Beautiful Sky (12 page)

I went back to my room and Katie was still out, so I took advantage of the quiet and studied at my desk for a couple of hours.  My stomach started to growl halfway through reading about Pavlov’s dog and I couldn’t focus anymore.  I walked down the hall to see who was around to go eat dinner and found Jenn who was just getting ready to find someone to go eat with.  We chatted about the weekend as we ate dinner and she told me she didn’t realize that she missed her parents as much as she did until she saw them.

“I know, it was the same for me.  Weird, right?”

“Yeah, totally.  So, did I see you and your parents talking to Jonathan and his parents?”

Jenn was a no nonsense kind of girl, and normally I liked that, but not when the conversation was about me.  I didn’t want her to blab all around so I downplayed the whole Jonathan thing.

“Oh, I guess so.  My parents chatted with a bunch of different people this weekend, so I guess you could have seen them talking to the Hunters.” 
Please don’t ask me anything else.

Thankfully my answer seemed to satisfy her so she changed the subject to Jonathan’s band.

“They’re playing this Friday in town and a bunch of us are going, do you want to come with?”

I tried to hide my excitement of seeing him on stage again, of course I wanted to go! 

“Yeah, they were so awesome!  I’ll let Katie, Brenda and Amanda know so that they can join us.”

“Um, I don’t think Brenda and Amanda will want to be in the same room together let alone go to a concert together.”  She raised her eyebrows as she looked down at her nails.

“Why not?”

“You didn’t hear about this?”

“No!  I’ve been buried in books at the library every day, what have I missed?”

She leaned in to whisper and I knew some juicy gossip was coming my way.  “Well, you know how Brenda and Jake coupled up, like the first week of school?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, I guess Jake and Amanda were leaving the library at the same time one night and one thing led to another.”

“What?!  He cheated on Brenda?”

“That’s what the rumor is, and Amanda is not hiding the fact that she is into Jake but Jake is totally blowing her off.”

“Does Brenda know?”

“Yeah, and Jake supposedly was on his knees crying and begging her to forgive him, and she did.”

“Stupid girl.”

“Yep, I agree.  Once a guy cheats on you, you can never trust him again.  So, like I said, I don’t think those two will be going anywhere together.”

“Yeah, you’re right.  Wow, I really have been living under a rock.  I need to get out more so I’ll definitely go to the concert this Friday.”

“Awesome, it’ll be so much fun!”

We went back to the dorm and I grabbed my books and headed off to the library for the afternoon.  I was able to get in a good, solid four hours of studying and then I went to grab a quick dinner.  At about 7:00 I went back to my room to get ready for my date with Jonathan.

Katie still wasn’t back in our room so I was able to get ready without being interrogated.  I was all ready at 7:58 and I checked my lipstick in the mirror, expecting to hear his knock at any minute.  I had known him to be nothing but punctual.  At 8:10 I started to wonder if I had somehow confused the night we were supposed to get together.  At 8:25 I started to get annoyed, and at 8:40 I was downright pissed. 

Is he blowing me off?

I could feel myself getting more pissed and I decided to go downstairs and confront him because I was not going to let him get away with treating me like this. 

His door was open and there were about six or seven guys in his room and I instantly felt shy because I had only expected to see him.  I didn’t want all of those guys to see me all pissed off at him so I had to keep my emotions in check.

I stood in the doorway and lightly tapped on the doorframe.  Jonathan looked my way and I could see a small grin begin to spread across his face. 

“Guys, we can talk about this more tomorrow, okay?”  He had a serious look on his face and that’s all it took for everyone to leave the room and close the door.  Jonathan had a sexiness and masculine authority that was way beyond his young years and I liked it.

“Did I get the day and the time wrong Jonathan?”  There was an obvious edge of irritation on my voice.

“No, I’m really sorry Sky, one of the guys is dealing with some really heavy stuff at home so we were all trying to help him.”

I instantly felt bad for being so upset.  If someone was dealing with heavy stuff at home, that was more important than our silly little date.

“Oh, I feel bad now that everyone left.  We can hang out another time, you really should go talk to this guy.”

“No, no, he’s alright now.  We gave him some great advice and he called home tonight and things are on the mend.  The guys that were here when you came in were just making sure there wasn’t more we could do for him, and there really isn’t except be an ear for him to listen when he needs someone to talk to.  Most of the guys are good guys so he has a solid bunch to choose from, including me, of course.”

“Oh, okay, well I’m glad things are better for him.  You said most of the guys are good guys…who’s the bad apple?”

“Ryan is a kiss ass and is really annoying.  He’s probably a nice kid but he thinks he’s cooler than he actually is.  He went on and on about how many girls on campus want him and he just comes off as a douche bag.”  He waved his hand in the air to dismiss the subject.  “Anyway, back to you.  I’m glad you came down.”

I felt totally shy when he said that, his eyes holding a hint of a smile.  After all that we had been through so far, I still felt shy around him.  Maybe if he wasn’t so gorgeous and so nice I would feel less shy, but the shyness was there and so were the butterflies.  So what do I do when I’m shy like that?  I try to change the subject.  As I looked around his room I noticed there was only one bed. 
Perfect, I’ll ask about that.
 

“Jonathan, you were able to get a single?  How in the world were you able to pull that off?”  Oh wait, he’s the R.A., of course he has his own room, he already told me that. 
Dumb question Skylar.

He had a tiny smirk playing at the corner of his mouth as his gaze held mine.  “Really Skylar?  Is that what you want to talk about?”

