Broken Hill High (Broken Hill High #1)(70)

I can’t help the smile that spreads across my face. “What are you saying, Nathaniel?” I tease.

“Are you seriously going to make me say it?” he questions.

“After everything you’ve put me through… yes. I’m going to make you say it.”

He lets out a sigh and runs his knuckles down the side of my face. “I’m saying I want to be with you, Tora. I want you in my life every damn day. I want to love you and I want to fight with you. I want to kiss you any time I want and I want you to hate on me every time I screw up. I want to creep in through your bedroom window and have your dad chase me out the door with his gun when I get caught. I want to stand in the store, staring at all the tampons trying to figure out which fucking one to choose. I want it all, Tora, but only with you.”

I grin up at him and press my lips to his. “Fine,” I groan. “But only because you won’t shut up about it.”

He shakes his head. “I’m going to regret this, aren’t I?”

“Oh, yeah,” I laugh as I push up to kiss him again.

An hour later, I hear the sound of Brooke attempting to break down the front door. “Tora?” she calls out. “Nate? Jesse? You guys better not still be in bed.”

I groan as I look up at Nate. “Do you think she’ll go away?” he asks me.

“Nope,” I laugh. “So, unless you want her to barge on in here and get an eyeful of your ass, then we better get dressed.”

“I do have a nice ass,” he grins.

“I know, but she’s one of the only girls in the school who hasn’t seen it, and I’d like to keep it that way.”

“Fine,” he says as he pulls me up out of bed. “But the second she’s gone. You’re all mine.”

“Deal,” I laugh as he throws me over his shoulder and heads for the shower. A second later, the tap is turned on freezing cold and he throws me in, screaming for mercy.