Chapter 5

Jess groaned Monday morning when her alarm went off, not wanting to get out of bed. She had been having a really good dream about Reid, and for once Chase hadn't entered the picture. Realizing she would be late if she hit the snooze button one more time, Jess quickly got dressed and headed down to breakfast.

Reid and the boys had swim practice that morning, and Kate and Sarah had already eaten, so Jess headed down to the dinning hall to eat by herself. As she ate, she thought about the rest of the day on Sunday when everyone had returned from the camping trip.

Feeling gross, Jess grabbed a shower when they got back to the dorms on Sunday. After, Reid texted her asking if she wanted to go grab a bite to eat. Quickly replying yes, Jess got ready and headed downstairs to meet him. Everyone else had gone to Nicky's, so they headed towards a local diner, Reid holding her hand the whole way there.

They talked about everything that night, not even noticing that they had been at the diner for over three hours. Reid was careful not to bring up what Jess had told him earlier, deciding it was better to let her tell him more about it when she was ready. Jess, thankful for the chance to forget, animatedly told him about her life thus far. The whole ride back that morning, Jess had silently leaned her head on Reid and fell asleep without nightmares. Every time she woke up, her face still didn't hold enough color to satisfy Reid, and he had been getting worried. He relaxed as he watched her eyes light up and color return to her face as the night continued though.

Walking back to the dorms, Reid kissed her before they parted ways. Again the kiss had been protective, and Jess found herself letting go of the world around her, giving in fully to the kiss.

The bell rang pulling Jess out of her daydream, and she sighed as she moved to throw her remaining food away and head to class. Good thing I have class with him first thing this morning, Jess thought as she smiled to herself.

"Hey where did you go last night," Kate asked as Jess entered Chem. "You and Reid both disappeared. We all waited for you guys at Nicky's."

Reid walked in then, winked at Jess, and took his seat. Jess blushed and tried to suppress a smile, but Kate saw.

"Oh MY GOD! You guys went out together alone!"

"Shhhhhh! Kate shut up right now"

"No, tell me what happened. What did you guys do? Did he kiss you? Who am I kidding, he totally kissed you. He's wanted to kiss you since you got here…"

Kate had been about to continue when the teacher had walked in, and Jess, seeing a chance to escape, ducked over to her seat across from Reid.

"How hard did Kate just try to get the details of our date out of you?"

"Like it was a million dollar ring up for grabs."

"Ha. That's so Kate. What are you going to do? You know she'll stick to you like white on rice until you tell her."

"I know, but I kind of wanted to not have that conversation with her."

"Why not?"

"Well obviously she's going to ask if we are together or just hooking up, and since we haven't talked about it, our first date was yesterday for Christ's sake, I don't know what to tell her." Jess looked up nervously trying to gage his reaction.

Reid, not giving anything away, solicited a glare from Jess. Laughing he said, "I was under the impression we were closer than fuck buddies. Not that I wouldn't mind fucking you," Reid said with a sly grin, "but I think what we have is deeper than just that."

Grinning Jess nodded about to open her mouth to agree, when the teacher shushed them and began the lecture. Smiling, Jess pulled out her notebook and tried to pay attention to the lecture.

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"Stop staring at me, I can't concentrate," Jess whispered sitting across from Reid in the library later that day.

Laughing, Reid said, "Sorry. How much longer until you're done? Let's go do something. You know I can't handle the library. God, my reputation will go down the drain if I'm caught in here," Reid said jokingly looking around to see if anyone saw him.

"Chill Garwin I'm done," Jess said closing her book. It was useless trying to study around him, she didn't even know why she bothered. "What do you want to do?"

"Not be in the library."

"Why, the library is kind of sexy don't you think?"

"Uh no. How can it be sexy?"

"Follow me and find out," Jess said smiling wickedly at him.

Jess had walked towards the newspaper clipping section of the library in the far back. Knowing that no one ever used that section, Jess knew it would be perfect for what she had planned. Reid followed behind her amused at the sudden turn of events.

When Reid noticed where they were, he pushed her up against one of the bookcases. "I can get used to this," Reid said as he caught her mouth with his.

Jess' laughter quickly turned into a soft moan as the kiss deepened. Reid moved his hands from her face down the side of her torso, stopping at her hips. Hooking his fingers into her school uniform skirt, Reid pulled her hips into his own. Jess' hands on his shoulders tightened, and she raked one hand through his hair as the other tightened on his bicep.

Not wanting to push things further, Jess broke the kiss first sighing. Reid kept his hands on her hips, and rested his forehead on her shoulder catching his breath.

"Who knew the library could be such fun."

"Yea all you needed was a good study partner."

"Maybe you could tutor me later?"

"If your nice," Jess said laughing as they walked back to get their stuff and grab a bite to eat.