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My feelings all mixed up, I step well away from Levi. “You know, I think the clue might have been for the bar cellar with twenty-one being the drinking age.”
Levi gives me a hard look. Gone are the smiles from earlier.
“Mabel…”
“No, I know.” I cut him off. “I’m sorry about that. I know you only kissed me because as you say, it was a good kissing spot. We can just go on and not talk about it. Nobody needs to know that we kissed.”
That would be my preference. Then I wouldn’t have to figure out how I’m feeling about Levi. About the kiss. But Levi looks angry. He shakes his head and almost looks pained.
After a good minute he says. “You know Mabel, for someone so smart you can be pretty dumb.”
With that, I watch as he turns on his heel and walks away.
“What about the treasure hunt?” I call out after him. But he keeps on walking.
Running around on my own doesn’t seem like much fun. In fact, I suddenly feel all emotional. I turn around and head for home.
Chapter 7
Mabel
On getting home, I have so much energy that I start pacing around. Unable to settle to anything. I don’t feel like reading. I don’t feel like just sitting here. A shower doesn’t help. And all the while I keep thinking about that kiss.
I used to have a crush on Levi. Of course I did. Every girl did. But I have grown up and made my own life. I thought I understood who I am, but today, that kiss has shaken my whole world. Not just the kiss, it’s that damn smile. The way Levi really listens to me when I talk. The way he cheered me on and encouraged me all day.
And then there was that kiss. That was a damn, sexy, hot kiss. I don’t have much to compare it to but I never knew that just a kiss could set my whole body on fire. Make me want more and more.
I’m not saving myself for anybody. I just sort of assumed that nobody would ever want me. But today has been a day of firsts. I feel different. Changed. I’ll always be a book nerd, but is there any reason why a book nerd can’t get herself a sexy cowboy? Can’t a book nerd be loved?
And even if it’s not forever, if today has taught me anything, there is no danger in going out there and having some fun. And after years of not joining in, I deserve some fun. And I want that fun with Levi.
With that I get myself ready, put on my best dress, tamp down my nerves, and go and find Levi.
Before knocking on his door I take stock of what I’m feeling. A little bit nervous but more excited than anything. And when he opens the door and I’m faced again with looking into his amazing blue eyes, those broad shoulders, his strong arms that felt so good holding me to him. Under his t-shirt is the washboard stomach I know so well.
He gives me an intense, heated look. There is anger there, but also something else. Something like when he told me smart is sexy or when he looked down at me in the torch light in the cellar.
He steps back, waving me into his house. It’s a cabin on his family's farmland. Messy, with clothes, a guitar, old records, a couple of cowboy hats and pairs of boots.
“What do you want, Mabel?” It sounds like a loaded question.
Now the nerves come up. How do you ask a guy to have sex with you? Can’t he just take a hint and pull me into his arms? But instead he watches me carefully as I start to fidget.
And then, the words pour out. The nervous jumble I wish I could control. I read so many books you would think I could articulate better. But faced with Levi, in his home, with what I want to ask of him, my mind is a whirling mess.
“It’s been such a good day and I know I didn’t think it would be and I said I don't do town events but it turned out to be a lot of fun. Fun with you. And then with the kissing…I never would have thought… Well, when you asked if I ever asked anyone to the prom and I was thinking…”
I let out a deep sigh, wishing I could get the words out. “I thought we might do the kissing thing again.”
Chapter 8
Levi
Fuck me, I find her nervous rambling just adorable. I like it better when she is confident and laughing, but the way she just lets the words fall out is damn cute!
And I am only a man. Sure I have my doubts that she possibly only wants me for my body, but if she’s asking to be kissed then I am damn well going to kiss her! Taking her hand I pull her to me, hold her body against mine and claim her mouth in a hungry, urgent kiss.
She smells of soap and strawberries and tastes just as sweet. I love the way her hands roam over my back and shoulders. Her touch is so fucking sexy. One day I’m going to let her oil me up again. But not today. Today, I’m hard as a rock. There is an urgency riding me hard. All day I’ve wanted her. Being with her. Talking with her. Laughing with her.
