Page 41 of Our Moon
“We’ll figure it out, Al,” I tell her. I don’t even know what I’m trying to say, I’m just hoping to calm her down.
She pulls away from me and looks up with her tearstained face. Her beautiful, tearstained face. “What will we figure out?” she asks.
“I don’t know,” I say honestly, shaking my head. “I don’t know.”
“But you feel it, too?”
I sigh, then I nod. “Yeah, baby girl. I feel it, too.”
The corner of her mouth raises just a little, and she rests her head back against my chest. “I didn’t mean for it to happen,” she says.
“Me neither.”
“What are we going to do? I can’t ignore what I feel for you, Chase,” she says, desperately. “I can’t.”
“Okay, calm down, baby girl. We will figure something out.” I run my hand up and down her back in a soothing gesture.
“I’m sorry,” she whispers.
“Don’t be. I can’t seem to resist you either.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah, baby girl.”
She pulls back and looks up at me. She licks her lips again and looks at mine. Oh God, why is she looking at me like that? Why does she have to lick her lips? And why is she looking at mine? I’m trying to be a good guy here, but I’m still only human.
“Ally?”
“Chase?”
“What are you doing?”
“I’m trying to figure it out,” she says just before she lifts up on her toes and presses her lips against mine.
And I. Am. Gone.
I grab on to her shoulders and pull her body closer to mine. She opens her mouth in a gasp, and I take it as an invitation. Ourtongues dance with one another, and I can’t get enough. Neither can she. Her arms are around my neck now, pulling me down closer. I can’t get any closer. She can’t get any closer. If we could crawl inside each other at this moment, we would. I guarantee it.
A sudden crack of thunder finally breaks us apart. We’re standing, panting, about a foot from each other. Soaking wet.
When did it start raining?
Ally looks around at the wet deck and the smoke lifting from the extinguished fire. Then she looks back at me, smiles, and laughs. Like a full on body laugh.
“Not doing much for my ego here, Al,” I say, only slightly joking.
She straightens up and steps closer to me, removing the distance between us. Taking my face in her hands and looking into my eyes, she tells me, “Your ego has nothing to worry about, Chase Baker.” Then she kisses me. Again. And it’s amazing. Again.
By the time we finally go inside, we’re soaked to the bone. Ally can’t stop giggling, obviously just as high as I am about what happened between us outside. She’s holding my hand as we move through the cabin as quietly as we can. It’s not working because our wet feet are making squish noises with each step, further encouraging the giggling.
I walk her to her bedroom door and give her a quick kiss goodnight before making my way to the second floor where the rest of the guys and I are staying. I strip to my boxers in the bathroom and dry off as much as I can before sneaking into the room I’m sharing with Trevor. Thank God, he’s still asleep. I don’t want to do any explaining tonight.
I lay in bed and listen to the rain. Tonight Ally and I crossed a line. A line we probably—no, definitely—shouldn’t have crossed. A line that could destroy everything we know. But there’s no way in hell I’m going back over to the other side.
Chapter Nineteen
“Shh,” I whisper, and she giggles again. “Ally,” I say, firmly this time.
