A Date for the Fair (The Dating 8) - Page 25

“How about we get out of here? Although I have to say I don’t have much time. A certain professor sent out an assignment that’s completely and utterly ridiculous. It’ll take me all night to do it.”

Jude stands and puts his arm around my shoulders. “Ah, don’t worry about what that fucktard assigned you. He’s not going to grade it anyway.” He’s still slurring his words and it sounds funny on him.

“Come on, let’s get go. I have a feeling I’ll be sitting at your house while you sleep this off.”

He twirls me around. “Not me. I’m ready for an all nighter.”

I snort. “We’ll see about that.”Two weeks have passed and so much has changed. I got out of my apartment lease and moved in with Jude until I can find a house. Something tells me that Jude doesn’t want me to move out. If I’m being honest with myself, I kind of like living with him. Shawn accepted his loss, and luckily, has not bothered me since the day Jude broke his nose. Jude and I still laugh about it. He loves it when I tell him it turned me on to see him angry like that.

Jude and I have visited all of our favorite hangout spots and even ate at our favorite restaurant, Macado’s. I got my usual club sandwich so I could dip it in ranch. Then, afterwards, we split the brownie sundae. It feels like no time has passed since I left. I never knew this kind of happiness existed. We spent four days and just drove all around the Blue Ridge Parkway, stopping and hiking at various trails. Being with Jude makes me feel alive again.

“Do you want a glass of wine?” Jude calls out from inside.

I continue to rock in the double rocking chair on the back porch. “Sounds great,” I yell back.

It’s a late summer night and with the sun gone, it feels amazing. Cool and calm. I can’t see the mountains in the distance through the darkness, but I know they’re there. All I can see are lights from the houses on the mountainsides and the stars in the sky. As kids, we used to stare at them all the time and see who could find the most falling stars.

Jude walks out with my wine and a beer for him. He hands me my glass and I take a sip. “How may falling stars are we up to now? I think I was at fifty-three and you were at forty-seven? Is that right?”

He sits beside me and we both rock together. “I kept counting after you left,” he says solemnly.

A gasp escapes my lips. It just so happens that I did too. Every time I watched the stars, it reminded me of him. “What’s your number now?”

He focuses on the stars and smiles. “A hundred and nine.”

Mouth gaping, I stare at him in utter shock. How is that possible? When he meets my gaze, his brows furrow. “What’s wrong?”

I hold a hand over my heart. “That’s my number too. I never stopped counting either.”

His lips pull back slyly. “I should’ve known you wouldn’t forget me.”

I shake my head. “Never. Being here has been absolute heaven. I never thought I could be this happy.”

“Same.” He pats my leg. “Even if I didn’t get stuck with your class, I have a feeling we would’ve run into each other one way or another.”

“I would hope so. It all worked out perfectly.”

“Speaking of class,” he says, taking a swig of his beer, “Guess what phone call I just got.”

Brows furrowed, I stare at him curiously. “What was it about?”

He shrugs. “Looks like I’m not your professor anymore. They got someone else to fill the position.”

I snort. “It’s probably because of that ludicrous assignment you sent out. You probably had a gazillion complaints. Those kids hate you right now.”

He bursts out laughing. “Yeah, maybe so. The good thing is that I don’t have to worry about us.” Leaning in close, he whispers in my ear. “Either way, I was going to pass you no matter what. Just don’t be flirting with your new professor.”

“I don’t know,” I tease. “If he’s hot, I might not be able to contain myself.”

“You better not.”

He winks at me and I snuggle into his side. “At least we got our desk sex in before you got switched.”

Jude chuckles. “I could’ve gotten into so much damn trouble over that.”

“Oh, but it was fun.” Last week, after class was over, I shut the classroom door and locked it. I made sure to wear a skirt with no underwear so it’d be easy for us to have our fun. It was sexy and exhilarating. I laid down on the desk and spread my legs wide, showing him there was nothing underneath. The look on his face was priceless. We had our fun and walked out of the classroom like nothing was amiss.

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