Falls Boys (Hellbent 1)

Maybe. If I can get into college, that is. I’m trying not to think too far ahead yet.

But it’s hard. I keep thinking about being where he is, freedom, and having all night.

“Until then, I’m going to enjoy you sneaking time with me whenever you can,” I say, pulling him down.

He kisses me, his tongue dipping into my mouth and reaching down through my body. I moan.

“Hawke, out,” someone says.

He jumps off me, and I suck in a breath, sitting up. His mom stands in the doorway, holding the door handle.

“Now,” she orders.

But he’s gaping. “Why?”

“She has school tomorrow.”

“I’m not going to keep her up all night.”

She gives him a look, lowering her voice for the kids getting ready for bed. “I know what you’re here to do,” she whispers.

I bite back my smile, my eyes vollying between Hawke and his mom.

“We’re eighteen,” he points out. “And we were alone in the hideout for lots of unsupervised nights.”

“Well, now she lives here.”

“Mom!”

“She’s in our care, Hawke!” Now she shouts. “And in high school. How would it look if my son is slipping in and out of her bedroom whenever he wants? Now out!”

He scowls, but he doesn’t argue further. Leaning over, he kisses my lips and says, “I’ll pick you up from school tomorrow.” And then he looks at his mom and heads out the door, brushing past her. “The ride home will take several hours.”

I struggle to hold back my laugh.

His footfalls hit the stairs, but Juliet pokes her head back in the door before she closes it. “I’ll pick you up from school tomorrow,” she tells me. “I think we should go to the gynecologist.”

“Mom!” Hawke yells.

But she closes the door, her voice still carrying from beyond. “You’re not allowed to make me a grandmother until Matty is in middle school, Hawke!”

I crash back on the bed. Oh, boy.

It’s going to be a fun year.

THE END