The Heart Of Everything

13. You are as hot as the sun

It's been a while since dad and I have eaten dinner together. We have both been busy with our own lives. Dad has worked and I have Kimmie. God, I have Kimmie. The thought makes me smile.

"What?" Dad wonders and he looks at me with a smile. I just shake my head.

"Just thinking." I tell and still, I can't keep the smile away.

"About what?" He asks laughing.

"Kimmie." I answer. I told dad that we are together. He was a little shocked when I said it because Kimmie and I we weren't really best of friends, until now. Well, we might still have that mocking-teasing relationship and to be honest, I like it that way. Kimmie likes it as well. She told me that it is fun, even though it is annoying.

She likes me better when I am 'cute'. Of course, she does. Kimmie loves when I kiss her cheek, forehead, simply just everywhere, and she loves cuddling. God, that girl is so clingy. She always wants to sit on my lap, and when we sleep, she lays above me or she holds me tightly. I don't think I have a right to complain since I am no better than her.

The phone buzzed in my pocket and I pick it out to take a look. The only thing that stands is 'I need you' from Kimmie. That's weird, she usually calls when there is something.

"I have to go." I tell dad.

"Okay." He just says as I walk into the hallway and grab my helmet. I don't even have the time to change from sweatpants to jeans, because I know there must be something wrong. I rush out to the bike and start driving. My head is spinning around wondering what can be wrong. I don't think I did anything this time. To be honest, I always do something, but I know for sure it was not me. Stop thinking asshole.

I park in the driveway and jump off as I take off my helmet, bringing it with me as I rush to the door. Then I step in not even bothering to knock. I find Kimmie's mother in the kitchen.

"Where is she?" I ask breathlessly.

"Upstairs. She is..." I run out of the kitchen and up the stairs, not caring about what she was going to tell me. I open the door lightly. Kimmie is laying in her bed with her eyes closed and snuggling with her tiger, right up in her face. I put the helmet on her dresser and then kneel in front of her. She opens her eyes lightly as I brush her hair away from her face.

"Hi." I whisper smiling. Then, without warning, she wraps her arms around my neck.

"You came." Kimmie says with a hoarse voice, and she sounded so sad and hurtful like she is about to cry.

"Of course I came, honey." I say as I stroke her neck. Then she moves back and I look into her green tired eyes. She is smiling, but she looks ill.

"Tell me what it is honey." I say a little worried. Kimmie looks awful, and I do not like it.

"It hurts." She whispers.

"What hurts?"

"Everything, my head, throat and my stomach." Her voice is so weak I could barely hear her. I kiss her cheek before I move over to the bed. As I lay under the duvet, I put my hand under her shirt on her warm stomach. Then start making circles on her soft skin and she leans her back to me. I kiss her on the top of her head.

"That feels so good." She says so satisfied. I rub my face in her soft hair and kiss her again. She turns to lay on her back, I just continue to caress her stomach. Kimmie moves her head and she is smiling at me with her eyes closed. I lean in to kiss her forehead, and then I feel her hand in the back of my head, holding me still as she moves her fingers lightly.

"You are the best girlfriend ever." She whispers, and I kiss her cheek again, making her smile even brighter. Her words made my heart, tickle. Still, I am waiting for her to say those three...

"I love you."... Words. I swallow hard as I bury my face in the side of Kimmie's head. Then I hear Kimmie chuckling.

"Are you crying?" She asks stunned.

"No." Yes, I am actually crying. Never thought I would, but goddamn I do.

"I love you too." I say with a shaking voice. I am so doomed right now.

"God, you are crying." She turns all around and makes me look at her. I try to hide from her but I can't.

"Aren't you just the cutest." She says with a bright smile, but still, her eyes tell me she is tired. I close my eyes of embarrassment only to feel the tears slide down my face. What the hell is wrong with me? Kimmie takes the tears away with her thumb and I feel my cheeks turn red.

"I wish I could kiss you right now." She whispers and I open my eyes. Then I lean in to kiss her forehead.

"Who thought you could be so lovely." She says as I lean back from her.

"I am always lovely." I grin and she rolls her eyes as she lays on her back again. She grabs my hand and moves it under her shirt. It makes me snort, but I'll do it. I love her and I will do anything for her.

I wake up to an incredible heat. Kimmie is lying with her face buried in my chest with her tiger, Griffin, and I am so warm, because of her. Not to mention I fell asleep with my pants and my sweater. I move back from her and sit up only to wake her. She looks at me with half open eyes.

"You okay?" She whispers.

"Yeah, just very warm." I say as I pull off my sweater. Then I put my hand on Kimmie's forehead, god she is burning up. No wonder it is so warm here.

"Honey, we need to take off your clothes." I tell her and she raises her eyebrow. I roll my eyes.

"No, not like that honey." I laugh as I drag her up to sit.

"You are as hot as the sun." I say worried.

"Thank you." She grins and it makes me snort as I drag of her shirt.

"I didn't mean it like that." I tell and she starts to pout. Wow, someone is in a really weird mood.

"You are gorgeous honey." I promise her and she smiles as she put her warm arms around me.

"I love you." She says, making my heart melt.

"I love you too, honey, but we need to get off your pants." I tell her, trying to get out of her death grip.

"You really know how to get into a girl's pants don't you?" She says and I have to keep my laugh inside. God, she is really funny when she is tired. Then finally, she lets me go and I move down to start working off her pants. The only clothes she has on her now is her underwear, god I hope the heat will go down. I lay down next to her and drag off my own pants, lying half-naked next to her as well.

"Didn't you forget something?" She asks and I look at her confused. Then she raises her eyebrow and I roll my eyes again.

