As soon as the final bell sounded, Sam was out the door, her flowy skirt skimming the tops of her Doc Martens as she hurried. Melissa didnât mean to spyâshe really didnâtâbut she was curious about the tall, shy new girl with the hazel eyes.
Melissa had asked Sam to hang out with her after school. She didnât have a lot of friends, but Sam had seemed nice. Sweet.
âI canât,â Sam had said. âMy b-Iâm getting picked up and thereâll be hell to pay if Iâm late.â
Melissaâs gaze was drawn to the parking lot. The boyâno, he was most definitely a manâleaning back on the huge old black car seemed to be the focus of everyoneâs attention. It wasnât every day that a guy who looked like that rolled up to Ridgewood High School. Melissa recalled that old movie her dad made her watch with him. Rebel Without a Cause. She shivered a bit at the thought of him turning that intense gaze on her.
And then she realized who he was there for.
Sam slid her backpack through the open window and walked around to meet the man at the front of the car.
âDean,â she said, a bit breathlessly.
âMissed you, baby girl,â he said, tilting her chin up as if he was inspecting to ensure she wasnât damaged by her day at school.
âMissed you too,â she said, leaning up to press a kiss to his cheek. He turned his head at the last moment, though, and it turned into a full-on, deep, dirty kiss.
Melissa stared, open-mouthed, and she was definitely not alone. The student parking lot was suddenly nearly silent.
Dean picked Sam up and sat her on the hood of the black car, his lips never leaving hers. He pressed his way between her knees as if he couldnât stand to be so far away. One hand cupped her jaw and the other slipped inside the grandma cardigan that Sam somehow made work. Melissa saw Samâs mouth drop open in a gasp before she grabbed his hand and removed it from her breast.
âNot here,â Sam said firmly, finally breaking their kiss.
âHow can you expect me to wait?â Dean responded, pressing kisses to her throat. âAll day without you, Sammy. Itâs torture.â
âLetâs go, Dean,â Sam said, and even from a distance, Melissa could see the gleam in her eye.Â
The two of them got into the car and the engine roared to life, startling the onlookers who had been gawking. Dean maneuvered the car out of the parking lot at about three times the speed limit.
Melissa stared after them for a moment. She tried to imagine someone saying, âMissed you, baby girl,â to her, but she couldnât. Wondered what it was like to have a mysterious, handsome older man want you so badly that he thought being without you was torture.
She had a whole lot of questions to ask Sam when she saw her the next day, starting with âDoes he have a brother?â