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Authors: Casey McMillin
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many things suddenly started to make sense.
We had a few minutes of down time before the first wave of people from Art Walk came into the library. During that time, I toyed with the idea of changing my plans and staying in Seattle to be with Trevor. How could I not? He was handsome, sweet, artistic, and all the other things I was looking for. I could easily picture a nice, comfortable relationship with Trevor.
Then, as if my own mind was working against me, I started daydreaming about Josh Rand and the way he kissed me two months ago in Portland. When I closed my eyes, I could clearly see myself in the dark hallway of that coffee shop. A jolt of nervous excitement passed through me at the memory. I felt like I wanted it to happen again. I had caught myself daydreaming about it quite a few times over the last two months and each time I easily remembered Josh—his face and his smell and the way he felt to my fingertips and lips. I was conflicted and slightly disappointed in myself for having a crush on a guy who looked and acted like he was straight out of the Army. I knew my inability to refrain from imagining that kiss would go away eventually, I just thought it was a little peculiar that I would even be attracted to someone like Josh.
Before long , people from Art walk started filtering into the library and I had no time to think about anything but the questions they were firing at us. After the whole thing was over, I looked back on my evening and realized there was something to be learned from the fact that I was crushing on G.I. Joe.
Was I daydreaming about kissing Trevor?
No.
Should I stay in Seattle to have a relationship with someone I've never even considered kissing?
No .
Was I excited about heading to California in December?
Yes!
Do it.
Chapter 8
Josh
"Wh at the hell happened to you , Fight Club?" Collin inspected the side of my face with great interest. "Why are you going so hard?" he asked. "I thought you were just doing it to stay in shape."
He was talking about my black eye. It was more like my upper cheek/corner of my eye, but it was a nice one, full of blues and purples.
"I swim to stay in shape," I said. "MMA is for fun. And to answer your question, no, I'm not getting all Fight Club with it." I pointed at my eye. "It was an accident."
I couldn't see Collin's expression because my eyes were on the road. I was taking him to the airport to head for the Olympic Trials in Nebraska. Rachel really wanted to be there, but she had some last minute stuff with one of her clients at the ad agency, and couldn't make it happen.
It wasn't that big of a deal. In two days, s he and I, along with Gretchen, Joel and Emily would be getting on a flight headed for Nebraska to meet him.
"Is Zack on your flight?" I asked.
"Yeah, I asked him if he needed to ride with us, but his mom and stepdad wanted to bring him."
"Speaking of parents," I said. "When are your parents getting there?"
"They'll be there Sunday, same as you guys," Collin said.
"Meredith and Carson are both coming, I assume."
Collin laughed. "Meredith wouldn't miss it for the world, and not because she wants to watch me swim."
"What then? She's into swimmers?"
"No, she's still star-struck by Gretchen. She thinks it's so cool that I know a soap star."
"Didn't you tell her Gretchen's not on the show anymore?" I asked.
"She knows that," Collin said. "She doesn't care. She still loves Gretchen, and seems to think she can still pull some strings to get her on the show as an extra."
" She probably can," I said. "And if not, just talk to Bailey."
"Oh, please don’t encourage her," Collin said.
"Why? You don’t want her to be an extra on a soap?"
"It's not that so much as I think she's sort of wanting to experiment and stuff, and I don't want her getting crazy with a bunch of actors."
"If it's not actors, it'll be her friends in San Diego."
"Yeah, but if she comes here to try to be an actress, I'm gonna feel responsible for her.
We had a few minutes of down time before the first wave of people from Art Walk came into the library. During that time, I toyed with the idea of changing my plans and staying in Seattle to be with Trevor. How could I not? He was handsome, sweet, artistic, and all the other things I was looking for. I could easily picture a nice, comfortable relationship with Trevor.
Then, as if my own mind was working against me, I started daydreaming about Josh Rand and the way he kissed me two months ago in Portland. When I closed my eyes, I could clearly see myself in the dark hallway of that coffee shop. A jolt of nervous excitement passed through me at the memory. I felt like I wanted it to happen again. I had caught myself daydreaming about it quite a few times over the last two months and each time I easily remembered Josh—his face and his smell and the way he felt to my fingertips and lips. I was conflicted and slightly disappointed in myself for having a crush on a guy who looked and acted like he was straight out of the Army. I knew my inability to refrain from imagining that kiss would go away eventually, I just thought it was a little peculiar that I would even be attracted to someone like Josh.
Before long , people from Art walk started filtering into the library and I had no time to think about anything but the questions they were firing at us. After the whole thing was over, I looked back on my evening and realized there was something to be learned from the fact that I was crushing on G.I. Joe.
Was I daydreaming about kissing Trevor?
No.
Should I stay in Seattle to have a relationship with someone I've never even considered kissing?
No .
Was I excited about heading to California in December?
Yes!
Do it.
Chapter 8
Josh
"Wh at the hell happened to you , Fight Club?" Collin inspected the side of my face with great interest. "Why are you going so hard?" he asked. "I thought you were just doing it to stay in shape."
He was talking about my black eye. It was more like my upper cheek/corner of my eye, but it was a nice one, full of blues and purples.
"I swim to stay in shape," I said. "MMA is for fun. And to answer your question, no, I'm not getting all Fight Club with it." I pointed at my eye. "It was an accident."
I couldn't see Collin's expression because my eyes were on the road. I was taking him to the airport to head for the Olympic Trials in Nebraska. Rachel really wanted to be there, but she had some last minute stuff with one of her clients at the ad agency, and couldn't make it happen.
It wasn't that big of a deal. In two days, s he and I, along with Gretchen, Joel and Emily would be getting on a flight headed for Nebraska to meet him.
"Is Zack on your flight?" I asked.
"Yeah, I asked him if he needed to ride with us, but his mom and stepdad wanted to bring him."
"Speaking of parents," I said. "When are your parents getting there?"
"They'll be there Sunday, same as you guys," Collin said.
"Meredith and Carson are both coming, I assume."
Collin laughed. "Meredith wouldn't miss it for the world, and not because she wants to watch me swim."
"What then? She's into swimmers?"
"No, she's still star-struck by Gretchen. She thinks it's so cool that I know a soap star."
"Didn't you tell her Gretchen's not on the show anymore?" I asked.
"She knows that," Collin said. "She doesn't care. She still loves Gretchen, and seems to think she can still pull some strings to get her on the show as an extra."
" She probably can," I said. "And if not, just talk to Bailey."
"Oh, please don’t encourage her," Collin said.
"Why? You don’t want her to be an extra on a soap?"
"It's not that so much as I think she's sort of wanting to experiment and stuff, and I don't want her getting crazy with a bunch of actors."
"If it's not actors, it'll be her friends in San Diego."
"Yeah, but if she comes here to try to be an actress, I'm gonna feel responsible for her.
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