wrong.”
He was only five years older than me. That wasn’t so bad. He gave money to Habitat for Humanity and even did onsite labor? How bad could he be? He had a heart. He had let me live here when he had wanted nothing more than to send me packing.
“I think you underestimate yourself. What I see in you is special.”
Rush pressed his lips together tightly then shook his head. “You don’t see the real me. You don’t know what all I’ve done.”
“Maybe,” I replied, leaning forward. “But what little I have seen isn’t all bad. I am beginning to think there might just be another layer to you.”
Rush lifted his eyes to meet mine. I wanted to curl up in his lap and just stare at those eyes for hours. He opened his mouth to say something then closed it… but not before I saw the silver in his mouth.
I pulled my knees under me and moved closer to him. “What is in your mouth?” I asked, studying his lips and waiting on him to open up again.
Rush opened his mouth and slowly stuck out his tongue. It was pierced with a silver barbell.
“Does it hurt?” I asked, studying his tongue closely. I’d never seen anyone with a pierced tongue before.
He pulled his tongue back in his mouth and grinned. “No.”
I remembered the tattoos on his back from the night he’d been having sex with the girl. “What are the tattoos on your back?”
“An eagle on my lower back with his wings spread and the emblem for Slacker Demon. When I was seventeen my dad took me to a concert in L.A. and afterwards he took me to get my first tat. He wanted his band branded on my body. Every member of Slacker Demon has one in the exact same place. Right behind their left shoulder. Dad was high as a kite that night but it was still a really good memory. I didn’t get a chance to spend a lot of time with him growing up. But every time I saw him he either added another tat or piercing to my body.”
He had more piercings? I studied his face and then let my eyes fall to his chest. A low chuckle startled me and I realized I’d been caught looking.
“No piercings there, sweet Blaire. The others are in my ears. I put a halt to the piercings and tats when I turned nineteen.”
His dad was covered in tats and piercings just like the rest of Slacker Demon. Was it something that Rush hadn’t wanted to do? Had his dad forced him?
“What did I say to make you frown?” he asked, slipping a finger under my chin and tilting my head up so that I was looking at him.
I didn’t want to answer this truthfully. I was enjoying our time together. I knew if I delved too deep too soon he’d take off running. “When you kissed me last night I didn’t feel the silver barbell thingy.”
Rush’s eyelids lowered and he leaned forward. “Because I wasn’t wearing it.”
He was now.
“When you, uh, kiss someone with it in can they feel it?”
Rush sucked in a sharp breath and his mouth came even closer to mine. “Blaire, tell me to leave. Please.”
If he was about to kiss me then I wasn’t telling him anything of the like. I wanted him here. I also wanted to kiss him with that thing in his mouth.
“You would have felt it. Everywhere I want to kiss you, you would feel it. And you would enjoy it,” he whispered in my ear before pressing a kiss to my shoulder and taking a deep breath. Was he smelling me?
“Are you… are you
He was only five years older than me. That wasn’t so bad. He gave money to Habitat for Humanity and even did onsite labor? How bad could he be? He had a heart. He had let me live here when he had wanted nothing more than to send me packing.
“I think you underestimate yourself. What I see in you is special.”
Rush pressed his lips together tightly then shook his head. “You don’t see the real me. You don’t know what all I’ve done.”
“Maybe,” I replied, leaning forward. “But what little I have seen isn’t all bad. I am beginning to think there might just be another layer to you.”
Rush lifted his eyes to meet mine. I wanted to curl up in his lap and just stare at those eyes for hours. He opened his mouth to say something then closed it… but not before I saw the silver in his mouth.
I pulled my knees under me and moved closer to him. “What is in your mouth?” I asked, studying his lips and waiting on him to open up again.
Rush opened his mouth and slowly stuck out his tongue. It was pierced with a silver barbell.
“Does it hurt?” I asked, studying his tongue closely. I’d never seen anyone with a pierced tongue before.
He pulled his tongue back in his mouth and grinned. “No.”
I remembered the tattoos on his back from the night he’d been having sex with the girl. “What are the tattoos on your back?”
“An eagle on my lower back with his wings spread and the emblem for Slacker Demon. When I was seventeen my dad took me to a concert in L.A. and afterwards he took me to get my first tat. He wanted his band branded on my body. Every member of Slacker Demon has one in the exact same place. Right behind their left shoulder. Dad was high as a kite that night but it was still a really good memory. I didn’t get a chance to spend a lot of time with him growing up. But every time I saw him he either added another tat or piercing to my body.”
He had more piercings? I studied his face and then let my eyes fall to his chest. A low chuckle startled me and I realized I’d been caught looking.
“No piercings there, sweet Blaire. The others are in my ears. I put a halt to the piercings and tats when I turned nineteen.”
His dad was covered in tats and piercings just like the rest of Slacker Demon. Was it something that Rush hadn’t wanted to do? Had his dad forced him?
“What did I say to make you frown?” he asked, slipping a finger under my chin and tilting my head up so that I was looking at him.
I didn’t want to answer this truthfully. I was enjoying our time together. I knew if I delved too deep too soon he’d take off running. “When you kissed me last night I didn’t feel the silver barbell thingy.”
Rush’s eyelids lowered and he leaned forward. “Because I wasn’t wearing it.”
He was now.
“When you, uh, kiss someone with it in can they feel it?”
Rush sucked in a sharp breath and his mouth came even closer to mine. “Blaire, tell me to leave. Please.”
If he was about to kiss me then I wasn’t telling him anything of the like. I wanted him here. I also wanted to kiss him with that thing in his mouth.
“You would have felt it. Everywhere I want to kiss you, you would feel it. And you would enjoy it,” he whispered in my ear before pressing a kiss to my shoulder and taking a deep breath. Was he smelling me?
“Are you… are you
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