Page 12 of Finding Us

“I missed you today.” Garret draws me closer and presses his soft lips to mine. It gets me all tingly inside. Again, it used to concern me that I reacted this way. I mean, come on. I should be able to control the effect he has on me, right? You’d think so, but my body disagrees. It goes crazy whenever he kisses me, touches me. Basically, it goes crazy whenever he does anything to me.

“So tell me what you did to yourself out there.”

“I just scraped against the sand.” He steps back and lifts his shirt up. There’s a big patch of red along his side.

“Garret, that looks horrible. Are you okay?” I run my hand near it, making sure not to touch it. “Did you put anything on it?”

“I don’t need anything. It’ll heal on its own.”

“Get inside. I’m putting something on that.” I drag him inside and up the stairs to our room.

“Jade, really. It’s nothing.”

“Just wait there on the bed.”

I go in the bathroom and search through the drawers. “I’m sure we have something in here.” But after looking in every drawer, I realize that we don’t. I go back to the bedroom and sit beside him. “Sorry. I guess we don’t have anything. I’ll go to the store and get something.”

“You know what would make it better?” He eases me down on the bed.

“What?”

“This.” He kisses me, softly at first, then deeper as his tongue goes past my lips. I gently lift his shirt up and take it off. Within a minute we’re both naked and doing it for the third time today. I know it’s probably too much, but damn he feels good. I can’t seem to get enough of him.

“You feel better now?” I ask when we’re done.

“Much,” he says, running his hand along my skin.

His touch is so addictive. I want him to continue touching me, but I’m sure dinner is done and Harper and Sean are waiting for us out on the deck.

“We need to get to dinner.” I scoot off the bed and grab my clothes.

He gets up and puts his shorts on. “After dinner you’re all mine. Just you and me.”

“Garret, I think we’ve done it enough today. I’m starting to get sore.”

He laughs. “I wasn’t talking about sex. I just want to watch a movie and hang out on the couch with you.”

“We do that all the time.”

“No, we don’t. We’re always with Sean and Harper. I just want you tonight.”

I guess wehavebeen spending all our time with Sean and Harper. Maybe that’s why Harper isn’t feeling more in love with Sean. She doesn’t get much alone time with him when Garret and I are always over there.

We go outside and as expected, Harper and Sean are waiting for us at the table.

“Sorry we’re late.” I take a seat next to Harper.

She gives me a smile that says she knows why we’re late. “It’s okay. We just sat down.”

“It looks delicious,” I tell Sean, eyeing the fajitas.

“Thanks. It was easy. And it’s one of Harper’s favorite meals.” He leans over and kisses her.

Yeah, he’s definitely in love with her. She better not break up with him. He’d be totally crushed.

After dinner, I tell Harper that Garret and I want to hang out alone tonight and she’s totally cool with it. She was feeling the same way. She wanted some alone time with Sean, too.

Garret and I find a movie to watch on TV and snuggle on the couch. Any other person our age might say it’s boring, but to me it’s not at all. I like going out, but sometimes staying in is better.

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