Page 114 of Always Us

I remember every detail of the first time Jade and I had sex. She came in my room in the middle of the night and crawled into my bed. I assumed she didn’t like being alone in her room and just wanted to sleep next to me. I had no idea she wanted to have sex. I didn’t think she was ready for that. I knew she wasn’t a virgin, but I also knew she’d only done it one time. We hadn’t officially dated that long so I figured she’d want to wait a few more weeks. Or months.

But that night, she started kissing me and rubbing up against me and finally I just came out and asked her what she was doing. How far she wanted to go. She made it clear she wanted sex, but at first I didn’t believe her. I thought maybe she was kidding around or maybe she was tired and didn’t realize what she was saying. So I asked her again just to be sure and the answer was the same. She was ready.

As for me? I was more than ready. I’d never waited that long with a girl. Usually I’d do it after a couple dates—a week, max—and I’d had my share of one-night stands. But I didn’t want that with Jade. I didn’t want to rush her. I was willing to wait as long as she wanted, even though it was killing me. She’s so freaking hot. I’d never been that attracted to a girl. I wanted to have sex with Jade from the moment I met her. So all those times we kissed, or did more than kiss? Shit. It wasn’t easy to hold back.

That first time with her, I tried to take it slow. I wanted her to love every second of it, which meant teasing her, exciting her, getting her ready for me. Then once we moved on to the actual sex part I, again, tried to slow down for her. She felt so freaking good it was nearly impossible, but I had to make sure she was taken care of before I took care of myself. I was determined to make it good for her, or amazing if I did my job right. And I did. She was a very happy girl when I was done. So happy she wanted to do it again later that morning. We did it a lot that weekend.

“Garret.” Jade kisses my chest. “We should get dressed and spend some time with your family.”

“Do we have to?” I smooth her hair. “Because I’m kind of liking it right here.”

“We’re leaving tomorrow. We should go see them.”

“We’ll be back here in a week for Christmas.”

She pushes off me. “Come on. Let’s go.”

“If I go, you have to promise me a shower later.” I pull her back down and kiss her.

“Definitely.” She rakes her fingers through my hair. “Tonight. After everyone’s asleep.” She gives me a kiss, then gets up and walks over to the window. I watch her, keeping my eyes on her naked ass.

“It’s still snowing. Let’s go outside.” As she turns around, she pulls her hair up which raises her breasts and flattens her stomach even more.

“We’re not going anywhere if you keep showing off your body like that.” My eyes trail over her curves.

“Then I better cover up.” She comes over and picks her clothes up and starts dressing.

There’s a faint knock on the door. “Garret?”

I bolt from the bed. “It’s Lilly.” I say it quietly to Jade as I gather my clothes from the floor. Jade already has her jeans and sweater back on. “You talk to her. I’ll go in the bathroom and get dressed.”

When I’m in the bathroom, I hear Jade talking. “Garret’s in the bathroom. He’ll be out soon. Did you see the snow?”

“Daddy said it’s going to be a blizzard.”

“We should go sledding!” Jade sounds so excited. I love that about her. She has all this money now and she still gets excited about stuff like snow.

“Really?” Lilly sounds as excited as Jade. “Will Garret go?”

“I’ll go,” I say, coming out of the bathroom. I have on jeans and a t-shirt. I go to the closet to grab a sweatshirt.

Lilly follows me. “Can we go right now?”

“Did you have lunch yet?” I ask her.

“Daddy and I had grilled cheese.”

Katherine must not be around. If she was, Lilly wouldn’t have had grilled cheese for lunch. That’s one of those poor people foods Katherine doesn’t allow.

I pull my gray sweatshirt over my head. “Where’s your mom?”

Lilly shrugs. “I don’t know. But Daddy’s downstairs.”

“Where’s Grandma?”

“She left this morning.”

Left? As in moved back to her house? My dad said she was staying here for a few days. Did she leave because Jade and I are here? Or did she just want to go home? Either way, she could’ve at least said goodbye.

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