Page 24 of Beauty and the Nerd
“I swear if she puts her hands on you again, I will rip her hair out.” She looked up to see him, the truth of the warning showing in her eyes. “You’re mine and I’m not about to let any other girl steal you from me.”
“Who’d have imagined you’d be jealous over someone wanting me?” He lowered his head down to hers as she squeezed his hand tightly. “Don’t worry baby, I’m all yours, and just so everyone knows it…”
Emma didn’t have to question what his meaning was as she lifted her face to meet his, letting the kiss linger between them. She slipped her arms around his back, up to rest against his neck and laid her head against his shoulder again when they parted, her hand playing with the bottom of his hair. His hand slipped up and down the edge of her dress, his other resting on her lower back and she knew it was everything she wanted. She didn’t care who watched or said what; she just wanted him.
“We’re heading up to the house in a few,” Megan said breaking them apart nearly two hours later. The dance still had another hour to go but she didn’t care about that. “You still coming?”
“We’ll be there,” she said finishing the song with Ben before heading out to get her bags. Ben kept his arm around her as they moved through the hallway, and she smiled when he traded his suit jacket for his coat as they stopped at his locker and slipped it onto her.
“Now that’s hot,” he teased seeing that the jacket covered nearly the entire dress.
“I’ll show you hot in a bit,” she stated, and he nearly died when she came out of the bathroom wearing his jacket overher new bikini and nothing else. The hot tub was just outside the room on the patio, and he watched her walk out the door, undoing the button on his jacket slipping it down her arms to reveal the bareness of them beyond the thankfully waterproof brace on her wrist. She waited until she reached the edge of the hot tub, climbing the steps to get into it with him before taking it off entirely, and he reached up, taking her hand with a smile.
“Hot doesn’t even begin to cover that baby.” He pulled her over to him, holding back a groan as her skin touched his.
“No? What does then?” She slid fully over his lap with a grin slipping his glasses off, laying them down on the edge behind them, watching his breathing slow. Hers did the same when he slid his hands down her side, moving back up until he cupped her head gently.
“Torture, incredible, unbearable torture.” He claimed her lips in a kiss not caring who else was at the house to see them.
“Geez, we don’t need the hot tub steaming,” Megan joked as she and a couple others came out to join them.
“Oh, I think we do,” Emma said turning to sit across Ben’s lap, keeping her arms around his shoulders. “It’s just about perfect then.”
“So, this is like a real thing?” Jane asked.
“You’re seriously asking that after seeing them at the dance and that?” Steve said shaking his head at the girl. “I think you just crowned yourself the new school dunce, Jane.”
“So-what he got a new haircut, and you suddenly started liking him?” Jane asked, ignoring Steve as Megan offered them drinks.
“Nope, I finally convinced him to get a haircut the day before Christmas Eve. He didn’t care what his hair looked like just didn’t want something that took time to style. I wanted something where I could see his face more and he seemed to like it as well which makes me happy, well at least when Crystal’s notstaring at it all day long,” she said shooting Ben a look he could read well.
“Hold up, you actually slept with Crystal Tyler?” Steve asked, and Ben felt Emma tense in his hold.
“We’re not going there again,” Ben stated, running his hand up and down Emma’s side.
“Seriously man, I want to know because while the chick might be smart, she’s absolutely nuts and you never know when she’s telling the truth,” Steve said, and Emma let out a sigh turning towards Steve with a dark look.
“Yes, he slept with the crazy snake, more than once, more than twice, and she still wants to sleep with him again,” she said, and Jane nearly choked on her spiked punch.
“Oh my god…don’t tell us thathe’sthe mystery guy she was always talking about in the locker room,” Jane stated, and Emma’s jaw tensed further. “Wow, did you know you were getting such a giver when your whole thing started?”
“I’d suggest we move this conversation on to something else, quickly,” Megan suggested looking to the guys to help but they didn’t seem to pick up on the hint as they just stared at Ben in shock. “So, Em, with this awesome new scholarship, what’s the likelihood that you’ll be sticking around here to go to State now?”
“Oh no, we’re not done yet,” Becky said eyeing Ben up and down with a new smile. “So, is it true? I mean we all assumed she was lying but if they really were sleeping together…”
“Get your eyesoffmy man,” Emma said with a light glare at the two.
“We’re just curious, Emma. I mean there has to be a reason you’re with him,” Jane stated, irritating her further.
“There is,” she said flashing them an angry look. “It’s called I love him and he’s incredible to me. So back off, right now.”
“Just how incredible are we talking?” Becky questioned with a smirk looking between them.
“One, I don’t have to answer that. Two, this is not about sex. Three, despite what the guys have claimed, I’m still a virgin—so chew on that.” Emma stood up to leave the hot tub and the girls behind them.
“Em, come on, baby,” Ben said grabbing her hand to stop her. “Come here,” he said when she shook her head no. “Come here Emmy,” he said again giving her arm a little tug to bring her back down on his lap, wrapping his arms around her with a kiss to her neck.
“Well, this is just completely baffling. I mean, it’d be one thing if he was just mind blowingly good in bed and that’s why you’re with him but if you haven’t even slept together…” Jane said making her angry again.
