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was in, and I wasn’t ready.  Leading her
to believe that I was wasn’t right.
    She looked back to the stage and I caught
a whiff of her sweet, apple-scented hair.  Who was I kidding?  I was
already in it.
    “They’re good,” Marissa said after a few
minutes.
    I shrugged.  “They’re okay.”
    “Yeah, I guess they’re no
Radiohead.  But they’re okay.”  She grinned.
    I raised my brows.  “You like
Radiohead?”
    “No, but you do.  You listen to them
on repeat practically every night.”
    “You can hear that?”  What was I
thinking?  I could hear her messing around in her kitchen.  Of course
she could hear my music.  “Sorry about that.”
    “Don’t be sorry.  I don’t hate
it.  I actually even downloaded a few of their songs.”
    “Oh, you did?”  I chuckled.
    “Yeah, three or four.”
    “Well, see, that was my plan all
along.  To make a fan out of you.”
    “Fan?  I wouldn’t say that I’m there
quite yet.”
    The corners of my mouth turned up and I tightened
my arms around her waist.  We swayed lightly to the music while everyone
around us danced and sang along with the band.
    After a few songs Ollie and Vivienne came
up to us.  “Marissa, we’re going to the bar.  Do you want something?”
    “No, I’m good.  Do you?” she asked
looking up at me.
    Ollie’s brow creased and he opened his
mouth, but I shot him a look that told him he’d better shut up.  This
wasn’t something I’d shared with her yet.  “No,” I said, but it was too
late.  She’d already seen Ollie’s face.
    “I don’t drink,” I told her after he’d
walked away.
    “That’s okay.  I don’t much,
either.”
    “No, I mean I used to.  A lot. 
I’m a…” I really didn’t want to tell her this.  The night was going so
well.  What was I thinking, bringing her to a club?  I should’ve
realized it would come up.
    She was looking at me expectantly. 
    I breathed in deeply through my
nose.  “I had an issue with alcohol a few years back,” I said finally.
    “Should you…should we be here?” she
asked, concern washing over her face. 
    No, I had not wanted to tell her. 
And that was why.
    “Yeah, it’s fine.  I’m fine.”
    “Okay.”  She nodded, turning back to
face the band.
    And that was it.  She leaned back
against my chest and didn’t pressure me for more, didn’t hammer me with a
million questions like everyone else did.  I pulled her a little
closer.  Maybe this could only be for one night.  It would be better
for me to stop it before we both got in too deep, but just for then, right in
that moment, I couldn’t let her go.
     
     
     

Chapter 15
    Marissa
    It felt good to be so close to Kieran
again, leaning against his hard, warm chest.  The band ended their song
and immediately jumped into another one.  I turned around in his arms to
face him.
    “Are you having a good time?” he asked.
    “I am.  Are you?”
    “Mmmhmm.”  He nodded, smiling.
    I reached up and ran a hand through his
dark, thick hair.  It was one of the few times I’d seen him wear it
down.  I took my time letting my fingers slide through his smooth locks
and it could’ve been my imagination, but I thought I felt him shiver.
    “I’ve been wanting to do that all
night.  Longer than that, actually.  You have gorgeous hair,” I said.
    He reached out ran his fingers slowly
down the length of my hair.  “So do you,” he said.  Then it was my
turn to shiver. 
    I wanted to kiss him then.  Maybe I
didn’t want our first kiss to be standing in a crowd of people, but that wasn’t
enough to stop me.  I wrapped my arms around his neck and started to lean
forward…and felt a small hand on my shoulder, pushing me back down.
    “Mind if I cut in?” a girl’s voice said
beside me.
    I turned.  The tiny brunette with
the huge blue eyes and even bigger lips was standing next to me, smiling
innocently.
    Yeah, she knew what she just did.
    “Alisha,” Kieran began.
    “It’s fine,”