He even packed the lunch.

My favourite date, by far, was the artwork gallery, and Maywood Heights had a number of. I recalled Ares saying his dad owned a couple of of them, and Dorian confirmed the one we went to was established by Mallick Enterprises. We didn’t run into Ares’s dad or something, however Dorian mentioned the gallery was his. It was large, and I beloved it. I additionally appreciated that I bought to indicate Dorian part of myself and my pursuits. He requested about them loads, and although I instructed him issues, I discovered myself guarded.

It was nonetheless laborious for me after the whole lot that had occurred, and I wasn’t so positive I used to be prepared for all this. I cared about Dorian, positive.

I imply, I actually fucking cared.

I discovered him in my ideas throughout my very first breaths within the morning, and hell, he appeared on the final breaths too. He circulated my ideas continually, and if that wasn’t greater than care, I didn’t know what was. It wasn’t a query of whether or not I had emotions for him or not. It was if I used to be able to have them. He’d screwed with my coronary heart one thing loopy, and the final time I’d been susceptible with him had kicked me within the ass. I used to be nonetheless sore from our final fall collectively.

Worry was one thing else, wasn’t it?

If Dorian had picked up on my reservations, he by no means talked about them. He merely took me on dates, and never as soon as did issues get bodily. I imply, he touched me. He held my hand, and we kissed (loads) in his automotive each earlier than and after faculty.

Typically even throughout.

Sure, there was quite a lot of kissing, however no fucking. He surprisingly hadn’t pushed for that, and I discovered myself questioning daily if he actually had modified. I questioned if he was really placing himself on the market and never speeding issues. Perhaps he really was severe about this, about us.

Perhaps he gained’t damage me once more.

This thought was additionally a relentless in my thoughts and one thing I thought of earlier than assembly him at his locker that day. Typically he met me at mine, however in the present day, he’d mentioned he wished to take me on one other date after faculty.

I discovered myself speeding simply to get to him after final interval, and I knew instantly how that sounded. Once more, I pushed myself previous the ideas. I needed to with the intention to stay sane.

He wasn’t by himself at his locker, his again to me. Ares had a shoulder lounged towards the lockers with him, and I barely noticed the 2 in any respect within the crowded hallway. Folks had been speeding round to get out of faculty.

“It’s time, don’t you assume?” I heard Ares say as I strode up, and I hadn’t been seeing quite a lot of him as of late. No less than, not as a lot as we had been. Since our venture had wrapped up, I usually solely noticed him and the remainder of Legacy at lunch. I’d not too long ago began consuming there with them and Bow, and my brother joined us too when he wasn’t attempting to make amends for faculty work within the library. Ares sighed. “We have to rope her in. It’s time.”

Dorian braced his huge arms, his head shaking. He nonetheless had his again to me once I stopped behind him. I frowned. “Rope who in?”

Dorian swung round, a simple smile gracing his lips. He’d began doing that, smiling each time he noticed me. It was as if the lazy grin was instinctual, and its presence gave me extra butterflies than I’d readily admit.

“Snooping on me, little fighter?” Framing my face, he angled my mouth in his path. “Why you at all times so dangerous?”

He growled earlier than sealing our lips and biting mine. His enamel embedded in my flesh tingled right down to my toes and had Ares rolling his eyes by the point the darkish prince let go of me.

“She’s at all times good for that,” Ares introduced. He hooked considered one of his lengthy arms over his open locker. I recalled he had caught me snooping earlier than, so I let him get away with that. He tipped his chin. “Sup, little?”

In addition to that. I shook my head. “Nothing, Wolf,” I countered. This made him chuckle, so I clearly bought away with that. I smiled. “And what are you guys speaking about? Convey who in?”

The pair exchanged a look earlier than Ares closed his locker.

Ares bunched his jacket sleeves up. “Imma see you two round, then,” he mentioned, however then pointed at Dorian. “I’m assuming you’re nonetheless ditching apply in the present day.”

Dorian’s brawny arm hooked round my waist, which apparently gave Wolf his reply. I didn’t know he was ditching apply for no matter we had been going to do in the present day.

Wolf nodded. “Have enjoyable, then.”

His assertion accompanied a glance in Dorian’s path. Ares began to move us, however stopped. He frowned. “Your hair at all times like that?”

It took me a second to understand he was speaking to me and one other to determine what the fuck he was speaking about.

I supposed I had worn my hair in a different way in the present day, curly. Thick and frizzy curls hadn’t held up in the present day, and I shrugged. “I’m naturally curly. I simply normally straighten it.”

I’d been operating late this morning, which was the one purpose I hadn’t. I guessed the one purpose he hadn’t seen it in all its frizzy glory was as a result of I’d worn a messy bun at lunch. I’d tugged my hair free towards the top of the day.

Ares opened his mouth, as if to say one thing, however in the long run, he didn’t. He merely instructed Dorian he’d catch him later, and after I texted Bru he may go on dwelling with out me, I joined Dorian in his automotive. My brother and I had been driving to highschool collectively since he didn’t have his soccer obligation anymore.

“So, uh, you going to maintain pretending like I didn’t ask you guys a query?”

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