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I pulled away so I could get a better view of his face. “You’re
shitting me. I’ve been fighting the urge since the night we watched
Primal Fear.”
“What? Why were you fighting it?” he exclaimed. His
normally pale face was flushed with the same kind of life that was
flowing through me.
“I didn’t think it was appropriate to jump the team leader!” I
shot back.
We stared at each other for a moment, and then a fit of
laughter clutched us both. He’d been waiting for me to make the
move for as long as I’d been battling it off and insisting the feelings
weren’t really there.
“Well, if you’d jumped me in an investigation, I might have
had to push you away,” Tucker said thoughtfully. “But I wouldn’t
have wanted to.”
“Is this okay, though?” I asked, for once being totally
serious. Just because he kissed me now didn’t mean he would let me
do it again.
For an answer, he leaned in and kissed me again. After a few
more heart-booming seconds, he broke free and said, “Of course it’s
okay. It’s more than okay. It’s amazing.”
I could feel color rushing to my own face, so I leaned my
body into his and rested my head against his shoulder. Amazing. It
had been a while since anyone had used that word to describe a
moment with me. But it was exactly the word I’d been thinking of.
“I can’t believe you just kissed me,” he mused.
“I can’t believe I just kissed you, either,” I giggled.
We sat there for a little while longer, the quiet suddenly
feeling not so deafening, but comfortable. My heart quieted down a
bit, and my nerves relaxed a little. I was still very aware of his body
against mine and the heat it was radiating, but the big question had
been answered. I now knew what would happen if I kissed Tucker.
However, another question slowly began to rise up in place of the
old one.
“So what happens now?” I asked, shattering the silence
around us.
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