and trees in a blur. If a police officer had caught our speed, he wouldn't have stood a chance at catching us. In fact, a part of me worried that Dex might crash at any moment. The braver half of me didn't care and just wanted to go faster and faster.
A sideways glance at Dex showed he too enjoyed the speed. His lips were curled up in a carefree smile his face relaxed and his fingers tight on the steering wheel.
We beat the bus by a landslide, pulling into the driveway of the academy. I hardly wanted to get out of the car as Dex brought the car to a stop. Except staying there in the car with Dex was torture. All I could think about was the vision I'd just had and what I'd seen this morning. The combination of a naked Dex and the feel of his hot body pressing down onto mine was almost too much for me to bare.
Unable to handle it anymore, I opened the door and stepped out. The academy stood quiet before us as we walked up the stairs of the front. I touched the back of my hair and grimaced when it came back sticky and brown. I gave Dex an apologetic smile. "Sorry about your car."
Dex skimmed over my ruined attire. "Don't worry about it. It's just a car. You should probably go get cleaned up." Neither one of us needed to add "before the bus gets back." I didn't want to face down any of them right now and the ice cream was starting to itch.
I started toward my room but Dex called my name.
"When you're done. We need to talk." His gaze was sad as if he didn't really want to talk to me but had to.
I inclined my head, swallowing hard. "Okay. I'll be quick."
I wasn't sure what Dex wanted to talk about, but it couldn't be anything good. Was it about this morning? Nothing happened. Hell, we hadn't even kissed. Not in real life anyway. We'd done a whole hell of a lot more than kiss in my visions.
Still I hurried to my room and gathered a new set of clothes along with my toiletries. I washed myself faster than I had in my life even with washing my hair three times. When I was done, I quickly dried off and got dressed.
Dex was waiting for me in the hallway when I exited the bathroom. I was still drying my hair with a towel but didn't miss the way his eyes skimmed over my newly changed clothes. By the heat in his gaze, I knew he was thinking about this morning. Unfortunately, as quickly as the look came it was gone.
"Give me a second." I ducked into my room and put my things away, tossing my ruined clothes into the hamper. Hopefully they were salvageable. I really liked those jeans.
Cleaned and ready, I left my room and over to Dex. Not sure what the tone of this conversation would be, I cautiously stepped up to him. "What did you want to talk about?"
Dex began to speak but stopped and glanced down the hallway where the gathering sound of students returning filled the hallway. "Not here." He pivoted on his heel expecting me to just follow after him.
Normally, I'd have been annoyed but I wanted to know what he had to say and that required me to follow him. Regardless if I liked it or not.
Dex led me down the hallway and down past the gymnasium and to a set of double doors. I knew the doors led to the library, but I had yet to need to use it just yet. Reading wasn't particularly high on the priority list right now.
Pushing the doors open, Dex gestured for me to go inside.
Becoming even more curious to know what this was all about I only briefly oh'd and awe'd over the massive library. Any school who values education over having a new snack machine was okay in my books.
Walking over to a table, Dex placed his hand on the stack of books sitting on top. "I'm sure you heard me yesterday in Azazel's office."
I shrugged sheepishly. "Just yelling. Nothing really distinctive."
Dex ducked his head and raked a hand through his hair. "Well, that's lucky. I wasn't exactly being respectful."
I shrugged and wandered over to the table. "I'm sure whatever you were yelling at Azazel about was well deserved. I've yelled a time or two at her myself."
Chuckled, Dex tapped