I am tired.

Practice is killing me. I got back to the dorm around ten in the evening with my arms and legs feeling like Jell-O. I immediately fell on my bed and was asleep in a seconds. I didn't even notice if my roommate was there or not.

For the past days, I have been going back to the dorm late and absolutely drained. I swear to the gods, I would be resigning or quitting the varsity soon if this continues. No. I'm kidding. I take that back. The swimming varsity is the reason I'm admitted to Harvard. My SAT scores allowed me to get into Stanford but that was on the other side of the continent so Paul suggested I try getting a varsity scholarship in Harvard, which was nearer to Manhattan compared to Stanford. So as long as I am part of the swimming varsity and my grades are alright, I get to stay in Harvard.

I stirred in my sleep and saw that it was two-thirty in the morning on my alarm clock. I could go back to sleep cause the gods know how exhausted I am. I shifted around the bed and got comfortable. I wondered if I had anything for tomorrow. A quiz. But come on, a quiz can't really be worth more than sleep, right? I suddenly remembered the number of quizzes I failed in that class. I groaned and reluctantly got up. I looked around the room with groggy eyes. My roommate was already asleep and I envied him. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and changed my clothes. I hung my towel and swimming trunks to dry. I got my bag, went through my study desk for any notes I needed to study, and got my mug.

Quietly, I went out of our room, locking the door behind me, and went to the common room. I prefer studying in the common room because if I opted to study in my room, my bed would be tempting me. I was surprised to see that the lights in the common room was still on, which means that someone was still there. I slowly walked to a sofa so I wouldn't disturb whoever was there. I prepared myself a hot cup of coffee to help me stay awake as I study and I settled on the sofa.

I opened my notebook and started scanning through it. I glanced at the person in front of me and I could feel my cheeks starting to heat up.

Her blonde hair was tied up into a messy bun. Her glasses had slid down her nose and she hasn't bothered pushing it back on the bridge of her nose. She wore a loose sweater, leggings, and socks. She sat on the floor and had all her things on the coffee table. The same coffee table I placed my mug on. She had numerous thick books sprawled out on the table and she had one on her lap, which she was reading through. She would repeatedly read the book then clicked on her scientific calculator. It was a couple minutes before she noticed that she wasn't alone.

She looked at me. "Oh, hi."

"Hi." I greeted her back.

She went back to her work and so did I. While studying, I couldn't help but wonder why she looked familiar, aside from seeing her around the dorm. I feel like she was in one of my classes.

We both stayed in the common room until six in the morning. I was fighting the sleep but she looked unfazed. There were already some students who avoided getting violations coming in and some students leaving for their 7AM classes. I looked over to her and she was deep in thought. Her eyebrows were scrunched up as she laid back against the sofa. She stared at her calculator while she tapped her pen against her knee. She looked back at her paper, clicked on her calculator, and finally smiled. She wrote something on her paper and laughed at herself. She was a joy to watch. I don't mean that in a stalker manner.

She gathered up all her things and it looked like she needed some help.

"Do you need some help?" I offered.

"Oh no, thank you. I can handle this." She smiled. She managed to pile up all the books and carry it in one swift motion. She looked at me, "Do you need some help?"

I looked down at my notes reflexively. "I think I'm alright."

She smiled at me. "If you say so. See you around."

I watched her as she left the common room and disappear somewhere down the hall.

"Hey, Percy." Someone called me.

I turned my head to where the voice came from and saw Grover making his way towards me. He was carrying a bowl and spoon. He was probably eating his breakfast. I don't really know what it is but when I tried it once, I swear, it tasted like an aluminum can.

"Why are you up so early?" He sat down on the sofa. "Doesn't your class start at ten?"

"I, uhm..." I trailed off.

He looked over my shoulder and saw what I was studying. "Oh, analytic geometry and calculus. Good thing I don't have to take up that class."

"I have no idea why the biology curriculum has this kind of math." I said, exasperated. "When does a doctor use this anyway? 'You can see from your x-ray results that there's a tumor right there and we can predict how long before it spreads by getting the derivative of this equation.'" I joked.

Grover laughed and continued eating.

Math was never really my strongest subject. I thought that getting into medicine would allow me to avoid it in college but well, here I am, staying up late just to study how to get an area under a curve using derivatives.

