Save Me
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I’m not sure what made me do it. Maybe it was all the jacked-up emotions from our move, my parents’ ridiculous issues that threatened everything, or maybe it was just the pull of a pair of hot lips. Next thing I knew, before my brain could control the other parts of my body that wanted to rule, I dropped my ball and gripped her face in my hands.
My eyes searched hers for less than a second before my mouth descended. She could have stopped me. I made sure of it. But she didn’t.
“You taste like strawberries,” I told her after the first taste. So sweet. So undeniably feminine. This wasn’t like me. I’d never kissed a girl I didn’t know before. I hadn’t even told her my name.
She held herself stiff for a long moment but I didn’t care. I moved my mouth over hers until it wasn’t enough and I wanted more. Finally, her hands made their way to my waist and I nudged her lips open with mine. I had no idea what I was doing or what the consequences would be, but from the moment this girl walked onto the basketball court tonight, I’d wanted to kiss her. Taste her. Forget all my problems and lose myself in her.
She wasn’t an experienced kisser and the knowledge wasn’t disappointing. I coaxed her into participating, teasing her tongue with my own. Her hands closed around handfuls of my t-shirt. Kissing this long-legged girl had me forgetting all the promises I’d made to myself before moving here. I shifted my hands from where they’d buried themselves in her hair and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her deep into an embrace.
Piper shivered in my arms and I was ready to lose any amount of restraint I had left. My hands itched to reach for her bottom and lift her up. I was suddenly desperate to feel those legs wrapped around me. Releasing my arms, I slid my hands down her back-
“No-”
That one word was more effective than a cold shower. I dropped my hands from her completely and took a step back. My lips lingered as long as they could and then I wasn’t touching her anymore.
“Damn.”
Her lips were swollen and red. Inviting me still. Her mussed hair had gone from messy ‘I need a brush’ to sexy ‘Drew’s fingers were here’. I ran my hands over my face.
What the hell did I just do?
“Um-” she took a step back.
I didn’t know what to say. I wanted to apologize, but I wasn’t really sorry. That was one hell of a kiss. In fact, I wanted to kiss her again. The deer-in-the-headlights look on her face told me that wouldn’t be a good idea.
“I should go.” She took another step back and stumbled.
“You okay?” I reached out to steady her.
“No. Yes.” She shook her head. “Yes, I’m fine. You stay there.”
I grinned at the flustered expression on her face, hoping she’d been just as affected by our kiss as me. She took several more steps away from me.
“See you around, Piper,” I called once she’d disappeared into the relative darkness of the field by the court. Her pale face turned toward me over her shoulder for a second before she raced away.
At least, she didn’t flip me the bird.