Unexpected Love

Unexpected Love part 17

Chapter 17

"Hey gorgeous." He winked as my face turned a light red color. "What are you doing up here? And how long have you been standing there?" I asked. He chuckled and started walking towards me. "Not long. Don't worry, I didn't see anything." He came up and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me into his firm six pack abs. "Okay, good. Now what did you want that you couldn't wait a few more minutes for?" He shrugged. "I don't know. Just wanted to see what was taking so long." He smirked. I almost went weak at the knees, then got my balance again. But for some reason I took a step back. I liked this new AJ, but why is there a new AJ?

He smiled playfully at me and I smiled back. He took a step closer to close the gap between us, but I just took another step back. Then he took another step forward and that's when things went a little...weird.

When I stepped back again, I lost my balance and fell onto my bed. And since AJ had his arms around me, he fell too. The next thing I knew, AJ was on top of me. My face turned red. AJ's face, filled with terror, looked at me, then immediately jumped up. "I'm sorry Amber! I didn't mean to...fall on you." He exclaimed. I shrugged and propped myself up. "Not a big deal." He laughed and came and sat by me on the bed. "You're always so...so...cool, about everything. You never lose your composure." He said. I laughed. "Yeah. I'm strong that way. It's the only way I don't break into tears or burst out laughing at things. That's probably the only compliment I'll ever give myself." I shook my head, trying to fix my scattered thoughts so that there was some sort of order in my brain.

He put his arm around my neck. "I could give you endless compliments. You're perfect Amber. Better than any girl I've ever dated before. You're just so real. You've got to realize that." I looked to my window, trying to hide my face from AJ. "Hey." He said softly, then gently turned my face to face him. "You're my Amber." He said. I smiled.

Like I said, I needed to keep my composure so I don't break into tears or something. This was on of those times. He leaned into kiss me and I leaned in too. When our lips touched it was almost like an electrical force forced me and AJ to both lay down at the same time. We both fell onto the bed, our lips still together. AJ chuckled, barely audible through his lips. I adjusted myself so that I was facing him and curled up into a little ball and snuggled into his firm grasp. Our mouths moving back and forth in unison. My arms found their way around his neck, my fingers intertwined in his hair. And his arms, like always, found their way around my waist. AJ groaned and I sighed, the best I could. I pulled away and looked him in the eyes.

"What brought all this up?" I asked, hoping I phrased it good enough. "Nothing. I just...I want to spend more quality time with my girlfriend. Is that too much to ask?" He said, then attempted to kiss me again. I dodged it. He was seducing me that easily. "No, it's not. But, I mean, we haven't been that into each other lately and for you to just...come up with all this. Something's up." He sighed. "Oh Amber...you're so stubborn." He winked and sat up, unknowingly running his hand through his hair. I snorted. "I think we've already covered that. What we haven't covered, is why you're acting so strange lately. Not that I object to the new you, but I just want to know what brought it up?" I urged. He sighed, again running his fingers through his hair.

"I don't know. How come you don't think I'm acting like myself?" He shot back. How was I supposed to respond to that? I thought for a moment. "Well, for starters you've been so much more...delicate, with me lately. Ever since the beach house. It's like I'm some glass object that can break easily. I mean, come on, I'm a bit more hard core than that." He chuckled. I continued. "But you haven't tried to like really kiss me lately. Or really be my boyfriend. It felt more like we were married or something. A quick kiss and off to work you go. It just...didn't feel like we were going out. And now all of the sudden you choose to change to being so romantic and boyfriendish." I laughed at the word 'boyfriendish'. His face fell. "You felt like we weren't even going out?" He asked, a little hurt. I nodded. "I do now, but when it seems like you're too scared to kiss me because, I don't know, I'm going to break right there in your arms..." I trailed off. Letting that thought sink in.

He nodded then layed back down on the bed, but propped himself up. He patted the spot next to him. Obediently, I layed down next to him. He put his arm around my next and we layed there for a second. I closed my eyes. Without really realizing it, I was really tired. I sighed then a pair of soft lips touched mine. My eyes fluttered open to see AJ leaning over me. I smiled. "Is this what you want?" He whispered. I nodded. "Uh huh." I sighed, then flung my arms around his neck. I pulled myself closer. By this time, AJ was leaning over me his legs on one side of me and his arms propping himself up on the other. His lips crushed mine. My toes tingled.

I didn't really know how this looked, but I didn't want to know. All I wanted was AJ. That's all I could focus on. Just his touch sent a shiver down my spine. My fingers wriggled through his hair.

Then we heard the door open downstairs. Both of us pulled apart abruptly and stared at each other in horror. Mom was home.