"No." I just say and turn around to show her my back. I am not taking off her underwear, no matter how much I want to. Kimmie lays her arm around me right over my exposed chest with her little tiger, holding me tight and I feel her breasts on my back. I take a deep breath and then swallow hard. Oh god, you are so stupid Sam. Of course, your girl has to be warm and so amazingly soft. I almost jump as I feel her hand move further and further down my stomach. Then I gasp for air as she gets a little too far down and I grab her hand.

"Honey," I say and turn around to look at her.

"You are ill, there is no way I am going to sleep with you."

"But you are already in my bed." She pouted and I shake my head amazed.

"If you don't go back to sleep, I am going to leave you in this bed alone, okay?" I say irritated, making my statement.

"Fine." She mutters angry and leans her arm over to take Griffin and turn her back to me. I have no Idea what is going on with her. She should be more like this when she is healthy. I smile, of the thought, god she is sexy. I shake my head of my own words as I lay my arm around her and the tiger. I hold her tight with my chest in her back.

"That is so not fair." She mutters irritated. I grin and then kiss her shoulder.

"Nothing is fair in love and war, honey." I tell and Kimmie mumbles something angry that I can't hear. I lean up to kiss her cheek long and slowly, only to hear her chuckle.

"Okay, okay. You are forgiven." She laughs as I kiss her one more time and she turns to look at me.

"I love when you are like this." She whispers as she put her hand on my cheek and I smile of her touch. There is nothing like her touching me.

"And I love you." I tell her smiling as I lean down to kiss her warm forehead. When I look at her again she has her eyes closed, but a beautiful smile on her gorgeous face.

"Goodnight honey." I say and kiss her forehead again before I lay down next to her.

Kimmie is still ill, not as bad as she was. The first thing I did after school was driving home to her. Now I am sitting on the couch with her lying on me, took her only ten minutes to fall asleep with her head resting on my shoulder and I can feel her breath on the side of my neck. Poor girl, still struggling with a fever and her whole body is weak. Kimmie is so warm that even I, am sweating. She moves her arm over my shoulder and rubs her face in my neck.

"Mmm, I love you." She mumbles and it makes me snort. I hold her tight in my arms and kiss her on the temple.

"Here you go." I turn to Kimmie's mother who has been looking for a blanket for Kimmie. She just had to lay Kimmie's little sister, Bella first. Kate put the blanket over us since I am a little stuck.

"Thank you." I tell her smiling as she sits down next to us.

"No, thank you." She says and I feel my cheeks turn red.

"You aren't scared she will infect you?" She wonders and I shake my head.

"No, not really. As long as she is happy, I am happy." I tell her and she smiles brightly. I don't care how much pain I have to go through just to make Kimmie satisfied. People can hurt me as much as they want, but not my Kimmie. I'll do anything for her. The only one that can be an asshole to her is me, and no one is even allowed to put a finger on her. Not even her mother, I am going to smack her hands if so, no I don't think I would have dared to do that. Kimmie is mine, and I do not like to share. She knows that well enough after all the times she has stolen something from me when we were kids. What's mine is mine.

"How did you two go from fighting to... this?" Kimmie's mother asks me a little confused. I can understand her curiosity. It's not like Kimmie and I were best friends, and not like we hated each other, but we just liked to get on each other's nerves.

"Um, well she was angry at me. Totally freaking out and I didn't know what to do, so I kissed her in panic." I tell and feel my cheeks on fire. Kate snorts and starts laughing.

"Well, I should have known it was something like that." She chuckles.

"You two always fight, your relationship is so intense. Full of tension." She says. Kate's eyes widen and her cheeks turn red. I look at her confused, wondering what went through her mind. She clears her throat.

"Excuse me." She says and leaves me alone with Kimmie, confused. Then I feel Kimmie shake and I look into a couple of green smiling eyes.

"What?" I ask. It seems like Kimmie understood the look on her mother's face. She bites her lower lip, trying to hide her laugh.

"Nothing." She says weakly and I roll my eyes. Okay, maybe I don't want to know.

"Fine." I sigh and kiss her cheek.

"You are the best." She tells me.

"Of course I am." I tell grinning and she rolls her eyes.

"Confident aren't you?"

"You wouldn't have been with me if I weren't." I tell her with a raised eyebrow. She smiles as she leans her forehead on my cheek.

"That might be true." She says yawning.

"Do you want to go to bed?" I ask and look into her green exhausted eyes. God, I would do anything to make that look in her eyes go away. She nods as she yawns again. Before she could even move, I stand up from the couch with her in my arms. She smiles and rubs her face on the side of my neck.

"God, I love you." Kimmie says as I make my way up the stairs.

"Yeah, you should love me." I grin and then lay Kimmie down on the bed. She has her eyes closed, she must be so tired. I drag of her pants and tuck her in. Then I take my own clothes and lay down beside her.

Kimmie looks at me as I hand her the tiger, she has an embarrassed smile on her face. Making her look so cute that I just have to kiss her cheek. Then she turns and buries her face in my chest with her little Griffin. I am really just the luckiest person in the whole world.

"You are so soft." She mumbles half asleep as she rubs her cheek on my naked chest. I feel my cheeks turn red. She turns and kisses me on the collar.

"Honey, if you do not get healthy soon. Then I am not sure how long I can keep my hands off you." I tell warning. We haven't done it since last time in my house and that was months ago. Not that I am upset about it, not like at all. I haven't even thought about it until she lay almost naked next to me for a couple of days ago. The night Kimmie wanted to, even though she was warm like hell.

I guess we have just been busy with other stuff, like school and now that she is ill. We have only been really together for three weeks now as well. I swear when she is feeling better again, I am going to drag of her clothes. I move my hand on her back and brush her warm skin with my fingers.

"I love you Sammie." She mumbled so sweet that I just have to smile.

"I love you too, honey." I tell and kiss her on the top of her head.