“Damn, well you might be the only chick on the planet.” His face was so close to mine. “Your accent does things to me. I could listen to you talk all night.”

  I sighed and responded, “That’s flatterin’. If you haven’t noticed, I’m not like other women.”

  “No, you’re not. That’s why I’d like to see you again, and I don’t mean in class. Let me take you to a movie. It’s my treat. Just come out and do something normal with me. We don’t even have to touch.”

  I don’t know why I couldn’t resist this man standing in front of me. My mind was saying no, but my body was eagerly begging to see where it would take me. “I don’t know.”

  “What’s your number?”

  “If I give you my number will you let me think about the movie?”

  “Only if I get to kiss you one more time.”

  I snatched his phone and plugged my number in before I could change my mind. Without wasting a single moment, my body urged forward as my lips pressed gently over his. I kept my eyes open, watching as he closed his. Pulling away became hard when I felt his hands cupping my face. In a matter of seconds his tongue entered my mouth and my kiss goodbye turned into something altogether different.

  I pulled away only a few minutes in, catching my breath after someone yelled out of a car window for us to get a room. Embarrassed over my public display of affection, I took his hand, leading him inside with me.

  It was wrong to want Seth after one kiss, but following the stress I’d dealt with at the ranch it was the distraction I needed. He didn’t boast as we walked through the living room, saying nothing to my roommates who were watching television. My bedroom door closed and we were right back to where we were the night before.

  Seth lifted my shirt over my head, highly intent on what was to come next. This time I refused to hold off the inevitable. Reaching for his pants, I opened the fly and shoved them down, including his boxer shorts. A stiff erection pressed over my stomach the next time our lips met. Seth pulled away only in as much time it took to lift the shirt over his head. Our teeth clanked as we kissed while marching backwards to my bed.

  I kicked my pants off my feet and backed up on the mattress. Seth stood for a moment taking in my naked body. I licked over my bottom lip, dragging my teeth as I did it. His abs were pronounced, and I got chills imagining the way it had felt to run my hands over them the night before.

  “I bet this wasn’t how you saw things going,” he teased. Seth’s body came down overtop of mine. He rolled us over, as his hand gripped the cheeks of my ass. With his guidance I began moving my horny body over his. Low groans vibrated over his lips when we kissed again.

  “Don’t talk.” I didn’t want a reason to change my mind. This was necessary for me. I craved release and he was going to give it to me. I figured this was a win-win scenario for Seth. He wanted sex, and I was giving it to him. Plus, he didn’t have to take me out to get some. In a matter of minutes we were naked in my bed.

  Once he’d located a condom and put it on, we were back on the mattress tangled together. Seth reached his hand between my legs feeling how turned on I already was. In my eyes it was embarrassing. All he’d done was kiss me, and I was eager to spread open.

  Seth had other ideas.

  He tugged on my arms, forcing me to sit up. Our gaze met and I was resolved to go along with whatever he had in mind. As he stood, I knew right away what it implied, although I wasn’t sure if I wanted to proceed. Oral sex was very personal to me, and with my not having any experience I feared that I was probably horrible at it. In all honesty it was breaking my focus, causing me to rethink having intercourse with him.

  I had a better idea to break his attention, and get him to participate in something else. With no warning I flipped my body around, getting on all fours. My ass stuck high in the air, right in front of his face. His hands spread over the skin on my ass, gently caressing each side. I shimmied as he did it, teasing him with the view. Another groan sounded from behind me. At first I felt his erection pressing at the base of my asshole. I shifted so he knew I wasn’t down for that. “Let me,” he begged.

  “No. Shut up and fuck me.” Since I never talked that way it made me feel uneasy, as if I’d be punished.

  “Say it again,” he requested as he urged himself inside of me. I gasped feeling his length filling me. Immediate satisfaction overwhelmed my senses. My movements back and forth made slapping sounds when our bodies hit. Butterflies ran through my body, tingling every limb. I became lost in the act of being satisfied. Nothing could break my concentration.

