Beautiful Sky (14 page)

“Thanks Sky, I’ll see you later!”

I took the last sip of my soda and grabbed our stuff to throw away.  I had just placed our trays in their stack when I saw Barbi and her boobs walk into the cafeteria with the biggest man whore on campus.  He was a senior and apparently had been with over 50 girls the year before.  They deserved each other.  She glanced at me and quickly dismissed me.  So much for wanting to hang out with me,
skanky tramp
.  We both knew she was lying when she said that, and we both knew that it would be a cold day in hell before it happened.  I walked out of the building feeling good about Jonathan and me and I couldn’t wait to see him that night.

The afternoon passed quickly, thank goodness, and I showered and changed before meeting Jonathan at the library.  I got there at a couple of minutes before 8:15 and he was sitting on a bench reading a book.  I smiled when I saw him and walked over to him and lightly touched his shoulder.  He looked up at me and smiled.

“Hey!”  He stood up and gave me a quick peck on the lips.  “You look pretty.”

I felt myself blush as he gave me a slow once over, and I smiled back at him.

“Thanks, you don’t look so bad yourself.  Where do you want to go study?”

“Let’s go to the seventh floor, it’s pretty secluded up there.”

“Hey, that’s where I usually go when I don’t want anyone to find me.”

He pointed back and forth to our heads and grinned at me.  “We must have that ‘great minds think alike’ thing going on.”

“I think so,” I said as I smiled coyly at him.

We found an empty table and Jonathan sat across from me and we laid out our books and notes and dug in.  Every now and then we would glance up at each other at the same time and Jonathan would smile and wink at me, and I swear the butterflies danced like crazy in my belly.  It was so nice to be there studying with him, not wondering how he felt about me.  We were so easy with each other and everything between us just fell right into place.  Here I was, studying with the hottest guy in school, when just a few short months ago I didn’t think I would ever let anyone in again.

We studied until almost 1:00 a.m. and then we gathered our stuff and went back to our dorm.  He held my hand as we walked back together and we gently swung our linked hands as we strolled back to the dorm.  After we were inside, Jonathan turned to me and put his arms around me, his eyes searching mine.

“Will you stay with me tonight?”

I wanted to, I really did, but it was so late and I was exhausted.  I started to turn him down but he cut me off.

“Just to sleep Sky, I promise.  I like having you in my bed next to me, and besides we can sleep in since we both don’t have class until 10:30.”

I was too weak to say no to his gorgeous, pleading eyes.

“Okay, just let me wash my face and stuff and grab my PJ’s, and I’ll be down in a few minutes.”

“You can sleep in one of my t-shirts, you don’t have to bring PJ’s, besides you look super sexy in my shirt and I like it.”

I could feel the color flooding my cheeks as I smiled at him.  “Okay, I’ll be down in a few minutes.”

Katie was sleeping so I was careful to be quiet as I grabbed my shower caddy with my toothbrush and facial soap.  I washed my face in record time and then I went down to Jonathan’s room and couldn’t wait to cuddle up with him.

I changed into his t-shirt which nearly swallowed me like the last one, and climbed into his bed next to him.  He turned out the light and I could see his face faintly in the dark as we lay facing each other.  He gently stroked my hair and then raised my chin and kissed me on the lips.

His voice was soft in the dark.  “I’m so glad you’re here, Sky.”

“Me too.”

We drifted off to sleep, wrapped in each other’s arms and there was no where in the world I would rather have been.

His performance was canceled that Friday so I didn’t get the chance to see him play again.  Jenn was super bummed but I reminded her that they would be playing at Fall Festival in a few weeks.

The next two weeks passed pretty quickly and I slept in Jonathan’s room every night.  We fell into a pattern of studying together almost every night and then I would sleep in his room.  Physically, we fooled around a bit but we hadn’t had sex yet, but I knew it was coming soon and I couldn’t wait to be with him in that way.  We were both swamped with homework so we didn’t actually have a lot of time to talk to each other in that time.  We studied together almost every night until we could barely keep our eyes open, but we didn’t have a lot of down time with each other so I was really looking forward to that.

That following Friday was Fall Festival and Jonathan’s band, Sonic Blaze, was playing in the gym, which was huge, and I was really excited because a dance floor area was being set up.  He told me that he would be singing every song to me and he wanted to meet up after so that we could hang out together.  I was super psyched because we didn’t hang out at all the weekend before, Jonathan had to go home for the weekend for some business thing with his family’s company, so I couldn’t wait to spend some quality time with him.