I groaned and closed my notes. I think I have reviewed enough. I got all my things and headed back to the room with Grover behind me. I plopped down on my bed and set an alarm an hour before my first class. I closed my eyes and tried to mentally recite what I just studied.

"Perce, wake up." Grover said as he gently shook me.

I opened my eyes and looked at him. "What? What is it?"

"Your alarm just went off."

I looked around frantically, obviously disoriented. I felt like I haven't slept, like I just closed my eyes and lied down for a couple hours. What kind of sleep was that?

I scrambled to my feet and grabbed my towel. I went to the bathroom and took a shower. I swiftly got ready before I headed out. Walking briskly across the campus because just my luck, my first class happens to be on the other end of the campus. Thank the gods my cardio was okay because of swimming.

I got to my building and saw that there was a piece of paper stuck to the door of our room. Oh gods no. I went over to check what was written because it was five minutes before classes start and I don't see anyone in this class around.

No class today. My professor wrote the date today and signed his name.

Well, that's just great. I stayed up late just to study for a quiz in this class, rushed across the campus only to find out that the class is cancelled.

I ended up getting breakast somewhere in campus rather than going back to the dorm then attended my succeeding classes for the day.

Since it was Friday, my last class for the day was PE. This is, I'd have to say, the best PE I have ever taken up throughout my stay in college. It's called Capture the Flag which is carried out in a section of the forest near campus. We were divided into numerous houses, which were named after Greek gods. Some houses had many members while some had only one. Case in point, I was the only member in the house of Poseidon. The houses are then grouped together to form two groups. Those two groups are given their respective flags. The group has to hide and guard their flag from their opponent. There must only be one guard of the flag and he or she is not allowed to stand within ten yards of the flag. They have to strategize a game plan to get their opponent's flag to win the game. We're given mock weapons and we're not allowed to hurt others. We could capture our opponents and bring them to our base prison.

I got to the gymnasium and got ready for class. I was around thirty minutes early for my PE class so there weren't that much people around yet. I left my things in the locker room and started stretching and doing warm ups outside.

The door opened and footsteps echoed in the empty gym. I turned my head and saw her. I knew she was in one of my classes. Her blonde hair curled past her shoulders. She wore a New York Yankees baseball cap, a loose shirt, jeans, and a cardigan. Her bag looked packed and she still carried numerous books and notebooks. She looked like she was mulling over something until she looked over to me and smiled before heading in the locker room.

If she were my classmate in this PE class, how come I don't even remember her name? Maybe we were never on the same team. For sure, with the number of games we've had, I would have already encountered her in the forest.

"Hey." She smiled as she started her warm ups beside me.

It took me a couple seconds to respond. "Hi."

Honestly, after that, it was awkward silence as we continued stretching without saying another word to each other. Soon enough, other classmates and the instructor arrived.

"Okay, head counselors, assemble in front." Chiron started.

Since Nico and Jason are absent, nine of us walked up to Chiron. Even she walked up. Gods, I didn't even know what her cabin was.

"Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, and Hermes against Dionysus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Ares, and Hephaestus."

Will Solace was Apollo. Luke Castellan was Hermes.

I was busy trying to remember the cabins the head counselors were under when I noticed that they already grouped together. I ran over to the group that engulfed Luke and Will and she was there.

She was Athena.

She was already in the middle of the circle, telling how she wanted us positioned. She already had a piece of paper and drew our attack and defense.

"Alright, prep time is done." Chiron announced. "Everybody out to the forest."

We all vacated the gymnasium and spread across the forest. I was put on border patrol by the river. A couple minutes later, we heard a blow horn that signifies the start of the game. It was really uneventful by the river. You just hear some rustling and footsteps. I started to roam around the perimeter and soon enough, some students noticed me and when they did, they would immediately run away. I honestly have no idea why. Am I that intimidating?

I went back to the river and thought that this was probably the most boring Capture the Flag game ever.

Wait, what's that?

I peered into the bushes and saw a tall figure slowly approaching. I readied my sword and raised my shield.

"Look what we have here."

Her tall, broad, and muscular body became more visible as Clarisse La Rue came into sight. She held her shield and spear firmly and she smirked at me.

"They all said you were positioned by the river."

"Uhm, hi, Clarisse." I said.

"Why don't we pick up where we left off last week?"

