On His Face - Tabatha Kiss Page 0,98

you out?!” Seth laughs from the boat. “Man, I missed a lot.”

Drew glares at him until Seth backs up and hides away in the helm again.

“I’m sorry,” I say, shivering in the wind. “Things just got so messed up.”

Drew nods. “I know,” he says. “I’m sorry, too. And I’m really sorry I missed your birthday.”

“All things considered... it wasn’t a bad birthday,” I say. “Jenna pulled through.”

“Good.”

I take a deep breath. “Now that Seth is on board,” I say with a glance at the boat. “Do you think we can just... go back and forget it happened?” I ask.

He smiles. “I’d like to.”

A raindrop falls on my cheek. “Because I really miss you, Drew.”

He reaches out and wipes the drop from my face with his thumb. “I miss you, too,” he whispers.

I gaze at him as even more rain starts to fall. It’s soft at first, then the sound intensifies as a thousand drops of water touch the lake at once. But we don’t move. Drew’s hand remains on my cheek, his thumb softly caressing my bottom lip. Blooms of warmth fire through me, overwhelming the chilly wind hitting the shore. He drifts closer, his deep eyes locked on my lips as his other hand rises to my hip. I tilt my head, my body aching to feel his kiss again as a tickle rises in my—

No.

Wait.

Not now!

I jerk away just in time to catch the sneeze in my elbow.

Drew leans back with amusement, but keeps his hand planted on my side. “Bless you,” he says.

“Sorry,” I say, composing myself. “It’s the rain.”

“You know, at some point, you’re just going to have to admit that you’re allergic to me,” he jokes.

I chuckle.

He jerks me in surprise. “You laughed,” he says.

I force my smile down. “No, I didn’t.”

Drew lifts me up and twirls me around in circles. “I finally got you to laugh about it!”

“No, you didn’t!”

He sets me down and cups my face. “It took two months, but I heard it!”

I laugh. “You’re such a dork.”

“I don’t care,” he says. “You’re still laughing.”

“If you don’t kiss me now, I’ll sneeze on you again,” I warn.

“And now you’re joking about it, too.” He grins. “You’re killing me, Heidi.”

Drew kisses me, our lips easily blending in the pouring rain. I cling to his wet clothes, primed and aching to feel his body against mine. My heart pounds over the sound of raindrops on water. He lifts me up off the dock again. I wrap my legs around his waist. We kiss until we can’t breathe anymore; until we’re soaked through and begging for more.

“So, I should probably leave, right?” Seth asks from the boat. “I feel like I should leave...”

Drew releases me and I let my legs fall to stand on my own. “Maybe,” he says. “Or, you know...”

Seth smirks with devious eyes. “Boat?”

Drew nods. “Boat.”

“Impromptu beach party?”

“Impromptu beach party.”

“Uh, guys...” I gesture around. “It’s raining.”

They pause.

“Impromptu beach house party?” Seth says.

“Impromptu beach house party!” Drew smiles at me. “You in?”

I laugh as I roll my eyes. “Sure,” I say. “I’ll call Jenna.”

Seth frowns. “Do you have to?”

“Yes. Call everyone.” Drew scoops me up again and I chuckle, my toes hovering over the dock. “My girl is getting the birthday party she deserves.”

He pulls me in for another kiss.

“Hey, hey, hey!” Seth says, annoyed. “I’m still here.”

I hold up my hand to block his view and Drew kisses me.

Chapter 52

Drew

It never stopped raining, but she never stopped smiling, either.

Even now, hours later, as the sun rises over Chicago, as my windshield wipers wave back and forth, Heidi Newbury’s smile remains. We’re all exhausted and hungover, dreading the very idea of our Monday morning classes starting in just a few hours, but whatever. It was all worth it to give her the party she should have gotten in the first place.

And what a party it was.

I turn onto Shanty Row, doing my best not to jerk the car around too much and wake Jenna sprawled all over the backseat. Heidi sits beside me in the passenger’s seat, her hand gently curled around mine in the space between us. She looks at me, her smile as bright as those golden eyes. I raise her hand to my lips to kiss her knuckles. Such a small act is all it takes for me to yearn for more of her.

I park the car in the driveway. Heidi and I open our doors and step outside into the rain still pouring down. Jenna reacts to the sound