Page 15 of Opening Hearts

Chapter Seven

“So, um, my birthday is in a couple days.”

Matt raised his eyebrows before turning the key in the ignition of his truck. “Oh yeah?” They’d finished the movie and made out on his bed for a while, and he’d given Hannah another orgasm with her riding his fingers. She was so fucking hot when she was desperate for an orgasm, and even hotter when she came. She’d offered to get him off again, but there wasn’t time. Since he almost hadn’t been able to keep from coming in her mouth before, he didn’t know if he’d have that much control again. And he didn’t want to freak her out by doing that the first time she ever went down on a guy. Now it was time to take her home before his parents got back, and before her friends’ parents started worrying about her.

She nodded, her lower lip caught between her teeth again. He always wanted to kiss her when she did that, but he didn’t give into the urge this time, wanting to hear what she had to say.

“By in a couple days you mean …?”

“The day after tomorrow. Friday.”

He put the truck in reverse and backed out of his parents’ driveway, his headlights lighting up the trees surrounding the yard as he turned into the street. “You know, I happen to have Friday off.”

“Really?”

He nodded, glancing at her, her features washed in a green glow from the lights on the dash. “Do you have plans with your friend and her family? Or do you want to spend the day with me?” She looked at him, chewing on her lip again. He chuckled. “It’s not a trick question, babe. I’d love to spend the day with you. We could have a lot of fun. But I don’t want to get in the way of anything you already have planned.”

“Um. I think we’re going out to lunch somewhere nice, but otherwise that’s the only thing planned.”

“Okay, how about this.” He wanted to look at her, but couldn’t because he was driving and needed to pay attention to the road. Traffic wasn’t much of an issue around here this time of night, but there was the real possibility of deer jumping in front of them. “I’ll come with you to lunch, and then we’ll hang out the rest of the day. Sound good?”

She nodded. “Can Elena come with us for some of the time? I feel bad that I’ve been ditching her so much.”

He shrugged. “Sure. It’s your birthday, babe. Whatever you want is fine.” She smiled, and he felt like he would do almost anything to keep that look on her face. At least, whenever the look on her face wasn’t desperate passion or succumbing to another orgasm. Those faces were better than her smile, but just barely. He shifted in his seat, trying to will away the erection that had almost faded until his mind went there again.

Too soon they were in the parking lot of her condo complex. He pulled into a parking spot near her door, killing the engine so it wouldn’t bother everyone this late. Once she unbuckled her seatbelt, he pulled her in for a kiss, unable to wait until they got out. “I’ll pick you up again tomorrow after work, alright?”

She nodded against him, gave him a cheeky grin, and hopped out of the truck. He met her at the front of it and pulled her into another kiss, trapping her against the side of the truck, the hood warm against his hands where they caged her in. She sighed, melting against him, her body as pliant as it had been in his bed. He pulled back and took her in, her green eyes hazy, her long blonde hair pulled back in a messy bun, her lips a deep pink, swollen from his kisses, and her skin flushed and beautiful under the lights in the parking lot. God, he wished he could just take her back home and keep her there with him all night, but that wasn’t possible. Not in his parents’ house, and not with her friend’s family expecting her back.

Maybe she could come visit him at school for a weekend and he could make his roommate stay with their other suitemates for a couple nights? He quashed that traitorous thought almost immediately. Tempting as the idea was, the thought of this innocent little virgin (even if she might not be a virgin by the time this theoretical visit took place) in his dorm, surrounded by the other football players that he lived with … Well, he didn’t think they’d be as gentlemanly as he would like. Especially since they were a bunch of players trying to sleep their way through the female population of the university. Sure, they wouldn’t poach. But they’d be dirty and make her blush constantly. And he wanted to keep that all to himself. Keepherall to himself. Which meant she couldn’t meet those assholes, even if they were like his brothers.

“What?”

Hannah’s voice brought his focus back to her. “Hmm?”

She laughed and pushed at his chest so she could step away from the truck. “You were making faces, and they didn’t look happy. What were you thinking?”

“Nothing.” He shook his head, threading his fingers through hers and tugging her toward her condo.

He felt her studying him for a moment longer, then she shrugged. “Okay. If you say so.”

At her door he kissed her again, trying to keep this one tame since he figured someone was probably waiting up for her and possibly looking through the peephole. “Goodnight, Hannah. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

She gave him a shy smile before unlocking the door. “Goodnight, Matt. I had fun tonight.”

“Me too.”

The door closed behind her, and he walked back to his truck, looking forward to tomorrow, and even more so to her birthday when they’d get the whole day together instead of just a few hours in the evening.

“God, I’m stuffed.” Hannah rubbed her belly, and Matt smiled down at her from where he walked next to her, holding her hand.

“Too stuffed to go swimming like we planned?”

“Since it’ll be more like splashing in the waves than swimming, no. If we were going to a pool to swim laps, I’d want to wait, but we can go to the beach now. We want to make sure we go while it’s still hot out anyway.” She gestured to the blue sky, where the sun blazed down on them in the early July afternoon. “Elena said she wants to come, but she’s riding back to the condo with her parents. Plus, my swimsuit is there, so we need to go there first.”

Matt nodded, kissing her in front of the passenger door of his truck. “Happy birthday. I’m glad I get to spend the day with you today.”

Hannah smiled. “Me too. Let’s go, though. The sooner we get Elena, the sooner we can have fun at the beach.”

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