Forever & Always

7. Jealousy & Anger

I slowly stir awake feeling the pressure of warm lips against my shoulder and feel the bed shift with a heavier weight as the person gets up clothes rustling before I hear the click of the door shut. I stretch out my back and open my eyes to see the familiar grey and navy bedroom of my boyfriend sitting up against the headboard. I yawn still sleepy and push my hair back as I hug the sheets to my bare chest taking a moment to remember how last night ended with passion instead of watching Star Wars as planned. I bite my lip as I think of how incredibly perfect it was to be with him and get up to on my discarded underwear then dig around to find a Columbia sweatshirt of his before going across the hall to find a pair of running shorts from Tess's room. I stop to look at myself in the mirror and can't smile at the small hickey I can see just under the neck of the shirt making a flutter of pleasure run through me.

I bite my lip and run a hand through my messy waves turning to leave the room. I step into Kyle's room again to grab the blanket from the floor at the end of the bed and smile at the memories that this simple fleece blanket will bring every time I now see it when I come over in the future. I turn when Duke comes in the room and I scratch his ears looking up to Kyle as he leans on the doorframe with two coffee mugs in his hands. I feel those same butterflies I felt last night return but this time they have nothing to do with nerves just excitement at the sight of him in just a pair of pajama pants looking at me with those eyes I now know turn darker when he's turned on. I grin and take the blue mug he holds out to me holding it both hands as he presses a kiss to my cheek.

"Did you have to get dressed?" He asks with a smirk and reaches to push his fingers through my wavy hair with his free hand stroking his thumb along my cheek.

"I got cold without you." I say and take a sip of the coffee that tastes just right chuckling as I stand at the end of his bed. "Besides I'll have to go home at some point."

"No..." He groans out taking the mug from me to sit it with his on the tall dresser behind him where his TV sits along with a stack of various movies and I gasp as he grabs me by the waist lowering me onto the bed as he lays over me. "You just had to ruin this perfect morning, didn't you?"

I giggle and run my fingers through his hair as he nuzzles his face into my neck making me shiver slightly. "Aw, baby...I don't want to but you know I have to."

"Can we at least have breakfast and watch one movie?" He asks his voice muffled against my skin and I shudder as his lips brush over the mark he made last night biting my lips as I press closer to him with a sigh.

"You're still dying to make me watch Star Wars, hmm?" I mutter and turn my head to kiss his cheek letting my leg bend up so my thigh rests against his side.

"Maybe." He replies lifting up to sit on his forearms on either side of my body and looks down at me with a grin.

"How about I promise to stay until lunch?" I ask and stroke his cheek loving how the adoration his eyes on me are making me feel more beautiful than I've felt in my entire life.

"That sounds perfect." He says and lowers himself more over me to press his lips against mine making a shiver run down my spine. I let my eyes drift close as my arms wrap around his neck pressing up into him and we both moan. I grin as he deepens the kiss and my foot snakes along his leg feeling a start of the same heat I felt last night after he spoke of his love for me. I shudder running my hands along his strong back and tilt my head for him as he trails his kisses along the underside of my jaw. I bite my lip and open my eyes to see Duke in the window seat with my sweater from last night in his mouth.

"Duke, no!" I gasp out and feel the sudden fire in my belly extinguish as I push Kyle off of me to get up grabbing my sweater from the dog's mouth. "If he's ruined it you are dead, Kyle."