closed my eyes.
Chapter 58
Major
I listened as Kayleigh’s breathing evened out and she fell asleep. Sex with her had been so different. I felt like a changed man. I wasn’t sure that sex would ever be the same for me. When the Wes incident first happened, and I talked to Karma on the phone, I’d told her that I thought I was falling for Kayleigh. It had been the only thing to shut her up. I wasn’t lying when I said it, but that didn’t compare at all to how I felt about her now.
I’d never been in love before and I was pretty sure what I was feeling for her was love, at least the very beginnings of it. She had changed me for the better without even trying. She’d forced me to see things differently and that had made me a better man. I wasn’t sure what to do with this feeling. I wanted to tell her, but didn’t want to scare her away. I wasn’t sure how she felt about me and I didn’t want to look like an idiot if she didn’t feel the same.
I decided to see if I could talk to Karma about it tomorrow. It was hard to get those two apart but I needed to know before I went all sappy romance movie on Kayleigh. I closed my eyes feeling a sense of peace.
When Kayleigh’s alarm went off the next morning, it scared the crap out of me. She got out of bed, but was back a few minutes later. I watched as she put on her swimsuit.
“I think I prefer when you take your clothes off,” I told her.
She giggled. “I think I might prefer the same thing. Do you have any regrets about last night?” she asked shyly.
“Only one, but that can be remedied. Come here.”
I’d realized last night that despite everything we’d done together I’d never kissed her. I was staring at her lips and wondered how it was possible that I hadn’t already felt her lips on mine. She came over to the bed and I pulled her down and rolled on top of her.”
“Major, I don’t have time for that right now,” she said smiling at me.
“My dirty girl and her dirty mind. As much as I’d love to get you naked and explore your body I know you have to get to practice. So let’s make that the plan for later. But right now we need to fix something. I think it’s time that I finally kiss that beautiful mouth of yours.”
I lowered my head to hers and kissed her. Her lips were soft and felt right against mine. The chaste kiss quickly turned heated when she opened her mouth a little and I felt her tongue on my lips. The kiss only stopped when we needed to breathe.
“Wow,” was all I could say at first. “That might be a first kiss for the record books.”
She giggled and had a huge smile on her face. “Can we put that on the list of things to do again later?”
“Damn straight.”
I didn’t want to let her up but I knew she didn’t want to be late for practice so I reluctantly got off the bed. I pulled her to her feet and couldn’t resist so I kissed her again. I walked her to the front door.
“See you later tonight,” I told her when she left.
“I’ll be there with bells on. Just name the time and place.”
With one last wave, she shut the door. I finally had a kiss from my mermaid, and I knew I was a changed man. I quickly got out my phone and texted Karma.
Me: I need to talk to you. It’s about Kayleigh and I need your help.
Karma: Is everything ok?
Me: Yes, it’s great. But I need to talk to you without her knowing. Can you meet me after practice?
Karma: For Kayleigh sure. Where?
Me: The coffee shop on the far side of campus. I don’t want Kayleigh to accidentally see us.
Karma: I’ll be there
I got dressed and went back to my dorm. I knew Bodie would still be sleeping. Most college students didn’t have to be up so early on a Saturday. I had about four hours until I met Karma. Exams were over so I didn’t have much in the way of studying to do. I decided to do what I usually did when I was bored, which was play video games. I set it up and got lost in the game until Bodie