He crossed his arms, waiting for my response.  No, it’s not really what I wanted to talk about, I wanted to talk about how perfect he was and how perfect I thought we would be together.  I could have stood there all night just looking at him but I did kind of want to head over to the student union for a snack.

I glanced at him.  “No, that’s not what I want to talk about.” 

He took a step toward me and I could barely breathe.  He studied me and stood there, silent, and I began to shift back and forth, becoming extremely uncomfortable under his gaze.  Then after what felt like an eternity, he finally said something.  He narrowed his eyes a bit as he looked me, seemingly trying to figure me out.

“Let’s go grab a bite, what do you say?” 

He was so damned sexy and I didn’t realize I had been holding my breath until a loud hiss of air escaped my lungs and Jonathan turned up an eyebrow at me.

“Are you okay?”

Totally embarrassed I sheepishly nodded my head.

He leaned in and gave me a soft, lingering kiss and I wanted so much more.

“Good.  Ready to go?”  He took a couple of steps toward the door.

My head was saying yes and my mouth had a mind of it’s own, and I was completely mortified when the next words came tumbling out of my mouth.

“That was a really delicious kiss.”  As soon as the words came out, I could feel my cheeks burning with fire. 
Did I really just say that out loud?

I could see the look in his eyes shift and what I saw was pure desire. 

“Delicious kiss, huh?”  He was leaning against his desk now and his gaze was pure seduction as his eyes searched mine.

I felt butterflies flitting around in my belly as I returned his seductive gaze.  It was as if all of my morals had flown out the window the moment I met Jonathan Hunter.  I had only had one real boyfriend so I didn’t sleep around like so many girls in my high school did.  Never in my life had I ever wanted a guy so badly, so soon.  I thought I was really into Seth, but what I felt for him was nothing compared to what I was feeling for Jonathan.  I was so physically drawn to him that I would probably do whatever he asked me to do in the bedroom.  That’s how into him I was.  My body wanted him and my head was not trying to fight it.

“Earth to Sky.”

I snapped back to reality and I realized that I had been standing there with what must have been a really silly look on my face, and I could feel the warmth of my cheeks as they most likely burned crimson red.

“Oh, sorry.  What was I saying?”

Jonathan slowly walked over to me and stood less than a foot away and tipped my chin up with his finger so that our eyes locked. 
You are so beautiful.
  I felt like that teenager you see in the movies who is obsessed with a celebrity, except Jonathan wasn’t a celebrity, at least not yet.  My skin tingled under my chin where our flesh met and I wanted to feel his touch all over my body.

“You were saying that the kiss was delicious.”  His eyes roamed over my hair and my face and settled on my lips.  He leaned down and gently touched his lips to mine in a soft peck.  He pulled back and I could see something in his eyes and it wasn’t lust, there was a look of caring behind his intense gaze.   

“I just had to do that, you look so beautiful Sky.”

There were those pesky butterflies again, ravaging my belly.  Feeling shy and not knowing what to say was a bad combination for me because anything was likely to come flying out of my mouth.

I touched my hands to my face and hair.  “Beautiful?  I barely have on any makeup and I’m sure my hair looks a mess because I forgot to run a brush through it while I was waiting for you upstairs and then it was getting late and you didn’t show up so I was kind of annoyed and I just came down here without checking myself in the mirror.  I’m sure I look a mess.  Beautiful?  I don’t think so.”

He looked at me with amusement as I rambled on which was something I tended to do whenever I was uncomfortable or embarrassed.

“Yes,
beautiful
.  You look perfect.”  I saw a sparkle in his eye and it made my belly flip again.  His eyes perused my body and slowly made their way back up to mine and I could see that the sparkle in his eye had turned to pure lust.  I knew that look and I was sure that same look was reflected in my eyes. 

I instinctively took a step back from him as he moved toward me. 

“Trying to get away from me Sky?”  Seduction was written all over his face.

I gave him a small, cautious smile.  “No, of course not, but I think we should probably get going before it gets too late.  I have an 8:00 class tomorrow morning.”

He reached out and pulled me close to him, his arms wrapping tightly around my waist.  “I think we’ve had a change of plans, I don’t want to share you with anyone else tonight.  I just want it to be you and me.  I don’t know what it is about you Sky, but you draw me in and I don’t want to be let out.”

Well, how could I resist that?  He was saying exactly what I wanted to hear and I wanted to be with just him too, no interruptions and no other noise, just us two.  I didn’t back away when he leaned in to kiss me and this kiss was different.  Something had shifted between us when I finally found out that nothing was going on with him and Barbi.  I had let my guard down and I allowed myself to feel for him and I allowed myself to stop running from what I was feeling.

His lips were soft and searching at first and then they were hungry, greedy for me, as his grip tightened and he pulled me even closer.  His hands roamed down over the round curves of my ass as he pressed his pelvis into mine.  I could feel his erection pressed against me and I wanted to wrap my legs around him to feel his throbbing against my warm core.

He walked me over to the bed as he buried his hands in my long brown waves, his tongue sliding up my neck, and he slowly fell back onto his bed with me on top of him.  He quickly turned us over, him now on top, and I felt the amazing weight of him on me.  I loved the feeling of having him on top of me, I felt so safe and protected.  His hands explored my body everywhere, sliding under my shirt and reaching beneath me to quickly unhook my bra, and then sliding back around to gently rub and flick my nipples.  I started to move and moan softly as waves of pleasure began to engulf me.

“You drive me crazy, you know that?”  His rich, deep voice purred in my ear.

I held his face in my hands and looked in his eyes.  “The feeling is mutual.”