Read Online Without You: Book 1 of the Changing Hearts Series by Yesenia Vargas - Free Book Online Page A
Authors: Yesenia Vargas
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him. And maybe he felt the same way.
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The next week at school, Lucas, Ariana, and Mayra were headed to lunch from Spanish class when Mayra saw some people she knew and left to go talk to them.
“I’ll be right back,” she said as she walked off.
Lucas and Ariana kept walking towards the cafeteria. Ariana stopped for her usual drink from the machines. Then they got in line, got their food, and headed to their usual table. Mayra joined them a few minutes later.
Ariana noticed Lucas kept staring at her throughout lunch, and she couldn’t figure out why. They talked along with everyone else, and sometimes just the two of them, but he kept fidgeting and tapping his foot.
“You okay?” she asked as he tapped the end of his fork on his lunch tray.
“Yeah.” He looked at her again and took a deep breath before putting down his fork.
Then the bell rang, and they exited the lunchroom. Ariana tried to get her mind off of Lucas and how different he was acting.
At the end of the day, she was walking to her car and enjoying the light breeze. It wasn’t hot anymore, but just a tiny bit chilly.
Her phone buzzed, and she took it out of her bag.
It was Mayra.
Hey. Staying after to work on social studies group project. Due tom. Ugh. Riding home with Kayla later.
Jimmy wouldn’t be riding home with her today either. He was staying for a basketball meeting, and she’d be back for him later. Her parents had agreed to let Ariana keep taking Jimmy like last year, but she couldn’t wait for him at school like before. She had to come home in between and check in with them.
Ariana switched to thinking about her presentation next week for her Business Principles II class. The DECA members of the class were already preparing for the spring state competition. She wondering if she should do business speech again when Lucas fell in step beside her.
“Hey,” he said.
“Hey. Don’t you have work today?” She looked at him as they walked.
“Nope. Not today. I’m off.”
She nodded. “What are you doing today?”
“Nothing. Just homework and relaxing at home.”
They arrived at her car.
She had taken her time walking to her car from her last class across campus, so most of the parking lot was almost empty by now. Even the buses had left.
“What about you?” he asked.
“Same.”
There was an awkward silence, and Lucas shoved his hands in his pockets and then took them out again.
She gave him a small smile, sensing he was nervous.
“Hey, I want to…ask you something.” His eyes shifted from the ground right to her eyes.
Her mouth fell open a bit. She screamed inside, wondering if he was about to ask her what she thought he was. She held her books closer to her chest.
“Here.” He took her books and put them on her car. Then he held both of her hands and looked right into her eyes.
“I know we haven’t known each other that long, but I really like you. I think about you all the time, and you’re just…awesome.”
He looked down and then back at her. He used his thumbs to massage her hands.
“Will you be my girlfriend?” Lucas said.
For a few seconds—or maybe minutes, Ariana couldn’t tell—nothing was said. She simply absorbed Lucas’s words, focusing on them, on him, on the feel of her hands in his. Saving the moment in her memory.
She looked at him. She hadn’t stopped looking at him. She nodded.
“Yes.” She made herself stop nodding like a bobble head. “I want to be your girlfriend.”
She couldn’t believe she had just said that. But he had. Lucas smiled the most beautiful smile she had ever seen. Before she knew it, she was in his arms, being lifted up, and pressed into his chest. She found herself hugging him back with her arms around his neck.
He put her back down. Their foreheads were touching. She readied herself for a kiss, but it didn’t come.
“You don’t know how long I’ve been wanting to ask you that.”
She smiled.
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The next week at school, Lucas, Ariana, and Mayra were headed to lunch from Spanish class when Mayra saw some people she knew and left to go talk to them.
“I’ll be right back,” she said as she walked off.
Lucas and Ariana kept walking towards the cafeteria. Ariana stopped for her usual drink from the machines. Then they got in line, got their food, and headed to their usual table. Mayra joined them a few minutes later.
Ariana noticed Lucas kept staring at her throughout lunch, and she couldn’t figure out why. They talked along with everyone else, and sometimes just the two of them, but he kept fidgeting and tapping his foot.
“You okay?” she asked as he tapped the end of his fork on his lunch tray.
“Yeah.” He looked at her again and took a deep breath before putting down his fork.
Then the bell rang, and they exited the lunchroom. Ariana tried to get her mind off of Lucas and how different he was acting.
At the end of the day, she was walking to her car and enjoying the light breeze. It wasn’t hot anymore, but just a tiny bit chilly.
Her phone buzzed, and she took it out of her bag.
It was Mayra.
Hey. Staying after to work on social studies group project. Due tom. Ugh. Riding home with Kayla later.
Jimmy wouldn’t be riding home with her today either. He was staying for a basketball meeting, and she’d be back for him later. Her parents had agreed to let Ariana keep taking Jimmy like last year, but she couldn’t wait for him at school like before. She had to come home in between and check in with them.
Ariana switched to thinking about her presentation next week for her Business Principles II class. The DECA members of the class were already preparing for the spring state competition. She wondering if she should do business speech again when Lucas fell in step beside her.
“Hey,” he said.
“Hey. Don’t you have work today?” She looked at him as they walked.
“Nope. Not today. I’m off.”
She nodded. “What are you doing today?”
“Nothing. Just homework and relaxing at home.”
They arrived at her car.
She had taken her time walking to her car from her last class across campus, so most of the parking lot was almost empty by now. Even the buses had left.
“What about you?” he asked.
“Same.”
There was an awkward silence, and Lucas shoved his hands in his pockets and then took them out again.
She gave him a small smile, sensing he was nervous.
“Hey, I want to…ask you something.” His eyes shifted from the ground right to her eyes.
Her mouth fell open a bit. She screamed inside, wondering if he was about to ask her what she thought he was. She held her books closer to her chest.
“Here.” He took her books and put them on her car. Then he held both of her hands and looked right into her eyes.
“I know we haven’t known each other that long, but I really like you. I think about you all the time, and you’re just…awesome.”
He looked down and then back at her. He used his thumbs to massage her hands.
“Will you be my girlfriend?” Lucas said.
For a few seconds—or maybe minutes, Ariana couldn’t tell—nothing was said. She simply absorbed Lucas’s words, focusing on them, on him, on the feel of her hands in his. Saving the moment in her memory.
She looked at him. She hadn’t stopped looking at him. She nodded.
“Yes.” She made herself stop nodding like a bobble head. “I want to be your girlfriend.”
She couldn’t believe she had just said that. But he had. Lucas smiled the most beautiful smile she had ever seen. Before she knew it, she was in his arms, being lifted up, and pressed into his chest. She found herself hugging him back with her arms around his neck.
He put her back down. Their foreheads were touching. She readied herself for a kiss, but it didn’t come.
“You don’t know how long I’ve been wanting to ask you that.”
She smiled.
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