Elements of Us /// Jimmy Butler

Chapter 43

Jimmy froze. He hadn't been this close to her for months, it was intoxicating. He just sat there, looking at her, as she moved closer and closer to him. He felt his heart start racing, like a little boy who was talking to his crush. And he couldn't stop it.

Allison glanced at him once more before closing the gap between them and pressing her lips to his. Jimmy knew he should've stopped her right there, but he just couldn't. He really was about to try, until she slipped her tongue in his mouth, then it went downhill from there. He let it go on for a couple of minutes before finally finding the will power to break away from her.

"Wait," He said, slightly out of breath, as Allison gave him a confused look, "You don't have to do this." He said, wanting to bite his tongue for saying those words to her. But, he didn't want her to do something she was going to regret later.

Allison stood up, a little wobbly, and extended her hand to him.

"C'mon," She said with a smirk, "let's go." She nodded.

"Where are we-" Jimmy started to ask; when she just grabbed his hand and started leading him to the exit. He was just going with it, what could go wrong, right?

Before he realized it, she had led him all the way back to their hotel. Her grip remained tight on his hand, as they stepped into the elevator and she began rummaging through her purse.

"Wh-" Jimmy tried to get out, again. But, Allison put a finger in front of his lips.

"Shh," She whispered, "Don't talk."

Jimmy shook his head as she led him to her hotel room and fumbled with the key card before finally opening the door. He hesitated slightly, but then she pulled him inside. Letting go of his hand, she lightly pushed him on her neatly made bed.

"Allison..." He trailed off as she got on top of him.

"Hm?" She asked playfully, wrapping her arms around him and placing her hands on the back of his neck.

"I...uh..." He tried to get out, feeling suddenly overwhelmed by her.

She smiled slightly and began softly kissing his neck, working her way up to his jaw line and then his ear, leaving behind kisses as she began gently biting. He shivered under her touch; she knew how to make him go crazy.

Jimmy knew he needed to stop this, he just wasn't sure how. He tried thinking of dead puppies or his grandma or something. But, before he'd realized it, she started unbuttoning his shirt, this was going too far. He couldn't let her do this, as much as he wanted to. Starting to kiss down his chest, Jimmy cupped his hands around her face, and brought her up to eye level.

"We...I can't do this." He said sincerely, Allison frowned, pulling away from him.

"Why?" She questioned.

"It's just not a good idea." He insisted.

"You don't want to." Allison stated, getting off of Jimmy and picking her shirt up from the ground, "I'm such an idiot." She whispered.

"Huh?" Jimmy asked, worriedly, "No, you're not." He sighed, trying to think of how to explain this to her. She wasn't really there, she was kind of drunk, Jimmy knew it, and he wasn't going to take advantage of her like that.

He took a deep breath and noticed silent tears streaming down her face as she began trying to put her shoes back on.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." He whispered, scooting closer to her, "Stop, why are you crying?"

She looked up at him, the whole room was spinning, but she knew one thing: Jimmy didn't want her. He was over her.

"You don't want me anymore." She stated, in a monotone voice, "I'm so stupid..." She mumbled to herself, struggling to get fully dressed again.