Broken Dreams (Broken 2)

Shit! Shit! Shit! Courtney, stop this right now!

Again, I tried to read, but clearly, I was consumed by the kiss, and every time I read something, all I could think about was Reed asking if he could kiss me. After staring at the same passage for thirty minutes, I finally gave up. I reached over and turned off the light. It didn’t take long before I felt the bed move twice, and then I felt something flop down next to me…twice.

I smiled as I reached out and called Lulu to come closer to me. As I snuggled her, I whispered, “You tell anyone, and I will kill you.”

I drifted off to sleep and dreamed of a certain cabin, shower, and Reed making love to me on his kitchen island.

“Yes, Whitley. Lulu and Midnight are fine, and the cows and horses are all still living, too. It’s really amazing to see that Reed knows what he is doing. I’ve actually learned a few new things about plants, too.”

Whitley laughed and said, “So, the last two weeks have been pretty good?”

I smiled as I thought about how much fun I’d been having with Reed. “Yeah, they’ve been okay,” I said, trying to sound nonchalant about it all.

“Just okay?” Whitley asked with a giggle.

“Yep, just okay. Reed did buy me a new Kindle though.”

“Why?”

Oh shit. Open mouth, insert foot, Courtney. “Oh…well, um…he kind of broke my other one.”

“Oh damn, that sucks, but at least you got a new Kindle out of it! Hey, listen, I’ve got to run. I miss you so much, and I can’t wait to see you and tell you how incredible this honeymoon has been!”

I smiled and said, “Okay, honey. Have fun and kiss Layton for me.”

“Will do! Later, girl,” Whitley said as she started to giggle before hanging up.

I set my phone down on the kitchen counter and smiled. I was so happy for her. She finally had her happily ever after, and no one deserved it more than she did.

I opened up the music app on my phone and looked for the perfect song to cook to. I was making tacos for dinner tonight.

“Oh, yes! This is the perfect song, Lulu!” I said as I looked down at my new best friend.

I had been sneaking the dogs into bed with me each night, and the nightmares had seemed to stop when they slept with me.

“Oops! I Did It Again” by Britney Spears started to play, and I began dancing and singing along. As I cooked the hamburger meat, I shook my ass to the music and sang as loud as I could. I turned around and saw Reed leaning against the doorjamb, smiling at me. I made my way over to him and grabbed his hands. We began dancing together, and we both started laughing when he busted out singing. Before I knew it, he was picking me up and spinning me around. When the song ended, he put me down and pushed a stray piece of my hair back. I willed him to kiss me, and when he began moving toward me, my heart started pounding in my chest.

Then, my cell phone rang.

Fuck me.

He smiled and shook his head as he walked away. “I’m going to go shower really quick.”

“K,” was all I could get out.

I looked at my phone to see that it was my brother, Tyler, calling.

“Hey, Ty. What’s up?” I said, trying to sound chipper.

“Hey, baby sister. How is Texas treating you?” he asked, practically shouting.

I put my finger up to my other ear, so I could hear him better. “Tyler, I can barely hear you. Where are you?”

He laughed and said, “Hold on. Let me go outside.”

“Okay, hurry though. I’m trying to cook dinner.” I put the taco shells in the oven, and then I walked over to the refrigerator and took out the salsa.

“Are you sitting down, Court? I’ve got some huge news for you.”