After a particularly boring day at school we head to The
Wedge. He sits with me instead of skating. It’s a first. I don’t mind, but I
wonder why he’s chosen to do so. Perhaps he’s just feeling the weight of his
departure date on his shoulders. I know I am.
I work on a math assignment as he finishes up his essay for
English. Every time I peek at him, I meet his eyes. It’s distracting, and the
more I do it the more it befuddles me, but it also makes me smile. I really
want to get out of here and drag him to my room to put a smile on his face in
return, but I’m not sure how he’d feel about that. So instead, I chat with
Angela.
When we’re talking, Masen hops on his skateboard and joins
the guys. As soon as he’s gone, Angela starts berating me. “What are you
doing?” she says, hitting me with an errant twig.
“What are you talking about?” I ask through laughter.
“Gawd, he totally wants to go home with you right now. If
Embry gave me even one of the looks Masen has given you today, I’d throw down
under the bridge, not caring who watched.”
“Ew.” She swats me again. “Seriously, what looks?”
She rolls her eyes and points toward the bridge. From this
far off it’s hard to tell, but I’m fairly certain Masen’s eyes are on me.
“See?” she says, sounding boastful. “Just take him home.”
“I . . .”
“Oh, wait, is your dad home?”
“No, he doesn’t get home until dinnertime today.”
Angela jumps to her feet, shouting, “Masen!”
She’s always yelling. What is she doing? She better not
embarrass me.
He skates to us, doing a complicated aerial over the stairs
before landing at my feet. “Hi,” he says, his lips curling into a grin, and I
finally see it. His sea greens are lit up. He’s showing off. He’s flirting. He
wants me.
“I’m going home. I might . . . uh, have some apples there. You
comin’ with me?”
“Yeah,” he says and nods.
I snag my bag before mounting his board. I’d like to be
mounting something else. He pushes me, and his hand on my lower back feels so
much more present than it usually does. My mother always said, “Sex changes
everything,” and she was so right.
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This was so cute. Angela is such a meddler.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited for the next chapter.