I was dying for classes to be over that Friday, and the second I was done for the weekend I rushed back to my room to meet Katie.  We went to an early dinner off campus at this greasy, but delicious burger place, and then we went back to our room to get ready.  We were meeting a bunch of people over at the gym for the concert and Katie could not stop talking about it.

“This is so cool because the lead singer is your boyfriend!  I feel so cool!”

“You
are
cool Katie.”

“So are you!  We’re too cool for school!”

“Okay, I spoke to soon.  Nerd alert!”  I teased her and she playfully swatted my arm.  We were giggling like kids when Jenn came to our room.

“Oh my gosh, you both look amazing!  Tonight is going to be so much fun you guys, I can’t wait!  Jake said the guys were taking bets on how slutty Barbi’s outfit is going to be.”  

We all let out a devilish giggle.

Ugh
, I had forgotten about her.  She was one person I was really not looking forward to seeing.  I hadn’t seen her for a while, which was nice, but I was sure she was going to be hanging all over Jonathan again and I knew that that night, I wouldn’t put up with it.  He had made it pretty clear to me that his eyes were fixated only on me, and I didn’t want big boobs Barbi to try and overstep her boundaries.  I would tell her off if I had to.

“Jenn you look gorgeous too!  So, do you have your eye on anyone yet?”  I gave her a teasing smile as I grabbed my ID. 

“I do, but no one as gorgeous as your guy.”

I was a bit taken aback by that but then realized that I shouldn’t be.  Well, I guess Jonathan was my guy and the whole campus probably knew by now since we were together so much.

“My guy?”  I raised an eyebrow at her and feigned ignorance.

“Yes, your guy, the gorgeous Jonathan Hunter.  He only has eyes for you and I know that at least a dozen girls are super bummed.  We all see the way he looks at you Sky.  I hope I meet a guy who looks at me that way one day, Jonathan is definitely smitten.”

I smiled to myself at that thought and I couldn’t wait to see him at the concert. 

We got there around 8:00 and the gym was packed and the band was going on at 10:00.  Music was blaring from the speakers in the wall, and it was decent, but everyone was waiting for the good stuff, the live stuff.  Fall Festival was sponsored by the Inter Greek Coucil, and since the whole campus was invited, there was no booze, it was a totally dry party. 

The dance floor was set up on the far side of the gym away from the door and the music was just loud enough, but not so loud that we couldn’t hear each other talk.  Katie told me there was an after party at one of the frat houses and there were going to be plenty of kegs there.  I didn’t really care about how many kegs would be there because I just wasn’t into the drinking thing.

“Jonathan and I have plans after but we’ll probably stop by the party.”

“Okay, cool.”

I didn’t see Jonathan anywhere and I tried to be super low key about looking around for him.  I didn’t want anyone to think I was obsessed even though it was heading in that direction.  After 30 minutes, still no Jonathan.  I thought that I would at least get to see him before he went on stage.  After another 30 minutes I tried to hide how bummed I was that he wasn’t there yet and I decided to lose myself in dancing with my friends. 

I was still dancing 10 minutes later when I glanced toward the front of the gym and I saw Jonathan leaning down to listen to what Barbi was whispering in his ear.  Her boobs were pressed against him as she cupped her hand over his ear and leaned in close.  If it was physically possible for steam to come out of one’s ears, that is exactly what would have happened to me in that moment. 
Has he been here all of this time and not come over to say hi to me?  Maybe I need to give him a taste of his own medicine.

I walked off the dance floor in a huff and turned on my heel to find Ryan, the guy Jonathan said he couldn’t stand, to ask him to dance and of course I wanted Jonathan to see us.  He needed to know that other guys were into me and that he wasn’t the only fish in the sea.  I know it was probably a little mean to use Ryan that way, but he was kinda sleazy so I didn’t feel too bad about it.  I would be able to teach both guys a lesson: Jonathan would learn that he wasn’t the only guy looking my way, and Ryan would learn that he should treat girls with a little more respect.  Ryan gave me his full attention when I walked up to him and he had a flirtatious grin plastered on his face.

“Hey Skylar, what’s going on?”

I tossed my long dark waves over my shoulder and smiled up at him.  “Hey Ryan, I just thought I’d say hi.  I haven’t really had a chance to talk to you and I wanted to know more about you.  You’re from San Diego, right?”

