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could branch out and let myself give in to my desires.
chapter five
Jude and I walked across the parking lot towards our cars. Today had been the last day of classes before our short break. Unfortunately¸ the professors hadn’t been kind enough to cut us some slack so I had plenty of homework to occupy my time—which I had been sure would happen.
“Wanna grab something to eat before you go to work?” Jude asked me. “I’m starving and I’d really like to have a pretty girl to sit with me.”
“Jude,” I grumbled, “I really don’t have the time.”
“You have an hour before you need to be there,” he bumped my shoulder with his as we stopped beside my car.
I stared up at him. “The fact that you know my work schedule is mildly disturbing. Don’t you have better things to do to occupy your time than take me to dinner?”
“That would be a no,” he grinned, adjusting the beanie he wore. “Come on, Row. I’ll even buy your meal.”
I was hungry, and while I’d been planning to use my spare hour of studying, I decided what the heck. I did deserve to have some fun now and then.
“Okay,” I agreed.
Jude appeared taken aback.
“Excuse me, can you repeat that? I don’t think I heard you right.” He turned his ear towards me.
“I said okay,” I shrugged.
“It’s a miracle folks,” Jude began to clap like we had an audience.
I rolled my eyes. “You’re ridiculous.”
“And you’re always turning me down. This is a moment that should be documented in history.”
“Oh, whatever. You know I’m busy,” I told him. I did feel bad though, that I tended to ignore my friends, but I had so much going on and they didn’t even know the half of it.
“Yeah, I know,” he reached up and removed his beanie, twisting it in his hands, “but sometimes you need to be a normal twenty-one year old for a while. Otherwise you might go crazy.” He tweaked my nose.
I pushed his hand off of me, glaring at him. “We haven’t even gotten dinner yet, and I’m already regretting my decision to say yes.”
“Oh, Row, straight to the heart,” he put a hand against his chest, dramatically acting like he’d been shot. People were beginning to stare.
“Quit it, Jude,” I grumbled under my breath, not liking the unwanted attention.
“Aw, come on, Row, don’t get so worked up,” he slung an arm over my shoulders.
I shrugged his arm off. “Are we going to eat or not? I do have to get to work,” I warned him, grabbing a clip off my bag and using it to pull my hair out of my face.
“Alright, bossy pants. Let’s get some food in you. You get grumpy when you’re hungry,” he smirked.
“I’ll follow you,” I opened the driver’s door of my car.
“I knew you liked looking at my butt, Row,” he winked, sauntering away.
“Your truck! I’ll follow your truck! Who said anything about looking at your butt?” I called after him.
He threw his head back and laughed, completely ignoring me.
Ugh. Jude could be so irritating sometimes.
I got in my car, tossing my purse and backpack onto the passenger’s seat. I followed his truck out into the traffic and through the town. He parked on the street and I was lucky to grab a spot not too far away from his.
He jogged over to where I was, blowing air into his hands. “Fuck, it’s cold,” he groaned.
“It’s not that bad,” I shrugged. “There isn’t even any snow.”
He rolled his eyes, jumping in place. “It’s cold,” he stated. “You’re crazy and feel nothing.”
I chose to ignore his statement. “Lead the way. I don’t know where we’re going.”
Jude shoved his hands in the pockets of his jeans and looked both ways before jogging across the street. I did the same, letting my long legs carry me to the sidewalk. He led me up a set of steps and in through the back of the restaurant. We passed a formal dining room and bathrooms, before it opened up into a large bar. I saw a door leading to a deck and outdoor patio, but of
chapter five
Jude and I walked across the parking lot towards our cars. Today had been the last day of classes before our short break. Unfortunately¸ the professors hadn’t been kind enough to cut us some slack so I had plenty of homework to occupy my time—which I had been sure would happen.
“Wanna grab something to eat before you go to work?” Jude asked me. “I’m starving and I’d really like to have a pretty girl to sit with me.”
“Jude,” I grumbled, “I really don’t have the time.”
“You have an hour before you need to be there,” he bumped my shoulder with his as we stopped beside my car.
I stared up at him. “The fact that you know my work schedule is mildly disturbing. Don’t you have better things to do to occupy your time than take me to dinner?”
“That would be a no,” he grinned, adjusting the beanie he wore. “Come on, Row. I’ll even buy your meal.”
I was hungry, and while I’d been planning to use my spare hour of studying, I decided what the heck. I did deserve to have some fun now and then.
“Okay,” I agreed.
Jude appeared taken aback.
“Excuse me, can you repeat that? I don’t think I heard you right.” He turned his ear towards me.
“I said okay,” I shrugged.
“It’s a miracle folks,” Jude began to clap like we had an audience.
I rolled my eyes. “You’re ridiculous.”
“And you’re always turning me down. This is a moment that should be documented in history.”
“Oh, whatever. You know I’m busy,” I told him. I did feel bad though, that I tended to ignore my friends, but I had so much going on and they didn’t even know the half of it.
“Yeah, I know,” he reached up and removed his beanie, twisting it in his hands, “but sometimes you need to be a normal twenty-one year old for a while. Otherwise you might go crazy.” He tweaked my nose.
I pushed his hand off of me, glaring at him. “We haven’t even gotten dinner yet, and I’m already regretting my decision to say yes.”
“Oh, Row, straight to the heart,” he put a hand against his chest, dramatically acting like he’d been shot. People were beginning to stare.
“Quit it, Jude,” I grumbled under my breath, not liking the unwanted attention.
“Aw, come on, Row, don’t get so worked up,” he slung an arm over my shoulders.
I shrugged his arm off. “Are we going to eat or not? I do have to get to work,” I warned him, grabbing a clip off my bag and using it to pull my hair out of my face.
“Alright, bossy pants. Let’s get some food in you. You get grumpy when you’re hungry,” he smirked.
“I’ll follow you,” I opened the driver’s door of my car.
“I knew you liked looking at my butt, Row,” he winked, sauntering away.
“Your truck! I’ll follow your truck! Who said anything about looking at your butt?” I called after him.
He threw his head back and laughed, completely ignoring me.
Ugh. Jude could be so irritating sometimes.
I got in my car, tossing my purse and backpack onto the passenger’s seat. I followed his truck out into the traffic and through the town. He parked on the street and I was lucky to grab a spot not too far away from his.
He jogged over to where I was, blowing air into his hands. “Fuck, it’s cold,” he groaned.
“It’s not that bad,” I shrugged. “There isn’t even any snow.”
He rolled his eyes, jumping in place. “It’s cold,” he stated. “You’re crazy and feel nothing.”
I chose to ignore his statement. “Lead the way. I don’t know where we’re going.”
Jude shoved his hands in the pockets of his jeans and looked both ways before jogging across the street. I did the same, letting my long legs carry me to the sidewalk. He led me up a set of steps and in through the back of the restaurant. We passed a formal dining room and bathrooms, before it opened up into a large bar. I saw a door leading to a deck and outdoor patio, but of
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