ago,” I joked.
“I’m not leaving any time soon, so I’ll have to work on deepening my growls.” She finally had a chance to lick at the ice cream that was beginning to melt down her hands. Her whole body froze as her eyes widened in shock. “Holy crap! That tastes like everything good in this world.”
“I told you!”
“No, seriously. It’s better than sex.”
I narrowed my eyes. “You’ve been having sex with the wrong people.”
She giggled, and her cheeks turned slightly red. “Whatever. All I’m saying is you were right.”
I cocked an eyebrow. “Wait—I need to hear you say that again. It has a nice ring to it.”
“I’m never saying those words again, so keep them in your memories.”
I poked at her side. “Say it again.”
“No.” She giggled, swirling away from me. “Never.” I began tickling her side, and she squeaked. “Stop it!”
“Not until you say it again.”
“Neverrrr!” she dragged out as I began tickling her more and more until she surrendered. “Okay, okay, you were right!” she exclaimed, tossing her hands up in the air, and as her hand went up, so did her ice cream cone, which she released from her grip. As everyone knows, what went up had to come down.
Right on top of my head.
Kennedy stepped back, her face red from holding in her laughter as melted blue moon dripped down my skin, making the mess of all messes all over my head.
Her hands landed on her hips as her chuckles began to slip out. “If that’s not the best form of instant karma, I don’t know what is.” She wiped my cheek with her finger where the ice cream was melting then licked it off.
And if she hadn’t been so fucking adorable and sexy as she licked her finger, I might’ve had enough nerve to be upset, but I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t do anything but smile like a fool.
“You think you’re funny, huh?” I smirked, shaking my head and knocking the cone to the ground.
“I’m a regular comedian. It’s just funny, you know, because blue moon is currently covering Moon. It’s like you two were meant to be one. It was a part of your desti—Jax!” she screamed as I smeared my cone on top of her head. For a second, I had a moment of panic that she’d be pissed about my action, but once I saw her cheeks rise higher and heard her laughter burst into the sky, my heart beat faster and faster.
I start laughing with her, uncontrollably, to the point that my sides began to ache. What made it even funnier were the odd looks we received from everyone around us. Then, once we gathered ourselves, Kennedy looked up at me with a wide smile, placed her hands on her hips, and struck a pose.
“How do I look?”
“Sweet,” I replied. I stepped toward her and brushed my finger along her bottom lip, where ice cream was dripping. I did it without thought. My body simply moved toward hers as if there was a magnetic pull. I couldn’t step away. My eyes were fixated on her mouth as she slowly slid her tongue across her bottom lip, tasting the ice cream coating her skin.
I wanted to taste it, too. I wanted to revel in the sweetness on her lips.
Somehow I grew closer, and Kennedy’s messy hands lay against my chest, resting over my messy heart. Her eyes were on me, and I wondered if she could feel it—the crazy beating that resided inside me.
“Jax…”
“Yeah?”
“Are you thinking…?”
“Yeah. And you’re thinking…?”
“Uh-huh.”
Within seconds, her lips were on mine, and I kissed her hard, as if I’d been waiting all these years to rediscover her mouth on mine. She tugged on my shirt, pulling me in. Everything around us went silent as I began losing myself in her kiss, in her lips, her tongue, her heartbeats.
So sweet.
So fucking sweet. I felt as if I were flying even though my feet remained on solid ground.
It was a kiss made in heaven, and I was thankful for it regardless of my past sins. I needed Kennedy Lost to come back to me. I needed her to find me after all this time. Part of me felt foolish for feeling so much after living a life where I felt nothing at all. Perhaps this was all a dream, nothing more than me losing my mind and falling into a mirage of hopeful fantasy. But I didn’t care. I didn’t care if it was fake or if it was