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Chapter Twenty-Four
Watson
Holt was quiet on the way back to his apartment, and even though I wanted to push him, I let it go. I left my bag in the bedroom before coming back into the kitchen to find him digging things out of the fridge. He didn’t hear me, so I took the opportunity to watch him, the way he chewed nervously on his bottom lip and kept tugging on the ends of his hair.
“Whatcha’ making?” I asked.
“Jesus Christ!” Holt exclaimed before dropping the items in his hand. “You can’t just sneak up on people like that.” His hazel eyes were huge as he stared at me.
I moved to scoop up the cheese and tomatoes. “Sorry.” I placed them on the counter. “Want to talk about it?”
“No,” he grumbled before going to back to the fridge.
I nodded. “Want me to suck you off?” I chuckled when Holt turned around to stare at me with no sign of a smile on his face. “I’m only teasing, H. Just trying to get you to loosen up a bit.” I moved closer. “You don’t have to cook. We can get takeout instead.”
“I want to cook. It helps me keep my mind off things.”
I realized as he placed the dough on the counter next to the other ingredients, he was making one of my favorite meals. “Pizza.” A feeling of warmth spread through me.
“Yeah.”
“You’re making pizza.”
Holt sighed. “Yeah, I’m making pizza. It’s not a big deal, Watson; so don’t go making it out to be. I make it all the time when we’re at the track, and what are you doing?” His eyes met mine when I spun him around to grip his chin.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered, dragging his body closer to mine. “I’m sorry your dad’s acting like an asshole, that our parents might end up separating because of me, that I got into a terrible accident that messed up my head, and that I’m having these weird feelings for you that I don’t understand. But don’t push me away, H. You’re all I have, and I...” I let my voice trail off.
Holt fingers clung to the back of my shirt. “None of this is your fault. The crash, my dad, your memories,” he assured me, and I felt him take a deep breath. “Your feelings.”
“Being with you feels so right,” I murmured. “I just... I don’t want it to be wrong, baby.”
Again, that intimate word, and even though it should scare me, it didn’t. I had a couple of girlfriends in high school but none that I could ever see a future with. But Holt? Yeah, he was someone I could actually see that with. When he didn’t say anything, I thought I might have scared him.
“H?” I worried my lip between my teeth as I risked looking down at him.
