Free Death of a Waterfall (The Hayden Falls Saga) by Kara Leigh Miller Page B

from her. No! Her hips moved with his hand, desperate to keep his fingers buried inside of her. Teghan watched the way his muscles rippled under his tanned skin as he undressed himself and fumbled for a condom. The look of desire burning in his eyes had her throbbing with anticipation. She'd wanted this more than she realized, more than she could've imagined. She put her palms flat on his chest and looked at him as he tried to enter her. Doubts started to creep back into her mind. Suddenly, this seemed very wrong. As if taking it to the next step would be a decision she'd live to regret.
    Donnie stopped. He put all of his weight into his arms and looked down at Teghan. "I'll be gentle," he whispered the promise against her lips.
    Teghan hesitated. She wasn't ready. Not yet. Not like this. They weren't even dating. A loud wailing sound filled the room. "Oh shit!" Thank God! She pushed Donnie off of her, jumped out of bed and grabbed her bathrobe.
    "What the hell?" Donnie asked.
    "Fire alarm," Teghan said. She tossed him his jeans. "If we're not out of this room within two minutes, the RA will come knocking on the door."
    "You've got to be fucking kidding me." He yanked the condom off and pulled on his jeans. Teghan grabbed his hand and led him out of the dorm. He was shirtless and shoeless.
    Teghan, dressed in just her bathrobe, shivered as a light breeze swept over her. Donnie put his arms around her and laughed. "Could this night get any worse?" he asked, kissing the top of her head.
    "Yup." She stepped away from him and nodded over his shoulder.
    Donnie spun around to see Alex, Trevor, and Annabelle walking toward them. "Great."
    "Let me handle this," she said, stepping in front of Donnie.
    "What's going on?" Annabelle asked.
    "Fire drill," Teghan said.
    "Really?" Annabelle folded her arms over her chest. "So, where's the rest of the dorm then?"
    Teghan looked around. The quad was nearly empty. A few students trickled out from nearby dorms, but for the most part it looked as if no one bothered to leave their rooms. Son of a bitch!
    "We're not stupid, Teghan," Alex said.
    Teghan swallowed hard and took a deep breath. "I never said you were."
    "Then cut the crap already and just say it. You were fucking him weren't you?" Alex said.
    "Yeah, because I make it a habit of fucking random guys then parade around outside half naked." She ran a trembling hand through her hair. "For god's sake, Alex, you need to calm down."
    "And you need to stop acting like a whore!"
    Donnie stepped around Teghan and pointed at Alex. " Don't talk to her like that."
    "Fuck you," Alex bit out.
    "Enough!" Teghan shouted. She grabbed Alex by the arm and dragged him away from the group. "Alex--"
    "Just stop, Teghan." His voice was full of a sadness that broke her heart. "I can accept the fact that we're not together anymore, but I won't watch you with him." He pointed at Donnie.
    "Now it's your turn to cut the crap. You can't handle anything, Alex. You can't handle the break-up, or the idea of me being with someone else, and you sure as hell can't handle being friends." He'd made that very clear by his actions and his words. She couldn't believe he'd called her a whore! The guy in front of her was not the Alex she remembered or loved. In fact, she really disliked who he was becoming.
    "That's not true," he said.
    "Isn't it? What other explanation is there? If you truly wanted to be my friend, you wouldn't be acting like this."
    "I saw you, Teghan! I saw the way he kissed you." Anger flashed in his brown eyes. "And I saw the way you let him touch you last night."
    Her eyes widened and her heart beat triple time. "What?"
    "Yeah, that's right. I saw everything. Tell me. Why didn't you just let him fuck you last night? On the cold, hard concrete under the stars. It would've been really romantic."
    Teghan slapped him. "How dare you! You hang all over my friend, you fall asleep with her in your arms, and you have the nerve to question what I'm doing?" She wiped