Page 31 of A Baby for the Firefighter
Fucker.
“The dating is a recent development,” I informed him. “You know we omegas just can’t keep it in our pants.”But that’s what you were counting on, isn’t it?I suppressed a shudder at the mental image of Eric trying to get it on with me.
Eric looked a bit taken aback at my choice of words. Served him right for provoking me.
“I’m gonna go wait outside now. He’ll be here any minute.” It was a good thing Dean didn’t live far away. I wasn’t sure how much longer I could stand being here.
“Alright. I’ll just give you some company until he gets here.”
“Oh, that’s not necessary.” I gave him a tight smile. “Oceanport is a quiet town. Nothing’s going to happen to me if I just stand outside the school. Even if I’m a vulnerable omega.”
“That’s not what I meant to imply,” Eric lied. “It would simply be rude to keep you waiting on your own while you’re volunteering your time for my play.”
“It’s really no problem.” I grabbed my jacket and started to leave the auditorium. He chose not to believe my words, of course, and followed me anyway.
“What?” he asked, when I shot him a look. “I’m headed home as well.” He locked the door to the auditorium behind himself as if he desperately needed to prove his point. I still didn’t believe him. Why would I? But I realized it was pointless to argue with him any further.
I hung out by the street lamp in front of the school so Dean would see me when he got here. The sun had just set a few minutes ago, but it was still reasonably warm. A nice summer evening. Or it would have been nice, if I didn’t have some pseudo stalker on my trail.
This was not what I’d signed up for when I’d agreed to help make Jake’s play better.
I sighed and looked at my phone. A few minutes had passed since I’d called Dean. If he was hurrying, he couldn’t be much longer. Meanwhile, Eric was pretending to be busy on his own phone. No doubt he was waiting for Dean to either never show up, or for him to show up as nothing more than a friend.
But he wasn’t going to get that satisfaction.
I shoved my phone back in my pocket and glanced down the street, biting my lower lip.
Please get here quickly.
And there he was. I breathed a sigh of relief as I spotted a man walking up the street who could only be Dean. The walk was unmistakable. There was something inherently confident about Dean’s step. I might have called it a swagger, but it wasn’tthatpronounced—or douchey.
“Dean!” I waved as he approached, a smile lighting up my face. I wassoglad he was here. And because I needed to prove a point to Eric—and because I really wanted to—I sprinted up to him, threw my arms around his neck and kissed him. His surprise lasted only a second before he kissed me back, sending a shiver down my spine as his tongue swiped my lips. I wasn’t sure about sex yet, but kissing him was awesome—even more so when we were doing it in public where certain people could see.
Dean smiled at me as we parted. “What was that for?”
“Just a greeting.” I tapped his nose. “You don’t like it?”
He scoffed. “As if. Just didn’t expect it.”
“Well, get used to it, because I get the feeling we need to be doing it a lot more.” I grabbed him by the hand and let him away from the school, up the street in the direction of my house.
“We need to?” Dean asked. “Did something happen tonight? Is that why you called? You had me a bit worried on the phone, you know.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to worry you.”
“What were you doing here anyway?”
“Oh, didn’t I tell you? Jake enlisted me to help with his play. I was working on some of the props tonight.”
“Oh, right. I heard about the play. Conner is in it too.”
“He is?” That surprised me. I hadn’t taken Conner for the sort of boy who would like to be on a stage.
“Yeah, I can tell he’s nervous about it too, even though he was in it two years ago as well. But Ron did the props back then.”
“Oh.” My heart sank as I realized why I’d been given this job this year. The person who used to do it couldn’t. Right.
“Anyway,” Dean said, as if he wanted to change the topic just as much as I did. “Was there a reason you needed me to get you? Not that I mind…”
