The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window (10 page)

H
e pulled away and grinned at me.
“How about I buy lunch today, and we call it a date?” he suggested,
looking at me shyly. I’d never seen Liam look shy or vulnerable in
his life. The tender, pleading expression on his face was enough to
set what felt like a hundred butterflies loose in my
stomach.

I pretended
to think about it for
a few seconds and
his face fell. “OK,” I finally agreed, smiling. He grinned happily
before pulling me into another kiss that actually made me feel a
little giddy.

He pulled out
of the kiss just as I was getting slightly breathless. “I’d better
go get some dry clothes from the car, give you a chance to get
changed,” he said looking me over with a satisfied smile on his
face. “Not that you don’t look sexy as hell in what
you
’re wearing.”

I looked down
at myself, to see that my white t-shirt was now stuck to me and
completely see through. I laughed uncomfortably and wrapped
m
y arms around myself, blushing like
crazy. He laughed too and bent to pick up the flower that I had
thrown at his feet. He held it back out to me, smiling his
beautiful smile.

“
Thanks,” I
whispered, biting my lip as my face burned with
embarrassment.

“
Anytime,” he
said as
he walked out of the
door.

Chapter 6

I got changed quickly and walked out to the car. Liam
was already there, leaning casually against the car, chatting
happily with Justin and Spencer, another guy from my crew.

“
Hey,” I
chirped as I walked up to them
.

Liam smiled a
beautiful smile at me. “That’s my cue boys, gotta take the lady on
our first real date. See you next week,” he said, waving them away
with a flick of his hand.

Justin’s
mouth fell open and he looked from Liam
to me several times. “Date? But…. I mean…. what? I thought
he was your brother’s best friend! You don’t even like him; you
always say he’s a man-whore asshole. Whenever I’ve said to you
about how hot he was, you just said that you wouldn’t touch his STD
ass with a bargepole!” Justin said, frowning, and looking at me
confused.

I groaned and
closed my eyes. I was literally so embarrassed that I wished the
ground would open up and swallow me. How could he just say that
right in front of Liam? Not that I haven’t told him that to his
face on more than one occasion, but I still felt awful. I heard
Liam start to laugh so I risked a glance at him, he didn’t look
angry or anything.

“
Thanks
, Jus,” I muttered, giving
him a look that should be able to kill him on the spot.

Liam reached
out and grabbed my hand, pulling me to his side, still laughing.
“It’s a lady’s prerogative to change her mind,” he said to Justin
with a wink,
opening my car door for
me.

“
I’ll see you
next week
, guys, and I promise I won’t be
late,” I vowed, kissing their cheeks before getting in the car.
Liam gave them both the typical man hug handshake thing, and ran
round to the driver’s side. When he started the car he looked over
at me with a smile. “Sorry,” I muttered, blushing again.

“
Don’t worry
about it. It’s nothing I haven’t heard before out of your beautiful
mouth,
” he replied with a
grin.

I couldn’t
help but smile, he was full of the compliments
today
, but some part of me was worrying
if he had said that to all the other girls. Was he expecting me to
have sex with him after a couple of dates? Because if he was, then
he was going to be very disappointed. I decided that we needed to
talk about it. I mean, what was the point in even trying, if he was
just using me for sex, and I wasn’t planning on giving it up
anytime soon?

“
So
, where shall we go for lunch?”
he asked, snapping me out of my little internal
discussion.

“
Um…. I don’t
mind, what do you fancy?” I asked. He shot me a flirty look and a
wicked smile
. I rolled my eyes at him; he
really is a sex crazed player! “To
eat,
Liam,” I added, crossing my
arms over my chest, trying to look stern.

He just
laughed and started driving
. “How about
Chinese? You like that, right?” he asked, glancing at me from the
corner of his eye.

“
Yeah, I love
Chinese food!” I chirped happily, grinning like I’d won the
lottery. Jake hated Chinese food so we hardly ever had it; Liam
smiled and drove us to the restaurant on the
high-street
.

We were now sitting, eating our food. We had been
chatting happily for nearly an hour and I was again surprised by
how easy it was to talk to him. I’d known him for twelve years and
I’d never really just spoken to him properly about stuff. His leg
brushed mine under the table and made me jump, not because of my
fear, but because it sent a little jolt through my system, making
the hairs on the back of my neck prick up and my pulse quicken.

I decided now
was the time to sort it out, there was only one other couple in the
restaurant so we could talk freely, but I just didn’t know how to
begin. “Liam, I think we need to talk about
something,
” I said quietly.

He cocked his
head to the side slightly and looked at me
curiously
. “OK. What’s up?”

I took a deep
breath
, I just needed to get it out and
see what he thought about it. “I really don’t know what you want
from me; I mean, you can have any girl that you want. I’m an
emotional wreck for goodness sake… I mean…. I flinch every time
anyone touches me. I…. I can’t give you what you want,” I rambled,
frowning. Wow, that came out a little different than I thought, but
at least it got the point across.

“
You’re
worried about sex,” he stated
, looking at
me knowingly, not seeming to be bothered by this conversation at
all.

I gulped and
nodded
. “I just…. I’m not ready for
anything like that, so if that’s what you want then there really is
no point in starting anything,” I said quietly, looking down at my
plate and wishing the ground would swallow me again.

He put his hand under my chin and lifted my
face up to look at his; he was smiling his beautiful smile. “I can
wait as long as you want. I really am crazy about you, it’s not
about sex,” he said tenderly, making my heart start to race.

Is he serious
or is this a tr
ick so I’ll give it up
sooner? “What if I said I didn’t believe in having sex before
marriage?” I asked, testing him.

