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to get out of bed.  I decide who can visit me.”
    I laughed.
    “Are you laughing at me?”
    “No, I just think you’re cute.”
    “You mean I’m a dork.  My best friend teases me about it.” She took a sip of water.  “I can’t help it. I just feel like I was in a cage for most of my life.  My parents told me what to do, where to go, who to hang out with.”  She paused as if remembering.  “It’s nice to finally be able to figure it all out.”
    “Figure what out?”
    “Me, I guess.”
    I chuckled.
    “What?” she asked, her voice dripping in insecurity.
    “I never met anyone like you.” I regretted it the moment it came out of mouth.
    “You should come to Connecticut.  There are thousands of me.”
    “Seriously, you’re just so….”
    “Naïve?”
    “No.” I finished the rest of my drink. “Happy.” She looked away embarrassed.  “Trust me, that’s a good thing,” I said standing.
    “Where are you going?”
    “ We are going to dance.” I lead her off her bar stool and down to the dance floor.
    As we entered the lower level, the sweet, melodic sounds of the reggae music invaded our ears.  We watched as couples danced closely in the dark room, beads of sweat forming on their faces.  As soon as I found a spot, I pulled Kerry close to me and swayed with her to the music.  She laughed nervously at first and then melted into my movements allowing me to hold her close and lead her.
    “You’re good,” she whispered pressing her cheek to mine.
    “You too.” I turned her around and danced behind her. 
    “Whoa.” She turned back around. “I like looking at who I’m dancing with.”
    Surprised, I smiled.  The girls I knew preferred the opposite.
    She looked into my eyes, putting her arms around my neck and smiling.  I placed my hands on the small of her back and watched her as she moved.  My gaze traveling up her legs, her form-fitting sweater and finally, resting back on her eyes. 
    We stared at each other for a moment before she laughed and looked away.
    “I won,” I said.
    She stifled a smile and stared back at me, first into my eyes, and then at my lips.  I wanted to kiss her, but I didn’t know how she would react.  She pulled my head towards her gently and kissed my cheek.
    “What was that for?” 
    “I think you’re cute, too.” 
    I pulled her closer to me, and she leaned in tilting her chin towards me.  Taking it as a sign, I kissed her, lightly at first and then more deeply, raising my hand to her face and running my thumb along her chin. 
    “Mmm,” she hummed as I pulled away.  She looked up at me from beneath her long lashes, and I could feel myself getting turned on.
    “Was that a reaction to the kiss or the dancing?”
    “Both,” she said smiling.
    I chuckled.
    “The kiss,” she corrected herself. 
    “Then do I have to ask you for another one?”
    She shook her head and wrapped her arms around my waist.  I cupped her face and looked into her eyes.  She looked at me seriously and shook her head again.
    “You changed your mind?”
    “I’m- I’m not the kind of girl that kisses a lot of guys.”
    “I know,” I said smiling.  I had already assumed I wasn’t taking Kerry home, as much as I had started to want to.
    “No, seriously,” she said.  We stopped moving to the music for a moment.  “I know this is college, and I’m not looking to get married or anything.”
    “Okay…”
    “But, I don’t want to get hurt.”
    “Okay.”
    She smiled at me and began to rock to the music again.
    “You can kiss me now.”
    I smiled and pulled her close, kissing her with more intensity than I intended.
     
    CHAPTER FOUR
    Kerry Naomi Wallace had soft lips and skin that smelled like coconut.  She laughed so hard at her own jokes that she could never manage to tell them and slipped her arm through mine every time we crossed the street.
    At first, I was attracted to the way she fell for me.  How she melted into our kisses and was never the first