Free All Over You (Unforgettable You, Book 1.5) by Beverley Kendall

easy on me either. “Well I hadn’t really thought about an exact timeframe.”
    He sighs. “Becca, we’ve had sex before. I love having sex with you and I’m pretty sure the feeling is mutual. I don’t know, it’s like trying to go back and forget that, you know, how good it is, how good it’s always been.”
    My hesitancy must have showed on my face because he quickly adds, “I’m not saying I won’t do it. You know I will. I’m just saying it’s going to be hard. You know I’m not a saint.”
    Not a saint is code for horny as hell.
    “ I just want us to work this time.”
    At that, Scott briefly closes his eyes. Opening them, he stares directly into mine. “And that’s what I want too.” Giving all indication that he’s resigned himself to his fate, he lets out a weightier sigh. “Okay, we’ll do it your way. No sex.”
    “ For now,” he adds, after a telling pause.
    And that’s when I pretty well resign myself to my fate. Scott doesn’t want to go without sex and I have a feeling that my resolve is only going to be as strong as his willingness to keep his word. Which means this no sex thing is going to be the furthest thing from easy.
     
    * * *
     
    Later that night, clad in our pajamas, my roomies and I are comfortably ensconced in the couches; me and April on one and Olivia stretched out on the other, her head propped up by her hand and a throw draped over her legs.
    I finally tell them the news they’ve been dying to hear since I walked in the apartment twenty minutes ago, that Scott and I are giving it another go. I have to give them credit for not looking too smug about it. They do grin like a couple of idiots though, as if they’d had a hand in it. Alright, they sort of did but that’s not the point.
    “ So are you going to finally tell us why you broke up with him?” Olivia asks.
    My gaze goes from Olivia and then to April. They’re both wearing identical expressions of curiosity. No, it’s more than that. They want me to trust them the same way they’ve trusted me with all their stuff.
    I open my mouth and it all comes out, going from spitting rain to a torrential downpour. I tell them about the pregnancy scare and Scott’s reaction to it; the paralyzing fear that had consumed me for five days. I tell them everything. And it is good, almost cathartic to finally get it all out because this is something I hadn’t shared with anyone, not even Stephanie, my best friend from high school.
    They take it in in shocked silence, their jaws slack and eyes round.
    “ Wow. Oh wow,” is all April manages to get out.
    Olivia’s reaction is slightly more eloquent. “Well thank God the test was wrong.”
    I snort lightly. “It would have been better if it hadn’t been wrong to begin with but the doctor said it happens. Not a lot, but it happens. She said that user error is usually the cause of most false positives.” I make a face. “I’m sure she thought I either contaminated the sample or didn’t follow the instructions.”
    April snickers. “Right. How hard is it to pee on a stick?”
    I give a shrug. “Yeah, that’s what I thought.”
    But I’d been such a nervous wreck when I’d taken the test. I’d bought it right after class and had taken it back to the dorm. I’m not sure I waited the whole five minutes it said on the box but I’m sure it’d been pretty close. When the plus sign had appeared, I’d thought I was going to pass out. Instead, I’d sat on my bed and cried. I cried for an hour before I’d called Scott.
    To be fair, that’s not the kind of news a guy wants to get over the phone. It’s not the kind of news most eighteen-year-old guys want to get at all . Scott was no different. After I’d choked it out amidst tears and sobs, he’d come over right away. After he’d calmed me down and assured me everything would be okay and I’d told him I was going to make an appointment at the doctor to confirm it, he’d reminded me that he had to fly home the next