Here Comes the Light (Cambrooke #1) Read Online Free Page B

flips her hair over her shoulder. “Uh, hello, step mom is a bartender.” I nod. She pulls her arm around my shoulder again. “Don’t worry Ethan and I didn’t do anything in the bed.” She chuckles with a wide smile.
    I wrinkle my nose. “Eww.”
    “You might want to stay away from the bathtub though.” She giggles more as I close my eyes tight trying to erase the image from my mind.
    Jess keeps the d rinks coming as fast as I drink them. I feel light when two arms wrap around me from behind I don’t have the reflexes to react luckily I smell Hudson’s awesome cologne. He kisses my neck and this time I tilt my head further to the side to give him more access. I let myself melt back into his arms.
    “Dude, you need to take her across the hall.” I hear an obnoxious football player laugh.
    “C’mon, Miley.” He whispers softly in my ear as he pulls on me. With his help I make it to our room.
    “How much have you had to drink?” he laughs before devouring my mouth with his.
    “A couple.” I manage to say in between kisses before he leans me back onto the bed.
     
    I sit up suddenly sober. I don’t remember doing it, but I know we did. Hudson  jumps into his pants and pulls them back on.
    “I can’t believe we just did that.” I gasp.
    He holds his hands out. “What? You told me you wanted to.” He says as he picks his white undershirt up off the floor.
    “I wanted to remember my first time.” I say as I pull my knees up. I am still under the covers.
    Once he slides into his tee shirt he holds his hand out again. “Why did you get drunk then? You knew we were going to tonight.”
    “I don’t know.” I w hine as I flop my forehead onto my knees.
    “I mean…” he says in a softer tone and I feel his hand on my bare back. “We can do it again if you want to remember and all.” I look up at him and he is giving me that smile I love, the smile that normally makes my knees weak and my heart melt. Right now it does nothing.
    “No.” I shake my head and even though I am a little self-conscience about him seeing me naked now that I am sober I stand up and slip my dress back on as fast as I can. “I’m sorry, Hudson.” I say through tears fighting to spill out of my eyes. “This is too confusing for me.” I rush out of the room and down the hall.
    “Miley, don’t do this tonight.” His voice sound s exasperated as he calls after me.
     
    I run down the hall, the stairs and out the front doors of the hotel. I don’t know where I am going but I just run until my body can’t anymore. Barefoot, the cold concrete stings the soles of my feet. I finally collapse right under a street light. I pull my knees up and bury my face in them. Jess told me this would make things better. I try to wipe away the tears as they fall but they are too fast. This only made things worse for me; everything just became much more complicated. I shiver in the cold night air, wishing I would have grabbed my bag on the way out.  It is obvious Hudson isn’t coming after me. He would have found me by now. Did I just make a big mistake? Not that I want him to come after me, I need time to process what happened.
    As I am rehashing the night ’s events in my mind I see headlights coming towards me. Not now. I plead silently and cringe when the vehicle stops just a few feet from me. I am not in the mood to deal with anyone. I hear the door shut and through the hole between my arm and leg I see his blue Chucks coming towards me. Not him, anyone but him. He stops when he gets to me and sits down on the curb. I don’t speak or lift my head up to acknowledge him. What, is he some kind of stalker?
    “You know being out here by yourself a t this time of night is a bad idea.” He says after a short period of silence.
    I lift my head and scowl at him. “What are you doing here?”
    This makes him smile . “Do you need a ride?”
    I don’t want to get into a car with this guy, but I look back at the hotel and I am definitely