Bk 3 - Chapter 37 - The Morning After

Kylie

I hear a phone ringing, but I ignore it. I'm having the best sleep of my life, and I don't want it to be interrupted. I'm warm and safe, wrapped in a cocoon. I sink deeper into the sheets trying to turn my brain off again. But it's then that I hear a groan that didn't come from me. Suddenly I'm wide awake.

Brody. He is my cocoon. He has his arm wrapped around my front and he's pressed against my back.

My heart sings. We made love. He'd whispered that he's loved me since he first met me. I hadn't wanted to ruin the moment with more talking, plus I had been on the verge of sleep. But I felt the same. Even at eleven, he intrigued me. I looked forward to every single summer trip to Florida because I knew he would be there. Then one summer he was hardly ever here. Instead, he was always with Oscar. I always wondered if he knew I'd been with my boyfriend and was no longer a virgin. How he would even know that, I'm not sure, but I always felt that he suspected, and he stayed away from m