Chapter 69

When we entered the ballroom,I found it hard not to be impressed.The theme was“Under the Water,”and the decoration committee had hit it out of the park.Large fish balloons hung from the ceiling,along with clear round ones that made it look like bubbles traveling upward.Pale blue tablecloths,clear glass plates,and glasses covered the round tables,evenly spaced around the dance floor.Blue lighting provided a beautiful effect.

Jeff and I looked at each other in shock,then turned in our tickets and made our way through the maze of teenagers.

Kevin waved us over to his table.Jeff pulled me along with him and I couldn’t help smiling.It was sweet how he always wanted to touch me.

“Hey,guys.”Kevin looked good in a gray tux with a pale blue tie,and I glanced around the table trying to guess which girl might be his date.I didn’t see anyone with a matching blue dress,though.

“Who are you here with?”I asked.

He shrugged.“No date.I came with a couple of guys from my debate team.”

“Guess you weren’t interested in Lily,huh?”

“Lily?”he asked,his eyebrows arching.“What do you mean?”

“She was interested in you,”Jeff said,“but you never asked her out.”

Kevin slapped his hand to his forehead.“Shit.I wondered why she was hanging around my locker last week.Is she here?”

“Yeah,with Luke.”

He shrugged and laughed.“Doesn’t mean I can’t ask her to dance,right?”

“Right!”Jeff and I said together.

Music started up from the far end of the room.

“The band’s really good,”Kevin said.“They’ve been on a break for a few minutes,even though they’d played only a few songs.Looks like they’re ready again.”

“Want to dance?”Jeff asked.

We’d never danced together.I wasn’t even sure I knew how.I’d been excited about it earlier,but now,I worried I’d make a fool of myself.

“Don’t worry.I can’t dance either,”he said reassuringly,as if reading my mind.

I took his hand as we headed to the dance floor.

I felt the thump-thump-thumpof the loud music run through me.Jeff grabbed my hips and pulled me close.The crowd of dancing teens instantly swallowed us.We looked at each other,grinning,and let the music take us over.Soon,we moved our bodies to the rhythm and worked up a sweat.His hands stayed on my hips as I ran mine up his arms and danced my heart out.

I noticed a couple of teens practically humping each other on the dance floor and gestured toward them.One girl jumped up and threw her legs around the guy’s waist while they made out like crazy.I couldn’t believe none of the chaperones intervened.

Jeff grinned,shaking his head.I laughed and pulled him closer.Apparently,it wasn’t a big deal if some teens wanted to fuck over their clothes.Personally,I didn’t care what the others did,but I wanted to grind against Jeff in our room.

I let my body move to the music.I was dancing with my boyfriend in front of my peers,not even caring if any of the“haters”disapproved,and it was the most liberating feeling.Soon,sweat dripped down my back and I thought about removing my jacket,but didn’t want to leave the floor.When I saw sweat dripping from Jeff’s hair and down his neck,I felt the strangest urge to lick him.Instead,I cupped the back of his neck and pulled his face toward me.

“Do you have any idea how sexy you are?”I shouted over the music,my mouth almost touching his ear.“I want to taste every single inch of you.”

Jeff pulled back,and his feral expression,his dark eyes with pupils blown,nearly turned me inside out.I tongued my bottom lip while he watched me with an intensity that had my pulse racing.He wanted me and he didn’t care who knew it.

My heart thumped as his hands pulled tighter on my waistband.He tugged,and I knew what he wanted.But I pushed against his chest and smiled,shaking my head.We weren’t going up to the room just yet.Jeff had been too excited about prom.Even though my dick throbbed and I felt like I’d come if he looked at me with such desire even once more,I knew it wasn’t time to go up.

Spinning around,I told him I was going to go drop off my jacket at the table.He slipped his off also,and my mouth watered when I saw how the shirt wrapped around his muscular torso.God,he was hot,and the sweat pouring from his body only made the shirt cling tighter.

I took his jacket and headed to our table.A few friends stopped me on the way and I made small talk as politely as possible,but all I could think about was getting back to Jeff.By the time I did,the band had started a slow song.Jeff opened his arms for me and I melted against him.We swayed to the music,neither of us really knowing how to slow dance,but it didn’t matter.We were together and I was in his arms.

God,I was so sappy.I could imagine little hearts and stars floating around me.Was this really how it felt to be in love?It felt so Disneyesque.

“How much longer?”Jeff asked.

“It’s too early.”

“Aaron,if I overstepped by getting the room—”

“No.I love it!I just know how important the prom has been to you and I want to make sure you enjoy as much of it as possible.”

A smile spread across his face.“You mean you want to go upstairs,too?”

I looked at him like he had two heads.“Of course!”

Just then,Russell and Deidre wove their way through the dance floor and stopped in front of us.

“You guys coming by the party?”Russell asked.“We’re heading up there soon.Room 521.”

“We might.We,um,got our own room,”I admitted,heat spreading through my body.

Russell grinned.“Well,okay then.Stop by if you can.”

I watched them leave and turned to Jeff.“Should I have said that?”

He only grinned.