He brought his face down to mine, causing me to tip my head back and look at him. His mouth brushed mine, and his lips feathered across face. His tongue came out and grazed my bottom lip, causing a sigh to escape my throat. His hands came up, his fingers lacing through the wire, caging me in. My eyes were still open as were his, and I felt like I was drowning in a pool of decadent chocolate. His chest rubbed against my already aching nipples each time he inhaled. Desire was pooling at my center, and everything around me revolved around this man. When Camden drew his leg between mine and pushed up against me, I closed my eyes and moaned. How bad would it be if I just rubbed myself on him until I got the relief he was building up in me?

“Keegan look at me,” he demanded.

I blinked them open, not realizing how lost I was. He was smiling in victory. “What?”

“You were saying? No public fornication?”

I rolled my eyes. “What are you doing to me Camden?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, how is it possible that I lose myself in you so easily? It’s kind of scary, it’s never happened to me before.”

“It’s not scary, it’s a good thing.”

“I suppose so, but what’s going to happen when this is all over?”

He tilted his head to the side. “Who says this is going to end? We just started Keegan.”

“Yes but we don’t even know what we are. You could choose to walk away at any moment, and I’m the poor pitiful girl who is left reeling from the ridiculously hot guy who took a chance and treated her right.” God, even I sounded whiny to my own ears.

“Are you wanting to put a label on us?”

“No. Maybe?” I sighed. “I don’t know.”

That got a soft smile to grace his mouth. “What’s causing this sudden insecurity?”

I jerked my head back. “This is sudden? Camden, you’re in a totally different league than me. I’ve been insecure from the start.”

He clenched his jaw, the muscle ticking. “This isn’t high school Keegan. There are no leagues, groups, cliques, whatever the fuck you want to call them. There’s you and me, that’s it. And that’s all that I care about.”

I looked down, knowing that I needed to ask him something but unsure of how to word it without sounding like I didn’t trust him. “I’m sorry. I’m ruining the fun we were just having.”

“No you’re not. Your body, and feeling your subtle curves up against mine, is always fun.” He paused waiting for my reaction. “See? That made you smile.” And it did. “Blue, I’m with you. I’m not concerning myself with anybody else. If defining what we have here is what will make you happy, then I’m fine with that. The word ‘girlfriend’ doesn’t scare me. I’ve already been thinking of you that way since this started.”

“You have?” I looked up at him again.

“Yes. You were the one who mentioned not using labels, so I didn’t.”

He kissed the tip of my nose, and I relaxed a little. Time to go in for the kill. “Camden who was it that called you earlier?”

I watched his reaction like a hawk, waiting to see any changes that would indicate a lie when he spoke to me. His eyes darkened, narrowing at me and making me feel like I was the one being scrutinized. I saw his biceps bulging through his long sleeves so I knew he was gripping the fence harder than he needed to. “It was nobody. There was an issue at the gym and the receptionist didn’t know how to handle it, that’s all.” He paused. “Are we going to have trust issues?”

The gym was open on Thanksgiving? I shook my head. “No, I just noticed that you seemed upset about something, and you wouldn’t look at me when you got off the phone. I know that you have a past Camden, and I am not so blind to not think that past might want to come back around.” I was trying to give him a push to open up to me about any exes that might want him back. Particularly someone named Bree. “This isn’t about trust, but it is about you confiding in me. You can tell me things, I’m not going to judge.”

There were a few seconds between when I spoke and when he did. “There’s nobody coming back in my life like that. There’s also no reason for you to feel insecure. I know that I don’t say a lot or maybe open up, but I know that you are here. And I appreciate that.”

I swallowed the lump in my throat. He was hiding something. Every fiber of my being told me I was right. But I couldn’t call him out on it without getting into a huge fight right now. I’d just have to cross my fingers that at some point he’d want to tell me what was really going on and who it was that called him and had been texting him. In the meantime I nodded and gave a weak smile.

“Okay,” I said.

Placing his forehead on mine he repeated me. “Okay.” Giving me a quick peck on the lips, he took my hand and pulled me away from the fence. “Let’s get back to the house girlfriend, my brothers have probably already tore into the pumpkin pie, and if it’s all gone, I think I might murder someone.”

I grinned at his now silly demeanor and followed him back to his parents.

TO SAY THAT I’VE HAD A BAD WEEK would be the understatement of the century! First it started at work with going from a paper system to an electronic one. Scanning and inputting a couple hundred patients’ records was not only time consuming, it was tedious. And don’t even get me started with having to file the paperwork that was still coming in so it could all be switched over. Then I had a pop quiz in A&P that I wasn’t even close to being ready for. We had gone over the different types of cells in the body the day before and I hadn’t had a chance to look at my notes. Sarah had called me to say that Mom had left, and she was home alone. So I had to go get her and bring her to the apartment then take her back when my mom got home. I would have just let her stay if she didn’t have school in the morning. It has been one thing after another, and I was exhausted; mentally and physically exhausted! Not only that but Camden had been working later than normal so I’d barely seen him over the past few days, and it was making me crabby. I also noticed that when he was home with me, he was distracted. It didn’t’ sit right, and I wondered what was going on. But after our talk at the baseball field, I knew that I needed to trust him.

It was Thursday morning, and I was leaving the café with Macie. She knew about my talk with Camden and what was said. She told me that there was probably nothing to it, and it was more than likely something that he wanted to handle on his own. I agreed and decided I needed to let it go. I was stressing myself out over nothing, and I had no reason not to believe what he told to me. When we parted I decided to head home to take a nap before I went to work. When I got in I noticed Camden’s car was here. He hadn’t come home all week for lunch and seeing him was a nice surprise.

“Hey you, how was class?” he asked, getting up from the couch to greet me.

“Good I guess. Did you know that there are two hundred and six bones in the body…and that I need to know every single one of them and how they function? Ugh! Kill me now!” I practically collapsed in his arms.

Chuckling he said, “Yes, I’m aware of the number of bones, but unfortunately I can’t help you with all of them. Are you tired?”

“Mmm…hmm,” was the only response I could give him.

“How about we both go get a little sleep? I have a client in two hours so I have a little time to rest.”

“I’d love some sleep. I swear this is like the week that never ends,” I grumbled.

“Hmmm, and I thought it was just me. Alright Blue, hold on.” He lifted my arms around his neck, and he picked me up, cradling my too his body. Carrying me up the stairs we went into his room, and he laid me on the bed. He pulled off his gym shorts and crawled under the covers behind me, spooning me. “I’ll wake you up before you need to leave,” he said, kissing my temple.