Lost in the Woods

-Jacey-

It was freezing, so cold that Caleb’s warm hand on my numb, wet cheek actually stung. That was not, however, the place where most of the warmth in my body was bubbling up from. My heart beat a ba-thump ba-thump when he touched me, and his words touched a broken place in my soul.

I blinked, pretending my tears were just the rain that kept pouring on us. Or at least I could have if the rain hadn’t, inconveniently, chosen just that moment to stop.

Caleb rubbed the tears under my eyes with his thumb, not saying a word. Even though we were both shivering so hard our teeth were chattering, he was still trying to take care of me.

“Please tell me you’re not being so nice to me just to get into my pants,” I mumbled, wincing at the pounding in