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I’m not a clumsy guy, but this girl’s got me trippin’ over myself in every which way and she doesn’t even know it.
That smile she gave me; I’ve never seen it before. It was real.
“Looking at you gets under my skin.” He drops down an inch. “Thinking about you fucks with my head.” Another inch. “Hearing that raspy, sexy ass voice of yours gets me riled up,” he rumbles quietly, his body now brushing mine. “And touching you? Touching you sets me on fire,” he whispers.
“Because, for some reason, the thought of saying goodbye to you does something to me. I don’t like it. It makes me feel like I’m losing something.”
“How, as strange as it may seem, I want to see you smile this way every day, for me... at me.”
It’s my turn to search his face and, as I do, it’s the first time I don’t see the overzealous playboy, but a guy searching for something more in a girl who has nothing to give.
And for the first time in what seems like forever, I feel a ping of sadness, right in the center of my chest. Because right now, I wish I could g...
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Glancing at the dark-haired beauty in my passenger seat with her eyes closed, a small smile playing on her swollen lips, I know…something happened last night or today. Shit, maybe even a month ago, when she first invited me over for a movie. I guess it doesn’t really matter when it happened. All I know is, this girl next to me... I want to keep her here. Now to convince her that’s where she wants to be.
Nate woke me up from the empty life I’d forced myself into, filled the hollow parts I created with wonder and anticipation. He did that. He’s been showing me that life is more than movements and motions, more than processes and requirements. He’s waking me up and he doesn’t even know it. Or maybe he does, I don’t know.
“Because my heart beats in your chest, and yours in mine. We’re blended in each other in deeper ways than even we understand.”
This line from Nate will forever live with me! 🥹♥️
“I’m going to be busy, Kalani. Real busy, but so are you. There will be times when we don’t see each other as much as we want but hear me when I say I will be here, with you, every chance I have. And when I’m not, when I can’t be…you have our swing.”
