Uninvolved (20 page)

When he knelt down in front of her and lifted one of her legs over his shoulder
,
she had to brace her hands onto the shower walls to keep from falling d
own
.
Holy shit
,
this was hot
,
she thought, looking
down at him
.
Becka
dipped her head back into the stream
of
hot water
,
intensely feeling each drop run
down
her body.

Her
knees buckled
,
and
she
sank down into Kyle's lap
,
wrapping her arms around his neck
.
He chuckled as he
kissed her neck
.
They sat there for a few moments until
Becka
was sure her legs would support her weight again
.
Afterward, as Kyle
used her apple blossom shampoo
,
she
thought of ways she could return the favor
.
Kyle
got out of the shower first and was waiting for her with a towel wrapped around his waist as she got out
.
Wrapping one towel around her
self
and twisting her wet hair into another one
,
she went to kiss his shoulder.

From that point on
,
Becka
and Kyle were
somewhat of
an item, nothing official though
.
She was just looking for a distraction.
His schedule sucked
,
though
,
for going out
.
He basi
cally
had
two nights off, sometimes
in a row
,
but otherwise worked every other night
from 9 pm to 5:30
am
.
Plus
,
there was no guarantee he would have a night off on a weekend
.
Because of this
,
when they were able to hang out
,
they mainly stayed in
.
Kyle
ha
d his own apartment, which was a perk
,
and it was
i
n a
nice gated complex.

Becka had caught Lilly up on the whole
Nate
versus Kyle drama
.
While Becka had not seen
Nate
since the last time he had come over
,
they were still emailing
.
Becka did feel a bit guilty that she phrased all of her responses
in a way
to avoid any mention or even hint of Kyle
.
Lilly seemed
to approve of Kyle
,
and her advic
e was to stop emailing
Nate
altogether
.
For whatever reason
,
she
just could not bring herself to do that
.
Becka wished she could see Kyle more often to take the edge off of still lusting after
Nate
.

On weekends
when
he was working
,
she would sometimes sleep at his place
,
so they could see each other
at all
.
He would shower and then crawl into bed with her around
six
in the morning
.
If he wasn’t that tired
,
he would wake her up in very
inappropriate ways
.
On days h
e
was beat
,
he would quietly get into bed without waking her
,
and she would wake hours
later and snuggle up to him.

That Friday night
he was working
,
but she had
plans
to go out with Lucy and Crystal so she prob
ably would
see him Saturday
.
Lucy was
still seeing that guy Curt
,
so there was a chance she would bump into Tyler
.
She had zero interest in him but took
extra care
getting ready
.
She ended up wearing a
short min
i
halter dress with cheetah print wedges
.
They all went downtown to a club
.
It felt like it had been forever
since
she had been out dancing.

Lucy mainly stayed back at their table with Curt
,
but Crystal and
Becka
spent most of the night dancing
.
On her way back from the bathroom
,
Becka
heard a familiar voice in her ear.

"Hey
,
kid."

She stopped in her tracks t
hen turned to face him
.
Nate
.

"What's up
,
Nate
?
"
Becka
sigh
ed.

God, wh
y did he have to look so good?
At least she knew she looked great too.

"Just out with some people
.
W
hat about you?"

"Remember Luc
y
?
She
works in my department?
I'm here wi
th her and some other people."
Becka
replied.

"I saw you dancing earlier
,
"
Nate
admitted.

"You should have come
and
dance
d
with me."

"Is that so?" he teased.

"
Why not?"
Becka
asked.

"I'm not much of a dancer
.
"

"Then why come to a club?"

"My friends wanted to."

"Never took you for a follower
,
"
Becka
said saucily.

Nate
pushed her up against a
wall
,
putting one hand under her skirt, his other hand lifting her chin.

"You like it when I lead
,
kid
?" he breathed into her ear as he
nipped
at
her neck.

Becka
instinctively put her arms around his neck and in response his lips urgently met hers
.
What am I doing
,
s
he thought to herself
.
Even though
Becka
and Kyle had never discussed being exclusive
,
she
felt a pang of guilt
.
Even knowing this
,
she didn’t want
Nate
to stop.

Nate
stopped when someone
came
over and tapped him on the shoulder
.
Nate
looked a little embarrassed and int
roduced her to his roommate
,
Mike
.
Mike
had come over to let him know that their group was head
ing
to another bar
.
Alright
,
Becka
thought to herself, is he going to ditch me like last time or want to stay with me?
Nate
seemed to be making that decision as he paused to regard her.

"My place isn’t that
far a
way from here
.
Want to come over?"
Nate
asked.

Yes!
"
Um,
I guess
so
.
Did
you drive?
I drove
,
and I don’t want to leave my car here
.
"

"I rode with Mike
.
We
can t
ake your car back to my place
,
"
Nate
began and the
n turning to Mike
said
,
"You guys
go ahead
.
I'm good."

Becka
went to find Lucy and Crystal to let them know she was leaving
.
Crystal gave her a look like
“
are you crazy?
”
but
then got an eyeful of
Nate
and
didn’t say anything
.
Once they were at her car
,
Becka
asked
Nate
if he would drive
.
She was not comfortable driving
to unfamiliar places at night
.
She fidge
ted nervously while he drove,
Nate
must have picked up on it because he reached a hand over to put
his hand
on top of hers
. Why was she so nervous about going to his house? Better yet, why was she so nervous about everything around him?

Chapter 8

They pulled up to a pretty swanky house in Scottsdale.
Becka's mouth dropped as
Nate
parked.

Nate
caught her eye and explained
,
"Mike
is rich."

"Must be nice
,
"
Becka
said
,
trying to take it all in.

He parked and
,
after they were both out
,
he locked her car and dropped her keys into her purse
.
Taking
her hand
,
he le
d her up the stone walkway and into the house
.
It was a classic Spanish
-
style home with beautiful wood trim and arched doorways
.
Instead of a traditional dining table in the first room
,
there was a giant wooden pool table.

"This place is gorgeous
,
"
Becka
gushed.

Nate
grinned as
he pulled her further into the house
.
It seriously could have been featured on MTV cribs
.
They must have had a maid
,
Becka
thought
,
because she knew she had never seen a bac
helor pad this clean
.
Nate
took
her out to
show her the
backyard
.
There was a beautiful pool with a rock waterfall and hot tub
.
This house was ridiculous.

Once back inside
,
he made her a rum and
C
oke with an extra shot per her request of rum on the side
.
Becka downed the shot feeling
a bit overwhelmed and
needing
a bit of liquid courage
.
Taking her drink
,
Becka
followed him upstairs to where all of the bedrooms were
.
His bedroom was right at the top of the stairs
,
and he playfully tugged her into it closing the door behind her.

"
Now I have you all to myself
,
"
Nate
smiled wickedly
,
making her giggle as
he locked
the door.

Taking her drink from her and setting it down on dresser behind him
,
Nate
eased her onto to his bed
.
He room was pretty big considering it probably was not the master
.
Becka
could see t
hrough an open doorway that
he
even
had his own attached bathroom
.
The room was also big enough for a love seat and
an
office desk in addition to the normal bedroom furniture
.
Even with all of this stuff
,
it did not feel crowded.