can hang out there if you want. I wouldn’t mind having you here to snuggle with while we watch the rest of these movies, but to tell you the truth I don’t think I really want to watch Sliver with the guys. I hear it has some pretty steamy sex scenes and there’s someone else I’d rather watch those with,” he whispered.
I wouldn't mind that, either. “OK, I’m on my way.”
I couldn’t have gotten out of there any faster than I did, telling my half-dressed friends that I’d see them later. They were probably itching to have me gone as well. Nate kept looking at me and then Aria—they both had the same look in their eyes. Aria giggled as I walked out of her bedroom door. She yelled out to me, asking if I could let myself out and lock the door. The voyeur in me wanted to pause for a few minutes and listen, but I pushed myself forward. Nate had been clearly naked under those covers and if I knew Aria … .
I couldn’t wait to tell Jensen about interrupting the two during a hot and bothered moment. I found my truck a block away and climbed in, revving up the engine, peeling out and driving a little over the speed limit in the direction of Jensen’s house. When I arrived I noticed there was one less car in the driveway; Karl and Tyler were still there. Gabe must have gone to work or had something else to take care of. Not knowing if his parents were home, I knocked on the door. A lightly wrinkled Alicia answered and I noticed James was in the family room on the couch. He waved and then turned back toward the TV. His normally scruffy brown hair was in more disarray than usual. What is it with everyone today?
“Hey, Mia,” Alicia whispered, “Thank God you’re here! Gabe left, but Karl and Tyler are still here and they won’t leave!”
Laughing, I asked, “Where’s Jess? She could easily take Karl out of the equation.”
“Getting some last-minute stuff before she and Karl take off in a few days. They’re taking her car and together their hitching a ferry to Seattle and then driving to UC Davis. Karl is shipping his stuff, but I’m not sure what he’s doing with his car. Probably leaving it here so he can have something to drive if he comes back to town,” Alicia explained.
“Leesh, you comin’ back in here?” James called.
Alicia squeezed my arm and then glided to the other room and gracefully fell over the arm of the couch and into James' lap. I turned and went down the stairs to find Karl, Tyler, and Jensen sprawled on the couch watching Singles. They were laughing hysterically about Spam, the canned meat, and I wasn’t sure why. Jensen perked up immediately when he saw me, and everyone else gave me a hello. I sat down and snuggled up to Jensen, trying to catch up with the movie.
“So, how was Aria’s?” Jensen whispered in my ear.
“Awkward.”
He looked at me, puzzled. “What do you mean?”
Just then we heard from the guys. “Hey, if you two are going to whisper to each other through the whole movie, then at least hand me the remote so I can turn up the volume. I can’t hear what the hell is happening!”
“Sorry, man.” Jensen tossed Tyler the remote and he turned it up just enough to drown out our whispers.
I moved a little closer to Jensen. “I walked into a very interesting scene today.” Jensen looked at me with raised eyebrows and leaned in closer yet. “So, I got to Aria’s house, right?” I paused and he nodded. “Well, she met me at the door barely wearing anything and her hair was all messed up. I was kind of surprised since she had already been up for the day because she registered with Krissa. Anyway, Aria was really relieved that it was me and not one of her mom’s friends.” Jensen nodded again but wasn’t getting what I was saying. “Oh, I left the part out about whose car was parked outside. It was Nate’s truck.”
Jensen pulled away from me with raised eyebrows. “Are you kidding me?” Now he got it.
“Not at all,” I giggled. “Now that I think about it I’m positive I interrupted them, but the worst part was knowing Nate was naked under the covers!”
Jensen’s jaw tensed and his eyes seemed to harden. I thought he would have found that funny, but I figured wrong and was suddenly very aware that what I said bothered him.
“How do you know?” he asked cautiously, trying to keep his anger in check, but I knew better. He always talked through his teeth when he was pissed.
“Let’s just say he didn’t do a great job of keeping the covers in place when Aria moved to get her phone for me to call you. I was completely embarrassed,” I added.
Jensen’s temperament seemed to subside slightly and he moved my ponytail away from my face. “Wait.” He paused and looked beyond me. “I’m getting a mental picture of this interaction.” He smiled as he talked and then he looked at me and chuckled. “I can only imagine what that was like for you.”
“Yeah, it was weird. And when I left, Aria asked me to let myself out and to lock the front door! I swear, the minute I shut her bedroom door they jumped each other. I heard her giggling.”
“Too funny. Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out, right?”
“I guess! I'm so glad I didn’t stick around.”
“I’m sure they were, too. I know I sure am glad you didn’t. I missed you.” Jensen moved in and pressed his lips lightly to mine for a moment.
“Even with the guys to keep you occupied?”
“They’re not you and they don’t snuggle.”
Jensen gave me that smile of his because he knew it always melted me and he would get his way. Giving him an elbow to the side, I snuggled closer and he played with my ponytail as we watched Singles. After about five minutes of feeling the incessant pulling Jensen was doing with my hair, I loosened the ponytail and let him run his fingers through it, which for me was almost too relaxing. I felt myself nodding off when Jessica and Karl returned with a few bags of last-minute items. Joining us, they watched the ending of Singles before Jessica whisked Karl away, and Tyler, deciding that being a third wheel wasn’t fun, took off as well.
When Jensen and I were finally alone, we chose to watch Sliver together the rest of the afternoon. At the first racy scene, Jensen was moving my hair away from my neck and lightly sweeping his lips across my skin. I shivered at his touch.
“I’m glad we’re watching this without everyone else,” he whispered in my ear.
I turned toward him and smiled in agreement. His lips moved faster than I was expecting as they roughly met mine. In one swift movement we were both lying prone on the couch. I laced my right leg around Jensen’s left and tried to pull myself as close to him as possible, noting that he was ready to go. Perhaps it was the sex scene in the movie, or maybe it was our kissing, but I found that I, too, was a little hot. Our hands began to frantically explore one another and soon he lifted up my sweatshirt, tossing it onto the floor. Before Jensen’s lips could find mine again, his shirt met the same fate.
“Jensen?”
“Mmmm … hmmm?” He continued to kiss my neck softly.
“I think Alicia and James are upstairs.”
Jensen stopped kissing me, sighed, and fell to the side. “You’re right. We probably should have started this movie
