Trying Not to Love You
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I heard Hailey clear her throat from beside me, and then she nudged me with her elbow and tilted her head to the right. There at the end of the bar were Brittany and Logan. What in the hell was she doing here?
"Hails, isn't that Logan? What's he doing with Brittany?" Gracie asked.
"Yeah, and I have no idea and I don't really care." Hailey responded back to her.
"I thought Britt was pregnant? Why in the hell would she be here?" Zoey asked.
I just shrugged my shoulders. I was not here to worry about Brittany and Logan. I grabbed Hailey's hand and started back towards the dance floor. While Hailey and I danced around the floor with Gracie and Zoey, Hunter came in to stand near the bar. Having reached maximum capacity, they weren't letting anyone else in the bar tonight.
Hunter stood there and watched my every move, so I decided to tease him a little and give him a show. I grabbed the guy that had tried to dance with me all night and started grinding on him, throwing my head back, and crawling up and down his body with my own, while I looked straight at Hunter.
He had to work, so there was nothing he could do to stop me. The guy I danced with must have noticed me staring at Hunter because he asked, "Is that your boyfriend? He's been eye f**king you all night."
"Nope." I told him as I turned him and circled around his body until I could get Hunter back in my view.
"You sure?" He leaned in to ask me.
"Yeah." I answered, still watching Hunter from where he stood at the bar, scowling at me.
Before I realized what had happened, the guy I was dancing with disappeared, and I was in Hunter's arms.
Completely shocked at what happened, I looked up at Hunter. He just shook his head and led me to a back room that seemed to be some kind of locker room.
"What the f**k was that CC?" Hunter seethed.
"Nothing, I was dancing." Shit! I didn't mean to piss him off.
"You call that dancing? It looked like you were about ready to f**k him out there."
"Far from it, did you not notice I was looking at you the whole time?" This was not going how I planned it.
"Yeah I did, but that guy was enjoying himself too damn much. Did you even notice how close to kissing you he was? If I didn't shove him back, he would have."
Damn it! "No, I guess I didn't. He knew I was watching you, though." I said, and then looked down to the floor. "And that you were watching my every move."
Hunter took a deep breath before he walked over to me, put his fingers under my chin and made me look up at him. "You got me all hot and bothered, and there's not a damn thing I can do about it while I'm working."
Now that's what I'm looking for!
I smiled at him and stood up on my tiptoes to place a kiss on his lips. With his lips pressed to mine, Hunter started walking us backwards until he pushed me up against the lockers. He reached down and grabbed the back of my legs, pulling me up to him. I wrapped my legs around his waist. Hunter slid his hands up and down my ass. I needed more, so I pushed myself until I felt his length pressed hard against my middle. He stopped moving his hands and pushed back against me.
Hunter started kissing from my lips down to my neck before he started nipping on my shoulder. We continued like this for a few minutes before he started sliding me down his body.
"You're gonna kill me, you know that?" He placed another kiss on my shoulder.
"Well, that would be a shame to have that happen, now wouldn't it?" I said, grinning at him.
"Such a smart ass."
"Learned it from the best!"
"Alright, let's get back out there before someone comes looking for us. I'm sure Zeke just had to save my ass tonight."
"Sorry, I guess I wasn't thinking." I said bashfully.
"Just don't do that shit to anyone else unless it's me." He placed another kiss on my lips before he pulled the door open. I walked through the door and he smacked me on the ass.
I turned back to look at him and just shook my head.
I made my way out the find Hailey, Gracie and Zoey to make sure everything was ok.
"What the hell happened?" Hailey asked.
"Hunter didn't like me dancing with that guy." I shrugged and walked past her towards the bar.
"Well Zeke is done for the night; he said he'd drop us off at the dorms on his way home."
I downed the rest of my drink, hopped off the stool, grabbed her arm and started towards the door.
The next morning, the ringing of my phone woke me up. "Hello?" I said sleepily.
"Morning Sunshine, get your ass out of bed. I'm outside." Hunter said all chipper like.
I groaned. "What the hell are you so happy about? And what time is it anyway?"
"It's nine a.m. and I want to get home, so get your hot little ass out of bed and get down here."
I rubbed my eyes with the palms of my hands and hung up the phone, not caring that I did not say goodbye. I hated mornings, especially with happy people!
"Hails, get up; Hunter is here." I said, walking towards the bathroom.
Thirty minutes later, Hailey and I lugged all our stuff out to Hunter's truck to head home for Winter break.
I woke the next morning with a fever and an earache; this was not how I wanted my break from school to start. I went downstairs and asked my mom to get me a doctor's appointment.
I sat at the table when my mom picked up the phone to call Hunter's mom because she was a nurse at our doctor's office. Mom told her what was going on, and she asked that I come right over so that the doctor could see me before they closed up early because Christmas was the next day.
Two hours later, manned with antibiotics and fever reducer, I was laying on the couch when Hunter came by to see how I was doing.
He walked in with chicken noodle soup and a movie. My heart melted a little more for him.
I curled up on the couch and rested my head on Hunter's lap. Hailey, Mason, Cooper and Jaylinn walked in.
Mason sat on the end of the couch where my feet were and said to me, "Get up."
"Mase don't start; I don't feel good."
"I don't give a shit; lay your head on this end." Really? Is he kidding me?
"Just let her be man." Hunter spoke up.
Mason did not like that, not at all. Cooper just looked at Hunter as if he were crazy.
I tried to defuse the situation. I sat up and asked Hailey and Jaylinn, "Are you girls all ready for Christmas tomorrow? All your stuff wrapped?"
"Yeah, we just got back from the mall, getting our last minute things." Jaylinn said.
"I still have a few more things to wrap. Kenz, come help me with this last one I have." Hailey asked.