Page 42 of All of Him
I threw my head back, laughing harder than I had in a year.
“Afurry?!” I said, my stomach hurting from laughter.
Amanda seemed to like that I was laughing so much and laughed along with me.
“So, anyway,” she continued, rising to her knees and sitting back on her heels, “he tells me this because he wants to try it with me, and I’m like, ‘What the hell, Jerry?’ Because who assumes I’d be into that, right? So, I tell him to leave. And hecomes backto my dorm a few minutes later in hisfull fucking panda costume. I had to call campus security.”
Again, I couldn’t stop laughing.
Amanda just nodded and took a long sip of her drink. “And that’s that.”
“Shit,” I said, clutching my stomach. “I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.”
“See? You made a good choice, being friends with me. I have enough awkward stories to give you years of laughter.”
“I did make a good decision,” I admitted, starting to feel the alcohol kick in. “You’re an amazing girl. I can’t thank you enough for helping me with the scar cover-up and the ride home. Not to mention, all the stuff at work.”
Amanda blushed and shrugged, swirling the ice in her drink.
“Do you even know how beautiful you are?” As soon as I said the words, I wanted to backpedal. I meant them in an objective way, but I knew how it was coming off. “I didn’t mean that in—”
“I get it.” She brushed it off, tucking her hair behind her ear. “And, no, I don’t get told that often. It’s nice to hear it. Want another drink?”
“I’d have to stay over,” I spat out, not thinking again.
Amanda bit her lip and paused. She looked me over, as if she was contemplating the consequences of letting me sleep over. I, too, thought about it. Enough alcohol, and I could easily end up making a huge mistake.
“This is a great couch,” she finally said. “And I’m not quite sure I want the night to end.”
“Me neither,” I admitted. “But I don’t want to do anything stupid…”
“Oh?” she joked.
My smile faded as she crawled over to me, playfully straddling my lap and putting her hands loosely on my shoulders.
“You don’t want me to do this?”
Oh.
“I…” I started, trying to fend off what was happening in my jeans.
It had been way too long since I’d been with anyone, and my body was all for the physical contact. Part of me wanted to reach up and grasp her hips and pull them into me. But I couldn’t do that. I couldn’t blur the lines of the connection we had been forming. She was clearly just joking around with me.
“Or this?” Amanda said, giggling as she let her weight fall slowly onto my lap, right onto my hard dick.
God damn it.
She stopped, looking me sincerely in the eyes. I stared back, my chest starting to tighten. As much as I willed myself to calm down, my breath quickened, and everything below the belt swelled. Amanda kept her weight on me for another second, clearly thrown off, then stood slowly. Her cheeks flushed, but she couldn’t hold back a smirk.
“Told you that you’re hot,” I managed to get out, my voice rough. “I gave you fair warning.”
“I won’t let you do anything,” she said softly, falling back to her spot on the couch. “I’m sorry about that. I really shouldn’t have…I was just—”
I held up my hand, waving off what had happened. Within ten seconds, it was as if the whole incident hadn’t even occurred.
“Honestly, Noah, if you were some random guy at a party who was propositioning me, we’d have had sex already.”
I raised my eyebrows and felt my dick twitch again. This girl waskillingme.
