A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews guys! Sorry I left you waiting. Here's the next chapter!
Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns all original Twilight characters.
Carmen's POV
My heart was in my throat and my stomach was doing all sorts of flip flopping. It was both exhilarating and terrifying. I knew Brady wouldn't let me go and he let out a loud whoop as we flew through the air. His warm body kept me sane.
"Brace yourself," he ordered and I held my breath and got ready to hit the water. We landed with a loud splash and the cold water was a shock to my senses. Brady held onto me and used his strength to kick us both up to the surface again. I gasped for air and pushed my hair out of my face. I started laughing and threw my arms around Brady.
"That was amazing!" I exclaimed. He laughed and wrapped his arms around me pulling me closer to his body.
"I'm glad you liked it," he said looking down at me. He brushed a piece of my hair off my face and smoothed it back. I looked at him and I mean really looked at him for the first time. I had never noticed that his eyes weren't dark brown but a lighter chocolate brown. He had the longest most incredible eyelashes I had ever seen and his face was too masculine to be called beautiful but it was exactly that. Beautiful. Brady was beautiful. His short dark hair was now spiky from the water and fell over his forehead in charming disarray. He stared back at me intently and it was almost like we were the only two people in the world. My heart started to pound and I couldn't break away from his gaze. He started lowering his head to mine and I closed my eyes preparing myself. My whole body tingled in awareness and I felt like I was jumping off the cliff all over again. I could feel his breath against my lips and I leaned closer to meet him. All of a sudden there was a big splash next to us and we both jumped back to see one of the younger wolves, Jordan, who had just cannon-balled.
"Whew that was awesome. You guys gonna go again?" he asked completely oblivious to the moment he just interrupted. I nodded and tried to put a smile on my face but it was hard. My emotions were still going crazy. Brady was the first one to speak. I was jealous about how in control he sounded.
"Maybe. You up for it Carmen?" he asked looking at me. I shook my head.
"I think I've had enough head rushes for the day. I'm going to go lay down," I said. We swam back to shore and I went to lay on my towel. Emily was sitting there so I decided to hang out with her. I needed to be away from Brady for a little while.
"What's wrong? You didn't like cliff diving?" she asked looking up from her book.
"No it was fun. I'm just tired. Must be coming down from that adrenaline rush," I said forcing a laugh. She looked at me speculatively but otherwise didn't say anything. I had a feeling she knew what was really going on but she didn't say anything. Emily always knew what was going on. I sighed. I wish I knew what was going on.
Brady and I didn't speak about our almost kiss but I could tell he wanted to. I was happy to avoid the subject. That next night he came over to my house to watch a movie and I couldn't help but notice that I was extra aware of him. Every time he took a breath I could hear it and every time he moved I jumped. My nerves were on edge. I felt like a pre-teen with her first crush but I had never been this way about any crush. I finally decided to put myself out of my misery and went to the kitchen mumbling some excuse about making a smoothie.
Smoothies were my feel good food. I could eat a smoothie anytime anyplace. I tried to locate the blender and saw it on top of the cabinet. I don't know why my dad always put it up there. I'm not short, I'm 5'7 but even I had a hard time reaching that heavy thing. I stood on my tip toes and wiggled my fingers. Suddenly I felt a warm body pressed against mine and I gasped. I looked up and saw Brady's hand reach up and grab the blender and he set it on the counter beside me. I began to hyperventilate and I placed my hands on the counter for support. My senses were overwhelmed by his woodsy scent and the heat of his body was doing crazy things to my insides. I spun around to face him and he put his hands on either side of me. I was trapped.
"Are you ok?" he asked looking concerned. I gulped and nodded. He smiled a little. "Are you sure, you've been acting weird all night." I nodded again as my body began to come to life. When did Brady become sexy? How had I never noticed this? I felt my nipples harden against my bra and my body began to respond to his nearness. He sniffed the air and then looked at me in surprise and then his eyes darkened. "Carmen," he whispered and lowered his head to mine.
My eyes fluttered shut again and I felt the first tentative brush of his lips. Little pinpricks of pleasure shot all over my body and I almost dropped to a heap on the floor right then and there. Brady wrapped one of his arms around me to hold me steady which brought me flush up against him. The kiss exploded then and I wrapped my arms around him and moaned as I pushed my tongue into his mouth. He kissed me back and I knew that he wasn't very experienced but you couldn't tell that. His kiss eclipsed all my other kisses and made its way to spots 1, 2, and 3. It was so good it deserved some extra spots.
"Carmen!" I heard my dad call. We quickly pushed away from each other and I turned towards the cabinets in an attempt to compose myself.
"Did you want me to grab the strawberries?" Brady asked loudly opening the fridge. I choked on a hysterical giggle.
"Yeah and get the blueberries too," I said. My dad came into the kitchen.
"Hey guys." I looked over my shoulder at him and smiled then quickly put my attention back on the blender.
"Hey daddy. Want a smoothie?" I asked. He came over and kissed my cheek.
"No thanks sweetheart," he said.
"By the way dad, next time don't put the blender so high, I almost died trying to reach it," I said jokingly.
"It's okay Mr. Dean, I can just grab it again no problem," Brady said giving me a wicked smile. I felt my face heat up and I turned around quickly.
"See then, no big deal. Must be nice to have a giant around sometimes," my dad said. I glared at Brady.
"Sometimes," I said. After my dad left I continued to busy myself with the blender until I felt Brady surrounding me again. I couldn't control my body's instant response to him and I was starting to resent it. "What are you doing?" I asked.
"Turn around," he whispered in my ear. I closed my eyes and inhaled. I shook my head slowly. "Why not?" he asked pushing my hair off my shoulder.
"Why should I?" I asked digging my nails into my palms.
"Because," he said kissing the side of my neck, "I want to kiss you again." He kissed my neck again and my head dropped to the side giving him more access.
"I..I don't think that's a good idea," I said breathlessly.
"But you liked it," he stated not even asking a question. I couldn't dispute it anyway. He was right.
"This is moving too fast for me," I argued. He laughed.
"Too fast? We've known each other for over two years."
"But not like this and this is too fast." He continued to plant kisses on the side of my neck and I almost couldn't think straight. Gosh was this what I had been missing out on? His phone alarm went off and he groaned.
"I have to go on patrol. Kiss me before I leave," he said. I shook my head and was quickly spun around. "I wasn't asking," he said smiling and grabbed my chin and pushed his lips against mine. I moaned helplessly and kissed him back. He let go and stared at me for a few seconds. "We'll talk later," he said. Gosh when did he get so bossy? I narrowed my eyes but nodded. He turned and left. We did need to talk because I was not about to be bossed around by a 16 year-old. No matter how good of a kisser he was. And how sexy, incredibly sexy albeit, he was. Or how much his smile made my heart turn over. Or that his…I smacked myself in the head.
I hope that was worth the wait lol! Wowy wowzers they kissed! Sounds like Carmen is starting to feel some things for Mr. Bradykins here. And sounds like he's digging this new control. So what'd you think? Weiver please!