Chapter 32

Evan gave in, following her lead. “You do realize what just happened?” he asked. She looked back questioningly so he continued, “I just let my girlfriend get her way.”

Jane blushed almost turning away instead she let him see how he made her feel. She had slowly shown him more of herself over the summer, but that day he got all of her at once. The way she turned red, held his hand, and seemed so giddy; it was as if they were 14 again. She took them to the dining room table, sitting on top with an open chair in front of her. Evan sat there, remembering the time on the bar.

“I wish you were wearing a skirt,” he teased, slipping his hands in her pants to massage her ankles.

“I’m glad I’m not, it’s already getting cold, not that I wouldn’t want to do that again sometime,” she said, reminiscing.

“So, let’s talk,” he got to the point.

Jane blushed again, covering her face she said, “I don’t know why I can’t stop doing that.”

“It’s adorable,” he assured her.

Gaining courage from his compliment, she powered on, “So, I think we should discuss what I said yesterday. If only so it doesn’t get brought up in an argument months from now because there are still shitty feelings. To start, I meant none of it, not really. Everything I said was out of fear and panic.”

“I figured that around the time you were making your speech. What I’m way more interested in is what changed? You’re like the complete opposite now,” he commented.

Jane winced, knowing she should tell him everything. “Evan, I ... If we had dated in high school, I would’ve cheated on you, because that’s who I used to be. About 4 years ago, I got caught, humiliated, and shamed for it. And just like Maggie, I deserved it. I made the decision to not be that person anymore. Sadly, to punish myself I purposefully dated guys I thought, or knew would cheat on me. I was trying to balance out my karma so when a good thing came along, it wouldn’t be ruined.”

“Am I the good thing?” he asked like a boy with a crush.

“Is that seriously the only part you heard?” she feigned anger.

“Of course not, please continue,” he appeased her.

Jane laid her hands, palms up on her knees, Evan took them. “My brother Adam helped me realize that I was scared by how I feel about you. If I consider this summer as the beginning of us, then I love you, Evan,” she explained quite proudly to his surprise.

“I love you too, Jane. I didn’t realize it until you left last night,” he said, standing up between her legs.

“I’ll never do that again, I promise,” she assured him.

They kissed until Evan started undoing her pants.

“Let’s go up to one of the bedrooms,” she suggested.

“Why, we have the house to ourselves. All the booze is over there so nobody’s gonna bother coming over here,” he explained, continuing to pull her pants off.

Jane lifted her ass, letting him take them. She gave him a sultry look as she knew Evan wouldn’t change any after summer. Pulling her shirt off as he took off her shoes, she sat there naked on the dining room table, ready for their first makeup sex. Standing back up, he pulled his shirt off as she worked on his pants.