Uninvolved (15 page)

Seeing her peeking at him
,
he said
.
"Hey
,
you."

"Hey
,
yourself"
Becka
said
,
yawning.

Becka
had to admit Kyle was growing on her
.
She had been so sure his eyes were grey the night before
,
but now
,
in the morning light
,
they seemed m
ore
pale
blue
.
The look he was giving
her didn't hurt either
.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a big kiss on the cheek
.
Sure she'd love to make out with him
,
but she had no interest in finding out if he had bad morning breath.

"
I'm starved
,
"
Becka
confes
sed
.
"Want breakfast?"

He followed her out to the kitchen after pit
-
stopping in the bathroom
.
Becka
pointed into the living room and motioned for Kyle to be quiet
.
She wasn’t
certain
which girl it was
,
Krista or Trish
,
but one of them was passed out their sofa
.
Not see
ing
the other girl
,
she
thought to herself that it looked like Dave
had
got
ten
lucky
.
She
grabbed a package of
Pop-T
arts
and
a drink for
herself and
Kyle
,
and they went back to her room.

After inhaling their tarts
,
Becka
found a movie
-
on
-
demand
,
and they got settled on her bed to watch it
.
Kyle absentmindedly trailed his fingers back and forth across the a
rea of skin exposed on her back
above her tank top
.
He did it so lightly her s
kin erupted in goose bumps
.
Becka
shuffled herself closer to him
,
losing interest in the movie
.
Kyle pulled her into his lap and wrapped his arms around her.

Becka
began kissing Kyle's
neck as he slid his hands under the back of her shirt
.
She really wanted him to man handle her more
.
It felt like he was
still
being so safe with her
.
Movin
g from his neck to his mouth
,
Becka
could taste
cherry
Pop-Tarts
and cranberry juice
.
It
was not a bad combo
.
Becka shifted, moving into his lap, with a leg on each side of him. Kyle moved his hands to her neck as he kissed her.

Tired of waiting for him to make the next move
,
Becka
leaned back and pulled her tank top off
.
She waited a beat to gauge his reaction before resuming their kiss
.
He looked at her with wide eyes
,
almost say
ing
,
“R
eally, I can touch them
?”
Not one to be outdone
,
Kyle
leaned
forward and pulled off his shirt as well
.
He had an amazing Celtic patterned tattoo hugging his right side
.
She
traced it
s intricate
lines with her fingertip
as Kyle raised his hands to cup
her breasts
.

Becka
brought her mouth back to his greedily as she ran her hands down his bare back
.
She gently tugged on his lip ring with her teeth
,
and he groaned
.
Kyle
eased her onto her back and kissed
his way down her neck and chest
before moving down to her stomach
.
He stopped at her shorts and started ag
ain on the tops of her thighs
.
He continued
lower
,
to her knees
.
From this angle
,
she could see the other half of the Celtic tattoo and another tattoo of
Calvin and Hobb
e
s.

Even though what he was doing felt so good
,
she had to stop him and ask about it
.
He sat up and turned so she could have a better look at it.

"It's to remind me to always stay young at heart
,
" he said solemnly.

"I love it
,
"
Becka
said
,
placing a soft kiss on it.

They continued to make out but
didn't take it further than that
.
Later in the day
,
after he left to go home
,
she
could
not
help but wonder what was going on with the potential love interests in her life
.
She had to admit that it was affecting her
self-confidence
that neither
Nate
n
or Kyle had tried to have sex
with her
.
Was t
here something wrong with her? In her previous experience with guys
,
sex always seemed like their ultimate goal. What had changed
,
and w
hat was it going take to get laid?

It at least felt like a giant improvement that Kyle had stayed the night
.
Becka
was just going to have to be patient and see how everything would play out
.
That was not something she was ever good at
.
Dave was working with Kyle that night
,
so he had promised her he would try and attempt some recon as to Kyle's intentions with her.

She spoke to Lilly, told her briefly about Kyle but then spent most of the conversation listening to Lilly vent about her husband Chris
.
In Lilly's opinion
,
Chris was not being the most supportive new dad
.
Lilly had to point blank ask him to help out with Mason and
,
when he did
,
he acted like a martyr
.
It was times like this Becka wished she was back
at
home so she could be there for her big sis
.

After their call
,
Becka decided she was curious enough about Kyle to see where things might go
.
As for
Nate
,
she
planned to flat out ignore him
.
She didn’t think that was going to actually happen
,
but it was good to have goals
.
Besides
,
after the day she had with Kyle
,
she fel
t the intense attraction she had
for
Nate
waned a bit
.
At the end of the day
,
it had hurt her ego that he had not spent the night
on
New Year's and that he had not chosen to hang out with her longer when they ran into each other at the club
.
Her motives were simple
.
The
further she was from him
,
the more likely her feelings would remain unbruised.

She
had plans to meet Crystal that day for a movie. Becka told her about going out with Dave and meeting Kyle, while being careful to omit the parts about Dave bringing two girls home with him. As Becka described Kyle
,
Crystal began nodding. When
she
stopped
,
Crystal laughed and told her that at
,
of all of her friends
,
Becka was the one with a definite type of guy she always went for and that Kyle fit that description to a T.
S
he
agreed that he was everything that she normally was attracted to
,
but she wanted
Nate
more. Crystal waved her hand for
her
to stop.
Even h
er friends were sick of hearing her obsess about
Nate
. Why couldn’t she just forget about him?

It didn’t help that a
t work
Nate
continued to email her on a daily basis
.
What didn’t make sense to
Becka
is how he could be so chatty every day at work but did not text or call her outside of work
.
Her plan to ignore him was
going miserably
.
Why couldn’t she just not reply?
It seemed clear to her that the only reason he wrote to her was to entertain himself during the work day
.
She finally had a chance to see if Kyle would make him jealous when he asked what her plans for the weekend were.

Hot date

I didn’t know
we had plans.

Um, we don't.

So who is this 'hot date' with?

None of your business.

Is he imaginary?

Nope, he is very real.

Interesting.
.

What night is your date?

Saturday

Can I come over Friday?

Becka
stared at his last email
.
There was the answer to her question of would he be jealous or not
.
She equated him wanting
to see her the night before her date the same as a dog peeing on a street sign to mark its territory
.
Her brain was screaming at her to say no
as her fingers ignoring her
mind’s command
.

What time do you want to come over?

She put her head in her hands
.
Weak
, weak, weak
.
Dumb
, du
mb, dumb
.
She was like this
when Lucy walked up and
,
after showing her the emails
,
Lucy ha
d to agree with her.

"What is wrong with me?"
Becka
groaned.

"You're not very bright
,
" Lucy replied solemnly.

"Way to sugarcoat it
,
asshole"
Becka
said
,
then stuck out her tongue.

"It's a gift
,
I know
.
So, want me to write him back and tell him he's uninvited?"

Becka
c
hewed her lips and shook her hea
d
.
Lucy rolled her eyes and went back to her desk.

Dave was working Friday night
,
so
she
decided it would be best not to tell him
Nate
was coming over
.
She did not want
it
inadvertently getting back to Kyle
.
Nate
had a soccer game that night and would be coming over after
.
He had first planned to go home and shower
,
but
Becka
admitted it might be hot to see him all sweaty
.
Besides
,
he could always use her shower.