Never Enough by Ashley Johnson Page B

me a hug.
    “You holding up kiddo?”
    I gave him the most assuring smile I could come up with and replied, “Never better.”
    “I’m glad. You don’t need to stick around you can get out of here. I’ll close and lock up. Have a good night.”
    “If you’re sure I’ll go. Thanks Uncle Gary.”
    “No problem kiddo.” He winked while waving me off then went to start closing.
    As soon as he walked off Trevor’s arm wrapped around my waist. “Hey you guys were amazing tonight babe.” I met his lips and he explored my mouth like earlier. Teasing just as bad. Dammit.
    He pulled away and grinned. “Thank you baby. You need to help close?”
    “No, he said have a good night. You ready to get out of here?”
    He intertwined our fingers and replied, “Whenever you are.” With that we headed to my car and drove home. My palms began sweating in the car, I was nervous. This next step meant everything and if I gave myself to him there was no going back. The past two months he’d been amazing. I loved him with all my heart and I wanted him to see that. Halley’s always told me that you don’t have to have sex to show love and I know that but I wanted him so bad.
    We made small talk in the car and when we got home he opened the door for me and we let ourselves inside. Halley and Marcus must have already retired to the room. That was nothing new and I was determined to scurry into the bedroom so I didn’t have the chance to possibly hear anything. I was already basically scarred for life from my other experience. I didn’t need to be scarred any further from hearing my best friend get her groove on. I grabbed his hand and let him to the room and shut the door.
     
    Chapter 8
     
    Trevor kissed my forehead and looked at me with concern in his eyes. I hated that look. He didn’t say anything though. Just smiled and asked if he could shower. I showed him where the towels and everything he would need were located and he kissed me one more time and disappeared into the bathroom. If Halley were awake she’d probably tell me to go join him. I laughed at all the ways that could go wrong. Either I would slip and fall or he would reject me. Oh god, I wasn’t ready for rejection. Maybe all this was a bad idea. Maybe it was too soon. He probably didn’t even want to have sex with me yet. I slipped out of my jeans and threw on some soft shorts. I threw my bra and shirt in the hamper and put on a tank top. This was close to my normal sleep wear, I wasn’t going to sleep all bundled up just because he was here. He was my boyfriend for crying out loud.
    I just finished putting my hair in a ponytail when he walked in wearing some dark gray boxers and a white shirt. He smelt amazing just out of the shower. I wanted to pinch myself like that one day but I looked crazy that day and it hurt so I decided to relive it would be unnecessary.
    He walked up to me and pulled me into him and kissed me long and hard. Finally. He finished the kiss he started in the bar. My heart was pounding in my chest. When he pulled back he smiled, “I love you. I’m glad you asked me to stay the night with you.”
    My mouth opened but no words came out. All we did was kiss and I was trying to catch my breath. After a few seconds I replied, “I love you too.”
    I sat down and he sat beside me. I wondered who was supposed to start what but then my brain reminded me that he had no idea I had been thinking about this all night. I leaned over and wrapped my arms around his neck and began kissing him again. He didn’t stop me. He kissed me back just as passionately as before and placed his arms around my waist. His hand went under my shirt and brushed against my bare skin. His touch felt electric. I wanted more. I fumbled with his shirt and tried to raise it up. This was not as easy as the movies made it look.
    He paused and looked at me. “Mace, are you sure?”
    I answered rather breathy, “Yes.”
    He took his shirt off and damn Halley if she wasn’t