Seth & Greyson (The Coincidence #7)(25)

Our bodies crash together, but our lips don’t quite connect, and we end up bumping foreheads. We laugh, fingers fumbling, my heart racing.

“Okay, that was so the worst kiss.”

“No way,” he says as he works to catch his breath. “I think it might quite possibly be the best kiss I’ve ever had.”

Before I can reply, his lips find mine. Through the dark, my hands wander over his body, up his arms to his shoulders as I pull him closer. My pulse pounds as I let out a quiet moan and deepen the kiss, gripping him tightly. I’ve kissed plenty of guys, but this kiss is so different. I feel so comfortable, so un-awkward, so in my element. Right now, in this moment, is exactly where I belong. It took me a while to find it, and I’m not about to f*cking let it go.

Suddenly, a bright light flashes through the room, lighting up the walls and curtains around us.

Seth jerks back, eyes wide as the lights turn on. “What the f*ck was that?”

“That was perfection.” Jenna jumps through the curtain with an old school Polaroid photo in her hand. “Oh, my God, that was seriously the most perfect kiss I’ve ever seen.”

Seth’s jaw is pretty much hanging to the floor. “Were you watching us?” he asks, trying to catch his breath.

“Only towards the end.” She lifts the photo in front of her. “So I could take this. It’s part of my exhibit. You would be amazed at how much freedom people feel when they’re in a dark room and don’t think anyone’s watching.”

“But someone was watching.” He snatches the photo and stares at it as the white turns to color. “A creepy girl with purple hair.”

“I’m sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable,” Jenna says, but doesn’t sound particularly apologetic. “If it makes you feel any better, I’ve done it to like ten other couples already. And one couple was a step away from having sex on the floor.”

Seth’s nose scrunches as he glances down at the carpet, but he loosens up when he looks back at the photo again. “I’ll forgive you,” he says. “But I’m keeping the photo.”

“You have to let me at least see it first.” Jenna reaches to take the photo.

Seth tucks his arm behind his back. “No way.”

Jenna pokes out her lip and clasps her hands in front of her. “Please.”

Seth glowers at her. “You know that cutesy, innocent look isn’t going to work on me, right?”

Jenna scowls at him, but then smirks. “I bet I can get you to show it to me.”

“Yeah, right. You don’t know who you’re messing with, honey. I always get my way.”

Jenna pokes my side. “Greyson, pout and tell him you want him to show me the photo.”

I raise my hands in front of me. “I’m not getting into the middle of this.”

She jabs me again. “You’re the one who instigated the kiss, therefore this is all your fault.”

“That is kind of true,” he says, amused. “So, she has a valid point.”

I gape at the two of them. “What kind of logic is that? And how the hell did you two go from arguing to turning on me.”

“We’re not turning on you.” She reaches up and pinches my face between her hands. “We just want to see that cute pouty face of yours. I don’t know what the big deal is. You do it all the time, anyway.”

I shift my weight and move my head out of her grip. “I do not?” I glance at Seth. “Do I?”

Jenna beams brightly. “See? Now do it.”

I roll my eyes, but oblige them and pout. Seth covers his mouth to hide his laughter, while Jenna claps her hands like she won a prize.

“See? Adorable,” she singsongs, still clapping her hands in front of her.

I shake my head, snatch the photo from Seth, and shove it at her. “There you go.” I head for the curtain. “I’m leaving before the two of you try to make me strip or something.”

“I’m totally down for that,” Seth calls out and Jenna busts up in a fit of giggles.

I’m not really mad, especially since Seth seemed okay with having our picture taken. Earlier, when Jenna suggested I take Seth back there during our date, I was a little hesitant over how he’d react.

I end up waiting for Seth on the other side of the curtain. He comes out moments later, stuffing the photo into his pocket.

“Don’t I at least get to see it?” I cross my arms and stick out my lip.

“In a bit,” he replies in a playful tone, quickly swiping his finger across my lip. “Now, come on. Let’s go get stupidly drunk on wine and make fun of that large and slightly crooked penis statue at the front.”

Laughing, I follow him back over to the wine, where we both get a refill.

We spend the next couple of hours wandering around, looking at art, admiring some, but mostly just making fun of stuff. It’s probably the most fun date I’ve ever had, and by the time we’re headed back to the dorms, I don’t want the night to end.

“If you want, we can go back to my place for a while,” I suggest to Seth in the backseat of Ari’s car.

Ari is driving and is a little grumpy about it, since he was elected DD and is now stuck chauffeuring Jenna, Seth, and I around.

Seth doesn’t answer right away and I can almost feel his anxiety, even sitting a seat length away from him. I wonder exactly what he thinks I’m proposing.