The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window (11 page)

Liam shot his
eyes up to mine, and he shook his head
.
‘NO!’
he mouthed to me pleadingly. I just gave him an
apologetic look and shrugged, I couldn’t say no to her, she was my
best friend.

“
Great. Well
I’ll come over at about seven then, OK?” she chirped, sounding
excited.

“
Yeah, OK.
See you.” I snapped my cellphone shut and looked back at
Liam.

“
The whole
weekend? I don’t get to sleep for the whole weekend?” he
whined
, as soon as I had shut my
phone.

“
Sorry, but I
couldn’t say no. Her parents are going away for the weekend and she
doesn’t want to stay on her own.” I looked at him
a
pologetically.

He sighed
looking defeated. “OK sure. But you do know you’ve just agreed to
watch a scary ass zombie flick and I’m not going to be there for
the next two nights,” he stated with a cocky grin.

I gasped. I
hadn’t thought about that! I didn’t sleep very well without Liam
there, I had nightmares, bad ones, about my father, and now on top
of that I would have zombie dreams too? Since I was eight years old
I had only ever spent a few weeks away from Liam, like if one of us
went on vacation, or one time he had chicken pox and I had to stay
away from him for four days. Every time I was on my own, my dreams
would be so bad that I would wake up screaming. I’d asked Jake to
sleep in with me a few times when I was younger, but he didn’t stop
the dreams so I just stopped asking him.

I knew that
Liam didn’t slee
p at all when he wasn’t
with me. He literally laid there awake, not being able to get
comfortable. He always said that his bed felt strange because he
hadn’t slept in it since he was ten years old. He hated it when my
friends came to stay and bitched about it the whole of the next
day, dropping not so subtle hints that he wasn’t impressed at
having to sleep in his own bed.

“
Well
, I don’t know why you’re
looking so cocky about it; you’re not going to sleep too
brilliantly either.” I grinned, sticking my tongue out at
him.

“
Hmm, is that
an invitation?” he asked
, raising an
eyebrow. I instantly realised what he was talking about, he was
asking if I wanted to kiss him again because I showed him my
tongue. I sure as heck did.

“
Sure,” I
purred, looking at him seductively, knowing that he couldn’t reach
me over the table so he would have to wait until
aft
er we left the restaurant.

He
immediately jumped out of his chair and bent down next to
me
, taking my face in his hands and
kissing me, not seeming to care where we were or if people were
watching. I took the initiative this time and traced my tongue
along his bottom lip, he opened quickly and I slipped my tongue in.
He moaned into my mouth, pulling me closer to him. The kiss was so
good that it was making me slightly dizzy. He didn’t once try to
touch me other than holding my face, which I was surprised about.
Maybe he wasn’t just using me for sex after all. I smiled against
his lips and he pulled away, smiling at me too.

“
Thanks,” he
whispered, kissing me again quickly and then sitting back down
opp
osite me as if nothing happened. OK, I
am
so
not used to this whole dating and making out thing! “We’d
better get going; I need to speak to your brother.” He frowned,
looking sad and a bit scared.

“
You’re not
going to tell him, are you?” I asked
,
horrified at the thought of Jake knowing and going
crazy.

He
nodded
. “Yeah, Angel. He’s known that
I’ve liked you all this time, but he didn’t think that you liked
me, so I need to talk to him about us actually dating.” He winced
as he spoke; I would imagine that he was thinking about the ass
kicking Jake would give him when he told him.

“
Liam, why
don’t we just leave that for a while, and then maybe in a couple of
weeks, if everything is going well
, then
we can talk to him together. I mean, we don’t even know if it’s
going to work out, do we?” I asked with a shrug. I didn’t really
see the point in talking to Jake and upsetting everything if this
wasn’t going to work out. In reality, how long would it last once
he realised that I really wasn’t planning on sleeping with him
anytime soon? When he got bored or desperate, he would run away
from me to the nearest easy lay, screaming as he went.

He looked a
little scared
. “You don’t think it’ll
work out?” he asked, his voice sounded hurt.

“
Honestly? I
just don
’t think that you can wait, Liam.
How long is it going to be before you decide that you’ve had enough
and sleep with some bimbo?” I replied, hating the hurt expression
that crossed his face.

“
I promise I
will never cheat on you,
ever
. I’ve waited too long for
this chance; I’m not going to screw it up.” He took my hand and I
could see the honesty in his eyes, he truly believed that he
wouldn’t cheat, but he was a boy after all and his body would say
something else eventually.

“
Let
’s just wait a while, OK?” I
suggested, pulling my hand away and waving for the waiter. He came
over immediately. “Hi, can we get the check please?” I asked with a
smile, he nodded and walked off.

“
I’m just
going to go to the bathroom. If he comes back before I’m
back
, then use this, OK?” Liam
instructed, handing me his wallet and walking quickly to the
bathroom.

I winced; I
think I really hurt his feelings saying that. Damn it, I could be
so stupid sometimes! I watched him as he walked away, my eyes
unconsciously focused on his ass. Wow, he really does have a nice
ass! Someone cleared their throat next to me making me blush
because I had just got caught staring. I looked up and the waiter
was standing there with the check.

“
Oh
, sorry! I didn’t realise you
were there,” I muttered, embarrassed.

“
Don’t worry
about it.” He handed me the receipt and bent down next to me so we
were at the same level. He put one hand on the back of my chair and
one on the table so I was tr
apped. My
heart started to race. He was too close. “So, I’ve not seen you
around here before. I definitely would have remembered a face as
beautiful as yours,” he said, his eyes were boring holes into me,
as he looked like he was imagining me naked.

I
squ
irmed in my seat. “Er no, I’ve not
been in here before,” I muttered uncomfortably, looking at the
amount that was due and grabbing Liam’s wallet from my
lap.

