purse.
“Ah yes how could we ever forget to take a SELFIE?” Ryder said with a laugh. With Ryder standing between us, he bent his knees so he was closer to the same height. First I used Star’s phone to take the picture, then his, then mine. “All I can see now is dots.” He blinked his eyes rapidly causing both Star and I to laugh at him.
John and Marie were laughing when we walked in the house, “Selfie times three huh? Thank you so much for taking her and bringing her home on time.” Her mom hugged each of us. We hugged Star then left.
“Well, I don’t know why neither of us thought about this before; they won’t let us back in to the dance since we left.” Ryder said when he was inside the car again.
“It’s okay you can take me home I’m sure they’ll let you back in. I think they’ll be understanding.”
He backed out of the driveway and drove the opposite direction of my house and the school. “You really don’t like being around me do you?”
I shifted in my seat, “I didn’t say that.” I gave him a small smile.
We rode in silence until we were a few miles outside of town. He pulled the Charger into a lookout cliff that overlooked the city. He shut the engine and headlights off. Still silence filled the cab. “You don’t have to say it Harley. I just want to know how the hell we’ve grown up around each other, I mean shit, we shared a fucking play pen as babies. Yet over the years you’ve pulled away from me. I’d like to know what I’ve ever done.” Before I could say anything he jerked opened his door and got out of the car. I watched him pace back and forth in front of the car, his hands clasped together on top of his head, then he rested them on his hips and stared at me. I gently opened the door and got out of the car then walked to him. He never took his steely blue eyes off of me.
“I don’t hate you, honestly I don’t. We just grew up and grew a part. We’ve always been friends, I just don’t run with the same group of people at school as you do.”
He shook his head, “Run with the same group of people? That’s bullshit and you know it. I’m friends with the same people as you.”
“Ryder what brought this on?” I asked with a sigh.
He took a step toward me and pinned me against the front of his car by placing his hands on each side of my hips. “You didn’t want to go with me tonight, you tried to avoid having one fucking dance with me. But do you know what I didn’t miss? I didn’t miss the way you melted into me, the way your breathing changed, the way you inhaled my scent and shivered. Do you want to know what else I didn’t miss?” he wouldn’t stop staring intently and intensely into my eyes. “I didn’t miss that jolt of fucking electricity when we touched. I sure as fuck know you didn’t miss it.” His lips were right next to my ear; his scent enveloped me, his hot breath against my skin made goose bumps prickle in waves over my entire body. “And I’m not missing the way we both feel right this fucking second.” He kissed the overheated skin on my neck.
Chapter 4
The very second my lips touched her skin and I felt the goose bumps against my lips I had to take a deep breath and slow down. She smelled like a mixture of fresh fruits, apples, peaches, and pomegranate. I moved one hand away from the hood of my car and with a feather light touch moved my fingers slowly up her arm, feeling the brail of goose bumps under my fingertips. Our breathing was shallow, but my heart was rapidly pounding inside my chest.
“Ryder…” she whispered as I continued to press kisses against her neck until I reached her pulse point. I could feel that her heart was beating just as fast and hard as mine was. I didn’t say anything when she rolled her head to the side giving me even better access to her skin. Her body was almost trembling as my hand ran across the
“Ah yes how could we ever forget to take a SELFIE?” Ryder said with a laugh. With Ryder standing between us, he bent his knees so he was closer to the same height. First I used Star’s phone to take the picture, then his, then mine. “All I can see now is dots.” He blinked his eyes rapidly causing both Star and I to laugh at him.
John and Marie were laughing when we walked in the house, “Selfie times three huh? Thank you so much for taking her and bringing her home on time.” Her mom hugged each of us. We hugged Star then left.
“Well, I don’t know why neither of us thought about this before; they won’t let us back in to the dance since we left.” Ryder said when he was inside the car again.
“It’s okay you can take me home I’m sure they’ll let you back in. I think they’ll be understanding.”
He backed out of the driveway and drove the opposite direction of my house and the school. “You really don’t like being around me do you?”
I shifted in my seat, “I didn’t say that.” I gave him a small smile.
We rode in silence until we were a few miles outside of town. He pulled the Charger into a lookout cliff that overlooked the city. He shut the engine and headlights off. Still silence filled the cab. “You don’t have to say it Harley. I just want to know how the hell we’ve grown up around each other, I mean shit, we shared a fucking play pen as babies. Yet over the years you’ve pulled away from me. I’d like to know what I’ve ever done.” Before I could say anything he jerked opened his door and got out of the car. I watched him pace back and forth in front of the car, his hands clasped together on top of his head, then he rested them on his hips and stared at me. I gently opened the door and got out of the car then walked to him. He never took his steely blue eyes off of me.
“I don’t hate you, honestly I don’t. We just grew up and grew a part. We’ve always been friends, I just don’t run with the same group of people at school as you do.”
He shook his head, “Run with the same group of people? That’s bullshit and you know it. I’m friends with the same people as you.”
“Ryder what brought this on?” I asked with a sigh.
He took a step toward me and pinned me against the front of his car by placing his hands on each side of my hips. “You didn’t want to go with me tonight, you tried to avoid having one fucking dance with me. But do you know what I didn’t miss? I didn’t miss the way you melted into me, the way your breathing changed, the way you inhaled my scent and shivered. Do you want to know what else I didn’t miss?” he wouldn’t stop staring intently and intensely into my eyes. “I didn’t miss that jolt of fucking electricity when we touched. I sure as fuck know you didn’t miss it.” His lips were right next to my ear; his scent enveloped me, his hot breath against my skin made goose bumps prickle in waves over my entire body. “And I’m not missing the way we both feel right this fucking second.” He kissed the overheated skin on my neck.
Chapter 4
The very second my lips touched her skin and I felt the goose bumps against my lips I had to take a deep breath and slow down. She smelled like a mixture of fresh fruits, apples, peaches, and pomegranate. I moved one hand away from the hood of my car and with a feather light touch moved my fingers slowly up her arm, feeling the brail of goose bumps under my fingertips. Our breathing was shallow, but my heart was rapidly pounding inside my chest.
“Ryder…” she whispered as I continued to press kisses against her neck until I reached her pulse point. I could feel that her heart was beating just as fast and hard as mine was. I didn’t say anything when she rolled her head to the side giving me even better access to her skin. Her body was almost trembling as my hand ran across the
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