Page 69 of Unexpected You

I felt her lips against my hair. “Much better.”

* * *

We did try to watch the movie. We really did. But then one of us would kiss the other one and before we knew it, we were making out and having to stop so we didn’t get arrested or yelled at for doing anything to traumatize the people around us.

“You have to stop doing that,” Eloise said in a low voice that punched every single one of my buttons.

“Doing what?” I asked, nuzzling her nose with mine. My hand had been creeping her dress higher and higher on her leg under the blanket.

“You know what,” Eloise said, putting her hand on mine to make me stop. “We can’t. Not here.”

I blew out a frustrated breath. This idea had been good at first and now it was biting me in the ass. I wish she were biting my ass instead.

“I know,” I said, looking up at the sky. I’d absolutely lost the plot of the movie. This would have been a much better date idea if I wasn’t so goddamn horny for her, but that was a feeling that wasn’t going away and had only increased to unbearable levels.

She was so fucking sexy and I wanted her so much that I could feel it in my teeth. The ache that had taken up residence between my legs was so distracting that I didn’t know what to do about it.

“The movie is almost over,” she said. But then we had to drive back, and it was at least a half an hour. Would I last that long? Could you die from being too horny? Certainly felt like I could right now.

Eloise got out her phone and I wondered what she was doing.

She tapped a few times and then turned to me, grinning at me in the dark.

“I just booked us a room at a hotel nearby. Is that okay?”

“Oh my god, you are amazing.” I kissed her again, but yanked myself back from full-on making out with her.

“I know you didn’t plan for this to be an overnight,” she said, and I could tell she was nervous.

“I don’t care. I just want to be with you,” I said, taking her hand and kissing the back of it.

“As much as I love this movie, I’d rather be with you more,” she said in a low voice.

I closed my eyes and thanked whatever lucky stars or fates had led me to this moment.

“Let’s go.”

* * *

Eloise

The night had taken a completely unexpected turn, but it felt right. Walking into the hotel after we’d bailed on the movie with Cadence’s hand in mine was so right that I didn’t know what I’d been doing with my life until this point.

I checked us in, got two keys and the minute the doors in the elevator closed and we were alone, I pushed her up against the wall and started kissing her the way I’d wanted to during the movie.

It was only for a moment, because the doors opened on our floor and I’d rather be alone in our room with her than in an elevator. I pulled her by the hand down the hall as she followed me, a little dazed. I guess I was better at this than I’d thought.

Swiping the room key with a shaking hand, I shoved the door open and did a quick scan of the room before turning and locking the door.

“El,” Cadence said, putting a hand on my arm and squeezing it. “I know this is all happening really fast, but I just want to make sure that you know we don’t have to do anything.”

I nodded. “I know. And the same goes for you. This is a two-way street. I don’t have any expectations either.”

She nodded and walked over to the large bed, sitting down on the edge.

I put my bag down and joined her. By this point I knew her well enough to know when her thoughts were spinning, and she needed to let them settle before she spoke.

“I just need to get this out there,” she said, turning so she was facing me. “I want you. Like, really want you. But I’m willing to wait. Or not wait. Or whatever you need. I’m on board for this. For all of it. Today has been absolutely amazing and I want to keep it going. I want… God, I want everything. I want you to meet my friends and see my awful apartment and I want to tell my parents and my sister about you. Whatever this is, El, I’m in. I’m all in.”