Always Remember

sceptic.
    “ Why did Jen come back early?”
    “ You don’t know?”
    “ If I knew, would I be fucking asking?”
    “ Bing, are you honestly telling me you still don’t know why she went back so early?” Lexy says, slightly incredulous.
    “ Of course I am!” I try not to shout. “I asked her in Devon, but she told me not to push it. Oh, and she insulted me several times.”
    “ Oh, boy.” She laughs. “Well, she and Carl broke up.”
    “ What?” I stop dead in my tracks. “They what?”
    “ They broke up,” she repeats. “They weren’t getting along so they called it a day. I think they’re both happier now.”
    That explains a lot. Namely the kiss she planted on me yesterday.
    “So she’s single?” I ask.
    “ Well, yeah... Bing? Bing, what are you doing?!”
    “ Gotta go sis love you bye!” I hang up and slide my phone back into my pocket, pulling my trainers on at the same time. “Shit shit fuck shit !”
    I run from the house, get into my car, and head for Jen ’s. Stopping at a red light, I grab my phone, set up hands free, and call her.
    “ What?” she answers. “I don’t have time...”
    “ Why didn’t you tell me you and Carl broke up?” I demand, barely keeping to the speed limit.
    “ Uh, maybe because it’s absolutely, positively nothing to do with your nosey butt?” she answers.
    “ It’s something to do with me when you kiss me in the middle of the park.”
    “ Oh. Hm. Good point,” she says warily.
    “ You better be at yours,” I warn her.
    “ What if I’m not?”
    “ Then you get your ass home.”
    “ I’m home,” she pauses. “Why are you coming here?”
    “ Answer the door in about thirty seconds and you’ll find out.” I park outside her building, hang up, and take the stairs two at a time.
    Knock. Knock.
    The door opens and before she can even raise her eyebrows, my hands are on the sides of her head and my lips are on hers.

JEN

    Bing’s hands frame my face as he kisses me hard, his tongue tracing between my lips. I squeak in shock, grabbing his shirt so I don’t fall backwards.
    He pushes me in and kicks the door shut, one hand moving to my back and holding me against flush against his body. I slide my hands up his chest and grip his neck when he slips his tongue into my mouth. He hoists me up by the waist and carries me into the living room before dropping me on the sofa. He settles between my legs, still holding me, and pulls back from me slightly.
    Mocha coloured eyes bore into mine as I try to control my breathing.
    “Hello to you too. Come on in,” I comment, my blood thundering through my body.
    “ Why didn’t you tell me, Jen?” he asks softly.
    “ I didn’t think you’d care.”
    Bing opens his mouth and closes it again. He shakes his head slightly.
    “What? Why would you care?” I ask. He rests his hand against my cheek, and his thumb strokes slowly across my flushed cheek.
    “ Oh, you annoying little berk. Where you’re concerned, I always care. Always have.” His lips press against mine, softly this time, and I sigh.
    “ You stole my word.”
    “ And?” His eyes twinkle in amusement.
    “ What is this?” I whisper. “What are you doing?”
    “ I’m doing what I should have done two weeks ago, Jennifer,” he whispers back, kissing the corner of my mouth. I turn my head to kiss him properly, all my fight leaving me the second he holds me tighter. My fingers snake upwards into his hair, and my legs hook round his waist to hold him where he is, in front of me. I can’t deny that I want him, and I can’t fight the damn want anymore.
    “ You only get this option because I care about how you feel.” Bing nibbles up my ear. “Tell me to stop.”
    I take a deep breath in. “No.”
    “ No?” He looks at me. “You don’t want me to stop?”
    “ I don’t want you to stop. As long as it’s you making me feel this way, I never want you to stop.”
    I see him take a deep breath in , and then I’m up, in his arms, and he’s carrying me.
    He kisses me and shoves my bedroom door open. I kick the door shut behind us and we fall back onto my bed, tongues mingling.
    I tug at the collar of his shirt , and he chuckles.
    “ Someone’s eager.” He kisses down my neck, dragging his lips across my skin.
    “ Don’t make sex difficult like you do everything else, Bing.” I breathe out the words, and tug again, the top bunching in my hands. I pull it clear over his head and fling it on the floor. My hands move down his