Taming His Heart

We left the party early, thank God, people were getting way too drunk. I had like three people grab my butt. Not a very flattering thing. You would think it would be but it isn’t. Even an invisible girl has standards.

When we get back to the apartment, Kyle follows me in. “Want to watch a movie?” He follows me to the couch and takes a seat before I can even answer.

“What are you doing?” I figured he would just leave.

He turns to me. “I know your sister is going to give you shit when she gets home, I am here to buffer. At least allow you to get to bed in peace.”

“You know she is probably going to be home with a guy. She isn’t even going to notice that I am here.” I scoff at the thought of Courtney actually noticing what the hell I am doing.

He shakes his head. “Not even, people saw you. That’s going to piss her off. She is going to say something. I bet you.”

I turn towards him. “So, you didn’t tell me what you need the money for.”

He groans and throws his head back. “I was hoping you wouldn’t ask. You’ll think less of me.”

“I don’t think that’s possible.” I smirk letting him know it’s a joke.

“Owch.” He chuckles. “I know what you mean. Alright, you promise, not to think less of me.” He gives me an earnest expression. Letting me know he has turned serious.

“I promise.”

He sits up straighter and looks at me. “Ok, so there is this chick I was with over the summer. She claims I got her pregnant. She wants money to not tell everyone about it. Calling me a deadbeat. I know I didn’t get her pregnant, but you know people aren’t going to give a crap. They are going to believe what they want. So I got to shut her up.”

“You know she is probably just going to keep doing it. As long as it works that’s what she’ll do.”

“I know, that’s what pisses me off the most. Only I was kind of bragging about sleeping with her. So they are going to believe that I got her pregnant.”

“How do you know that you didn’t?”

“I always use a condom and I always check it afterwards. I have not had one break or leak. There is no way I got her pregnant.”

“Then just ask for proof. It seems stupid to keep paying someone for something that you didn’t do.”

I can hear something at the door, but before I can look to see what it is, Kyle lunges at me and pins me back to the couch. He is kissing me when I hear the door slam. “Really, Do you know how gross that is?” Kyle’s body is pinning me to the couch. I hear Courtney’s voice, but I can’t really look over at her.

Kyle doesn’t look away from me. His lips are still kind of attached to mine. “You don’t need to watch.”

Courtney comes over and smacks him on the back of the head. “I know what you are doing. You are trying to make me jealous. Well, it isn’t going to work.”

Kyle looks away from me and looks at her. “You are the last thing I am thinking about.” He gets off the couch and pulls me up after him. “Let’s go to your room. We can actually have privacy there.” He drags me off to my room. I look back at Courtney and surprisingly she doesn’t look pissed, but smug. I wasn’t even sure he knew where that was. He shuts the door behind us and starts chuckling.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

“I didn’t realize how pissed she was. She came home alone. That never happens.” I am a little concerned now. Courtney never comes home alone. Plus what was that smug look?

He shrugs. “Yeah, I’m probably going to need to spend the night.”

My eyes pretty much bug out of my head at this point. “What? You are not sleeping here.”

“It will be like that time I was drunk trying to sneak into your sister’s room and wound up in yours instead. That was a fun night huh.”

“Not really. I think I slept on the floor.” I cross my arms over my chest.

“Well, we can share. I’m not a big bed hog.”

“I can handle Courtney. It might be best if you head home.” Kyle is being stubborn and I know that he isn’t going to relent.

“No, I think I’ll stay here.”

He kicks off his shoes and starts to undo his pants. I turn around. I do not want to see him without his clothes on. “Kyle, you can’t stay here.” It took me a couple of minutes for me to find my voice. I kept hearing him move around behind me.

“Why not? I’m already in bed.”

“You know when you asked me to pretend to be your girlfriend, I didn’t figure there would be sleepovers. Or so much kissing. I think it might be more than I can handle.”

“Danny, that is just ridiculous. It is only for a short time. You can handle it. I am not going to bite for crying out loud, get in bed.” I hate that he is right, it isn’t that big of a deal. It’s not like I will actually be sleeping with him. Just next to him.

I grumble but I grab my sleeping clothes. “Close your eyes Kyle. I can’t go out there.”

I hear him laugh. “Alright, my eyes are closed.” I dress super fast. Crawling into bed next to Kyle just feels weird. I manage to snuggle in and turn so my back is to him. “You know you look really good with no clothes on.” He whispers in my ear.

I shoot up. “Kyle, you asshole.” I smack at him repeatedly.

He’s laughing. “Hey, hey, I was joking.”

“You better be.” I grumble and get back in bed. “Good night Kyle.”

“Good night Danny.” He flicks off the lamp on the bedside table and we are in darkness. We are back to back now. It took a while for me to get comfortable enough to sleep, but I did manage to, eventually.