His eyes
showed his amusement
, but he just kept
his face straight. “Then I’d say how about we get married as soon
as you’re old enough. Eighteen is the legal age, right?” he
replied, winking at me.

I laughed but
was still unsure what he me
ant, I wasn’t
eighteen for another two years, is he saying that he’ll wait two
years for me? No sex until after marriage wasn’t something that I
believed in; I’d just wanted to see his reaction. “I don’t believe
in that, but I don’t know how long it’ll be, Liam, honestly.” I
chewed on my lip nervously.

“
Angel, I
said I can wait as long as you need
. I
want to be with you.” He looked me right in the eyes as he spoke. I
didn’t see one ounce of doubt or trickery there and I felt hope
building up inside me. Was he really that into me that he would
wait for me?

“
What about
in three months’ time when you still haven’t gotten
any
, and some random girl throws herself
at you, could you wait then?” I asked sceptically.

He laughed.
“You really do think I’m some sex crazed player
, don’t you?” he asked. I nodded in confirmation. I
didn’t
think
it, I
knew
it, he slept around a lot!
“Do you know why I’ve been with all of those girls?” he asked,
suddenly looking uncomfortable and embarrassed.

“
They give
good head?” I asked sarcastically. Is he really going to go into
details about his sex life to a girl he’s just told he’s crazy
about and who is scared of having sex? Do
es he actually not have a clue?

He choked
on
his laughter, and shook his head. “No,
Angel. The reason I went with all those girls was to try and get
over you. I wake up next to you every day. You send my mind and
body into a frenzy. I can smell your hair when I close my eyes, or
I can imagine how your hand feels when you lay it on my chest. It
kills me every day to be so close to you, but be so far away,” he
said, shaking his head and taking a deep breath, looking at me
hopefully. “I thought maybe if I met someone else that I’d be able
to stop thinking about you, but it didn’t work. Nothing works. When
I’m with them, I wish it was you. When they laugh or talk, I can’t
help but compare it to your voice or your laugh. It’s always been
you; it’ll always be you, Angel.”

I couldn’t
speak
. What on earth do I say to that? I
mean, I know he’s a player, but I was killing him? That speech was
so freaking adorable! “Oh,” I choked out.

He burst out
laughing. “Oh? That’s all you can say?”

I nodded and
laughed too. I still had no words to answer that little confession
he’d just made. My head was still spinning and I knew if I said
something now I would just make myself sound like an idiot. I leant
across the table and took his hand, he smiled happily at me and
that seemed to be all that was necessary.

My head was
spinning with thoughts; I really didn’t know what to believe. He
just made that huge confession about how he feels, but does that
mean he’s not going to cheat on me? Well actually, we
weren’t
even officially a couple. Liam
only ever did dates; he’s never had a girlfriend, so technically I
have no claim on him anyway. I needed to be really careful, the
more time I spent with this nice Liam, the more I liked him. I was
in real danger of having my heart crushed.

My
cellphone rang, saving us from the slightly
weird silence. It wasn’t an awkward silence though, just strange,
like he seemed perfectly content just to hold my hand and look at
me. The caller ID said it was Kate. “Hey, Kate, what’s up?” I said
cheerfully.

“
He
y, Amber, want me to bring a
movie for tonight?”

“
Yeah sure.
Nothing scary though.” I smiled and slapped Liam’s hand lightly as
he tried to steal one of my spring rolls from my plate.
‘What?
’ he
mouthed to me innocently. I rolled my eyes at him and passed him my
plate.

“
I was
thinking
, Dawn of the Dead,” Kate
replied.

I
gasped
; is she kidding me? “No way! I’m
not watching that, it’ll scare the crap out of me!” I cried,
horrified at the thought of watching a zombie movie. They made me
so scared that I couldn’t be alone for days afterwards; I had to
pee with the bathroom door open for goodness sake!

I
co
uld hear her chuckling. “Please, Amby?
I really want to see it,” she begged, I could imagine the puppy dog
look on her face right now.

Liam was
giving me a quizzical expression so I put my hand over the
mouthpiece and whispered
, “Dawn of the
Dead.”

He widened
his eyes slightly before giving me his smirk
. “Don’t worry, Angel, I’ll protect you,” he whispered
confidently, making me smile.

“
Amby,
please?” Kate begged again.

“
Oh jeez
alright fine,
bring that damn movie,” I
muttered, defeated.

At least Liam
would be there, he always kept my nightmares away. It would only be
bad when I was on my own,
like in the
shower or something. I guess I could always make him stand outside
the door and read to me or something while I was in there, it’s not
like he hasn’t done that for me before. I looked at him a little
shocked, actually the more I thought about it, the more this sweet,
funny Liam, popped into my mind. He quite often did little things
for me that I never took any notice of before. Had he always been
sweet to me, but I was just too prejudice to see it?

“
So, what do
yo
u think, is that OK?” Kate
asked.

I snapped
back to reality. Crap, I hadn’t been listening to her at all!
“Sorry, Kate, what? I didn’t hear you, sorry. I was panicking about
that stupid movie.” I winced just at the thought of it.

She sighed.
“I said that my mom and dad are going away for the weekend so do
you think it would be alright if I just slept at yours tonight and
tomorrow night? I don’t really want to stay on my own,” she said in
a small voice. I looked at Liam and winced. If Kate stayed over
that meant that he couldn’t, because she slept in the camp bed on
my floor.

“
Um
sure
, Kate, you can stay over for the
weekend. Jake won’t mind,” I agreed reluctantly.