Chapter 2 Smiling Smirk

• EMMA’s POV :
• Atlanta is an amazing city and Emory’s an awesome school. I planned that maybe I would apply there too, so Zach and I could be closer than ever. Just thinking about it made me feel giddy already.
• Eeek!
• At half past six, we finally reached the college area. We’d been driving for hours, my butt needed a rest from all that sitting down.
• I checked with Zach and he said he was having dinner with his freshman class. I didn’t tell him I was driving down here, of course. It’s gonna be a surprise. I could only imagine the look on his face when he sees me tonight, all dressed up like this.
• I was gonna wait until Zach’s finished with dinner and I would go surprise him in his dorm room. We had some time to kill before that, so Tiff suggested we should check out this bar called Puzzles.
• Puzzles was a lively bar, filled with college kids playing ping pong, darts, pool, and they even had a karaoke machine. Tiff, who was currently single AF, started talking to this college guy named Steve. Carrie had borrowed her big sister’s ID, and she managed to get us all a round of beers. The atmosphere around me was an all-time high, and I couldn’t help but get carried away. Carrie and I started dancing, and by the second round of beers, we were singing karaoke with a group of sorority girls.
• Two glasses of beer was a lot for me. I suddenly felt the strong urge to pee. Tiff was still talking to that guy and Carrie was busy talking to the sorority girls about campus life, so I headed for the bathroom alone.
• I was trying my best to walk normally, but the alcohol was getting to my motor skills. And suddenly, this tall guy turned around and blocked my way. I tried to go around him, but it made me stumble and I hit his chest with my head instead.
• “Oh! Sorry!” I said as I pulled away.
• “No, it’s my bad,” he replied.
• I looked up at him and noticed how tall he was. I was around 5’4, he was probably a foot taller than me.
• “Wow, you’re tall,” I found myself saying.
• “Yeah, I get that a lot,” he smiled, and my goodness his smile was gorgeous.
• He had luscious dark hair and dark brown eyes. His skin was tan and his right arm was covered in a sleeve of tattoos. He was also wearing a plain black t-shirt that outlined his sculpted body.
• “You look like Shawn Mendes, except older and hotter,”
• I had no idea why I said all of those things out loud. This was not how I normally talked to strangers. I blamed the alcohol.
• “You’re funny,” he smirked.
• God, that’s a sexy smirk.
• He was talking to some blonde girl with lips like Kylie Jenner. But he was leaving her hanging as he kept talking to me. The girl was starting to give me the stink eye.
• I realized it would be unwise if I continued to stand there and talk to him. Only God knew what else this unfiltered mouth would say. So, I took a step away from him, but he was quick to stop me. Meanwhile, the girl behind him didn’t look so pleased.
• “Where are you going?” he asked.
• “To pee,” I stated simply.
• He laughed again and he unblocked my way.
• I went past him and made it to the girls’ room in no time and I felt much better after I relieved myself. I checked my phone to see if Zach was home yet. He told me he was still out and that he would be home in an hour.
• One more hour to losing my virginity.
• I fixed my hair and straightened my dress. I figured I should stop drinking and start sobering up. I wanted to make sure I remember everything about my first time.
• And what’s the best way sober up quickly? Dancing.
• After leaving the girls’ room, I headed straight for the dance floor. There was a band playing some upbeat rock and a crowd of people jumping around to it. I joined the crowd and started to let loose.
• Bodies were moving, people were shouting, the music was loud and exciting. I raised my hands up and my body moved to the beat. I was feeling amazing, until suddenly I felt a strong, hard, body pressed up from behind me.
• I turned around, and there he was— the guy from before.
• “Hey funny girl,” he said to me.
• “That’s not my name,” I replied.
• “What’s your name then?”
• “Emma,”
• “Nice to meet you, Emma,”
• He gave me his hand and I was being polite, so I shook it. When I was about to pull away however, he tightened his grip and pulled me closer, twirling my body around in the process like it was a dance move.
• That was pretty cool.
• “Wanna dance?” he asked.
• “Aren’t we already?” I replied.
• Wow, who am I? This alcohol’s making me say some crazy things.
• Smirking, he seemed to like my response. He closed the distance between us with his body and he started moving to the beat.
• There was something about the way he moved. He knew exactly how to move his body. It was smooth, yet solid movements. I couldn’t take my eyes off of it.
• “Are you dancing or are you just gonna stare at me?” he caught me off guard.
• I was embarrassed, so I quickly turned my body around so that he couldn’t see my face. My back was pressed up against him, however, and I felt his every move. His moves made me want to move too.
• My body swayed from side to side, aligned with music. He put his hands on my hips, keeping our bodies connected. I swayed my hips slightly and arched my back so that the back of my head rested on his chest. He liked what I was doing as his body tensed and enveloped me even more.
• As my hips moved, my ass was grazing his groin area, ever so slightly. His grip on my hips tightened in response.
• “Hm, so you like to tease, huh?” he whispered to my ears.
• He was so close to me, I could smell his masculine scent. It was heavenly. I didn’t respond and I just let my eyes roll back, enjoying the moment.
• His hands started to trace the curves of my body as I continued to tease him. And suddenly, he put one hand over my stomach and held me in place. He pulled me back so that I was flushed against his body and I couldn’t move. Then his other hand found my chin and tilted my face to the side.
• I looked up at his face, his eyes staring darkly into mine. I took in a sharp breath as I was caught off guard by this sight. He was just so… handsome. He lowered down his chiseled jaw until I could feel his breaths fanning my cheeks.
• I was sure my heart had stopped beating. I had never felt anything quite like this before. We were so close. Only inches away from each other. I saw his lips parting slightly as it touched my nose. The small contact sent my stomach tingling and my heart racing.
• He would be so delicious to kiss…
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