The Academy: Discovery

Mine

A/N: This is really just a continuation of the last part. I didn't realize it wasn't there until now.

The last few minutes of our trip are filled with a comfortable silence. I find myself unable to keep from smiling but I really don't want to stop anyway. It's the conversation we just had and the way his thumb is slowly brushing back and fourth across my skin. It makes the electricity ripple and my entire body continue the buzzed feeling I've had since he mentioned private time. I don't realize he's pulled the truck over to the side of the road as I choose to make another confession and break the silence. Instead I'm staring at his hand and speaking to it "I've kissed some of the others." I look up to see him nodding. He already knew or at least suspected. "I want to kiss you."

"And I you." he tells me as he climbs from the truck. I look around to see we've arrived at the spot we were supposed to wait at just down the road from Toms. I wait for him to say something else but he doesn't. That's it? He holds out his hand for me to hold as I follow him out of the truck. When my feet hit the asphalt I stand toe to toe with him and look up at him eagerly. The electricity in his touch no longer surprises me but that doesn't make the fingers brushing the hair out of my face any less pleasant. His playful yet intense smile however is surprising. "Say it."

I let out an embarrassed giggle and try to duck my head but his hand cupping the side of my face doesn't let me. "Are you going to kiss me, Mine?" I whisper giving him what he wants while trying to get what I want.

The intensity in his eyes grows and he leans in just enough to make me think he might. "I'm going to kiss you."

My heart rate increases again and I can only manage shallow breaths in anticipation but he never closes the distance. "Now?" His smirk returns making my knees weak and I nearly miss him shaking his head. "No? Then when?" This man chuckling and walking away from me backwards is surely not Mr. Blackbourne. "Who are you and what have you done with Mine?" He winks! Then he turns and continues further away from me. "Hey! At least say it too."

He reaches back and holds out a hand "Come, Mine." I literally skip to him and happily cling to his hand.