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Her eyes slid over to me, and I noticed then she looked a little green. I prayed she didn’t puke in the cab. Not only would I feel bad for the driver, because no one liked cleaning up other people’s vomit, but I also couldn’t stand the smell, and really didn’t want to end up puking myself. It was an instinctive reaction, unfortunately.
“You and Grey, huh?” she said, her lips tilting up in a small smirk.
“What about us?”
She snorted, rolling her eyes. “What about us? She says. Why does everyone always have to deny the obvious truth?”
I got the impression she was no longer actually speaking to me as she stared back out the window, shaking her head against it.
“And what would that be?” I asked, afraid for her answer.
“That you two totally have the hots for each other.”
There it was. The exact answer I was trying to avoid.
Now it was my turn to snort.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about. I barely know him.”
“You don’t have to know Grey Anderson to have the hots for him.”
True.
“Regardless, I don’t have the hots for him. He’s dating Kelly,” I pointed out.
“He sure is,” she said lightly. “But he also couldn’t take his eyes off of you .”
I scoffed, shifting uncomfortably in my seat as I avoided her gaze when it returned to me. Man there were a lot of stars out tonight.
“You’re so transparent,” she said with a laugh. “It’s okay to be attracted to someone, Honor.”
“I’m not attracted to him,” I said, staring up as if a life line would suddenly drop from the heavens and save me from this conversation.
“Sure. Whatever makes you sleep better at night.”
I didn’t reply. Mostly because we pulled up to our building right then, but also because I knew how perceptive Cat could be, and I wasn’t going to fall into her trap. I paid the driver and thanked him as Cat teetered toward the front door. Helping her up the stairs to our floor was no easy matter. Especially when she puked halfway up.
***
“How was the bar Friday?” Chloe asked as she plopped down into the seat beside me.
I pulled out my notebook and pen, looking over at her with a sigh. “It was your typical Friday night bar scene,” I replied.
She chuckled. “That good, huh?”
I nodded.
“I’m glad I missed it then. Thanks for going with Cat though. I know you work Fridays, so I’m sure that was the last thing you wanted to do.”
Finally! Someone understood. Of course, Chloe was so sweet natured, it didn’t surprise me. Sometimes I wondered how Kyle of all people landed a girl like her. He was always so surly and miserable. Or maybe that was just how he wanted people to see him. I’d seen him be pretty goofy when we were younger, but that was a long time ago.
Someone sat down on my other side, causing us both to turn and stare. Chloe and I were the only ones who sat in the front row of child psychology. The teacher was practically catatonic when he spoke, a skill I was sure. How someone could be so boring and monotone when they spoke was mindboggling. The rest of the class went into some kind of coma induced slumber, and tended to sit far enough back that he wouldn’t notice.
Chloe and I were the only ones who seemed to actually care about what he was saying. Of course, we genuinely loved children and wanted to work with them when we were older, so this class was important to us.
We both fell into a surprised silence as the boy beside me smiled at us as though we were all friends.
“Hey,” he said.
“Hey,” we replied together.
I didn’t know who he was, but I’d noticed him on campus before. Mostly because he was always surrounded by a gaggle of geese. Okay, they weren’t really geese, they were girls. From the way they all giggled and waddled after him though, it was a fairly reasonable comparison.
Now that I saw him up close, I could see why he attracted such ardent followers. His skin was a shade of bronze that made me think he
Her eyes slid over to me, and I noticed then she looked a little green. I prayed she didn’t puke in the cab. Not only would I feel bad for the driver, because no one liked cleaning up other people’s vomit, but I also couldn’t stand the smell, and really didn’t want to end up puking myself. It was an instinctive reaction, unfortunately.
“You and Grey, huh?” she said, her lips tilting up in a small smirk.
“What about us?”
She snorted, rolling her eyes. “What about us? She says. Why does everyone always have to deny the obvious truth?”
I got the impression she was no longer actually speaking to me as she stared back out the window, shaking her head against it.
“And what would that be?” I asked, afraid for her answer.
“That you two totally have the hots for each other.”
There it was. The exact answer I was trying to avoid.
Now it was my turn to snort.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about. I barely know him.”
“You don’t have to know Grey Anderson to have the hots for him.”
True.
“Regardless, I don’t have the hots for him. He’s dating Kelly,” I pointed out.
“He sure is,” she said lightly. “But he also couldn’t take his eyes off of you .”
I scoffed, shifting uncomfortably in my seat as I avoided her gaze when it returned to me. Man there were a lot of stars out tonight.
“You’re so transparent,” she said with a laugh. “It’s okay to be attracted to someone, Honor.”
“I’m not attracted to him,” I said, staring up as if a life line would suddenly drop from the heavens and save me from this conversation.
“Sure. Whatever makes you sleep better at night.”
I didn’t reply. Mostly because we pulled up to our building right then, but also because I knew how perceptive Cat could be, and I wasn’t going to fall into her trap. I paid the driver and thanked him as Cat teetered toward the front door. Helping her up the stairs to our floor was no easy matter. Especially when she puked halfway up.
***
“How was the bar Friday?” Chloe asked as she plopped down into the seat beside me.
I pulled out my notebook and pen, looking over at her with a sigh. “It was your typical Friday night bar scene,” I replied.
She chuckled. “That good, huh?”
I nodded.
“I’m glad I missed it then. Thanks for going with Cat though. I know you work Fridays, so I’m sure that was the last thing you wanted to do.”
Finally! Someone understood. Of course, Chloe was so sweet natured, it didn’t surprise me. Sometimes I wondered how Kyle of all people landed a girl like her. He was always so surly and miserable. Or maybe that was just how he wanted people to see him. I’d seen him be pretty goofy when we were younger, but that was a long time ago.
Someone sat down on my other side, causing us both to turn and stare. Chloe and I were the only ones who sat in the front row of child psychology. The teacher was practically catatonic when he spoke, a skill I was sure. How someone could be so boring and monotone when they spoke was mindboggling. The rest of the class went into some kind of coma induced slumber, and tended to sit far enough back that he wouldn’t notice.
Chloe and I were the only ones who seemed to actually care about what he was saying. Of course, we genuinely loved children and wanted to work with them when we were older, so this class was important to us.
We both fell into a surprised silence as the boy beside me smiled at us as though we were all friends.
“Hey,” he said.
“Hey,” we replied together.
I didn’t know who he was, but I’d noticed him on campus before. Mostly because he was always surrounded by a gaggle of geese. Okay, they weren’t really geese, they were girls. From the way they all giggled and waddled after him though, it was a fairly reasonable comparison.
Now that I saw him up close, I could see why he attracted such ardent followers. His skin was a shade of bronze that made me think he
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