His eyes brightened and it was clearly obvious that he was flattered that I was talking to him.  His grin was nearly ear to ear as he answered me.  “I am, you’ve done your homework on me.”

I had to stop myself from rolling my eyes at him because he looked pretty full of himself in that moment…if he only knew. I decided to play along because the ultimate goal was to get Jonathan’s attention.   

“I guess I have. So, are you ready for this awesome band tonight?”

“Oh yeah, they totally rock!  Hey, do you want something to drink or do you want to dance?”  His green eyes sparkled as he waited for my answer.

I feigned interest and gave him my best flirtatious smile.  "I would actually love a cup of that delicious punch if you don't mind, and then maybe we can go show them how it's done on the dance floor.”

“You got it, I’ll be right back.”  He rushed off to go get my cup of punch and I could feel someone piercing a hole right through me, so I turned around and met Jonathan’s intense gaze from across the room.  He does not look happy and it serves him right!  He knows how I feel about that bimbo and he is still letting her hang all over him, well two can play that game buddy.

Barbi was still by his side, whispering something in his ear and, although he probably wasn't even listening to her, he wasn't stopping her. His focus was 100% on me, but to anyone else looking at him it seemed as though he was into her and liked having her so close to him since he clearly was not pushing her away. 

Ryan came back over to me with my drink and I tore my eyes away from Jonathan and set them on Ryan.  I decided to turn it up a bit since I knew that Jonathan was watching us so I grabbed my drink from him and I put one hand on his arm and lightly stroked it, thanking him for my drink.  I was sure that gesture would really irritate Jonathan and as I took a couple of sips of my drink I glanced in Jonathan’s direction and to say that he looked pissed is an understatement.  I smiled to myself as I turned to put my drink down on the ledge, and I grabbed Ryan’s hand and led him out onto the dance floor. We started moving to the music and at first we were not dancing vey close each other, but I eventually moved closer and closer to him occasionally touching his arm and smiling at him while tossing my hair. 

He seemed to be enjoying himself and he also, surprisingly, was keeping his hands off of me.  Maybe I had been wrong about him and maybe Jonathan had too, maybe he wasn’t a big sleazebag.  I was starting to feel bad about using him to make Jonathan jealous, and then I felt his hand on my ass and all feelings of remorse went out the window.  I was going swat his hand away when suddenly an imposing figure was between us. 

I looked up and saw Jonathan pushing Ryan away from me and Ryan starting to charge right back at Jonathan, until he realized who it was and he stopped himself.  Ryan put both hands up in the air and said, “Sorry dude”, and walked away.

Jonathan turned his fiery gaze on me and grabbed my arm and pulled me close to him, his eyes frantically searching mine.  “So, you’re letting guys rub all over your ass now?  I don’t want anyone touching you but
me
Skylar, do we understand each other?”

I snatched my arm away from him and returned his fiery gaze.  “You cannot spend half the night letting that tramp rub her tits all over you, and expect me to stand in a corner and wait for you!  You are not the only guy out there Jonathan Hunter, plenty of guys want me!”

He grabbed my arm again and his eyes pinned me.  “Listen, don’t play these games!  I only want
you
and I know you want me!”

What could I say to that?  There was nothing
to
say, he was right.  I didn’t want to be with anyone else.  He had just expressed his feelings for me so it did make me feel a little bit better about Barbi.  I just wished she would go away.  I instantly softened as I let his words sink in.  I think he sensed the release of my tension and he placed a finger under my chin and raised my face so that my eyes met his.

“These feelings I have for you are new for me Sky, I don’t play games and I don’t want to be with anyone else but you.  If you see Barbi hanging around, just know that I am not interested in her.  I feel sorry for her and I’m just trying to be nice, for my family’s sake.  I only have eyes for you.”

“I feel the same way Jonathan, this is new for me too, you know?”

“Okay, so we’re good?”

I smiled at him.  “Yeah, we’re good.” 

“Do you still want to get out of here and go somewhere to hang out away from all of these people when I’m done on stage?”

“Definitely.”

He smiled at me and kissed me softly on the lips.  “I better go, it’s almost time for us to go on.  I’ll find you after.”  With that he rushed off.

I went back to my friends, happy as a lark, who were dancing to the music and then the lights dimmed, the music stopped, and strobes swirled around the room as a voice boomed through the speakers.