Luminary Love

Chapter 13

Your back ached, a tight feeling stretching from your lower back to the top of your neck. You adjusted how you were laying, trying to stretch your back out some. Sleeping on the couch never ended well in general for you, the resulting discomfort the next day hardly being worth it. However, today was different. Today you woke up with your head not on a pillow, but the heaving chest of Mr. Shayne Topp. His arm was hooked securely around your waist, keeping you on top of him. Your face was tucked into the crook of his neck as you laid half on top of him and half pinned between him and the back of your couch. Your free arm rested on his chest, your hand being covered by his. A blanket covered the lower halves of your bodies.

Last night, after you finally decided that you wanted to give the whole relationship thing a go, you spent the rest of the evening on the couch. This, essentially, was just a continuation of what you two were doing that afternoon. Only now, that barrier of awkwardness had disappeared. The nerves that came from sitting so close to somebody you're obviously very attracted to always made whatever hangout you were at painfully awkward. But now that that was gone, it was absolute bliss. The way Shayne's arms wrapped around your body as you laid together, that feeling of total protection as his muscles contracted around you when he took a deep breath. Or the way his hand would lazily run up and down your back as you watched a movie, his fingers occasionally trailing up to tangle themselves in your hair, lightly scratching your scalp and pulling your head closer to him so he could kiss your forehead. Everything little thing made your heart flutter and made your subconscious scream 'Why didn't you do this sooner?'

Your eyes fluttered open, the pain making you shift your position again. You didn't want to move too much at the risk of waking Shayne up. "If you keep moving around like that, I'm going to lay on top of you so you can't." Well... so much for that.

"I'm sorry." You mumbled. "My back hurts."

"You're twenty-six. How can your back hurt?" He chuckled, his body shaking.

"It just does, okay?" You exclaimed, propping yourself up on your elbow and leaning over Shayne's chest. Your face mere inches away from his. "Hi." You cooed, letting out a deep breath as you stretched your legs and back out.

"Hi." He smiled back, leaning forward to place a few chaste kisses to your lips. You held the last one, pressing hard as your hand came up to cup his face. "God, does that feel good." He sighed, his head falling back onto the pillow.

"Well, we have the next four days to do that before I leave so better make the most of it." You trailed off, moving so you were laying the majority of your body on top of him. You connected your lips, Shayne immediately allowing you to deepen the kiss as his hands found your hair and waist. You moved to straddle him, needing to be as close to him as humanly possible.

"(y/n), I'm sorry for just bursting in on you, but I think I left my charger here and WOAH!" Jade had let herself in, using the key you had hidden in the plant beside the door. She turned her head, her hand flying up to cover the sight of you scrambling off of Shayne. Your feet landed on the floor, quickly rounding the couch to stand between Jade and Shayne. "I'm sorry... I wasn't. I didn't mean to..." She stammered, peeking out from behind her hand. "I didn't know you had someone over." She explained, a smirk playing on her lips. You could feel your entire face heating up, already being flushed from what was happening with Shayne, now becoming worse by the embarrassment you were experiencing. "The question now is who?" She asked, placing a hand on her hip. Shayne sat up behind you, hooking his arm on the back of the couch. Jade's eyes moved to him, her face contorting from sly-suspicion to full on excitement. She looked between the two of you before rushing towards the couch. "Oh my god! Hi! You're Shayne!" She exclaimed, bumping you to the side and sticking her hand out. "I'm Jade! I've heard so much about you!"