Alternate We'll Always Have Summer Scene

When the cut was clean, it looked a lot better. I dabbed Bactine on it and then wrapped his calf in gauze. Then I patted his knee. "See? All better."

He lifted his head up and said, "Thank you."

"Sure," I said.

There was this moment between us then, of us just looking at each other, holding each other's gaze. My breath quickened. If I leaned forward just a little, we would be kissing. I knew I should move away, but I couldn't.

-We'll always have summer, Jenny Han ch.42

Conrad leaned forward then and touched his lips to mine. There was a sense of urgency and hunger in the way he kissed me, like he had been dying to kiss me for a long time.

I began kissing him back with the same urgency. I had almost forgotten how it felt to kiss Conrad. It was different than kissing Jeremiah.

He ran his hand through my hair and had my hands tangled in his damp, messy hair.

I don't know how long we kissed there on the sill of the bathtub.

He broke the kiss, wincing at the pain in his leg.

Then he looked up at me, "Belly," he began breathlessly.

I realized what had just happened. I got up and ran out of the bathroom without saying a word. I could hear Conrad yelling after me, but he did not follow me.

I went upstairs to my room and shut the door.

What had I just done?

I had just kissed a guy, that was not my fiancé, and it was my fiancé's brother of all people!

What was I gonna do? I looked down at the ring Jere gave me and instantly became filled with guilt.

But did I regret what happened? I don't know. What I do know, is this kiss with Conrad evoked feelings in me that I never felt kissing Jere the past two years.

I touch my fingertips to my lips, remembering how amazing the kiss felt. I wondered how much further we would have gone, if it wasn't for his wounded leg…

The question is would I have let it go any further? I thought about the hunger I felt during the kiss, Conrad's lips seemed to evoke a fire in me.

My thoughts were interrupted by a knocking on my door.

"Bells, can we please talk about what just happened?" Conrad said.

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