Page 150 of Steeling Her
“You’re so cute.” She giggles and places them back on the wall, wrapping herself around me. So, I replicate her and hold her against me. The skin-on-skin feeling I have always found to be the best, but with her, there’s no comparison. It’s fucking incredible.
“I want you to come here more often and stay here whenever you want.” Coaxing her to stay with me is the only way I will get what I want. She would never just offer to stay unless she’s terrified, like the other night. She’s too shy to ask, even when we’re in this new relationship.
“Are you sure?” she inquires. Once I nod, I can see that breath-taking smile again. The way she beams up at me injects a shot of adrenalin around my body.
Damn, why is she so fucking pretty?
After we’re finished in the shower, I wrap the towel around her as soon as we step out. I rub her in the towel like what your parents would do as a kid when you get out of the bath, making sure she’s warm. I always make sure that she’s okay before me. It used to be the other way around because I never cared this much about any girl that I was originally with. I was always too nonchalant about what they did.
But one thing is for certain, I never allowed them to stay in my bed. I never had sex with anyone in my bed. Except for Carter. She is and will be the only girl to ever have had the chance to do that because she’s so special to me. Some people really have no idea what I mean until you find that person.
It’s like that feeling where you’re in the fresh air and you can take a deep breath because all you could breathe was smog. I was deprived of feeling something for any girl because I knew I’d eventually find this girl. I knew I’d have her in my life, it’s like an intuition. Now that I have her, I can take that long-awaited deep breath.
We both saunter back out into my room once again. I have the towel still wrapped around me, but I’m fishing out some clothes for her from my clean clothes. I grab a pair of boxers and my jersey to give her. Taking them from me, she changes into them while I grab myself a fresh pair. Once we’re clothed, I turn back to see her tying up her hair into a bun to keep it off her face, still drenched with water from our little steamy shower.
“You feeling alright?” I ask cautiously, knowing she’ll still be a little sore from our antics.
“Yeah, just a little tender, but I will be alright.” She grins. If there is one thing that I could see for the rest of my life, it would be that smile. That amazing beaming smile that makes me weak inside. There’s just something about her that makes me impatient for the day I will wake up with her lying next to me in our own home.
Just us. Both our careers doing well and the fact that we have each other.
The future used to scare me, but not so much now, seeing as I’ve met this unforgettable girl. The one girl who has driven me crazy from the sleepless nights, making me excited to see her the next morning. The one girl who has put a smile on my face every time I see her. The one girl that makes my days shorter because I enjoy the time I have with her as it flies by. She’s the reason why I wake up in the morning and the last thought I have when I fall asleep at night. She sometimes keeps me up all night, staring at the ceiling wondering what she’s up to.
The sleepless nights of us talking on the phone is both the best and worst feeling ever. The best because I get to hear her voice, and the worst because she’s not lying next to me and telling me this stuff to my face.
It’s what I want with her. A life with her. A life outside of football, and a girl I can gladly come home to and see every day.
“You can stay here for the night and I’ll make you feel better.” I wink to her. Red rises up her cheeks, which almost makes me laugh. I love when she blushes. She blushes at the most innocent things, too, which makes it even more adorable. “Don’t worry, we’ve done our workout. Now, it’s all about relaxing between the sheets, Carter,” I only say that to make her go even redder than she already is. I know, I can be mean, but I just love that little blush on her cheeks.
“Nick!” She laughs, making her feel even more embarrassed.
“What? We had a good time in there, didn’t we? I wouldn’t mind going another round, but I know you’re sore, so I’m not going to push it. Besides, I did all the work in there, so I need some relaxation time now . . . with my girlfriend.” It feels so good when I say that.
My girlfriend.
It just rolls effortlessly off my tongue, no problem. Like this was all meant to be. Maybe we were meant to be. I feel as though we were. There is an invisible force pulling us together, which gets stronger when we try to fight it, but it’s better to just give in and let it all happen naturally. There’s no point in denying our feelings for one another. She was the first girl that I was unsure of if she had any feelings for me, the first girl that drove me nuts, and the first girl that I ever chased.
And boy, did I love the chase she gave me. Look at where I am now; I’m in a relationship because of it. I have the perfect girlfriend because of the effort I put in to get her and claim her as mine. I’m fortunate, and I couldn’t ask for anything more right now.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah!” She waves me off. “I didn’t ask you to pin me against the wall, did I?” I shrug. “Or lift me up higher?” I shrug once more. “Or initiate sex?” She smirks, and I cannot contain the smile on my face because she’s got me there. I did all of the above and I don’t even give a fuck.
“Is it so bad to want to cherish my hot and sexy girlfriend?” I tease her as I move closer to her. I place both of my hard large hands on her smooth, sun-kissed shoulders.
“No, but don’t be blaming me when you can’t control yourself.” She lifts an eyebrow and stares back at me.
“I wasn’t blaming you . . . per se. I was merely stating . . . Alright, I was blaming you. I mean look at you!” I hold both my hands out to her gorgeous face, highlighting the fact that she shouldn’t be real. None of this should be real, right? “You’re perfect! How could I not? I couldn’t control myself and I didn’t want to either,” I say to her as a fact.
“You can be real smooth sometimes, you know that, right?” She laughs, placing her flat palm on my chest to push me back. I don’t move an inch; I’m standing my ground.
“So I’ve been told.” I shift over to her at the same time, pulling her closer to my body. “You really are beautiful, Carter. My God, you really are.” With those blue heavenly eyes looking up at me and the light resting softly on those tasty lips, I can’t express how much she really means to me in words. It’s not enough.
That blush once again creeps up her neck and towards her face, lighting it up for me.
“Thank you. You’re really handsome, Nick,” she compliments me back wholeheartedly.
“I’m so fucking lucky to have met you so soon. Thank you for giving me a shot. Even after all what has happened to you. Between Maya and her vandalizing everything, Erin and her snooty comments, and the risk of losing friendships because of me. You don’t know how much I appreciate you and how strong you are.” I can feel my heart ramming against my ribcage as I say all of this to her. I’m speaking from with absolute sincerity, that’s why it’s excited. After all the heartless moves I’ve pulled in the past with girls, it surprised me when it started to beat for Carter when I first met her. I was amazed I even had a heart.
She doesn’t say anything but just gawps at me, making me chuckle at her.
