The Impact of You

Chapter 15

Jase

When I return from the shower, Avery is curled up on my bed with my journal from our human sexuality class. What the…

“Avery?”

She sets the notebook down beside her. “I have soft skin? That’s it. That’s all you wrote?” She shakes her head in mock disgust, not at all self-conscious that I just busted her for snooping.

I cross the room and grab the journal. “Now you have to let me read yours.”

She smiles. “No way. Not when all you wrote was that cheesy line. You haven’t earned it.”

I sit down next to her. “Then let me earn it.”

She brings her palm to my cheek and meets my eyes. The banter between us dies away, and I’m left with a longing to my very core. Her eyes linger on my mouth. I’ve never wanted to kiss someone so bad in my entire life. My heart is pounding painfully in my chest while I wait to see what she’ll do next.

She reluctantly drops her hand and moves away from me on the bed. “Things went pretty well with Mitch last night.”

“Oh, right. Mitch.” That’s just fucking great. “My challenge was to talk to him. Not to go home with him.”

She swats my arm. “All we did was talk. He drove me home and was a perfect gentleman.”

“Good.” Thank fucking God. “Are you seeing him again?”

She lifts one shoulder. “Not sure. We’ll see if he calls.”

“He got the digits?”

She nods, smiling coyly.

punch something, but it does. I mean, Christ, she walked in to find Stacia in my bedroom this morning and she’s being so fucking cool about it. I

a reaction. I can’t be held responsible for my actions when her mouth is so lush and pink. It’s practically taunting me. I stand and place my hands on my hips, needing to infuse some humor into the situation. Otherwise, I’m going to kiss her again, and that clearly isn’t what she

at the challenges I’m dishing up, it looks like we’re ready for

Avery lunges for her phone. “Oh, hang on one sec, it

Shit fuck.

* * *

Mitch’s arms last night. But of course that

nightly chat, I dial my

the

at the nickname. “Hey,

Calling to check on

No use beating around the bush with her.

dad’s going to China on business later this week. He’ll be gone for two weeks, so if you wanna come see

bad idea for me and my dad to be in the same

joined a new book club at

I

“Love you more, Jasey.”

relief to hear her doing so well. I still beat myself up that I didn’t see the warning signs before. Not answering her phone and forgetting to call me back for weeks on end, the robotic tone in her voice when we did talk. I should have known something was off. Hell, my dad really should’ve known something wasn’t right. But he ignored her like usual, until

I’ll see you next weekend.”

“Bye honey.”

off the lamp and get comfortable under the sheets before calling Avery. Hearing her sleepy voice right before she falls

she whispers

there’s nothing uncomfortable about

me out for hot chocolate and then we just walked around campus for a

“Cool. That sounds nice.”

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