Last week wasn't a fun game for Clarisse and that was because of me. She was on her way to the river, carrying our group's flag and almost claiming the victory. I attacked her, managed to get our flag back, and also might have left her drenching wet.

"You know I didn't mean to get you all soaked last week." I started.

"'You know I didn't mean to.'" She mocked me. "Yeah, right, Jackson."

She struck me with her spear, which I thankfully deflected with my shield. It seemed to make her angrier. I rolled out of her way and quickly got back to my feet. She struck again, much quicker and more forceful. I raised my sword to intercept her attack. I saw her grip tighten. Unless I do something, she's going to get her revenge on me. I moved away from her moments before she ran towards me. She growled as she raise her spear once again. I sidestepped before hitting her back with the hilt of my sword. She almost fell forward. I heard her grunt as she turned aroun to give me the nastiest look I have ever seen on her face. I moved away from her again and luckily I managed to move far enough only to feel the tip of her spear make a faint line across my chest. I raised my shield to block her incoming attack but faint shouts caught my attention. The shouts became louder as the people approaced us.

I looked around and saw Luke carrying the opponent's flag. Clarisse turned red, threw her spear to the ground in frustration, and walked away. The Athena house counselor, who I'll be calling Wise Girl for obvious reasons, was standing behind Luke with a victorious smile across her face. I was elated to have found out that we won. I raised my sword and cheered along with them.

Chiron appeared out of nowhere and announced, "This week's winner are Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, and Hermes. Congratulations."

We went back to the gymnasium and returned our weapons. Since we were dismissed, some already left, some were heading to the locker room to get their things, and some were inviting others out to dinner.

"Let's have dinner." Luke said as he placed his arm on my shoulders. "To celebrate the victory thanks to this amazing teammate." He said as he did the same to Wise Girl.

"It was really obvious that Clarisse would want revenge and personally go after Percy." She knows my name. Wise Girl explained. "Having the strongest player leave the flag to go after Percy, who is stationed far from the opponent's base, rendered the flag open for us. Easy."

"So, dinner?" Luke asked. "What do you guys say?"

"I'd love to but I still have swimming practice after this." I said.

"Well, your Friday night is no fun." He chided.

"Believe me, it's been years since I wanted to have a Friday night all to myself."

"Chiron placed you in the right house." He turned to Wise Girl. "What about you?"

"I have to study tonight." She said.

"What? You have an exam on Saturday?"

"No, I just have to study."

"You're spending a Friday night to study?" Luke looked at her in disbelief. "Well, you're no fun." He joked.

Luke patted us on the back before leaving us with a "see you around". I was alone with her. I mustered up all my courage and leftover adrenaline from earlier.

"Didn't you study late last night?" I asked.

She smiled at me, "Last night is different from tonight. I have to constantly study so I'd be on top of my school work."

"I guess I won't argue with that." I smiled back.

She waved goodbye before heading into the girls' locker room. I rushed over to the swimming pool to see if my teammates were already there. I saw one of them leaving the pool area.

"Hey." I called out. "Is Coach there already?"

"Coach isn't here. No practice tonight."

"What? Are you sure?"

"You can check if you want but no one is in there."

I opened the door just a bit to peek and he was right. No one was there and the pool was already drained.

"Better take a break, captain. You've been training tirelessly. We don't have any upcoming major competions until next year."

"I-alright. Thanks, man." I clapped him on the back and went back to the locker room. More like, ran back to the locker room, hoping that maybe Wise Girl would still be there.

I got back and saw her on her way out. I wanted to get her attention but I don't recall her name.

"Hey, Wise Girl!"

Her head whipped at my direction and her stormy grey eyes looked at me with such disdain that it made me regret ever being born.

"What did you call me?"

"W-Wise Girl." I stuttered.

"Assuming you based my nickname on Chiron's cabin designation, perhaps Kelp Head is fitting to be your nickname." Her eyebrows scrunched up. "No. Seaweed Brain. Better." She smiled to herself.

I was about to protest but Seaweed Brain was better than Kelp Head.

"What is it, Seaweed Brain?" She raised an eyebrow.

"I was wondering if you could wait for me cause I'm on my way back to our dormitory as well." I mumbled.

She looked surprised but smiled. "Well, better hurry up, Seaweed Brain. I don't have all night."

I smiled back at her and got my things from the locker room.

"Do you need help? I could carry those books for you." I offered as we left the gymnasium.

