take their relationship to that level?
Their make-out sessions had gotten steamier and more frustrating. Zach hadn’t pressured her to take it further, though. Was he just waiting for her to give him the green light? She could usually talk to him about almost anything. Should she talk to him about this?
An overloud, explosive sigh drew her attention back to her sisters. She glanced at Bri, who’d issued the disgusted sound. “What’s wrong?”
“There you go overanalyzing and overthinking. If it happens, it happens. There’s no reason to get into a tizzy.”
“Easy for you to say,” Sammie said before Savannah could answer. “You’re not dating anyone right now, so you don’t know how tempting it can be.”
“I may not be dating anyone, but I’ve been tempted. I just made up my mind that until I find a guy who really gets me, he’s not getting me.” Her eyes softened when they settled on Savannah. “Zach gets you, Savvy.”
The hard lump of emotion that had been lurking in her chest all day traveled upward and clogged her throat. Bri was right. She had always felt like the odd one out. Boring, staid, and much too traditional. But instead of that turning Zach off, he seemed to really like her that way. Zach did “get” her.
Unable to speak coherently, she nodded and took one last glance in the mirror. Wide green eyes looked back at her with hope and despair in their depths. And in that instant, she knew she wanted her last night with Zach to be one they’d both remember for the rest of their lives. Did she have the courage to set that into motion?
“You look really pretty tonight.”
A smile lit up her face. “Thanks. Sammie and Bri helped me pick out this dress.”
Standing in line at the Five Star Cinema in downtown Midnight wasn’t exactly the night Zach had planned. He stared unseeingly at the movie marquis as he argued with himself. Yeah, this was the right thing to do, but oh hell, he didn’t want to be here.
What he had planned was dinner at one of the nicer restaurants in town and then some alone time at Dogwood Lake, their favorite make-out spot. The instant Savannah had opened the door, those plans had changed. He should be used to her beauty by now, but tonight there was something more. Something almost luminous about her. Maybe it was because he wouldn’t see her for several months, maybe it was his own imagination torturing him because he couldn’t have what he wanted. Whatever the reason, he had known that making out with her tonight wasn’t a good idea.
With only one theater within fifty miles, the Five Star was usually a happening place. On a Friday night in late July, it was the busiest place in town. They were lucky to have gotten tickets. He knew most everyone in line and had seen several people stare and whisper. Knowing that his and Savannah’s relationship was the subject of gossip bothered him for only one reason. He didn’t want Savannah hurt.
When they had started dating, he had warned her that his reputation would hurt hers. She had been sweetly indignant, saying that if people disapproved, their ignorance and lack of breeding were showing.
While he appreciated the sentiment, he went out of his way to not draw attention to them. Still, he knew the gossips relished the idea of the poor, bad boy of Midnight dating one of the beautiful and wealthy Wilde sisters.
Trying to concentrate on anything other than how beautiful she looked, Zach turned his gaze back to the movie marquis. It didn’t matter; his mind’s eye had a great memory. Smooth delicate skin, the color of summer peaches, glowed as if she had an inner light. Her hair … Zach swallowed and shifted uncomfortably as his body reacted. The first time he saw her hair loose like that, he’d been awestruck. Falling in cascading waves almost to the middle of her back, the color a mixture of dark gold and light blond, her hair had inspired more hot dreams than he’d ever had in his life.
The dress she wore tonight might be modest by most girls’ standards—he’d seen a lot more revealing ones. But there was just something about Savannah. Everything she wore, even if it was just a pair of jeans, hugged the curves of her beautiful body. Sometimes Zach had the hardest time not just staring at her. What he liked most was she had no idea just how