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Seaside Pictures Chapter 26
Dani"Whoa, slow down there." Zane slid my can of Coke Zero away and sat on my lap. How the hell had he found me on my balcony, and why did he always insist on invading my personal space? Ugh, first thing tomorrow, I was buying him a pack of shirts."Uffff." I pushed at his back. "Why are you so heavy?""I work on my fitness," he teased. "Also, not moving until you tell me why there's two empty cans in the trash and a third sitting here like you're trying to get drunk off caffeine, Splenda, and caramel coloring.""Am I boring?" I asked, genuinely curious if that was what my life had come to - from life of the party to the party-ending sad girl."All the time," he said seriously. "But I like torture, so I hang out with you anyway.""You have no friends," I pointed out.He opened his mouth."And the marshmallow bunnies don't count. We already discussed this."He grinned shamelessly. "You're no fun.""See!" I yelled.Rolling his eyes, Zane grabbed my hands and kissed them. "I
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LincolnI slid her down my body, feeling good for the first time in two days. Hell, I felt more than good."So now that you're caught, no more running," I whispered, my mouth meeting hers in a tender kiss."You hurt me." Dani pulled back.I leaned forward wanting more. "I know." Our foreheads touched. "But it's not because I don't want you. At least let me explain my madness."She chewed her lower lip and gave one solid nod.I grabbed her hand and started walking with her along the shore. "It's been two weeks. That's how long I've known you, and though my playboy status isn't exactly... working in my favor when it comes to you, I want to do things right. I want to take you out on a date before I have sex with you."Dani stopped walking and looked up, lifting one sexy-as-sin eyebrow. "Just one date?""Are you asking because you're eager or because you think I'm going to do one date to make myself feel less guilty then find the closest dark area I can seduce you in?""Uhhh." H
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Dani"By the giant smile on your face, I take it my plan worked," Zane said the next morning, as he poured himself a cup of coffee and tossed two marshmallows on top. He turned around and stretched his coffee above his head, his ab muscles basically stretching a wave of good morning in my direction.I'd already given up on him wearing anything but pants in the house. It was a battle just to get him to wear a shirt to the store, let alone in the actual comfort of my home, which he now referred to as his home. Part of me wondered if Jaymeson had adopted him or something."Yes." I swiped a marshmallow from the top of his coffee and popped it into my mouth. "It worked. But he wants to be friends until after my birthday.""Ha!" Zane smacked my hand before I could reach into his coffee again. "Poor Linc's going to be in a world of hurt. I think I should help him by sending encouraging team-building texts like 'There is no I in team, but there is one in kiss.' Or maybe this one." Zane c
Seaside Pictures Chapter 29
LincolnI didn't realize how much of a creature of habit I was until Dani started working for me. It was semi-embarrassing to give her daily lists of my weird quirks that, up until now, I'd never realized were even odd.I only wanted my blinds open in the morning. I had to have them closed, blanketing me in darkness around six at night if I was still on set. The Today Show always had to be playing when I walked in. And coffee needed to be available at all times.Not too bad, if you asked me, but then, the whole Skittles thing was next on the list. I needed Skittles at all times. And if my bowl for some reason became empty, I felt... panicked. Great, so Skittles were my comfort food.Add in only two brands of bottled water I'd drink.And the special laundry detergent, and I seriously felt like a freaking diva. I was trying to rewrite my list for her for the next day, crossing things out, trying to make myself seem less like a tyrant, more easygoing, when she burst into my trailer
Seaside Pictures Chapter 30
LincolnThe next ten days flew by in a blur. Even if I'd wanted to seduce Dani, I wouldn't have had the energy. It took all I had to even shower at night. I was putting in fourteen-hour days along with Pris. The only reason I ate was because Dani was incredible and made sure I always had snacks in my trailer. She even had a few extra sets of clothes brought in with essentials from my rented house, since it seemed stupid for me to go back to the house and sleep for one hour before being needed back in makeup.The schedule was wearing on me, wearing on everyone - even Jay, who rarely raised his voice at the actors. The last person who'd forgotten a line got complete silence, which meant Jay was about ready to lose his shit.The weather wasn't cooperating, probably because we were shooting what was supposed to be taking place in the summer, in the fall. The tourist season had been way too busy for us to chance it; plus, it would have been basically impossible to block off part of the
Seaside Pictures Chapter 31
DaniHe wasn't coming.It's not like he specified a time to shimmy up my drainpipe, but I assumed it would be before midnight. It was already 12:05. With a sigh, I shifted to turn off my lamp when a small stone clattered against my window. Giddy, I jumped out of bed, hurried over to my window, and pulled it open.There he stood, looking up at my window, face sexy and gleaming in the moonlight. Be still my heart, my pulse, my body... Heck, be still everything. He was so gorgeous it was unfair. "Hey, Romeo." I laughed. "What brings you by my window so late?""I was hoping to get lucky." Linc winked.I started to close my window."Joke!" he yelled. "It was a joke!"I popped my head out and crooked my finger. "Aren't you going to climb up?"Linc was wearing a hooded black sweatshirt; he pulled the hood over his face and shoved his hands into his pockets. "Actually, I was hoping you'd come down.""It's midnight!""Actually..." He checked his watch. "... it's nearing 12:08, but w
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Lincoln"One," I grumbled softly to myself. "Two."Things were bad; you knew they were bad when you were actually counting pigs in order to fall asleep. I saw Wilburs float over my head one after another. I named them, I numbered them, and when that didn't work, I put them in funny clothes, all for my own bored amusement.I'd be lying if I said it was easy being next to Dani while she slept. My eyes were wide open, staring up at the ceiling that, honest to God, made me want to puke.Zane had put a poster of himself above her bed.His way of guarding her from bad dreams, apparently. According to Dani, he said his poster was like an Indian dreamcatcher.It only bothered me because it was Zane, every female's dream. Something about the way he walked, even his voice, drove women insane, my sister included. I just didn't want Dani to be another.I'd never suffered from jealousy.Because I'd never had to fight for what I wanted.Until now.Even though fighting sucked, it was a he
Seaside Pictures Chapter 33
DaniHe was nothing like Elliot. Elliot had been... a boy. Lincoln was all muscle, a man who had filled out in places I didn't even know guys filled out. I was desperate for him, not because I wanted to make things go away, but because I felt alive with him. I felt like me.The me I used to know.The one that smiled, the one that laughed, the one that talked. He had seen the mute, but he'd also seen the girl before the muteness, the one I'd missed so much it brought tears to my eyes.But most of all, he embraced them both.Something that nobody had done until now.It was freeing, giving myself to someone so completely."Dani," Linc whispered, his mouth meeting mine in another searing kiss that had my body trembling. Sensations rocked through me as he flipped me onto my back, bracing himself over me, the muscles in his neck twitching as his arms flexed, his body weight being held up so he wouldn't crush me.Lincoln Greene. Was. Gorgeous. Stormy grey eyes locked with mine. His
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