Page 44 of Strictly Curious
“Yes, I’m sure,” he answered before I fully asked the question. “I want it with you. I want it so bad, and to know what it feels like to have you inside me.”
I closed my eyes and took a steadying breath, hands squeezing where they rested on his shoulders. I needed to calm down before I embarrassed myself in public with how much my dick liked the direction this discussion was going.
“Jesus, Ty. You were so pissed at me earlier and now you want this?”
His hips surged forward and the ridge of his erection pressing into my thigh was enough of an answer. We both needed to calm down.
“Okay, okay.” I took another breath and looked around. “Let’s slow down for a moment. We can’t just leave Jacob and Anthony hanging.”
Tyler nodded, agreeing that it was rude to leave the people that had invited us out to dinner just because we were suddenly horny. What the hell was in that pizza that shifted his mood so much? Sure it had been good, but damn. Not that I was really complaining. He’d also derailed my freakout.
Shit, my freakout. This was becoming such a huge mess. Just thinking about it all again was enough to calm me down. I stepped away from him, letting go of his shoulders, I trailed a hand down my face. I took a deep breath and looked around, scanning for familiar cars in the parking lot and relaxed when I didn’t see any I recognized.
“Let’s go back inside,” I said as I straightened out the shirt Tyler had messed up when he’d fisted the material.
The cool air as we walked inside helped to relax me as we approached the table again. Jacob and Tony looked concerned by our sudden departure. When Tony looked between the two of us, a knowing smirk crossed his face before he folded his arms and sat back in his seat.
“Needed to sneak away?” he asked teasingly.
I rolled my eyes as I pulled out my chair and plopped back into it. “It wasn’t like that.”
Tony’s brows rose as his eyes pinged between me and Tyler when he sat ridiculously close to me again. We looked suspicious as hell. My shirt wrinkled, and Ty’s lips swollen. That hadn’t been why I needed to step away, however.
“Sure,” Tony said as a server came over and dropped what looked like some sort of dessert pizza at the table. I really couldn’t fathom eating more but it looked fantastic.
“What is this?” Tyler asked, pointing to the pie.
“It’s got butter, cinnamon, sugar, and a frosting drizzle. It sounded great, figured it was worth a try,” Jacob explained as he pulled a slice and set it on his plate.
Tyler slowly leaned forward and grabbed a slice, bringing it to his lips and taking a bite. He hummed appreciatively. Now that he was devouring food again, did it distract him from what we talked about outside? Would he change his mind? I found I wanted to do this as much as he claimed he did. It appeared neither of us wanted to be rude about our friends buying us more food.
“So, Tyler, you’re starting school in the fall. What are you going to school for and where are you going?” Jacob’s question was well-intentioned, but he had no clue what I knew. No one knew yet that Tyler had turned down the fancy out-of-state school he was accepted to.
“Well, I was going to go to school in Washington…” Tyler started, shifting in his seat and setting down the rest of his slice of dessert.
“Was?” Jacob asked.
Tyler looked at me, unsure, and I grabbed his hand on top of the table, giving it a reassuring squeeze. Maybe it would be easier to start by telling friends before telling the rest of the family. I wouldn’t force him if he didn’t want to.
“You don’t have to tell them,” I said.
“It’s fine,” he answered, taking a deep breath. Tyler was taking leaps and bounds out of his comfort zone lately. “I was going to go to Washington. I got into a really nice nursing program up there. Anyone would dream of getting into it. I just couldn’t…” He closed his eyes, fingers squeezing mine. He didn’t finish that thought process.
“So what do you plan to do? Did you know about this, Garrett?” Jacob asked.
I shook my head. “I only just found out. He plans to stay here. Besides, there are a lot of other options around here. He could still do nursing if that’s really what he wanted to do.”
“I think nursing is still what I want to do. Sure, going the trade school route might take a little longer, but at least I’ll be closer to home.”
“Aren’t there any university-level nursing programs around here?” Tony asked. He’d sat forward in his seat, arms resting against the table as he picked at his own piece of the dessert pizza. And that was something Tyler could look into as well.
Tyler
Islumpedinmyseat, releasing Garrett’s hand. It had been nice that he’d been so supportive of this decision, and I knew these types of questions were coming. This was great practice for what I knew was coming when I told Dad and Mom.
“There are. And I applied, but Washington was the only place that accepted me. I can always apply again, but I don’t want to put things off forever. I probably wouldn’t be able to start until the spring. If I do the LPN program at the local community college, I can start this fall.”
Everyone nodded in understanding. I’d done a little research because I hadn’t decided blindly. I still couldn’t completely wrap my head around why the idea of leaving Garrett had caused me to panic the way it had. The recent development in our relationship was giving me an idea however, and I wondered how long my feelings for him had been lying dormant beneath the surface.
