He leaned in and started with just their lips touching, then his right hand came up behind her head and pulled her closer, while he placed his left hand on her face. I couldn’t see, but I imagined he was caressing her cheek. Then he turned his head and seemed to deepen the kiss. I started to feel a red hot lick of jealousy crawl up my spine as I watched, and just as I was about to whimper, he broke the kiss and leaned back with a cocky grin.
“Wow,” Shelly said from behind me, mimicking my thoughts.
“You’re really good at that,” I heard Gaby say.
TJ looked at my face again, frowned at what he must have seen there, then stood up and held out a hand to help Gaby off the bed. I heard a knock at the door and spun to go answer it, eager to get away from TJ and my confusing reaction to seeing him kiss Gaby.
I wanted to kick something. Preferably the two of them.
I opened the door to see Cal standing there. I was about to say hi when I heard someone running behind me. I moved out of the way just as Shelly catapulted into his arms.
“Hey, baby,” Shelly said before she smashed her lips to his.
Cal stumbled back, but was able to right himself and carry her inside.
“Whoa,” Cal exclaimed when Shelly let go of his mouth. “That’s qui
te a greeting. You drunk, sweetheart?”
“Yeah,” Shelly admitted. “And, I may have gotten a little worked up from watching TJ and Gaby kiss.”
“What?” Cal asked TJ, his dark eyes wide, as TJ walked into the room with Gaby trailing behind.
“I’ll tell you in the car,” TJ responded as he put his wallet in his pocket.
I walked passed them, not trusting myself to look TJ in the face, and kept walking until I was safely in my room. I needed to give myself a minute to calm down, and hopefully when I went back out, the guys would be gone. I heard Cal tell Shelly he’d pick her up later and figured the coast was almost clear, when TJ walked in.
“You okay?” he asked as he came toward me.
I swallowed the lump in my throat and plastered a smile on my face.
“Yeah, of course. You guys have fun at the fight.”
TJ stopped right in front of me.
“You don’t have to lie to me, Red. I think it bothered you that I kissed Gaby, even though it was your game, not mine. I saw the expression on your face.” He leaned in closer. Close enough that I could feel his breath against my face, and I had to fist my hand to keep from reaching out. “I can admit that if the shoe was on the other foot, and you were kissing Scott, I wouldn’t like it either.”
I pulled my eyes up to his and asked, “Why?”
TJ’s eyes searched mine, and he looked like he was about to say something, but Cal yelled out, “Let’s go, man! The guys are waiting,” and the moment was gone.
TJ sighed and said, “I’ll see you later,” before placing a kiss on my forehead and turning to leave with Cal.
I waited a few seconds until I heard the door shut, then went out to join the girls.
“What the hell was that?” I asked them when I walked into the living room.
“What?” Gaby asked, “The kiss? It was just a game, Sasha, it’s not like it meant anything. Although, I have to say, TJ is a phenomenal kisser,” she added as she fanned herself.
I turned my glare on Shelly, who held up her hands in surrender.
“I just thought it would be funny, I didn’t know he’d go all ‘magic tongue man’ on her. Shit, Gabs, that was hot.”
I threw up my hands at her comment, and she looked at me curiously.
“We were just messing around, Sasha. Maybe you should ask yourself why you’re so mad that TJ kissed Gaby. Or are you mad because it wasn’t you kissing him?”
Chapter 9 – TJ