  My knees started to burn while continuing to grind forward and back. Fingernails dug into my hips, put there for control, only leaving to slap me hard on the cheek of my ass. The pain burned, also giving me goose bumps. “Harder,” I called out for him to repeat.

  He slapped me again, this time so close to where he was inside of me. I could feel the quivering of my muscles each time his palm made contact with my smooth skin. Clenching the covers didn’t help hold me in one place. We were banging so hard against each other that we’d moved clear across the mattress. I had sweat running between my breasts and they were making sounds as they bounced. This was the definition of fucking. It was pure consummation.

  I felt Seth tightening up, his sweaty chest pressing against the skin on my back, though a release didn’t come. Instead I was flipped over and picked up, and I wrapped my legs around his back as he carried us over to the desk. I could feel papers beneath my ass as he lowered me down. His hot breath edged closer. Soft lips crushed over mine, sucking and licking with no pattern. He was lost in the essence of unadulterated bliss, not caring about being fantastic, but racing for ecstasy. His palms coursed over my hardened nipples causing my body to go into turmoil.

  I watched as he got off on me losing control. Only moments later he stilled my body and let his head fall over my shoulder. We both stayed there for a moment to catch our breath. “Well then,” he said as he backed away from me, breaking our connection.

  I closed my legs and covered my chest with my arms. “Yeah, sorry.”

  “Don’t be. It was unexpected, but nothing to apologize for.” I watched him remove the rubber and toss it into my garbage can. He looked so handsome as he located his clothing and began redressing. I followed his lead, wanting to cover at least my most private parts. “So about that movie.”

  I lifted my shirt over my head as I answered. “You still want to take me out? I figured you got what you wanted already.”

  “I like you, Chris. You’re different.”

  “Thanks, I think.”

  He stepped toward me breaking the distance between us. I watched his hand reach up and touch my cheek, before he tucked my hair back behind my ear. “Let me take you out. The last show is in about an hour. I’ll have you home before midnight.”

  Since I’d just put out it wasn’t like I had a good reason to steer clear of Seth. In fact, I knew if I did it would make me look like a slut. Since I was far from being promiscuous I decided that it was better if I went along with it. The brutal truth was that besides Ethan, Seth was the closest I had to a new friend. I mean, Becca and Amber seemed nice. I wanted them to accept me. Thinking I’d screwed up with Amber, I decided to give Seth a chance. At the end of the day it was obvious that we were attracted to one another. It wasn’t exactly how I would have liked to start a relationship, though all of it was uncharted waters as far as my experience went.

  “Fine. Let’s catch a movie.”

  Seth waited for me to clean up a bit before we exited my room. He took my hand as we walked through the living room and even said hi to my roommates. Despite feeling uncomfortable something about being in the presence of this popular man made me giddy.

  I’d thought I’d had a one-night stand. It was my impression that we’d never be friends. Seth seemed genuinely interested in me, and I had no clue what to do about it.

  Chapter 8

  Christian

  The movie theater was dark and for the most part empty. Except for a few couples scattered throughout it was vacant. Seth held my hand as we watched in silence. Halfway into the show we began making out. I couldn’t get enough of his kisses, and for some reason it didn’t matter if we were in public. I actually liked knowing that I was his date.

  You can imagine the shock I felt when his hand traveled down underneath my panties. His warm palm cupped my pussy, his finger circling over my clit. I looked around the dark room to see if anyone was watching us. Once a little more pressure was applied I refused to worry.

  The draw of his finger entering me caused me to whimper. It was turning me on so much that I began lifting my butt off the seat to match the way his hand was working. I knew that if someone were behind me they’d know exactly why my head was bouncing. To imagine it being someone we knew was terrifying yet thrilling. We started kissing again as he continued to plunge his finger inside of me while flicking my clit with his thumb nail. I couldn’t contain how amazing it felt, soon falling prey to an earth shattering orgasm.

