and how long your hair was. All the way to your butt.”
Her grin didn’t stop. “I didn’t think you remembered me from back then.”
“How could I forget?” he asked, moving with her as the music played. “I kind of had a crush on ya, but Karson was quick to shut that down.”
Her face reddened as she nodded. “Because I liked you too.”
He smiled, running his nose along hers. “Funny thing, this story of us.”
“And it isn’t even over,” she reminded him.
“Because it won’t ever end,” he promised, and she smiled against his lips before he kissed her long and hard. Every single ounce of his feelings were in that kiss. As much as he wished that they had hooked up back then, he knew it would have been pointless. He was a baby looking for a good time to forget his friend’s death. He had always been looking for something to make him forget. It was the story of his old life.
But now, his story was different.
When the music changed to “Marvin Gaye” by Charlie Puth, Kacey pulled back, her eyes widening as she cried, “Oh, no.”
“Oh, yes!” he said, pulling back and starting to dance, pelvis thrusting to the beat. Anytime this song came on and they were together, he’d serenade her and she hated it. He wasn’t sure why though. Every girl loved when a man sang to them, but Kacey did not. Maybe it was the way he humped her as he did it. Nonetheless, he yelled out, “This is my jam!”
“Please stop,” she begged as he pulled her to him, moving like they did in Dirty Dancing. “Please, tell me you didn’t plan this!”
He sang very loudly, ignoring her. “Of course not, it’s fate.”
“Jesus help me,” she said as he jerked her around playfully, rubbing himself all over her. “Oh my God! Jordie!” she screeched as he started singing at the top of his lungs. Everyone around them was laughing and cheering him on, while Kacey’s cheeks burned the same color of her dress. She was going to kill him, but he didn’t care. If he couldn’t drink to have fun, he’d find another way to do it.
And singing to her was the ticket.
“Come on, baby, dance with me. Sing the chick part,” he urged and she shook her head, her face twisting in horror.
“This is not High School Musical!” she complained as he slowly humped her leg, getting catcalls from the guys while she tried to shake him off.
“You’re right, because the things I’m gonna do to you as soon as we leave are definitely NC-17,” he said and her eyes widened, but her mouth curved before she started laughing.
Then finally, she stopped fighting it and moved with him to the music. As she smiled, her eyes twinkling while their bodies became one, he knew that their story was just beginning.
And he couldn’t wait to fill the pages with their adventures.
Especially the NC-17 parts.
“Babe, come on, this is it.”
Kacey looked around the living room. The high ceilings were appealing, and she did like the floor-to-ceiling windows, but it didn’t have a fenced-in backyard, and the driveway was on a slant because the house was on a hill. The winters in Tennessee were so unpredictable, so no telling if she’d be able to leave the house. Also, it just felt so large.
“I don’t know. It’s big,” she said to him, looking through the kitchen once more. It was huge like she wanted, almost like Karson’s, and an open floor plan like theirs, but it seemed so much bigger and not theirs. She always imagined when she walked into a house, it would be hers, and this did not seem like hers.
“It’s empty, Kace. Once we get some furniture in here, a dog or two, it’ll be perfect,” he said, coming to stand by her, looking out the windows she was staring out of.
“There is no fence,” she said, pointing outside.
“I’ll make sure they put one in. It’s a new build, so that won’t be a problem,” their Realtor Jamie said in her thick, happy, country accent. She was always so chipper and ready to sell. It should have made Kacey happy, but she was a bit annoyed. She wanted to do this with only Jordie so they could talk and discuss it without someone trying to sell to them.
“I don’t know. It just doesn’t seem like us,” she admitted, looking up at him.
“Really? I think it does. I like it,” he said simply as he looked