Page 48 of Too Little Too Soon
He shrugged and broke eye contact. “I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you. And I realized I don’t want to. I don’t want to stop being around you. I don’t want to stop sleeping with you.”
“You know everyone can hear you, right?”
“Yeah, and that’s okay too. I don’t want to sneak around anymore.”
She darted a glance over her shoulder, but the screen kept her from seeing what she imagined was the rest of the band listening intently.
"We haven’t exactly been sneaking around,” she pointed out.
He smiled, leaned in, and kissed her. “And now we don’t have to at all.”
“I am so confused.”
“Don’t be. This is exactly what it seems like. This is me, telling you that I want a relationship. With you. More than a friendly one.”
She was certain her mouth fell open and her eyes rounded to comical proportions. Travis tapped her chin, confirming the open mouth theory. She snapped it closed and swallowed.
“You…want…”
“A relationship. With you. I want to date you, Ava. Out in the open. Publicly. And I should probably warn you, I am a big fan of PDA.”
“PDA?”
“Public displays of affection.”
“I know what it means. I just don’t understand.”
Lacey and Parker stepped behind the screen, towels wrapped around their damp bodies, looking sated and clean, as always.
“I definitely want to do what they just did,” Travis quipped.
“Oh my God.” Ava grabbed his hand and pulled him out from behind the screen. “Let’s let them get dressed.”
They moved over to the couches where Maria and Oz—Cash was in the shower—were sitting, watching them expectantly. Ava had no idea what to say. She didn’t understand what was going on, either.
Travis dropped onto the couch and pulled her down with him—right into his lap. And then he wrapped his arms around her, whether to ensure she didn’t get up or just because he liked to touch her, she really had no idea. This was so out of character for him.
Although, honestly, it wasn’t—when they were alone. The man was definitely a cuddler. It was just so odd that he was doing it in front of other people. She’d had the impression they were… she had no idea what she thought they were.
Because they hadn’t yet talked about it.
“Um, so, I guess we’re a thing now?” The words came out as a question, when really she’d meant it as a response to the unasked question in Oz’s eye.
“We are,” Travis confirmed, nuzzling her neck.
Nuzzling. Her. Neck.
She squirmed, not because she wanted off his lap but because she was enjoying his affections maybe a little too much.
Except he just confirmed that they were a couple, so she didn’t have to worry about enjoying anything too much, right?
“Wow,” Maria said. “Congratulations.”
Ava heard the “Are you sure this is a good idea?” as clearly as if Maria had spoken the words out loud. For the record, no, she wasn’t sure. Mostly because she wasn’t sure what was going on.
Travis was acting as though they’d been carrying on a secret affair and were ready to make it public. They’d had sex on two different occasions, weeks apart—that didn’t really qualify as an affair, did it? And what happened to “just friends?”
Lacey and Parker headed their way, fully dressed; Cash exited the bathroom and took their place behind the screen. Oz bounced up and went to take his turn in the shower, while Lacey sat down at one of the mirrored vanities and flipped on her hairdryer, making it nearly impossible to talk.