  Slowly he revoked his finger, shocking me when it was brought up to my lips and drug over them. I pulled my head away until he came forward and kissed my lips, sucking in the flavor himself.

  It turned me on more. Our tongues meshed together and I immediately went searching for the fly on his pants. His stiff cock, so apparent, was there waiting once I made it inside. He stopped kissing me and whispered against my lips. “Please kiss it. Suck my dick, Chris.”

  For the second time he’d asked me to do something I wasn’t comfortable with. The strange thing was that this time my mouth began to water. I wanted to return the favor he’d just given to me, and I was prepared to go against my better judgment to make it happen.

  Crawling down on the concrete floor wasn’t the hard part. It was trying not to think about being caught giving oral sex in a movie theater. If my parents ever discovered what I was doing they’d disown me.

  Even with that terrible fate looming in my mind, I cupped my palm around his shaft and leaned forward, taking the tip in between my lips. His warm skin felt so soft. The taste of rubber from our sexual relations earlier still lingered. Unsure of what I was about to take part in, I loved the idea of impressing Seth. He clenched a clump of my hair as my mouth consumed his hard cock. I sucked hard while using my free hand to massage the remainder of his shaft. I could hear the little sounds escaping him. They made me work harder to please him. My cheeks began to ache just as I felt a hot gush filling them. The salty flavor caused me to gag, spewing the wad onto the floor. Seth leaned forward offering me the edge of his t-shirt to wipe my face off with. “Damn, girl. Where’d you learn how to give head like that?”

  I shrugged and sat back down next to him. I couldn’t tell him that I’d ever done that in my life. Ethan never asked me to do it, probably because he thought I’d never want to sleep with him again. Like I mentioned before, it was something I’d always considered intimate. My recent actions were ruining my good standards, leaving me to make bad judgment calls that literally left a bad taste in my mouth.

  “I’m just going to use the ladies room.” I stood up and left the room, hoping to be able to rinse my mouth out as best I could.

  The well-lit bathroom was a change from the dark theater. I headed over to the sink and started washing my hands so I could use them to rinse out my mouth. I’d no sooner began to swish the water around when someone came walking in. As quickly as possible I spit the water out and used a paper towel to wipe off the excess. The reflection in the mirror displayed a beautiful blonde. Her bright blue eyes caught my attention. I smiled at her, expecting the same action in return. I certainly didn’t think she’d come at me, or start shoving me into the porcelain vanity. “You bitch! Who do you think you are?”

  “What are you talkin’ about?” I may have been quiet, studious, and a bit peculiar at times, but nobody pushed me around. My brother taught me to defend myself if I needed to. “I don’t even know you,” I said as I shoved her back.

  She had tears falling from her eyes. “I saw you with him. You came here with Seth.”

  My eyes widened. “We’re friends.” Were we? I didn’t even know if it was the truth. Did that make me an awful person?

  “Well I’m his girlfriend.”

  I put my hands up. “Whoa. Are you Mila?” My body began to shake. I wasn’t afraid of fighting this girl. She was smaller than me, and it was clear that her emotions were all over the place.

  “You know my name? Did he tell you about me?” She had hope in her eyes. Unfortunately, I didn’t have good news for her.

  “No. I heard that the two of you used to date. Listen, I was under the impression that Seth was single. I never would have agreed to see him otherwise.”

  “I don’t know why he’d lie. He keeps doing this to me,” she sobbed.

  I reached over and placed my hand on her shoulder. It was obvious that she could have attacked me at the moment, but I got this feeling she needed support. “I’m so sorry.”

  “I’m in love with him. He loves me too. I know you don’t see it, but he does. When we’re alone he’s different. We’re going to get married. He promises me all the time.”

  “I don’t understand.”

  She wiped her eyes and continued. “Seth likes to be popular. He considers himself some kind of leader. I’ll never get why he does this shit. He says it’s important to keep up the charade. That’s all you are. You’re just a game to him. Frankly it’s pathetic that you gave in so easy.”

