Our Little Secret

Chapter 16

I could feel Isabel's hesitation at first, but her body soon melted into mine as her arm wrapped around my waist.

I was much more aware of what was going on this time than the list time we kissed. It felt like I'd been wanting it again since that night, but I didn't want to admit it until now.

No matter how badly I wanted it, my guilty conscious still started to creep in.

I reluctantly pulled my mouth away from hers, but I kept my arm around her neck.

"Why does this have to be so complicated? This is all I've wanted to do for the past few weeks but I can't stop feeling guilty about it now," I said.

"Hold on," Isabel said, "you've been wanting to do this too?"

I nodded as I kept my gaze on hers, "I didn't admit it to myself until recently...but yeah."

"Well Ava doesn't even know that we've been hanging out lately, right? So how would she find out about this?" She asked.

"She might not, but it doesn't mean that I won't feel terrible about it," I said, "and what about Micah?"

"We're still just - don't worry about him," she said as she shook her head.

My eyes drifted down to her lips as we stood there in silence, neither one of us wanting to be the one that pulled away or made another move.

"I mean if you don't - I don't want to - " Isabel started.

I cut her off with my mouth as our lips came crashing back together. It wasn't the first time in the past few weeks that I let the lust I was feeling win over what I knew was right.

Isabel held tightly on to my waist as we continued to kiss and I felt electricity shoot through my body. I didn't really feel like that was a good thing right now, but it did confirm that this is exactly what I'd been wanting.

"Hold on," Isabel said breathlessly as she pulled away slightly.

"Are you sure we should be doing this?" She asked.

"No," I said as I leaned in to kiss her again, "but I think we're kind of past that point now."

"Shit," Isabel said quietly, "I know I should tell you that we shouldn't be...but I don't think I can."

Her lips hovered over mine as she closed the distance between us.

I could tell that Isabel and I were both holding back somewhat. We knew we wanted this, but we also knew we shouldn't be doing it.

I backed Isabel against the wall as my arm tightened around her neck. I could feel the heat building up inside of me and knew that I had to stop this before it went any further.

I pulled back slightly and rested my forehead against hers.

"What are we supposed to do now?" I asked quietly.

"Well," she paused and stole another quick kiss, "be careful and keep it between us until we figure something out?"

"I hate lying to Ava," I sighed, "but I don't think I'm going to be able to hold myself back after this."

Our lips met again for a brief moment before Isabel leaned back and nodded.

"I have to admit," she started, "I was so damn nervous to tell you that, I was just going to keep it to myself and suffer."

I grinned at her and nodded in agreement, "I kind of had the same thoughts honestly."

"Well shit," Isabel sighed.

"If only you weren't so fucking adorable," I said to her as I leaned down and kissed the side of her neck.

I finally dropped my arm from around her and took a step back. Isabel was standing there smirking at me, and it took everything in me to not pin her against the wall and kiss her again.

"Quit looking at me like that," I said as I returned her smirk.

"Like what? This is just my natural look Skylar," she said teasingly.

I shook my head at her and went over to sit down on the couch. Isabel came over and sat next to me, resting her hand on my leg.

"Fuck, we're in trouble now," I sighed, "I'm not even sure if I'm relieved or not."

"Wow thanks," Isabel said as she grinned at me.

"Shut up you know I didn't mean it that way," I responded.

"I know, I know," she said, "I get what you mean."

"Damn, what did I come over here to do again?" I asked her.

"Pretty sure we were just going to watch a movie or something," Isabel said.

"Yeah, guess we got a little off track, huh?" I responded.

"Just a tiny bit," she grinned.

"I'm totally blaming you for that," I said to her as I smirked.

"I didn't hear you complain," she teased as she trailed her fingers up my leg.

I grabbed on to her hand and leaned in closer to her, "turn the movie on."

"Fineee," Isabel conceded.

She gave me a quick kiss on the lips before she sat back against the couch and grabbed the remote.

"What are we watching?" I asked her as she flipped through the options.

"Hmm," she pondered, "either something scary, or something romantic."

She looked over at me innocently and I grinned and shook my head.

"I see what you're doing now," I said, "and I hate scary movies, so not that option."

"Aww, well isn't that the cutest," Isabel said to me.

"You know, I think it might be time for me to leave," I joked as I pointed towards the door.

I continued to mess with her as I started to stand up from the couch.

"Oh whatever, sit your cute ass down," Isabel said.

She reached up and wrapped her arms around my waist and pulled me back to the couch.

"You're not going anywhere," she continued.

She kept her arms around me and slowly kissed down my neck.

"Okay," I said as I closed my eyes, "you've convinced me."

"Good," Isabel said quietly into my ear.

She took one hand away from my waist and pointed the remote towards the TV, finally starting the movie.

Her head laid against my shoulder and I rested my hands on her arm in my lap.

God damn it, this felt way too comfortable already.

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