"I'm alright, Seaweed Brain, but thank you." She smiled.

I tried my luck with small talk. "So what will you be studying tonight, Wise Girl?"

"Aside from going over everything, I'll be focusing on Strength of Materials and Mathematical Methods in Engineering. I have quizzes in those subjects next week." She looked over to me. "I thought you have swimming practice tonight?"

"Coach cancelled our practice."

"Are the swimming practices on a daily basis?"

"Yeah. I have to attend those aside from doing morning runs."

"Well, aren't you in good shape?"

I chuckled, "I have to be."

I looked at Wise Girl and her cheeks had a rosy hue because of the cold autumn air. She was hugging her books, smiling at me. I felt warm to my stomach. Her eyes looked past me for a moment then looked back at me.

"Want to have dinner? I'm famished."

"What about having to study?" I joked.

"We'll probably take only a couple minutes."

I turned around and looked for what she saw. HLS pub illuminated the already dark sky. It does look inviting.

"What do you say?" She asked.

"Well, let's go." I said.

We went to the pub and got settled. I saw some of the swimming varsity members there and some classmates. I never thought I'd be having dinner with Wise Girl. She placed her books on the table and tried to fix her hair by tucking it behind her ear.

"Have you tried this place?" I asked her.

"It's my first time actually." She looked around, examining the place. "I'm either at the dorm or at Lamont."

"Lamont? The cafe in the library? Yeah, seems like your scene."

"Excuse me?" She looked at me, amused. "What exactly is my scene?"

"Uhm, libraries. You know what I mean! I mean, can you imagine me in a library?"

Her expression softened. "Of course, Seaweed Brain. Can you imagine yourself in a library?"

"No, not really."

She laughed. "No, really. Lamont is great as well, in case you find yourself anywhere near the library."

We talked about our backgrounds as we ate our dinner. It turns out that Wise Girl is from San Francisco City, which means she only gets to go home a couple times a year. Her mother left her when she young. Her dad, who is an American history teacher in a high school, remarried and she has twin half-brothers, Matt and Bobby. She's taking up civil engineering and she's part of Harvard College Debating Union.

"Isn't it weird that we both have parents who left us?" I said as I finished my dish.

"Weirdly both have names of Greek gods." She laughed.

"Our special Friday Pub Trivia night will be starting in a few minutes." Somebody announced.

I looked up at her and saw her eyes lit up. "Want to join?" She asked a little too quickly.

"I thought you were going to study for tonight?"

Her face fell for a second before she said. "Yeah, you're right."

"Or we could stay for one round of their trivia night." I suggested.

She had a small smile on her face and agreed with me. We paid for our dinner and signed up for the trivia night. As much as we wanted to be creative with our team name, we aren't as close with one another and we ended up with "Capture the Flag". It was the best thing we've got. I came back to our table with two bottles of beer.

"I didn't know what you wanted so I got you the same as mine." I said as I placed a bottle in front of her.

She looked hesitant before taking a sip.

"Oh, you don't like this?"

"It's just that..." She trailed off. "I don't drink."

"Oh." I did not think about the possibility of her not drinking. "Well, two for me then."

"It's fine. I can drink this." She gave me a sheepish smile. "I quite like the taste."

"Good evening, everyone!" Someone announced in front. "I hope all of you already signed up because Trivia Night begins. Tonight's theme is - can we get a drum roll? - GREEK MYTHOLOGY!"

She looked at me with the most confident smile I have seen. "This is amazing! I used to read these books about Greek Mythology when I was younger. Thank you, Rick Riordan!"

Trivia Night was amazing. We just answered questions correctly after the other. Well, she did all the answering. We were a couple bottles of beer and a couple rounds into the night when the top teams were announced.

"We have the teams Capture the Flag, Olympians, and Kronos as the top three. Only those teams can answer the last question. The team that answers it wins!"

Wise Girl looked so determined with her cheeks rosy because of the alcohol. "We're going to win this, Seaweed Brain."

"Alright. What caused the rivalry between Athena and Poseidon?"

Before I could look at Wise Girl, she was already writing down on the small white board provided by the pub. Her eyebrows were knitted and even before the quiz master can finish his count down, Wise Girl put down the white board and gave me a smug smile.

"We got this."

Needless to say, we did win. Who knew that Poseidon and Athena fought over Athens? We both won gift certificates and a small trophy.

