I don’t know if I woke up early, or if I just never went to sleep. The night was a blur. I must’ve read her message twenty times, before I drifted off. Every time it still surprised me. I couldn’t believe it. I almost showed the message to Garrett just so I could be sure I wasn’t hallucinating. I kept thinking that if I closed my eyes, the message would just disappear. You know, like blink and you’ll miss it. Time was precious with her. If you got it, you should consider yourself lucky.

What was happening to me?

It was so hard to read her signals though. One minute she was ignoring me, and the next minute…

Hot Damn!

She was killing me, but I couldn’t picture a better way to go.

I checked out my reflection one more time in the mirror to be sure I didn’t look like a complete douche. She was always so put together, so beautiful. It wouldn’t matter to me if she were wearing a paper bag and flip-flops. She’d still be the prettiest thing that walked into a room.

I dialed back the cologne a bit since Lee made such a big deal about it. I didn’t want Gwen to be choking on it, although I think Lee exaggerates sometimes. I don’t want to stink. You know?

My wallet was still on my desk, so I grabbed it and stuffed in my back pocket. I double-checked to make sure I had everything, and then I headed out the door. This was one meeting I refused to be late for.

When I arrived at the library, it was mostly empty. At eight o’clock in the morning I wouldn’t expect it to be hopping. Most people were probably still passed out from the day before. That’s where Garrett was, and he was the living, breathing embodiment of the college student life. He was either drunk, or recovering from being drunk. I grew tired of keeping tabs on him. He was going to do what he wanted to do anyway. And like most of the other students, the library wasn’t some place he’d randomly be hanging out.

I was thanking the Library Gods for that one.

Maneuvering through the row of tables, I made my way back to our spot. The one table in the whole library that only had two seats. It felt secluded, plus it was the spot where we first met.

She wasn’t there yet, so I sat facing towards the entrance so I would know the moment she arrived. I must’ve looked kind of silly sitting there without books or papers. Most people came to library to study or read, not date. If you could even consider what we were doing a date.

I glared at the digital clock on the wall, just waiting for the minutes to tick away. A loud sigh, earned me a few scowls from neighboring tables, but I was too anxious to care. She was already five minutes late, and I worried that maybe she wouldn’t show. Maybe she couldn’t get away from her brothers.

But, I was wrong.

She strolled through the doors with a stack of books in her arms, and I was so excited to see that she was alone. I don’t know what I would’ve done if Fox or Obi had walked in behind her. Played it cool I guess, but it would be a big coincidence to find me in the library so early in the morning.

Even with a load of books in her arms, she still looked amazing. Her blonde hair was pulled back in a ponytail, and she was wearing a pair of black-framed glasses. I didn’t even know she wore glasses. I’d never seen her wearing them. It was sexy though.

“Let me help you,” I offered, as I took the large stack of books from her arms. “I hope you don’t plan on reading all these in a half hour. If so, we aren’t going to get to talk much,” I whispered.

Her blue eyes shined, when a grin stretched across her face. I nearly fell over a chair because I couldn’t stop staring at her.

She pulled out one of the chairs at our table, while I unloaded the books in front of her. “Most of those I’m bringing back.” She smiled. “That was the reason for my library trip. The real reason.” She gazed up at me.

Damn she was cute. “So, I was just a bonus?” I joked.

A laugh escaped her lips. “Yeah.” She bit down hard on her bottom lip, and my eyes narrowed in. I wanted to kiss her so fucking bad, I couldn’t see straight. I didn’t care that we were standing in a public library. I didn’t care that someone might see us, and run back to tell her brothers.

I reached up my thumb and ran it slowly along her bottom lip. She sucked in a deep breath, before her lips parted and her eyes slowly closed.

I needed to touch her, to explore every single inch of her, almost as much as I needed to breathe. My heart banged against my rib cage, and the thread of patience I once had was out the window.

My hands moved to her hips, and I closed the gap between us. “You look so beautiful. I want to kiss you so bad.”

She licked her lips, and closed the tiny gap that was left between our bodies, and whispered softly, “I want to kiss you too.”

Something caught my attention from out of the corner of my eye, and it dawned on me that we were still very much inside the library. We didn’t need that kind of public exposure. In the fiery heat of the moment I guess we just forgot ourselves, and nothing else in the room seemed to matter. It was stupid of us, even if my throbbing crotch approved. We couldn’t afford to make those kinds of mistakes.

I moved my body around to the side of hers to keep all eyes off of her.

“Classic.” She said.

“Huh?”

She looked up at me, and then tilted her head to the left towards a row of books. “Classics,” she repeated and then darted off towards the books.

It took me second to follow, but then I realized that she was leading me to the very empty classic section of our library. My girl was beautiful and smart.

“Kiss me once, and make it count,” she urged. “I don’t have much time.”

And I didn’t plan on wasting it. I backed her up against the row of books and pressed my lips to hers. In an instant my body knew that she was mine. My hands roamed her body like she was made just for me.

When my tongue pressed lightly against hers, I became a ravenous beast, and she wouldn’t dare forget this kiss. Her mouth was warm, and she tasted sweet, good enough to eat. My thoughts were as dirty as the day was long. A man could get killed for the things I wanted to do to her.

I had to pull myself away, and take a deep breath before I completely lost control. Oh, I was seconds away from losing it. If her hand wrapped any tighter around the front of my shirt, I was going to blow my load right there.

“That totally counted.” She smirked as she rested her head against my chest.

That’s right. I was the king of the universe.

When she lifted her head and looked up at me, I smiled at her. “I’ve never seen you wear glasses before. It’s fucking hot.”

She blushed red, and playfully shoved my chest. “I haven’t been feeling too well, and my head has been hurting. I didn’t feel like messing with my contacts.”

“Are you feeling better now?” I asked her.

“Right now…” she paused and leaned up to lightly kiss my lips. “I feel really good.”

I groaned. “You’re killing me.”

She giggled. “Let’s go stud. I have to get some stuff done before I leave this library.”

“After you.”

I watched her walk away, my eyes glued to her ass.

It was brutal, but in the best way possible. I had to adjust myself before I could walk out from behind the shelves. If my jeans had been any looser I would’ve been sporting a tent.

I hoped liked hell, that I didn’t have to wait too long to see her again, otherwise there would be a lot of cold showers in my future.