Page 80 of Capacity
Who the hell was speeding through my damn parking lot like that?
A student hopped out of the passenger side and ran into the building. The red car pulled around the bus loop and slowed as I moved closer, trying to peer into the window. Lumi was right behind me, her own curiosity pushing her along.
“Who the hell is that?” She asked under her breath.
When the car hit the brakes, the tinted window rolled down and a familiar face smiled at me. “Oh my god, Knight? I thought that was you! I almost forgot you were a principal.”
Lumi’s eyes were on me like emerald lasers. The heat from her pointed stare nearly skinned me on the spot.
“Sky?”
“Yeah! What’s up? How have you been? God, it’s been months since we hooked up.”
Fuck. Did she have to say that?
Anxiety prickled the skin on the back of my neck.
“Sky, what are you doing here?” I asked, ignoring the part about us hooking up.
“My little sister started here last week. She was late so I brought her to school.” Her big blue eyes traced my body from head to toe and I felt Lumi’s hackles rise. She didn’t even have to open her mouth.
“Okay.” I nodded my head and pulled Lumi to my side. “Sky, this is Lumi, my girlfriend. Lumi, this is Sky. I met her a few months ago.” Sky’s eyes widened and she plastered a phony smile to her face.
“Oh, shit. I’m so sorry. We hooked up months ago. Just once after the club. No biggie.” She looked at Lumi, then at me. “It was nice seeing you again, Knight.” Her voice was almost a purr.
“You too, Sky.” I waved as she pulled off just as recklessly as she pulled in.
Why the hell did I fuck her? Even in my blacked-out drunken state, what was I thinking?
“What was that?” Lumi asked, her brows knitted and her eyes slits.
“Remember I told you I made some not so good choices when I drank all the time? That was one of my choices. I fucked an eighteen-year-old and I hated myself for it. That was my rock bottom. It was the night I went to my first AA meeting.” I touched her chin and she eyed me for a moment.
“Hey, I’m ready to go, Lumi. Sorry it took so long.” Zach walked over and looked between us with trepidation.
“You can get in the car, Zach, wait for me. I’ll be there in a second.” Once he was out of earshot, she looked at me again. I didn’t read anger in her expression but she was definitely curious.
“Lumi, you know I’d never do anything to jeopardize what we have. I want you to trust me.”
“I do trust you, Knight. I’m not worried about Sky,” she scoffed. “I know you’d never cheat on me or keep anything from me.” She wanted to say something else and it was right on the tip of her tongue but she held it back. I couldn’t fault her. I was still holding back too.
“You’re not upset?”
“No. Curious, but not upset.”
“There’s nothing between me and her. She was a drunken mistake that I regret deeply. I shouldn’t have fucked her.”
“You’re already working through it. Look at me.” She held my hands in hers as we locked gazes. “I know you care about our relationship.”
I more than cared. I was madly in love with her. I’d never break our trust.
“I do.” I put my hand on the small of her back then bent down to kiss her full lips. “More than you know. I want this to work between us.”
“It will. I’m not stressing about it. Our relationship is the easiest thing I’ve ever done.”
“Same,” I said tugging her long hair. “Listen, you need to get out of here and I need to get to work so text me when you land in Texas. I’ll make all this shit up to you when you get home.”
“Deal.” She stood on her tiptoes and pressed a kiss to my lips before heading to her car. My muscles ached once she was away from me. It took so much restraint to hold in those three words. I wanted to tell her before she drove out of the parking lot. I wanted to catch her hand in mine, kiss her knuckles and her scars and tell her I loved her more than anything.
