The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window (26 page)

When we
pulled outside my house, Liam went to his house to get something he
said he needed, and I ran in and slipped on some jeans. I ran a
brush through my hair and added a quick sweep of mascara. As I left
my room, I grabbed a sweater so I didn’t get cold.

I ran back to
the car
, excited for some alone time with
him. He smiled as I climbed in. “Hey, brought you this,” he said,
handing me one of his hoodies.

I frowned at
it, knowing I had one of my own. Why would he bring me this?
“
Er…. thanks?”

“
It’s
f
or your peachy little ass. I told you
I’d bring one so you didn’t get wet and cold like last time.
Although, I have every confidence that you’ll be skating on your
own by the end of the lesson,” he boasted, grinning.

“
Well
, I’m not sure I want to
skate if you’re not touching me,” I purred suggestively.

He
smiled
. “Hmm, I never thought of that.
Hopefully you won’t catch on too quickly then.” He waggled his
eyebrows at me, making me laugh.

Skating was fun. He was right, I was a lot better
this time. It was probably due to the fact that he was such a good
teacher, and because we spent almost all day here last time. He was
so much fun to be around. He skated backwards just like he did
before, holding both my hands, making jokes, and chatting. I only
fell a few times and each time he would break my fall or catch me
and pull me up. I looked at him as we skated, he was smiling
broadly and my heart skipped a beat. He was so handsome, kind and
patient. I could feel myself falling for him. I knew it wouldn’t be
long before I was head over heels for him.

“
Hey, how
about you show off a little? I love to watch you skate,” I
suggested, gripping onto the side for dear life so he could let go
of me
.

He kissed me
before skating off backwards, he turned sharply and skated forwards
so fast that it actually scared me. My heart was hammering in my
chest at the sight of it. If he fell while skating like that, he
would be seriously hurt. The thought of him being hurt terrified
me. He did a few laps, showing me his skills like jumping and
skating on one foot. I’d always loved to watch him skate. It looked
so beautiful and graceful, but I never really lusted after him for
it, until now. He looked so sexy when he was skating, so powerful
and masterful.

Liam wanted
to play hockey professionally, he had already been scouted for a
really good team but needed to be in college before they could sign
him. He’d been offered a
full athletic
scholarship to a really great school in Boston, which would mean
that he would have to move away when school finished in a few
months. The time apart was going to kill me. I was going to have
nightmares every night when he wasn’t there, not to mention the
heartache I’d feel watching him leave. I hated the fact that he’d
be so far away and that girls would be falling all over him. I
sighed, refusing to think about it. I needed to trust him. And I
did, I trusted him completely, I believed that he loved me and that
he didn’t want to hurt me.

When he came
back to me
, he skidded to a stop, sending
an ice spray off over the side. “Is that showing off enough for
you?” he asked, wrapping his arms around my waist and kissing me
tenderly.

“
Oh yeah. My
man can skate alright,” I confirmed, grinning at him.

“
Mmm, say
that again
. I like that,” he growled, in
a husky sexy voice that made my insides tremble.

I wrapped my
arms tightly around his neck and pulled him in
close
. “My man can skate,” I purred
seductively, looking into his eyes. I could feel the burning
passion sizzling between us. He bent his knees so we were on the
same level, held me tight and then stood back up, lifting me off my
feet. He started to skate gently around the rink. I wrapped my legs
around his waist while he skated around, occasionally doing small
spins and changing to skate backwards. His eyes never left mine. It
was the most erotic and sexy thing that had ever happened to me,
and my whole body was yearning for him.

“I love you so much, Angel,” he
whispered.

I
smiled
. My insides were bubbling with
happiness and passion. He was driving me crazy; I wanted him and
needed him. As I looked into his beautiful blue eyes, I could see
all of his love for me shining through and it made my heart beat
way too fast. Suddenly, it hit me like a truck, I loved him too.
Maybe I’d always loved him, I wasn’t sure. He had kind of crept
behind my defences and wormed his way into my heart, but I had
always refused to look at him that way. He made me feel safe,
wanted, needed and special; I didn’t ever want to let him go. I
loved him like crazy, more than anything, he was the one thing I
needed out of life.

I opened my
mouth to tell him I loved him too, but
he
spoke first cutting me off. “Let’s go for dinner,” he suggested,
skating off the ice rink and sitting me down on the bench. He got
down on his knees and took my skates off for me. I just watched him
as he did it, unable to keep the smile off of my face. Was this boy
really mine? How did I get so lucky?

After we got
our shoes back on
, we drove to a little
Italian restaurant that he said made the second best lasagne in the
world. “Second best?” I asked, laughing.

“
Yeah. Your
lasagne kicks ass,” he stated, holding my hand tightly as we
followed the waiter to the table.

“
You do know
that you’ve got me now, you can stop with the compliments,” I
teased, laughing. He grinned and shook his head, rolling his eyes
like I was being stupid.

The food was good and the restaurant was really cute,
it had candles on each table and was really quite romantic, he was
so much fun to be around there wasn’t one awkward silence. I
couldn’t help but wonder how I didn’t know anything about him
before we got together. I guess it was because the only personality
he ever showed me was the asshole side, which actually, didn’t seem
to be a part of his character at all.

“
Liam, can I
ask you something?” I asked,
too curious
not to ask.

“
Sure.
Whatever you want.” He shrugged, taking a mouthful of his drink,
watching me curiously.

“
Why were you
always such a jerk to me? If you’ve liked me all this time, why
were you always pushing me over when we were kids and being such an
ass to me? You do know
that I used to
hate you, right?” I asked, raising my eyebrows, looking at him
apologetically.

