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her to begin with. I knew she wasn’t my type. She wasn’t the kind of girl who sought out relationships just for the physical aspects.
    I moved my hands to her face, splaying my fingers across her cheeks. I had to end this now. I kissed her a moment longer and pulled away just enough to break the kiss. My hands remained in place, holding her face close to mine. She watched me with wide, green eyes.
    “We’d best be getting back,” I said, my voice sounding deep and rough.
    I didn’t know what I had been thinking when I asked Dara to ride out here with me, but I had a feeling my impromptu actions were going to come back and bite me in the ass.

Chapter 4

    Dara

    I rode to Awesome Sauce with Crimson and Scarlet. The juke box was booming as the bubble lights that arched around it glowed, and teenagers and twenty- somethings packed the restaurant in booths and at the long, red counter that lined part of the back wall.
    “Mike is sooo sweet,” Crimson cooed, as she recounted her motorcycle ride with him the other night. “I can’t believe I never really talked to him much at school. He’s pretty hot in a shy, quiet kind of way.”
    “That’s exactly the kind of boyfriend you need,” Scarlet said. “He won’t be offended by your loquaciousness.”
    “I don’t talk any more than you do,” Crimson snapped.
    “I never said you did, but when I speak, it’s because I have something intelligent to say.”
    “That must be why you’re not dating anyone,” Crimson said. “Who wants to date a brainiac?”
    Scarlet laughed. “Other braniacs. You know, those smart people who run the world, own the businesses, and make a lot of money.”
    “That shows how much you know,” Crimson smirked. “Those guys marry trophy wives. Intelligence is not a requirement.”
    I laughed. “She does have a point. I can’t picture too many powerful men who are married to ugly wives.”
    “Dara, stop drinking from her water fountain,” Scarlet urged, thumbing in Crimson’s direction. “Joke all you want, but we all know that beauty is not a woman’s most important quality. Besides, I never said I was talking about men. The point that I was making is that braniacs like to date other braniacs. Plenty of women are braniacs, and they are becoming increasingly more powerful. I have every intention of being one of them.”
    “You’re right, of course,” I agreed.
    “Now that you know you’re right, can we get back to my story?” Crimson asked Scarlet.
    She didn’t wait for Scarlet to answer. “Riding on the back of his motorcycle was so exciting.”
    “I know what you mean,” I said. “I rode on the back of Stone’s yesterday. He took me to the park at the top of Quail Mountain. He is such a good kisser.”
    “He kissed you?” Scarlet asked, her mouth dropping open as she stared at me waiting for details.
    I couldn’t help the grin that spread across my face. It had been all I could do to wait until today to tell Crimson and Scarlet about our time together. I knew I would be meeting them today, and I wanted to see their reactions when I told them.
    “Mike didn’t even try to kiss me,” Crimson lamented.
    “Probably because you were too busy talking,” Scarlet poked.
    Crimson ignored her jibe. “Well, aren’t you going to tell us about it?” she asked, focusing on me.
    “Tell us about what?” Chance asked as he walked up to the red, vinyl booth and sat down beside me, forcing me to scoot over.

    Stone

    Dara had been off of work today, and I couldn’t decide whether I was relieved or slightly irritated. Everything about her felt so right, but the warning bells rang loudly enough in my head to crack my skull in two.
    I hadn’t trusted myself to say much to her once we had gotten back to the parking lot, so that she could pick up her grandmother’s car. I dared not touch her again, afraid that I would only invite her to spend the rest of the evening with me. And she would have. I could tell that she responded