KISS ME LAURA

The silence in Josh's car was suffocating.

I sat with my hands clasped tightly in my lap, staring out the window as the streetlights blurred past. My heart was hammering, and I felt like I was sitting on the edge of a precipice, teetering dangerously close to falling.

Josh hadn't said a word since we got in the car, but I could feel his tension. It radiated off him in waves, thickening the air until it was hard to breathe. I could hear his fingers drumming on the steering wheel, a staccato rhythm that matched the pounding of my heart. Finally, he broke the silence. "We should talk about it."

I flinched.

"There's nothing to talk about," I said quickly, too quickly, my voice barely steady.

He let out a low, frustrated sound. "Laura, come on. You can't just-"

"I said there's nothing to talk about!" I snapped, turning to glare at him. But my voice cracked at the end, and I hated how weak I sounded.

Josh's jaw tightened, and his grip on the steering wheel turned his knuckles white. "You're unbelievable," he muttered under his

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breath.

I turned back to the window, my pulse pounding in my ears. I didn't want to do this. Not here. Not with him.

And then, without warning, the car jerked to the side of the road and came to a sudden stop.

"What the hell, Josh?" I exclaimed, whipping around to look at him.

He didn't answer.

Instead, he unbuckled his seatbelt in one swift motion, turning toward me with a determination that made my stomach flip. Before I could even process what was happening, his hand was on my neck, his thumb brushing against the edge of my jaw. "Josh-" I started, but the word died on my lips when his eyes met mine.

me bare. And then his mouth

The world tilted.

mine in a way that stole the breath from my lungs. His hand

like a spark catching fire, the numbness shattered, replaced by a heat that seared

own, gripping the front of his shirt as if I needed to anchor myself. His

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cheek, his thumb brushing the corner of my

electric, as his lips pressed against mine. He kissed me like it was the only thing keeping him from falling apart, like he couldn't stop

the heat of him, the way he smelled, the way he tasted. The world outside the car faded away, leaving just us, tangled in this

breathing hard. His forehead rested against mine, and I could feel

do this to me?"

an answer. I wasn't sure I could

as his thumb traced the line of my jaw,

already falling. And there

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my chest heaving

to me, vivid and sharp. Her lips, soft and

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afterward, her cheeks flushed, her breath coming in soft, shallow

It wasn't real.

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rubbing my hands over my face.

Laura.

up to the machines that beeped and hummed, measuring every second of her fragile

leaned closer, my elbows resting on the edge of the bed. I studied her face, every delicate line, every curve I'd memorized a thousand times over. A tear slipped down my

move. She

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