"Oh. Er...that's unfortunate," I whispered, biting my lip to keep from smiling as we watched Jasper select a movie a few feet away. I liked watching some of those movies.
Outside, the wind howled mercilessly and I was grateful for the thermostat in the unexpectedly cold weather that had crept up on us overnight.
Cole gave me a sidelong glance, studied my face and then shook his head slowly. "Oh my God," he murmured. "He's turned you too." I giggled softly and he let out a slow breath before leaning back on the coach. He looked amazing in his black t-shirt and faded jeans. "I feel so left out," he said in a low voice.
Jasper looked up from his task finally and gave me a slight smile. He clicked play on the movie, rolled his wheelchair over and before Cole could move to help him, he grabbed the armrest of the couch on my other side and hoisted himself right next to me with a grunt that sounded like, 'I got it.'
I blinked at him in surprise. I was basically sandwiched between the two of them. Jasper always sat away from us when Cole and I were cuddled on the couch. He usually opted to remain in his wheelchair or chose his recliner. And he never switched seats by himself when getting out of the wheelchair; either Cole or Francesco had to help him.
Jasper raised an eyebrow at us, his handsome face alight with a kind of suppressed energy, the stubble on his jaw making him appear more of a...man.
Okayyyy. Clearing my throat, I faced ahead and glued my eyes to the TV, watching the moonlight bathing Gotham city as Batgirl started narrating her story. I waited for the name of the movie to be displayed but the story continued to unfold. Cole sighed next to me and I squeezed his thigh in reassurance, smiling to myself because he was being a good sport despite his dislike of these movies.
But my attention was soon caught up in the story as Batgirl went about her crime fighting; the movie so action-packed and interesting. I was particularly intrigued by her dynamic with Batman whom she was into but could not quite read or agree with.
Jasper shifted next to me ever so slightly but I felt it and when I glanced over, his eyes were on me. My lips parted slightly at the way he was watching me with a hooded gaze and clenched jaw. What was going on in that mind of his? I broke the eye contact when my heart started to beat wildly because I was feeling just as curious and angsty about him as Batgirl was feeling about Batman. This was getting way too intense.
The doorbell rang just as the scene shifted to a rooftop where the two major characters were having an argument and Cole got up to check it out. It was the pizza delivery guy. My gaze went back to the TV and I watched with wide eyes and bated breath as Batgirl straddled Batman and kissed him while he was lying on his back. Watching it made my body grow hot and I swallowed when he actually started to kiss her back while moving his hands to her ass.
A soft gasp left my lips as I witnessed that scene and then Batgirl removed her costume and the scene shifted.
"Skye." Jasper's low voice in my ear made me jump a little because I was still in a bit of a shock.
"Did they really have sex on a rooftop?" I questioned in awe. "Like they just decided to go for it right then and there? And Batman actually wanted to?"
Jasper chuckled. "Yeah. Hot, isn't it? I know how much you like it now. Want to watch it again?"
I opened to mouth to say yes but instead shook my head. "This is sick," I mumbled. "They're cartoon characters for God's sake."
He laughed some more. "So? This one is R-rated. It isn't meant for kids."
I exhaled slowly. "Oh. I didn't realise that was the case."
Jasper responded by rewinding and going back to the sex scene before leaning down to whisper in my ear. "It's okay. We all have our kinks. Maybe you've discovered yours."
I swallowed again. It was getting me all hot and bothered. I was starting to think I could be in Batgirl's position.
"Why are you so tense?" Jasper murmured, his hand coming up to lightly massage the back of my neck.
I looked at him uncertainly. Why are you touching me? I wanted to ask him but I could not bring myself to utter one word as his touch warmed up my skin.
"You two," Cole barked all of a sudden, startling me while Jasper calmly looked up. "Eat."
He settled down next to me again and forked some salad into his mouth while the pizza sat in front of us on a low table, the cheesy aroma flooding our nostrils. How had I not noticed? Cole had paid the guy, gone into the kitchen to get some utensils and placed everything on the table while I had been absorbed in Jasper. And my boyfriend had chosen to ignore that fact as he ate and watched the movie. Cole must have seen Jasper and I staring at each other while his hand was massaging me. Strange that he did not seem bothered by it anymore.
I, on the other hand, was very much bothered. I could feel Jasper's eyes on me again and it made me focus less on the movie and more on my body's reaction to his proximity and the amount of attention he was giving me.
Cole finished his salad and took a long swallow from a glass of iced water. He frowned at the untouched pizza and then at us, looking long and hard
