Page 72 of Falling Together

“That does sound pretty wonderful. You could head home now so you see your parents before they leave for work. Plus, if you’re not here, Nolan might give me fewer issues about going to school. I can meet you at your house after I drop him off and come back for my suit.”And figure out how I’m going to make today a better day than yesterday.

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After fighting with Nolan to get ready and go to daycare, then running a few errands and going back home to get her suit and anything else she needed for her day at Blair’s, Erin finally arrived in her neighborhood. It was still so strange to her that she had to put in a code to even enter. Blair lived a much different life than she ever had. Yet, she didn’t act like it at all. That was another thing Erin appreciated about her. She never saw Erin as less than her, even if Erin saw herself that way at times. After parking in the driveway, Erin walked around the side of the house and entered through the fence surrounding the pool, just like Blair had told her to.

As soon as she walked through the gate, she found Blair laying in the pool in averyskimpy bikini, looking much too sexy.Shit.Erin was going to have to jump into the pool just to cool herself off. When Blair noticed her, she got off of the raft she was lying on and walked out of the pool.She’s a literal wet dream. What the hell?

Blair’s eyes ran up and down Erin’s body, but moved back to her hands after they had burned their path. “That’s a lot of bags. Are you moving in?”

Erin looked down at the bags in her hands. She had been so distracted by Blair, she almost forgot about everything she brought with her. “No. These are just a few things I picked up to try to make today special.”

Blair wiggled her eyebrows. “Special, huh?”

God, I wish. Must…. Keep… Self… Control.“Not like that.” Erin held up the bags from the grocery store. “I bought the ingredients for my macaroni and cheese. I know we just had it a few days ago, but—”

“But mine wasn’t as good as yours,” Blair said before Erin could finish.

Erin shook her head. “I thought it was just as good, but since both you and Nolan seemed to disagree, I thought the original chef should make the recipe for you.”

“Well, you know I’ll never turn down your mac and cheese.” Blair studied the bags as if she was counting them or something. “Is that all that’s in there? It still seems like too many bags for the mac and cheese ingredients.”

Erin wasn’t sure if she should share what else she got since she was now somewhat regretting it. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now felt kind of lame. “There is, but I don’t know. It’s pretty cheesy.”

“Cheesier than your mac and cheese?”

“I’d say yes. But definitely not as tasty.”Not tasty at all. Just childish. What the hell was I thinking? Oh yeah. I wasn’t.

“Can you at least show me?” Blair came up to Erin and moved her eyes around as if she was trying to sneak a peek at what was hidden in the bags. “I’m super curious now.”

“Promise you won’t make fun of me?”

Blair smirked and rested her hands on Erin’s hips. “I promise I won’t make fun of you…toomuch.” She winked and it was so sexy that Erin didn’t even care that she was teasing her. Actually, she kind of really liked it.

“Fine.” Erin handed Blair the bag that held the gifts she picked up for her. “I sort of figured we might end up watching a movie today, and since I know you love giraffes—”

Blair laughed as she pulled out the stuffed giraffe and giraffe blanket that Erin had bought for her. “Seriously? This is fucking amazing. I love it so much. I want to hug you, but I’m really wet right now.” Blair’s smirk became almost devilish. “But then again, I guess it wouldn’t be the first time I got you wet, huh?”

Shit. Fuck.Erin really needed to control herself while she tried to figure out exactly what she wanted with Blair (and what her heart could handle), but Blair was making it very hard. Standing in front of her soaking wet, looking like a sexy sculpture, while talking about how turned on she makes Erin was completely unfair.Andit had Erin ridiculously turned on. How was she supposed to resist her? “You…” She cleared her throat because her mouth was dry and she couldn’t get the words out. “You can hug me. That’s okay. I don’t mind being wet.”

The way Blair’s smirk grew told Erin she had another witty comment to make. “Oh trust me, I know you don’t.”

Yep. Walked right into that one.

As Blair took Erin into her arms, Erin brought her lips to Blair’s ear and whispered, “You make it very hard to be good.”

Now it was Blair’s mouth that came close to Erin’s ear, her breath hitting Erin’s skin in a way that made it impossible to remember why she was fighting this so hard. “Then maybe you shouldn’t be.”

Fuuuuck.Erin couldn’t take it anymore. She pulled away from Blair just enough to place a hard kiss on her lips. Blair immediately opened her mouth to Erin’s and their tongues met for the first time in what felt like way too many days.

After a few minutes of making out, Blair pulled away, both of their chests heaving up and down as they struggled to catch their breath. Blair licked her lips and again ran her eyes up and down Erin’s body. “Just fun until you tell me it’s something else.”

Part of Erin wanted to argue with Blair that they shouldn’t do anything else until she knew if she could give her heart away. Part of her wanted to tell Blair it wasn’tjustfun anymore. It hadn’t been for a long time. It was so much more than that. Unfortunately, all rational thought was drowned out by her need to have Blair again. “Okay.”

Blair’s eyes lit up. “Really? You’re sure?”

With the way Blair was looking at her, Erin couldn’t even remember how to form words, so all she did was nod. That was clearly good enough for Blair, because her smile grew even bigger, and she lifted Erin in her arms the same way she had that day in the hotel room. Erin’s whole outfit was wet, but she didn’t care. There was another part of her that was also wet, and it was in desperate need of attention.

Thank god Blair’s family wasn’t home since Blair was carrying her through the whole house, the two of them stumbling around and sloppily making out like teenagers as they went. After they made it upstairs and down the hallway toward Blair’s bedroom, Blair held onto Erin with one arm as she reached around Erin with her other arm to open the door. Erin was pretty sure she kicked it open which was honestly hot as hell.

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