.”