“Christ Lee your very jumpy today,” Derek remarked, glancing from me to Kyle, then back again. A broad grin of recognition spread across his face. “Why could that be?” Derek mused.
I blushed and went to sink to rinse my cup. “I’m just tired, I didn’t get much sleep,” I muttered, hoping he would drop it.
“I wonder why that could be. Hmm I wonder, Cam any ideas? Kyle?” Dammit, Derek knew and the jerk was going to out me.
Cam, not clicking with Derek’s suggestive innuendos said, “You’re probably not used to sleeping in strange beds Lee.”
With that I gasped, coffee spluttered from Kyle’s mouth and Derek burst out laughing.
“What?” Cam asked defensively. “She hasn’t been here long enough to break it in.”
There was another choking sound, and Cam’s eyes widened as she looked at Kyle and then at me.
“Oh damn I forgot my purse, Derek can you help me look for it?” She said, obviously lying. I glared at her. She had no idea that she was making this so much worse for me.
“Oh yes your purse. I think it’s under my bed. Let’s check,” Derek said, playing along as they hurried from the room.
“Lee?” Kyle whispered. I didn’t respond. “Lee talk to me.”
I froze at the sink. “There’s nothing to say Kyle. Your actions told me everything I needed to know last night.”
I heard a chair scraping against the tiles and shivered. Kyles's hand touched my shoulder and I wanted to lean into him. I brushed his hand away instead and moved away from him. I couldn’t look at his face, so I focused on the patterned tiles beneath my feet.
“Are you sore?” he asked, touching my chin with his fingers.
I didn’t know how to respond. I nodded slowly. I ached in ways I never knew I could.
His arm came around my waist, forcing me to turn and look at him. “I didn’t know. You should have told me it was your first time baby.”
I pulled away from him and turned back to look out the window. “I’ll be fine. You didn’t do anything I didn’t want you to.”
“Dammit Lee, look at me.”
I looked up at him. His eyes held the world of regret and I cringed. “Last night, it…”
I interjected before he could say those words again. “Let me guess it shouldn’t have happened and can’t happen again. Oh, and you’re sorry you led me on?” The dam broke and tears poured from my eyes.
“That is not what I was going to say Lee, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t sorry.”
I flinched. “Okay, you’re sorry, you don’t want me. You regret what happened. I get it Kyle, I do. So please, please just stop talking about it.”
He ran his hand through his hair and hissed. “I don’t know what to tell you other than I’m sorry.”
I cried harder and Kyle pulled me into his arms. “Don’t cry baby. It shreds me when you cry.”
I sobbed in his arms. “Then stop making me cry,” I whispered.
“So you gonna tell me what all that was about earlier in the kitchen?” Cam asked when we sat into her car after her shoot. I had deftly avoided the interrogation until now, hoping that she wouldn’t bring it up.
“What?” I decided to play dumb, I felt it would work best since I had no clue what was happening in my life.
“I’m blonde Lee,” Cam growled, pulling out into traffic. “But I’m far from stupid, I know something’s up with you. You’ve barely said two words all day.”
I groaned, tying my seatbelt as Cam pulled off into traffic.
“I know, I know, you’ll tell me when you’re ready,” she grumbled. “But I meant what I said when I told you to stay away from Kyle. He’s got too much baggage and broodiness for most girls, especially you.” Didn’t I know it…? “I see your poor attempt at covering his mark,” she chuckled, flicking my neck with her finger. “I can’t believe you let him brand you Lee.”
Kyle
“Dude, tell me you finally nailed the ice queen?” Derek’s smart-ass remark once the girls had left was the reason he was currently pinned against the wall.
“Say it again man, I dare you.”
He grinned widely. “I’ll take that as a big fat yes.” I gripped him tighter. “Kyle, seriously dude back up, I meant it as a joke. You know that.”
I pulled my arm away from his throat and shifted back from him, keeping eye contact. “Don’t talk about her like that again, ever.”
Derek straightened himself, clearly unsure of what to do. Awkward. “Cam is gonna flip man,” he said, as he walked over and poured two cups of coffee. “What the hell were you thinking?”