Starburst by Jettie Woodruff Read Free Book Online

me,” she said, pulling away and walking toward the
steps.
    “Don’t
turn around,” he tried to tell himself, not wanting the image of her half naked
body fixed in his mind.
    “Trevas,”
she called down from about halfway up, and his head and eyes turned right to
her refusing to listen to his brain telling them not to.
    “You
do something to me too,” she stated and disappeared to her room.
    “Trevas
you fucking idiot,” he said out loud, but quietly as he ran his hands through
his hair. He sat there for a long time trying to gather his thoughts. He went
to bed and stared at the ceiling. He kept telling himself that it wasn’t
happening again, and then he would have to repeat it and warn himself again
when his mind wanted to wonder right back to her kiss and how good her body
felt.
    Alley
lay in bed and thought about him too. He scared her as much as she scared him,
and although she was sure that he had, had these feelings in the past for
someone or more than one someone, she hadn’t and wasn’t sure how to react to
them.
     
    When
Trevas woke, their kiss was the first thing that came to his mind and he
groaned. She hadn’t emerged yet, and he put on a pair of shorts and a
sleeveless t-shirt with open sides. He went into the gym and was just starting
to work up a sweat as he jogged a rapid pace on the treadmill when she came in.
    “Good
morning,” he said, not wanting things to be awkward between them and then
wondered if she came into work out or what she was doing when she just stood
there.
    He
pushed the buttons and slowed the treadmill to a crawl. “Alley?” he said, and
she ducked under his arm and was walking in front of him. He smiled down at her
and shook his head. She was in a pair of baggy gray sweatpants and a loose
fitting t-shirt, but he didn’t think she could have been sexier had she been naked.
    “What
are you doing?” he asked.
    She
hopped up and brought her feet to the sides so that she was no longer walking.
“Are you mad at me?” she asked, not turning around.
    Trevas
brought his arm around her and stopped the treadmill. “No Alley, I’m not mad at
you. I’m mad at myself. What happened last night was entirely my fault. I’m
supposed to be the adult here, and kissing you was the most unprofessional
thing I have ever done, and I’m sorry, and I apologize profusely. I promise I won’t
let it happen again”
    “I don’t
want you to be sorry Trevas,” she said and turned to face him, standing too
close for his control level.
    “That
is not what I meant. I just can’t let it happen again.”
    “You
can’t let it happen again, but you want to?”
    Trevas
smiled a warm smile, “Come on, I will make us some breakfast,” he said, wanting
to get away from her, and making the mistake of taking her hand. The touch of her
caused him to close his eyes and take a breath. She pulled her hand away from
his and stared up at him before he opened the door.
    “You
make me say what is on my mind, you can’t be a hypocrite.”
    “Yes
Alley, I want to very much so,” he answered. “Come on let’s get some
breakfast.”
    “Can
we just have the pizza?” she asked as they walked to the kitchen.
    “You
liked my pizza, uh?”
    “I
loved your pizza.”
    Trevas
warmed up the pizza on a cooking stone in the oven. They both grabbed a shower
while it was warming, and Trevas shook his head lightly as he watched her come
back down in short dark blue stretch shorts and light pink tank-top that showed
the darker shade of pink bra strap. They sat at the table and ate. Trevas was
trying his best to talk to her normal and not let things be awkward, but was failing
miserably when their eyes kept getting entranced with each other’s.
    “Come
on, I will beat you in a game of pinball,” she told him after they had cleaned
up the plates.
    They
stood side by side and Alley asked him if they were playing for poison.
    “No
way, that gets me in trouble,” he admitted.
    “You’re
not in trouble,