  “It’s not like that.” I tried to justify my actions had more meaning, but I was coming up with nothing.

  “You’re just another conquest. Don’t think you’re special.” I hated her sarcasm, but understood why she was so determined to hurt me.

  “I’m just goin’ to go. Do me a favor and tell your boyfriend not to call me. I don’t have time to deal with this drama.”

  I stomped out of the bathroom to find Seth waiting for me. He had his arms crossed and they fell down to his sides when Mila followed me. It took one look in his eyes to see that he knew he was screwed. “Lose the number I gave you,” I said as I walked by.

  Thinking he’d rush to comfort her, I was surprised when he followed me outside. “Chris, wait. It’s not what you think. She’s psycho. What did she say to you?”

  I stopped walking and turned to face him. “For starters she said you were together. I’m basically a whore; one of your many, and that you play games like this all of the time.”

  He threw his hands up in the air. “What the fuck? Mila is crazy. Look, let me drive you home. I’ll explain everything.”

  I crossed my arms, and refused to look him in the eyes. “I’d rather walk.”

  “It’s getting late, and we’re miles from your place. Just let me drive you. I swear I won’t do anything.”

  Since I didn’t have many options, I pulled out my phone and dialed the one person I knew would come to my rescue. He picked up on the first ring.

  “Christian Mitchell. Long time no speak.”

  “Shut up, Ethan. I need a ride. Can you come pick me up from the movies?”

  I looked up as I awaited his reply, seeing Seth shaking his head. For some reason I felt bad for him.

  “I’ll be there in ten minutes. Are you alright?”

  “Yes, I’m fine. Just hurry up.” I wasn’t fine, but I knew Ethan’s temper well enough to not want him getting into it with Seth. I’d made enough things a mess.

  Once the phone was back in my purse I turned to look at Seth. He was leaning against his car watching me. “I’m not a bad guy, Chris. When I said I liked you I meant it. I asked you out because I wanted to see you again.” He pulled out a flask and started drinking the contents. He obviously had a drinking problem.

  “Oh, it wasn’t because I put out so easy?”

  “No. Of course not. I mean, I’m not going to lie. It was nice. We have good chemistry. You can’t deny that.”

  It was true, yet I couldn’t admit it at this point. “Please don’t do this.” I started to feel overwhelmed, used, and completely confused. It had been one day, though I felt like we did have something between us. The idea of giving up after I’d screwed him was an awful feeling. It was as if I’d slept with him for nothing. I wasn’t that girl.

  I couldn’t be that girl.

  Mila walked out of the building and I watched his posture straighten. He pointed toward her, yelling clear across the lot. “Thanks a lot! I hope you’re happy, you stupid hoe.”

  She kept walking to her car, as if she couldn’t hear him. He motioned in her direction. “See what I mean? She’s full of shit, Chris. I swear.”

  I placed my hands over my face as I thought about how to respond. I hadn’t asked for this crap to happen on top of all of the drama at my parent’s house. “Seth, I’ve had a bad day. I’m goin’ home.”

  “I’m sorry I ruined your day. Even though it ended terribly, I enjoyed the parts where we were together. For the record, I’m not losing your number.”

  “Seth, please stop. It was a mistake.”

  “Which part?”

  “All of it. I’m not some easy lay. It never should have happened. I had a lot to drink and you kept pushin’.”

  “Don’t give me that shit. I’d believe that if it weren’t for today. What’s your excuse?”

  “I’m havin’ family problems. You wouldn’t understand. My sister’s messed up on drugs. I guess I needed reprieve.”

  “So you used me? This is completely wrong on so many levels. I liked you, that’s why I hit on you. Yeah the sex was great, but I would have been okay waiting. You’re the one to make the choice. You can’t take it back. I just can’t believe you used me to clear your fucking head.”

  I was offended. “I did not!” He was right and I hated being aware of it.

  “Yeah, that’s not how I see it. Just because I was willing doesn’t make it right.”

  “Screw you. I’m not a slut.”