Under the Stars

45: Love of My Life

Caleb

"Are we going somewhere again?"
Rose asked when we jumped into my car
and buckled herself up

as I turned on the engine.

I chuckled and looked at
the beautiful girl seated next to me
in the same exact car

like an angel with twinkling gray eyes.

"Do you always think

whenever we get into my car

that we'd be going somewhere?"
I ask her with a smirk
and she blushes in embarrassment.

Rose shrugs. "I don't know."

I slide my hand
to close with hers

and our hands melt and mold together
creating a magnet just for us.

"Is it because of our kiss?"

Rose's face turns red

and I grin.
I'll never get tired of teasing

this beautiful girl.

I move out of my seat

and lean to her.
Rose turns around

and opens her mouth
but I capture them with mine.

Her lips are warm and sweet

and my body tugs closer to her.
Our lips move along each other
exploring and tugging.

The world closes in around us

and there's a bubble.
It surrounds me and Rose
and all I can see
and all I can feel

is Rose.

The warmth of her body
is driving me so f*king crazy.
It's like I can't get enough

it's like my body is ice

and I need her fire.

We part to retrieve our breaths
but after a few seconds
we kiss again.
But this kiss is longer

and this time
I can feel the warmth of her lips
radiate through my blood

and I feel this hunger inside me.

This hunger was something I've felt before.
But it was stronger
only when I'm with Rose.
I wanted to get closer to her,
the distance between us is too much of a gap.
I wanted to touch her,
explore every curve

and kiss every skin.

My mind grows dark
and my body reluctantly pulls away
leaving a lingering kiss on Rose
and our eyes meet.

Her gray eyes sparkle
with so many emotions

and her cheeks are a rosier red.

Her lips are a juicy red

that makes my hunger grow
but I shove it down my throat.

"Damn it,"
I turned back to my seat
and drove off the campus
trying to cool off my head.

The heater in the car didn't help.

I cursed myself in my head
clenching the wheel tight

until my knuckles turned white
and my heart was racing a marathon.

I didn't want to think

of dangerous things about Rose.
It was something I couldn't avoid
but it was unhealthy for us right now.

No matter how much I desired

for her bare body to mold with mine

on a soft bed in a dim light

I knew it couldn't happen.

I didn't want it to happen right now.
Because no matter how much I love Rose

I couldn't burden her

by taking her dignity.

My mom has always told me
to respect the girl I love.
To respect our relationship.
If I had sex with Rose
Rose would no longer be innocent.

Most people would look at her

and see her as a tainted woman

who had sex before marriage.

I closed my hands on hers

and squeezed tightly.
I couldn't do that to her.

I love her too much
to do that to her.

Rose

Caleb's face

was an unusual red

I've never seen on him before.

I stared at his face

as his eyes were focused on the road
with a steely gaze.

It was cute.

I watched our hands entwine

and send heat through my body.
I smiled and played with his fingers
until we drive up my house.