“
I’m Simon.”
He held out his hand for me to shake. I looked at it and gulped; I
really didn’t want to touch him so I just fiddled with Liam’s
wallet and pretended to be looking at something. I felt him playing
with my pony tail and I felt sick. “So, what’s your name?” he
asked, with a flirty smile.

“
Her
name
’s touch her again and I
’ll
break your face,” Liam growled possessively from
behind me. I physically relaxed.

The guy stood
up immediately
. “Sorry, I was just
talking to your girlfriend that’s all. No harm done,” he said
innocently.

“
Right,”
Liam
replied, sounding really annoyed. He
reached out and took the receipt and his wallet out of my hands,
looked at it and then handed the guy the money still glaring at
him. My breathing still hadn’t returned to normal, my heart was
still racing. Liam held out his hand to me. “You ready, Angel?” he
asked, not taking his eyes off the waiter. I took his hand and
stood up, following him as he led us out of the restaurant. Once he
closed the door he turned to me. “You alright? You look a bit
pale.” He stepped closer to me and put his lips on my neck. I
wrapped my arms around his waist and pressed myself against him,
letting his smell fill my lungs, his breath blew down my back and
shoulders, making everything in my body relax.

I pulled away
after
a couple of minutes. “I’m fine
now.” I smiled at him reassuringly and he stroked the side of my
face lightly. “Come on let’s get back. I need to help Jake clear up
so he’ll buy pizza tonight,” I teased.

He smiled and
as we walked to his car
, he slipped his
hand in mine. I couldn’t help but smile. It felt right for some
reason; his hand just seemed to fit mine perfectly. It was so
natural that it was almost too easy.

Chapter 7

It took a long time to clear the house. Someone had
been sick in the back yard so I sent Jake out to clear that, while
I worked on the kitchen, collecting all of the empty cups and
bottles. It seemed like the party had gotten a bit out of hand when
Liam and I had gone to bed, and my drunken ass of a brother hadn’t
bothered to stop it.

“
This is the
reason why I stay sober,” Liam stated, scrunching his face up in
disgust at the vase full of urine on
the
windowsill in the lounge.

“
You stay
sober to stop people from peeing in my mom’s ornaments?” I
asked,
laughing hysterically.

He nodded.
“Surprising, but true. There’s always one who can’t be bothered to
walk to the bathroom,” he joked, making me laugh harder.

He smiled at
me
, making my heart melt, and Jake walked
in. “Wow, did I actually hear you two laughing at something
together in here? That’s a first,” he said, looking at what Liam
was holding and flinching.

“
I’d better
go sort this out,” Liam muttered, walking off quickly. I could tell
he was a bit uncomfortable lying to Jake
,
but I was really sure that a couple of weeks would be best, just to
make sure this was what we both wanted.

“
Jake, can
Kate stay this weekend? Her parents are out of town and she doesn’t
want to stay in the house on her own,” I asked,
giving him my puppy dog face.

He grimaced.
“Ugh! That girl does nothing but flirt with me, I wouldn’t mind so
much if she was older, but I mean jeez, she’s my little sister’s
age! Ew!” he said with a fake shudder.

“
So
, you don’t think a sixteen
year old should go out with an eighteen year old?” I asked, trying
to be casual.

He didn’t buy
it, he looked at me
sceptically. “You’re
not interested in any eighteen year olds, are you?” he asked,
narrowing his eyes at me. I saw Liam coming back down the hall way
from the corner of my eye.

“
No, I was
talking about Kate,” I
lied.

He
nodded
, seeming satisfied. “No, I don’t
think they should. I mean, what sort of an eighteen year old would
even look at a sixteen year old that way?” he asked, glancing at
Liam as he walked past looking a little sheepish.

“
It’s only
two years
, Jake, no big deal. You’re only
freaked out because that’s the same age as me. Just because you
wouldn’t date someone who’s my age doesn’t mean other guys feel the
same way, right, Liam?” I countered, still trying for casual even
though my voice cracked a little when I said Liam’s
name.

“
Right. I
know a lot of hot ass sixteen year olds,” Liam replied, winking at
me behind my brothers back.

“
Yeah, but
you can’t date any of them!” Jake growled, turning to look at him
and slapping him on the back of the head as he walked past. I met
Liam’
s gaze and was a little shocked.
Wow, Jake really
did
know he liked me, and by the look of it, he was
very opposed to the idea of us being together. This could be even
more complicated than I first thought.

Kate
let
herself in about an hour later. “Hey,
Jake. Hey, Liam,” she purred as she walked in, giving them both a
flirty smile. I saw Liam chuckle under his breath as he smiled
back.

“
Hi
, Kate.” Jake smirked, giving
her a flirty wink. He really didn’t help himself, if he wanted her
to leave him alone, then why did he encourage her?

“
Come
on
, let’s leave the man-whores alone,” I
joked as I grabbed her hand and dragged her to my bedroom. I saw
Liam smirk at me from the corner of my eye and I stifled a
laugh.

“
I can’t
believe I get to spend the whole weekend here with you and your
brother. Do you think Liam will stay here too?” she
asked
, her eyes sparkling.

“
I don’t
know, maybe you should ask him.” I smiled a little uncomfortably. I
could just imagine her flirting with Liam right in front of me; I
wasn’t sure how I was going t
o feel about
it.

She dumped
her stuff on my floor and threw herself down on my bed. Suddenly
she rolled over and grabbed my pillow off of my bed frowning at it,
looking confused. “Amber, why does your pillow smell
like cologne?”

I could feel
my nerv
es bubbling up. “Er…. well I….
er…. Oh! Liam borrowed it when he stayed here, so it must smell
like him,” I lied, stumbling over my words.