Always Remember

long legs over the other and tapping her knee out the corner of my eye, and I purposely look at the phone. I don’t really see anything. It’s more of a blur on a white page as I imagine what...
    Nope. I ’m stuck in the middle of nowhere and have no idea where we’re going to go tonight until the roads are ploughed. I am not going to fantasize about the crazy ass blonde next to me. Fuck knows I’ve spent enough time doing it since our almost kiss at Dad’s party last year.
    “ Anywhere?”
    Yeah... The walls, the car bonnet, the... Oh.
    “What?” I blink, and look at her. She frowns.
    “ Have you found anywhere to stay tonight?” she asks me slowly.
    “ You don’t need to talk to me slowly, Jen, I’m not deaf.”
    “ No, but you are stupid, so you could always misunderstand.”
    “ Keep it up, and we’ll be sleeping in the back seat of the car,” I threaten.
    “ I’m not sleeping anywhere with you.” She laughs. “That’d be like social suicide, you do realise that? I have a bad ass reputation to keep up and it doesn’t involve staying in even the same room as London’s playboy.”
    “ Unfair,” I flinch slightly anyway. “I’m nowhere as bad as I used to be, and you know that. Call Mum and get her to find us somewhere to stay.”
    She tilts her head towards me. “You’re not as bad as you were, I’ll give you that, but you’re still like a dog on heat sometimes.”
    “ You realise it’s the females that have heat, right?”
    Her lips curve into a smile. “That’s the point I’m making, Samuel.”
    I lean over the gearstick , putting her phone in her hand, brushing her fingers with mine. Her face is inches from mine, her eyes focused on mine. “Anytime you feel like letting me prove you wrong,” I say in a low voice. “I’ll be more than happy to oblige you, Jen.”
    Her fingers tighten around the phone, and her eyebrows shoot up. “I’m sure you’d be more than happy to try, Sam, but I’m unsure if you could satisfy my needs.”
    I laugh, moving even closer. I can feel her breath across my mouth, and the urge to close the gap and take that breath from her is stronger than ever.
    “Believe me, Jen, I could satisfy every need you have and then some you didn’t even know about.” My eyes flick down to her slightly parted lips and back up. “So don’t push me into proving it.”
    “ You wouldn’t dare,” she challenges.
    “ It’s not a secret I’m as attracted to you as I am annoyed with you. I’m just better at hiding it, so yes. Yes, I would dare, and I’d enjoy every fucking second of it.”
    Her eyes are full of warring emotions, and she finally settles on anger. They narrow, and she yanks the seatbelt out. I lean back, smirking smugly with the knowledge I ’ve got to her.
    “ I don’t even have a word in my giant repertoire strong enough to scream at you right now,” she hisses, pushing the door open.
    “ The only word you need to be screaming at me is my name, babe,” I reply, watching her climb out of the car.
    She gets out, stops, and turns to me. She opens her mouth for a second, shakes her head, then closes it again, apparently settling on giving me the finger instead. I grin as she slams the door. I win that round.

Chapter Two

JEN

    “ You have got to be kidding me.” I lean over the counter in the travel lodge. “One room?”
    “ I’m sorry, miss, that’s all we had available when the phone call was made. The lady I spoke to assumed you’d rather have one room than none at all,” the receptionist says, his eyes scanning my body.
    I clench my jaw, turning to face Bing. “Fine, but you’re sleeping on the floor.”
    “ We’ll see.” He smirks.
    I hold my hand out to the guy behind the desk. He looks down at it then up at me questioningly.
    “Key,” I demand. “I want to go to my room.”
    “ Oh, of course.” He grabs it from the back rack and gives it to me. I take it from his grip, spinning with the elegance of a ballerina. Bing is glaring at the guy.
    “ If you’d rather stay here in reception, Samuel, its fine with me,” I throw out as I stroll past him.
    “ Stay out here when I finally have you in a bedroom all to myself? Not a chance,” he responds.
    “ I see you’re still dreaming.” I step into the elevator.
    “ Oh, didn’t you know?” He steps in after me and raises his eyebrows. “I can see the future.” He winks and it does funny things to my stomach. God dammit, it is way too cold for those butterflies