We left the pub absolutely ecstatic. Wise Girl could not stop laughing and cheering as we walked back to our dormitory. Even though the cold air felt like it was stinging my exposed skin, I could just stay out here with Wise Girl. We got back to our dorm, much to my dismay, and we were about to part as we got to the common room.

"I had a great night." She smiled at me.

"I had fun as well."

She tucked her hair behind her ear. "Well, good night."

"Wait, let me bring you to your door." I insisted.

She laughed. "Alright. Aren't you a gentleman?"

"I try."

We walked through the halls of the ladies wing in silence as she fumbled our small trophy from one hand to the other. It sucked how I couldn't think of anything to talk about after spending the night together.

"This is me." She said as we stopped in front of a door. She went through her bag to find her keys and once she did she loooked at me. "Thank you for tonight."

"Just thought that maybe you needed to destress." I smiled. "You're welcome."

She went in her room and I unwillingly walked back to mine. Since it was already late at night, I was more than happy to just lie down on my bed and sleep peacefully until tomorrow afternoon. As I neared our door, I noticed something was hanging on our knob. Oh no. Not now. Not when I'm exhausted. Yep, it was a sock. Great, where am I going to go to now?

I trudged back to the common room and looked for whichever was the comfiest couch. Once I did, I used my bag as a pillow and tried to make myself comfortable.

"Hey."

I looked up and saw Wise Girl in the same sweater, shorts, and socks. She was carrying some books, papers, pencil, and her scientific calculator.

"Don't you think wearing shorts with the seater kind of goes against keeping you warm?" I joked.

"Ha-ha." She said mockingly. "I'm not as cold thanks to the alcohol we consumed."

"If you say so." I sat up.

"Why are you here anyway?" She asked as she placed all her things on the coffee table.

"My roommate has company."

"Ohh, bummer."

"So you really are going to study on a Friday night, even after we drank."

"Well, I couldn't sleep. I thought maybe I should study."

I laughed. "Yeah, cause studying is what people do when they can't sleep."

"Shut up." She sat down on the floor beside my legs.

"Do you want me to make you coffee or hot milk?" I offered.

"Hmm, hot chocolate works."

"That wasn't in the choices."

"I have some in my room." She got up. "Want some?"

"Yes please. A warm chocolate hug would be nice."

She chuckled and disappeared in the hall to the women's wing. I got up and heated up some water for us. I was readying our cups when Wise Girl came back.

"I got you some pillows and a blanket."

"You didn't have to."

"You know, just in case your backpack and jacket aren't enough." She smiled at me.

I thanked her as we prepared our hot beverages. We went back to our place and got comfortable. She opened her books and started reading. I looked over her shoulder and saw nothing but equations and solutions.

"I'm not in the right mindset for this." She said as she closed her books.

"I was quite amazed to see you try though." I laughed.

She got her mug and held it with both hands. She sipped a bit and looked up at me.

"Want to watch TV?" I offered.

"Yes please."

She transferred on the couch as we looked for something good to watch. We ended up watching a couple movies before I started to doze off.

I woke up still feeling tired and rather uncomfortable with how I was lying down. I squinted my eyes, looked for signs that would tell me what time it was, and it was probably early morning, around 7 or 8. I closed my eyes again. For a weekend in a university, waking up at those hours is quite early. Around this time, people would still be asleep. Why in the gods names am I uncomfortable? I do remember choosing the most comfortable couch in the common room. I opened my eyes and realized that I was sharing my couch with someone. How did I not notice that hair was in my face when I woke up?

I also remember staying up late with Wise Girl but I don't remember lying down beside her. I slowly tried to sit up, hoping I wouldn't disturb her. I stealthily got up from the couch and tucked her back in. I looked at her sleeping soundly. I turned to the coffee table and tried to tidy up her things.

Annabeth Chase.

So that's her name! I chuckled to myself. I finally know her name but no way am I calling her by her real name when we already established nicknames for one another.

"You don't have to." Someone said weakly.

I turned around and saw Annabeth looking...more like squinting at me. "Oh you're up."

She smiled groggily at me. "Good morning."

I chuckled to myself and greeted her back. She closed ber eyes, rolled over, and stretched. She sat up a couple moments later and yawned.

"Any idea how we ended up sleeping beside each other?" I asked.

She avoided my eyes as her cheeks turned red. "The shorts backfired. You didn't seem to mind last night."

