Falling Down(24)

So he does.
"I can't help it. This is amusing. You're amusing."
"I'm amusing. Are you kidding me right now?"
"Lucy, you're taking this too seriously."
I tamp down my temper. Too seriously, he says. I narrow my eyes.
"Oh hell, Jesse. Now you did it," Sera says.
"What?"
"Her eyes are narrowed, her nostrils are flaring, her lips are thinned out. She's pissed. She's going to blow any second."
"She can--"
"You better not go there right now, hot stuff," Sera tells him with a laugh.
"You're probably right."
I take a deep breath. "So you saw the video, then?"
He nods.
"You know what?"
He looks like he's unsure whether he should respond or not. Sera, knowingly, stays quiet as does Spenser. Jesse follows their lead.
"For as hot and wet as I was last night on the dance floor, we should have just f*cked right there."
Sera laughs, Spenser coughs, and Jesse's eyes darken.
"Perhaps we should have."
I shrug. "We may as well have. The only difference would be if we were naked because we were all but f*cking in that video."
Jesse steps forward, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. "Lucy, trust me. If we were f*cking you'd know it. I'd be buried so deep inside of you, you wouldn't know where you ended and I began, and I can guarantee it wouldn't be over as quickly as that dance was."
I lick my lips and more moisture gathers between my thighs. His lips are hovering just over mine and I am severely tempted to kiss him right here, shove Sera and Spenser out the door, and have Jesse Kingston f*ck me up against the wall.
He smirks as if he knows what I'm thinking and I lift a brow. He winks then leans in and presses a soft kiss to my lips. "Soon."
"Not soon enough," Spenser says. "Jesus, you two. Even I need a cold shower after that."
"And Lucy's going to need some dry panties," Sera blurts out.
Jesse's smile grows.
"Do we need to do damage control?"
I shrug. "Nope. I really don't care anymore. I just hate my personal life being scrutinized, speculated, and dissected."
He nods. "The life of a movie star."
"That's not--," Sera says with a smile until I cut her off, shaking my head. Out comes the award-winning Serafina Manzini pout.
"Awww, why not?"
"Later. We need to get ready or Cage is going to get cranky. You know very well that a cranky Cage is not a good thing."
"True enough," she responds.
"Jesse, can I talk to you later? Not about," I wave a hand at the television and computer, "that but something else."
"Of course."
I nod, my gaze unable to move from his lips. "I've got to go."
He nods. I start to stand up on tiptoe and he meets me half way for a lingering touching of our lips. He pulls back and rests his forehead against mine.
"This is so going to complicate things."
"I hope so," he says with a pat on my ass. "Now go get ready."
I squeal when he smacks my ass again and laughs. I grin the whole way to hair and makeup. I lick my lips, savoring his taste. Oh boy. Jesse Kingston.
***~~~***
The day is long and tiring. We get through a lot of filming and I'm ready to get back into my yoga pants.
"You said you wanted to talk about something?" Jesse asks.
"Yeah. Actually," I say looking round. "Cage? Guys? Can Sera and I talk to you all in say, twenty minutes? I'd like to wash the mask off my face and get out of this ridiculous leather dress."
"It's f*cking hot," Kennedy says. It's the first time he's ever directly spoken to me and I thought he was mute or just hated me.