his cheek and then his jaw. I started my path to his chin and back up to his lips. His breathing started to get a little erratic. I loved this feeling. The feeling of empowerment and knowing that I was the cause. The minute our lips touched, it was on. On, like Donkey Kong ' as Tori would say.
He put his arms around my back and pushed me towards him. The problem was, we were in a car. A car with no room. I was feeling brave, so I stopped him, told him to hold on and scooted over the console. I sat right in his lap sideways. I was in a skirt after all. His eyes looked as if they would bulge right out of his head. I loved it. I resumed kissing him, but instead of the pace we had left off at, I start back achingly slow. He pulled me close with his left hand around my waist, but placed his right palm on my face. It was like heaven. No other way to describe it. His tongue made its way into my mouth and I opened willingly, giving into the kiss, everything I had. Then he moved his lips and tongue down my mouth and to my jaw line. Teasing me, like I had done to him earlier. Except this time, it sure wasn’t funny. Lord have mercy we needed to stop, but my body didn’t want to.
As if sensing my thoughts Maverick stopped suddenly and sighed. “Charlie, we need to slow down. I’m not ready for this and I know you aren’t either and certainly not like this. Although I could kiss you every damn day of my life.”
How had I fallen head over heels for a guy this quickly? One who knew me better than I knew myself?
Chapter 38-Charlie
I wake up to the sound of a bell. Mentally shaking my head, the feeling of dread washes over my body. I know what’s next–class with Maverick. God help me. I feel like my heart is going to burst out of my chest. I walk out of the room and start walking to the dreadful “history” class. I immediately stop myself and give myself a pep talk. “You can do this. You can do this and you handle worse every day. Sure it will be uncomfortable but that’s to be expected. Apparently I say the last part out loud because Will and Tori instantly flank my side and I hear, “You talking to yourself again girlfriend?” My moral support has arrived. “If you must know, I was giving myself a pep talk. You weren’t supposed to hear it.”
Tori stops and throws her arms around my shoulder, “You're one of the strongest chicks I know, you just don’t know this yet. Do me a favor though…” Before I can even answer her she says, “Make him think you are fine without him . It will make him miss you more.” Will then chimes in not to be out done and hugs my other side. “Charlie my friend, he’s an idiot. He will eventually get over this it just may take a while. The sad thing is you may not be around when he finally does.”
I’m definitely not ready to move on, but he’s right. And then just like that we are here. I throw my shoulders back, head up and without saying anything, walk into class. This is certainly harder than I even thought it was going to be, because there he is sitting in his seat and who is sitting right beside him but the “bitches”, lovely. I walk into the room avoiding any and all eye contact with either of them. I walk past and am about to sit in my seat when I hear a snort of laughter between the two. Time to say something and start taking up for myself because I am over this shit. I've put up with enough. One step at a time and this will be my practice run. “I’m sorry Ashley do you need a tissue or some Affrin for that nose problem thing you have going on.” If looks could kill I would be dead but I sure slapped that smirk right off of her face. Inside I’m beaming like a fool. Not because I really said anything that smart or profound but because I actually stood up and said something. 'Ha, take that bitches', I scream in my head.
No sooner do I feel my sense of