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I laugh at the ending of the movie, I’ve watched a million times. Only then do I notice Summer is fast asleep.
“Fuck,” I whisper out. She must have been more exhausted than I thought. I’m not even sure what I should do here. Wake her up, let her sleep on the couch, bring her upstairs and sleep beside her.
I look at the clock and see it’s well past midnight, I hate to wake her up, but I know it’s the best thing to do. I may know her dad and know of her, but she doesn’t really know me.
“Summer, baby.” I say as I slowly wake her up. Hating that I have to do this.
“Yeah,” she grouses and turns into the couch. It causes me to chuckle.
I move her hair out of her face and try again.
“You want me to take you home or sleep here?” I ask her.
“Shhh, I’m comfortable,” she grouses. It gets me nowhere near the answer I’d like to hear out of her, but I take it as she’s staying here tonight, and if she’s staying here, she’s staying in my bed, where she belongs.
12
Summer
I wake up surrounded by pillows and blankets, that aren’t mine, but I would know this scent anywhere. I’m in Rome’s bed.
Settling back into the pillow I’m lying on and the one I have snuggled into my body I replay my everything that happened last night. It makes me feel like I’m a character in the romance novels that I’ve read. I should probably get up and go home, but his scent and the comfort of his bed is lulling me back to sleep.
My eyes pop open with what I just realized, “Holy shit, I cannot believe I spent the night with Rome. What was I thinking?” I sit up, and the blankets drop to my waist. I’m still in his clothes from last night.
“Rome doesn’t think anything except you were tired, and you sleep like the dead,” He says from the doorway.
“I’m never going to get away with talking to myself with you around,” I slam my hand across my mouth, realizing I said that out loud.
He laughs, and it’s then that I notice the only thing he’s wearing is a pair of board shorts and nothing freaking else.
My hair has to be a mess, I’m wearing his oversized clothes on my body, and he’s standing over there looking like a GQ model.
“I missed our date this morning,” I say to fill up the empty silence.
“You did, but there’s always tomorrow. Mason and Heath were over, I’m surprised you slept through those two knuckleheads making all kinds of noise,” his muscles are flexing as he walks towards the bed. All I can do is watch his every move, he’s more than I ever thought he’d be. The perfect build for his frame. His muscles are that of a surfer’s as if he’s done so his whole life.
The light smattering of hair he has on his chest down to his happy trail, it’s enough to make me drool.
“I really am sorry. I didn’t think I’d sleep this late. What time is it anyway?” I look at the plantation shutters and see they’re closed and only letting bits and pieces of the sun come through, no wonder I slept in.
“A little after ten o’clock. It’s not a big deal,” Rome is standing right in front of me. His fingers go to the ends of my hair as he plays with them.
“You can make it up to me, stay with me today and tonight?” he asks.
“Really? I’m kind of a lame date,” I say with a smile on my face, but I’m jumping up and down, doing the happy dance inside.
“Really, I’ll take you to your place so you can get a few things. Then we’ll come back here, hang out on the beach, swim, and maybe light the fire pit.”
“That sounds like the best way to bring in a new year,” I respond and go up on my knees so we’re at eye level. “Thank you for taking care of me last night.”
I bring my hands up to his neck and hug him.” He smells like the beach, and I soak in his scent.
13
Rome
When I woke up at six o’clock this morning, I was curled around Summer. Not really wanting to get out of bed, but I knew my brothers well enough to know if I didn’t answer the door, they’d bang on it or use the house key I never gave them.
That would open up a whole can of worms, sure I want Summer to meet them, but I’d like us to be solid before that happens.
Something tells me they’ll have none of that. They’ll even be here tonight drinking all my beer and trying to steal my girl.
After our hug, I left her to head into my closet to grab a tee shirt. When I come out, Summer is in the same place I left her, her gaze lingering on me.