He
laughed
. “You know, there’s a thin line
between love and hate. Maybe you loved me and didn’t realise,” he
suggested, grinning. I smiled because that was exactly what I was
thinking earlier.

“
No
, Liam. You were a complete ass
to me. But most of it was an act, right? So why did you do it?” I
asked, needing the answer, it was killing me because I just didn’t
understand.

“
Jake.” He
shrugged
.

“
Jake? I
don’t get it.” I gave him my best ‘what the hell
’ face.

He smiled
sadly. “Jake really didn’t want me near you. He beat the crap out
of me a couple of times when we were kids for it
. He’s really protective of you. It was just easier to keep
myself away from you if you didn’t actually want to be with me. I
thought that if I made you want to stay away from me, then I
wouldn’t have to try as hard,” he said, frowning.

Wait, he
pretended to be an asshole so I wouldn’t want to be with him
b
ecause of Jake? Damn that
boy!

“
All those
years, Liam, it just seems like a waste.
”
I sighed and shook my head; if he’d have told me then maybe we
could have been together for longer. “You know, I always thought
you had a split personality,” I told him, laughing.

H
e laughed too. “You did?
Why?”

“
Well, I
always thought of you as day
time Liam,
who was an asshole, jerk and a man-whore, flirt. Then there was
night-time Liam, who was adorable and sweet and caring. I’ve always
liked night-time Liam,” I said honestly.

He smiled
happily. “Well, the night was when I would stop trying to push you
away. I decided that since Jake didn’t know about it, that I could
be myself and enjoy my time with you. Just so you know though, both
of my personalities have loved you forever,” he said, shrugging and
grinning at me.

Aww, he’s so
freaking sweet! I reache
d out and held
his hand tightly. “I wish you’d told me sooner, I really did hate
you at times,” I admitted sheepishly, making him laugh.

“
Yeah? Like
the time I cut your stuffed bear’s head off and threw him in the
trash?” he asked, laughing
. I gasped at
the memory of it, I’d forgotten about that! Jake had got my bear
out of the trash and put him back on my bed for me and fixed his
head.

“
Yeah
, you jerk!” I scolded,
fighting a smile.

“You know I never really did that, right? I
pretended to cut his head off and I hid it up my sweater and put
him back on your bed a couple of hours later,” he said, still
chuckling.

“
No way! Jake
told me he got him back for me!” I laughed
.

He shook his
head. “No. That was one of the times he kicked my ass. He caught me
sneaking into your room that day. I’d told him I was going to the
bathroom,” he said, laughing and shaking his head.

“
I can’t
believe
my brother kicked your ass.
That’s just too funny.”

“I’m just glad he didn’t kill me for dating
you. I can hold my own in a fight, but Jake’s a damn psycho when it
comes to you.” Liam frowned, shaking his head slightly, a smile
pulling at the corners of his mouth.

“
Yeah,
well
, you better make sure you don’t hurt
me then, huh?” I teased.

He
nodded
. “I would never hurt you, ever.”
He squeezed my hand gently, looking right into my eyes, his whole
demeanor showing me the truth of his words.

I believed
him, I didn’t think he would ever hurt me on purpose, but I knew he
would
break my heart sooner or later.
When he went to college and we were apart, even if he didn’t cheat,
that was going to hurt badly. Even if we weren’t dating it would be
awful being without him, but now it would be like torture. I pushed
the thoughts out of my mind. I couldn’t think about it, not until
it happened and even then we could get through it. I loved him
enough to wait for him. I just hoped that he would feel the same in
four months’ time when all the college skanks were throwing
themselves at him and I was a three hour drive away.

“
Right then,
you ready
to go?” Liam asked after I had
eaten a massive piece of chocolate cake all to myself. I nodded and
he threw some money on the table, holding out a hand to help me
up.

I
grinned
. “You know you’re shaping up to
be the best boyfriend in the world,” I said happily.

“
I love it
when you call me that.” He grinned and wrapped his sweater around
my shoulders a
s we walked out into the
cold.

I gripped
hold of his hand, not wanting to let go. As we got to the
ca
r he even opened my door for me. “Such
a gentleman, Liam,” I teased.

I watched him
walk round to the driver
’s side. He was
just so handsome, and he was mine, I couldn’t help but smile at
that knowledge. I’d never dreamed I would ever have anything like
this with a guy. When I used to think about dating it would scare
the life out of me because I couldn’t let people touch me, and all
the time I had the perfect guy who was in love with me, who held me
and kept me safe every night, and I didn’t even know. How could I
have been so stupid?

When we got
back to my place, it was only eight o’clock. Jake wouldn’t be home
for another hour so we had the house to ourselves. “Come here, I
want to talk to you,” I said, pulling him towards the sofa. He
looked a little worried and nervous. I pulled him down next to me,
sitting close to him. I could feel the passion building and I knew
it wouldn’t be long before I would be ready to take things further
with him. I’d never felt like this before and although we had only
been together for five days, I’d known him forever. I trusted him
like no one else and I knew he wouldn’t hurt me. I wasn’t worried
about him not being able to wait for me, I could see in his eyes he
would wait as long as I wanted, and that knowledge was pushing me
forwards. If I doubted he would wait for me, then there would be no
way that I would feel like this. I gripped his hand tightly as I
just looked at him, trying to find the right words to express my
feelings for him.

“What’s wrong, Angel?” he asked quietly,
frowning rubbing circles in the back of my hand.

Oh
crap
, could I say it? I was so
embarrassed; I’d never said anything like this to anyone
before.