"You guys look comfortable." Skye watched Nik's eyes go back to the distant gaze he'd had earlier as soon as Aubrey spoke.
He got off her in a push up motion and gripped the top of her arms, hauling her to her feet. She stepped away from him and turned to see Kris and Aubrey snickering at her. She blushed furiously and glared at them, "We fell."
"In love?" Kristopher's smile wavered as he regarded Skye. She looked from him to Aubrey and cocked an eyebrow, but Nikolas was already answering.
"How could she resist me? No girl can say no to my charm." He slipped an arm around her waist. Looking at him disgustedly she shoved his arm off of her.
"I can say no. Pretty damn easily, too."
"You weren't saying no when we were on the floor."
"We fell."
"I don't recall us stumbling." He smirked sadistically. Aubrey raised his eyebrows at Skye and she flushed scarlet under that look. The corners of his mouth quirked into a smile and Kris started beaming. What the hell?
"I only stumbled because you were crowding me."
"You never told me to move."
"I didn't think I needed to when you said you were only unlocking the god damned door." She sounded pissed. Kristopher and Aubrey glanced at eachother before heading out of the room, leaving Nik and Skye to quarrel amongst themselves.
"I did unlock the door. You were just looking at me. I decided to scare you into going inside."
"Oh, I was so terrified by your man tits." Actually, she had been pretty nervous...not that he needed to know that.
"All muscle. You should know that. It was touching you. Did you like that?"
Her eyes narrowed. She answered curtly, "No."
"I think you did."
"I didn't. Contain your ego before the universe bounces off its axis and revolves around it."
He ignored her comment, leaning against the wall and folding his arms across his chest. "So, why did you get scared?"
She shrugged. He didn't need to know. It wasn't his business.
"Don't like to be touched?" He murmured the question softly.
Skye looked into his eyes. She thought she should have been scared, but she was intrigued. She had never seen eyes that color before. His gaze was solid then, serious and wondering. The look in them was calculating, like she was a smudge on his favorite shirt. Dimly her conscience told her to back away slowly. Instead she took about half of a step forward. Nikolas watched her intently, but didn't move. She was rolling his question around in her head. It hit so close to home that for a moment she was terrified he knew more about her than he let on. She shook her head, sending the thoughts away. Nikolas cocked a black eyebrow at her. He looked genuinely interested in why, and she couldn't tell him.