My cheeks got warmer this time. "Really?"

She looked directly at me. "Yeah, you stretched out your arms and even made me use your arm as my pillow."

A smile started to spread across my face and we started laughing.

"Well, looks like we're past the awkward stage of this relationship." She said.

"Definitely past it." I agreed.

We stayed in the common room for a bit longer before I walked her back to her room, carrying her pillow and blanket. I went to my room with my fingers crossed.

Ah! Thank the gods the sock is gone.

Grover was still asleep. I lied down on my bed and stared at the ceiling for a while. I couldn't get the smile off my face. My phone started to buzz telling me that it was time for my morning run.

I neared the common room and heard familiar clicking. A smile slowly spread across my face. Someone with their back facing me was sitting on the floor and occupied a whole coffee table.

"Hey." I greeted her.

She turned around, holding her scientific calculator, and had the most charming smile on her face. "Good morning!"

"Don't you think it's quite early to be studying?" I joked.

"I didn't get to study last night." She looked at me. "You're going out for your morning run?"

"Yep. Do you want anything?" I offered. "Coffee?"

She flashed me another charming smile. "Please?"

I headed out after making her coffee. I finished my run earlier than usual, maybe because I was excited to go back to the dorm. As I walked back, I noticed an open restaurant and decided to buy some breakfast. I got some to go for Annabeth because I assumed that she would still be busy studying when I return. No surprise when I still heard the clicks on the scientific calculator when I entered the dormitory.

"Still not yet done studying?" I asked as I neared Annabeth.

"Shut up." She said without looking at me.

"I got you breakfast."

Annabeth placed her calculator down, got up, and walked towards me. "You know you didn't have to."

I smiled. "But I wanted to."

She tiptoed and gave me a light kiss on the cheek. "Thank you. And please take a shower."

We had this flirty relationship for a couple weeks. We always stayed at the common room because she refused to break the rule of having guests of the opposite gender in our rooms. It felt like our room was the common room. Almost every night, we would stay at the common room until we'd fall asleep there. I was torn between being happy about it or not because I was kind of hoping we'd take things to the next level. I couldn't really have a serious talk with her because with the semester ending, everyone was rushing requirements and chasing deadlines. I couldn't speak to Wise Girl for too long because she had a lot of exams, papers, and projects. Aside from her academics, her debate organization required her presence during training. I had my academics as well and my varsity training also made the remaining weeks hectic for me.

I was tired from swimming practice when I entered the dormitory. There was no one in sight. People must be studying in their respective rooms. There was no calculator clicking, which was weird since Annabeth was always in the common room. Maybe she was in her debate training. Since she wasn't there, I didn't bother checking the common room and went straight to my room.

"Hey, Seaweed Brain." Someone said as I was about to head to the men's wing.

I turned around and saw Annabeth sitting on our favorite couch. She was hugging her knees and it looked like she was thinking about something.

"Oh hey." I smiled. "I didn't think you were there."

I went over and sat down beside her. "You don't have any requirements or exams coming up?"

"Nope. I'm done with the semester."

I was amazed because as early as now, she was already done. I still have finals week to crawl through. "How come you look like you have a problem?"

"I was just thinking about something." She looked up at me. "About us, actually."

I started to get nervous. "Oh? What about us?"

She was about to say something when a group of people walked in the common room. Some of them took a seat and some went to get some food. Annabeth looked like she couldn't say what she meant to say.

"Follow me." I said and brought us to the small supply closet.

The supply closet was small. We didn't bother turning on the lights. It was quiet inside and I could hear my own nervous heartbeat.

"Hi." She whispered.

"Hi." I whispered back.

I felt her hands on my chest.

"Is there anything wrong?" I asked.

"No, nothing's wrong." She whispered weakly.

I felt her hands grip my shirt as she brought me to her lips. I was quite amazed with how fast her eyes adjusted to the dark because frankly everything was still black to me.

Her puckered lips were soft against mine. I was surprised but I started to respond after a few moments. I placed my hands on her hips and gently kissed her back. She wrapped her arms around my neck and started to kiss me with much gusto.

"Ooh, cold." She smiled when my cold fingers accidentally touched her bare skin since her sweater moved, exposing her skin.

I smiled and moved my fingers just a bit higher to tease her. She laughed and went back to kissing me.