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Addilyn
“So, talking about needing to get laid and V-cards, tonight would be a good time for it,” Jenny said, breathless with excitement.
“I’m only interested in getting my first kiss,” I reminded her.
We’d made popcorn and locked ourselves in her room, turned up her TV, and readied to go to Devon’s.
“Will Gideon be there? I’d love nothing more than to hand it over to him.”
I fought off a scowl while applying another layer of mascara. “You can have him. All he ever does is stare at me, and I’m sick of it.”
Jenny let out an exaggerated sigh through her nose while rubbing her gloss-slackened lips together to coat them better. “Sounds like heaven to me.”
I snorted, angling my head to check my sparkly eyeshadow’s blend from peach to the perfect shade of browns. “Hardly. Every time I turn around, he’s there. Lurking. Up my damn ass.”
“I wouldn’t mind him up my ass.”
“Gross.” I forced a laugh like I’d have done before getting jealous over the idea of my best friend and stepbrother. I elbowed her, smearing the second coat of lipgloss she applied across her cheek.
“Bitch!” She laughed, grabbing a tissue to clean up the mess I’d caused. “I heard anal is hot as fuck. Hurts, but in a good way.”
I rolled my eyes even though warmth burst through me at the thought of being held down and taken how I’d secretly fantasized about—more than once.
“Come on.” Jenny tossed the dirtied tissue into the trashcan. “I think that’s Devon’s brother’s car lights out there a little ways down the road. Let’s live it up—celebrate your sweet sixteen and the warmer weather. You can finally have your first kiss, and maybe I’ll get lucky and your brother will show up and give me what I want.”
The image of them together flashed through my mind—and my gut twisted up tight. I eyed my best friend as she reapplied her lipgloss. I did not want Gideon touching her. Kissing her. Whispering naughty stuff to her like he did to me.
But why not? If he went for Jenny, he’d leave me alone. Was I…
I’m not jealous.
Flouncing my hair, I focused on the other thing she’d said. Warmer weather meant the school year’s end drew closer, and a whole summer lay ahead of us. May also meant Gideon’s eighteenth birthday and him moving back to California once he graduated.
But that truth didn’t help ease my slight frown. It left me chilled as I slid beside Jenny onto the backseat of Devon’s brother’s car.
I’d hated my shadow the previous couple of months, but the thought of losing him didn’t sit right either. Somehow, I’d gone from despising him to…relying on him. Trusting. And secretly wanting even though I couldn’t have him.
Sixteen, and I ended up with my first red, plastic cup of beer in hand, a buzz making me think I could dance. Jenny and I ground against one another, laughing and shouting to hear each other over the thumping music.
Devon’s father and mother had gone away for the weekend for their anniversary, leaving Devon’s brother as man of the house, but he took off after dropping me and Jenny at their front door. That left Devon in charge of their basement’s bar and liquor bottles lining the back wall. Add in a stereo and a few dozen bored teens, and the house rocked from second floor to basement where Jenny and I danced.
Buzzed bodies. Spilled beer. Laughter and face sucking. Probably fucking in the bedrooms upstairs.
While I wasn’t in a rush to give up my virginity like Jenny, I enjoyed the hell out of losing my stalker for the night. The lack of the lurker meant Devon, the kid who’d been madly in love with me since the second grade, got a chance to approach me without being told to fuck off by my so-called brother.
Thoughts of Gideon heated me up rather than Devon weaseling his leg between my thighs while we danced. But my eyesight wavered with my first buzz ever, and all was right in the world. Sweat dampened my back and forehead. Still, I danced on, loving the feel of hands on my waist, the hard chest against mine.
Devon wasn’t tall like Gideon. Didn’t tower over me or melt my panties, but I tasted freedom for the first time in months, and the giddiness of it—along with my buzz—made me want to throw all caution to the wind.
“Want to go outside and cool off?” Devon half-shouted in my ear, his hot breath sending a shiver down my neck. “Bonfire is pretty much toast, but we can still hang out if you want.”
“Yeah!” I hollered back.
Jenny elbowed me as we started away and shot two thumbs up. Giggling, I held tight to Devon’s hand, nearly tripping in my haste to keep up with his hurried steps.
“Where we going?” I asked with a laugh as he shoved open the slider leading into their back yard and pulled me after him.
