Page 29 of On Thin Ice

I wriggle under them and they finally relent, pulling me up to sit cross legged with them on the carpeted floor.

“I’m not in love, I'm in like.” I grumble, pulling Sean's hood up and tugging on the strings, making the material close in on my face. Molly lifts a sculpted brow at me. “That’s not a thing, especially not for you Miss all or nothing,”

I wish she wasn’t right, I’d love if she wasn’t right, but I'm pretty sure the bitch is right.

By 11pm the three of us are like blocks of ice, huddled on the sofa together finishing our last movie of the night before heading to bed. Anais and I have been roped into going to the gym to help the freshmen tomorrow in preparation for their practice competition so I need my sleep, especially if I'm expected to handle Ellen and her ferocity again. There’s a light tap on our door and our heads all swivel simultaneously, our foreheads creasing in confusion. I stand up, cracking my back as I go and shuffling across the room in my two sizes too big socks.

“Did you order more food Mol?” I say and she shakes her blonde head. “At 11pm? No,”

I pull on the doorknob, rubbing my tired eyes and hauling the front door open. Sean’s beautiful smile greets me, his dimples deep in his cheeks and the grin he flashes me blinding. And his smell, oh my god it's everywhere, in every pore of my body the second I open the door. His huge frame makes me feel tiny as I stutter, looking for the words I don’t know if I can find.

“What…what are you doing here?” I gasp, blinking way too many times and holding onto the doorframe to stop my knees from giving up on me. Sean’s smile cracks open wider. “I couldn’t wait until tomorrow, I hope that’s ok.” He hauls me into him, lifting me to his waist as my legs circle his hard torso.

“It’s more than ok,” I breathe into his neck, inhaling every drop of his woodsy smell and crushing myself to him as hard as possible. He cups my ass in his hand and tightens the other one around my back, holding my body against his.

“I missed you.” I whisper, pressing soft, sleepy kisses against his neck. He sighs. “God, I missed you baby.” He prises me off him, placing me to my feet and letting his caramel eyes trail down my body. I look like a jumble sale threw up on me, nothing I'm wearing fits and the size of his clothes is dragging me down, making me look even smaller than usual. His eyebrow rises up his face and his expression shifts into a shit eating grin. “Are you wearing my clothes?”

“Yeah, it’s fucking freezing in here… and I like the way you smell.” I smile, burying the tint of pink coating my cheeks behind my loose curls. Sean’s hand moves to bracket my jaw, tucking my hair behind my ear and pressing his warm lips to mine. The heat spreads down from my lips, lighting a fire through my chest all the way down to my frostbitten toes. I shiver when his arms snake around my waist as his tongue swipes lightly over my bottom lip. Molly clears her throat and I suddenly remember that we’re not alone.

“Get a room please.” She laughs, nudging Anais into joining her taunting. I snap my head around to face her, keeping my palms flat on Sean's chest. “Fine, we will.” I throw her a sarcastic smirk and lace my fingers through Sean's, guiding him into my dorm and kicking the door shut behind us. He’s bobbing up and down like a puppy, letting me pull him towards my bedroom, he knows what’s coming, we both do.

“Keep the noise down!” Molly yells after us, earning a muted snicker from us both as we reach my bedroom door.

Sean yells back, “Not a chance! She's going to be screaming my name all night long!”

I grab the back of his jacket and yank him inside, dragging it down his shoulders and undressing him like a ken doll. He’s fumbling with his hoodie that’s draped over my body, pulling it over my head and throwing it to the ground as he steps out of his jeans. He dives on me, making me squeal as he whips my sweatpants off in one smooth motion, nipping at my inner thighs as he makes his way up.

“I’m not gonna last long Cal, you know that right?” His tongue presses against my hot skin, just under the aching bud that’s been craving him for two weeks. “I dreamed of this every night I was away, just being able to touch you, feel you, taste you.” His rough hands run up my thighs and he looks up at me through thick lashes, his warm tongue lightly flickering against my clit, making me squirm. “We’re going to take it slow tonight, I just want to feel every little bit of you.” He climbs back up my body and kisses me, his lips warm and hungry.

He really does take it slow, sliding inside me and thrusting cautiously, feeling every inch like he said. And I feel every inch of him too, when he eventually flips me back onto the mattress, my back sinking into it, he lets his face hover over mine. I can see in his eyes that there are words floating behind them that he doesn’t quite know how to say yet, but that’s ok, I can drink them in just by looking at him. His sharp jaw, his tight, rippled stomach, his fucking dimples. God, I'm in so deep with him I don’t think there’s any chance of me climbing back out now.

“I really fucking like you Callie, like I don’t know what to do with myself when I'm away from you. Am I supposed to tell you that?” He groans, rubbing the nape of his neck anxiously. His cock is still inside me as I chuckle back at him, cupping his chin in my hand.

“Yeah, you can tell me that. I really like you too, I missed you so much whilst you were away.” I wrap my legs around his hips and tug him to me, pushing him deeper inside me and cursing with pleasure as he begins thrusting again. He’s hungry, starving for me and me for him. He trails sloppy kisses up my neck and across my jaw as I come undone around him, arching my back and sinking my nails into his taut biceps. “Oh shit, I'm gonna come. Can I…can I come inside you?” He brings his face back to mine, brown eyes flickering with uncertainty. I nod and he exhales deeply, sucking my lips between his and letting his tongue explore my mouth as he comes, my name leaving his lips on a pained groan. He’s never come inside me before, he’s never asked to, he just always pulls out but I'm on the pill so I don’t see a reason to deny us both.

As we lay there sweaty and panting, Sean scoops me up with his arm and hauls me into his side, smacking a kiss to my temple as our bodies stick together.

“There’s a party at your house tomorrow right?” I say, tipping my face up to look at him.

He leaves a tiny kiss on my nose and nods. “Yeah, you’re coming aren’t you?” He cups my cheek, thumb tracing my freckles. “If you don’t want to then I'll come here and we can spend some time alone.”

“Of course I'm coming, I’d never miss a party Taylor, do you know me at all?”

He flashes me a bright smile and pulls me closer, bumping our noses together affectionately.

He sighs. “You’re never going to get rid of me you know that? Like there’s no fucking way I'm ever leaving you alone now.”

I purse my lips, trying to halt the smile that’s taking over my face. “Does that mean you’re staying here tonight?”

He nods and pulls my body on top of his, his firm torso surprisingly comfortable to lie on. “I’m thinking about just moving in.”

I bark a laugh. “You barely fit in my bed, you monster.” I roll away from him to the other side of the bed, intending to get dressed but Sean’s huge hands grab hold of my bare hips and pull me right back to him. “Oh no you don’t.” He murmurs, his palm closing over my collarbone as he plants wet kisses on the back of my shoulders and neck, his arms enclosing me to his chest. “You’re staying here with me until tomorrow morning.”

That’s fine with me. I’ve decided, there’s no place I'd rather be than right here.

Chapter 24

Sean

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