Read Online Without You: Book 1 of the Changing Hearts Series by Yesenia Vargas - Free Book Online
Authors: Yesenia Vargas
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groceries too, you know.”
“Sorry. I meant hi.” She put the book back on the shelf.
“You gonna get that?” He nodded at the book.
“Eh. Probably not.” She looked back at him. He looked nice, as usual, with fitted jeans and a semi-tight shirt. She was in a t-shirt and sweats with a ponytail. Curse destiny making them bump into each other now. “So you’re grocery shopping?”
“My mom is. I’m looking for my little sisters because we’re about to go get in line to pay.”
“Well, I think you’re in the wrong section. If I were a kid, I’d probably be in the toy section.”
They began walking down the aisle.
Lucas laughed. “I was just on my way there, actually, when I saw you.”
The store was packed, and they moved out of the way of shopping carts pushed along by parents and grandparents.
“Didn’t work today?” She glanced at him.
“I go in a bit later,” he replied.
She nodded.
“I had fun the other night. We should do it again.” He stammered a bit. “Mayra and your brother can come too.” They looked at each other. “What I meant was that, you know…”
“I’d love to go.” She blinked, not believing Lucas was pretty much asking her out at the grocery store while she was in sweats.
“Really?” His smile returned.
“Yeah. I had a great time. And I can’t stop thinking about those tacos,” she replied.
He smiled.
“One rule, though,” Ariana said. They were at the toy section now.
“What is it?” His eyes were glued on hers.
She tried to contain her smile. She could just hear Lucas’s thoughts of panic from the look on his face.
“I pay for my stuff this time.” She nudged him and finally smiled.
“Oh, I don’t know if I’ll be able to follow that rule,” he said, looking ahead.
“Well, if you want to go out with me again,” she loved the way that sounded but stammered herself, “then you’ll have to follow it.”
“I’ll think about it,” he said.
They kept walking and looking down the aisles for Lucas’s siblings. When they got to the end, they saw two girls playing with some bicycles.
“That’s them. Amy, Jessica! Let’s go.” He motioned to them, but they just ran away. Lucas sighed and turned to her. “I have to go.”
“See you later.” She was about to walk away when Lucas pulled her into a hug. She hugged him back and smiled as they pulled back.
“Bye,” he said.
“Bye.” And she saw Lucas run off after some giggling voices around the corner.
Someone picked her up from behind, and she screamed.
“Jimmy!” He put her down.
“So that’s Lucas, huh?” He put his arm around her, and they began walking back towards the grocery section of the store.
“Yes. Stalker.”
“I just happened to be walking by…” he said, shrugging but smiling.
Lucas walked by a few aisles down, holding his sisters’ hands in his. He turned and looked at Ariana one more time, smiling.
She smiled back, thinking he must be such a great big brother.
“He’s cute,” Jimmy said, and Ariana just stared.
“I mean, if I were a girl, I guess I’d think he was cute.”
Ariana just laughed. “Okay…”
They walked back to the grocery section of the store.
“He seems like a nice guy. When do I get to meet him?” Jimmy went on.
“Um, how about never? We’re just friends,” Ariana said.
“For now. I can tell he likes you, though.”
“You didn’t even talk to him.” She laughed.
“I can tell with these things. He likes you. You like him.” Jimmy’s voice sounded like a xylophone.
Ariana just pursed her lips.
“I get a good vibe from him. And I’ve heard good things too. You have my permission to fall in love with this guy.”
Of course Jimmy had been investigating along with Mayra.
“Thanks? Although like I said, we’re just friends.”
She thought about that. Were they just friends? She knew Lucas was a busy guy with a lot of responsibilities, but she couldn’t stop thinking about
“Sorry. I meant hi.” She put the book back on the shelf.
“You gonna get that?” He nodded at the book.
“Eh. Probably not.” She looked back at him. He looked nice, as usual, with fitted jeans and a semi-tight shirt. She was in a t-shirt and sweats with a ponytail. Curse destiny making them bump into each other now. “So you’re grocery shopping?”
“My mom is. I’m looking for my little sisters because we’re about to go get in line to pay.”
“Well, I think you’re in the wrong section. If I were a kid, I’d probably be in the toy section.”
They began walking down the aisle.
Lucas laughed. “I was just on my way there, actually, when I saw you.”
The store was packed, and they moved out of the way of shopping carts pushed along by parents and grandparents.
“Didn’t work today?” She glanced at him.
“I go in a bit later,” he replied.
She nodded.
“I had fun the other night. We should do it again.” He stammered a bit. “Mayra and your brother can come too.” They looked at each other. “What I meant was that, you know…”
“I’d love to go.” She blinked, not believing Lucas was pretty much asking her out at the grocery store while she was in sweats.
“Really?” His smile returned.
“Yeah. I had a great time. And I can’t stop thinking about those tacos,” she replied.
He smiled.
“One rule, though,” Ariana said. They were at the toy section now.
“What is it?” His eyes were glued on hers.
She tried to contain her smile. She could just hear Lucas’s thoughts of panic from the look on his face.
“I pay for my stuff this time.” She nudged him and finally smiled.
“Oh, I don’t know if I’ll be able to follow that rule,” he said, looking ahead.
“Well, if you want to go out with me again,” she loved the way that sounded but stammered herself, “then you’ll have to follow it.”
“I’ll think about it,” he said.
They kept walking and looking down the aisles for Lucas’s siblings. When they got to the end, they saw two girls playing with some bicycles.
“That’s them. Amy, Jessica! Let’s go.” He motioned to them, but they just ran away. Lucas sighed and turned to her. “I have to go.”
“See you later.” She was about to walk away when Lucas pulled her into a hug. She hugged him back and smiled as they pulled back.
“Bye,” he said.
“Bye.” And she saw Lucas run off after some giggling voices around the corner.
Someone picked her up from behind, and she screamed.
“Jimmy!” He put her down.
“So that’s Lucas, huh?” He put his arm around her, and they began walking back towards the grocery section of the store.
“Yes. Stalker.”
“I just happened to be walking by…” he said, shrugging but smiling.
Lucas walked by a few aisles down, holding his sisters’ hands in his. He turned and looked at Ariana one more time, smiling.
She smiled back, thinking he must be such a great big brother.
“He’s cute,” Jimmy said, and Ariana just stared.
“I mean, if I were a girl, I guess I’d think he was cute.”
Ariana just laughed. “Okay…”
They walked back to the grocery section of the store.
“He seems like a nice guy. When do I get to meet him?” Jimmy went on.
“Um, how about never? We’re just friends,” Ariana said.
“For now. I can tell he likes you, though.”
“You didn’t even talk to him.” She laughed.
“I can tell with these things. He likes you. You like him.” Jimmy’s voice sounded like a xylophone.
Ariana just pursed her lips.
“I get a good vibe from him. And I’ve heard good things too. You have my permission to fall in love with this guy.”
Of course Jimmy had been investigating along with Mayra.
“Thanks? Although like I said, we’re just friends.”
She thought about that. Were they just friends? She knew Lucas was a busy guy with a lot of responsibilities, but she couldn’t stop thinking about