Chapter 106

“Guess we should go out and celebrate then, right?” I ask, knowing that zero homework is on the agenda now. Tyler and Elisa are too puppy love and smoochy, and Dane’s sudden healing of his piercing means he will keep pawing at me to make out until he gets it out of his system again. I haven’t kissed him enough or properly, and he isn’t going to let it go. Especially not with our Romeo and Juliet smooching across the room from us.

I guess now, when we go out as a foursome, I won’t feel like I’m making it weird for Elisa when Dane and I are snuggling up. She will be too focused on her new boyfriend to care.

“We could go to the beach?” Tyler suggests, but Dane cuts in smoothly.

“We could take them to meet Dex….he’s asked me if we wanted to come over for a barbeque tonight at the shore.” Dane pulls me from behind into his arms and lassos me into a cuddle before leaning down so his breath fans my shoulder and ignites that familiar butterfly feeling. Sending me back into th