Page 32 of Teaching Cayden

Chapter 14

Cayden

After dropping Josh and the girls off, I made my way to Addison’s place. I hadn’t promised her that I’d come over, but I knew she wasn’t happy with my ‘fake date’ tonight. I was a smart guy. I knew I needed to go smooth things over, especially if I was going to drop this beach party thing on her. She’d mentioned harassing her brother for an invite so we could at least hang out. Now, I wasn’t so sure that was the best idea.

When I got to her apartment, she was cuddled up on her couch with a glass of wine and a book. She didn’t even hear me knock at first because it took her forever to let me in. I’d seen the remnants of her evening as she’d waved her arm at the rumpled blanket behind her. One look at her face, and I knew she was hurt by what I’d done. I was so torn with whether to let this charade continue, or tell her that we just needed to be upfront with everyone.

“I’m sorry,” was all I was able to get out before she flung her arms around my neck and jumped into my arms.

She hung onto me for dear life as her lips made a beeline for my mouth. “Remind me why we’re doing this again?” she whispered as I turned to carry her down the hall.

“Because you’re worth it.” I groaned before turning and dropping us onto the bed. Before I could even tell her how much I thought about her, or how much I missed her, she was shoving her hand down the front of my pants. As soon as her fingers wrapped around me, my world stopped. It was as if we were in our own little bubble. Nothing around us mattered, and being there for one another was the only thing of importance at the moment.

We spent the rest of the evening pleasuring one another as I whispered reassurances of my feelings, and tried to remember why we were torturing ourselves. Reality came crashing back though in the form of a text.

“What are you thinking about right now?” I murmured in her ear as Addison and I lay spooned together in the dark on her bed. We’d been in this position since we’d come down from our orgasmic high, and I hadn’t found a reason to change it.

“That I only have three more weeks until I’m finished with your class.” She sounded defeated and I wondered if it was regret that I was hearing.

“I’ll tell Will as soon as the semester ends. I promise.” I squeezed her tighter as I pulled her body flush to mine. There was no space between us, and I wondered if she could feel where my heart was beating out of my chest.

“I know.” She nodded.

“Then what is it? I know something’s bothering you?” I shook her lightly.

“Am I worth it?” She turned her head to look over her shoulder. “I know you say you want to be with me, but am I?”

“What do I need to tell you to make you believe me?” I nuzzled against her neck. “I think about you all the time. You’re the one person I need to see every day.” This was what made telling her about the beach party so hard. How do you tell the girl you think you’re falling for that you’re ‘fake dating’ someone else? Just as I was about to tell her about Serena her phone buzzed, breaking our little bubble.

“Who’s that?” I released her as she grabbed her cell off the bedside table.

“My brother.” Her scowl quickly turned into a devious grin as she showed me the text he sent.

Will: You can come to the beach party. We decided you count since you’re the President’s sister.

My stomach knotted as reality smacked me in the face. “We’ll have to find a dark corner somewhere to meet up at. After a few rounds of drinks my brother and his goons won’t even care enough to worry about who I’m making out with.”

“I need to tell you something.” I groaned as I rolled onto my back and rubbed my palms down my face.

“What?” She pushed up so her back was resting against the headboard. The covers began to slip down, and she tugged at them to cover her breasts.

“That girl I took out tonight,” I swallowed, “I’m taking her to the beach party too.” I watched as hurt marred Addison’s face. Her arms crossed over her chest as she turned away from me slightly.

“I see.” She scoffed.

“No, you don’t.” I pulled at her shoulder. “Do you think I want to be out with her? She kinda sprung it on me, and I didn’t have a reason to tell her no.” I swallowed as I pulled at her again, this time getting her to turn to me. It just about broke me when I saw the tears pooling in her eyes.

“Did you kiss her?” she whispered.

“What? No!” I jerked my head back.

“Most guys kiss the girl goodnight after the date,” she mumbled as her head tipped down so she was staring at her lap.

“I’m not most guys, or haven’t you found that out yet?” I offered a half smile as I pulled her against my chest. “She knows I have a girlfriend. She knows I don’t like her like that.” I hugged her as I tried to reassure her that she was the one I wanted. “I’m just ready for all of this to be over. I want to stand out in the quad and tell everyone that I’m with you. You have to know that. I’m crazy about you, Addison.”

“I’m kinda crazy about you too.” She sniffed as she looked up at me.

“Are we gonna be ok?” I let my head dip, causing my forehead to rest against hers.

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