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.Unfortunately, he kept on.“With who?”She came up from her bent position and pulled her leg up from behind her holding her foot withher hand.“I have a date.” She grinned.Not surprisingly, his eyes opened wide.Of course he’d be shocked but he’d find out the truthsoon enough so she added with a shrug, “with a tree.”His shocked expression turned into a confused one.“A tree?”“Yeah,” she nodded smiling.“I’m getting my Christmas tree tonight.I wanna have enough timeto get home and decorate it tonight.Christmas is just around the corner.”Noah started working on removing his gloves again but his eyes remained on her.“Oh… byyourself?”She dropped her leg and picked up the other one.“Uh-huh,” She smiled big trying to appearmore excited about it than she really was.The truth was she wasn’t looking forward to it.She’dalways had someone to go with her.Before her mom died, they went together and took forever to pickout the perfect one.When her mom got sick Nellie took her mothers place and Rick helped get it inher house.The thought of Noah accompanying her had crossed her mind but after last night, she wasn’tsure she should be spending so much time with him.Obviously, her feelings for him had grown waypast the friendship or even crush stage.She needed to back up and get a hold of the situation.Christmas would be rolling around soon and she was going to have to deal with him and Rita.“I can go with you.”She shook her head a little too hard and too quickly, so she caught herself and tried to be a littlemore subtle about it.“No that’s okay.You don’t have to.”His eyebrows pinched as he placed his glove under his arm and pulled his hand out.“Look,Roni about last night—”“Can we just forget about last night?” She shrugged.“They said the holidays would be tough myfirst year without my mom and I think it’s just been making me a little weird.”She hated using her mother as an excuse but telling him the truth, that hearing about him and Ritahad done such a number on her she’d tossed and turned all night was not an option.Ridiculous iswhat it was and if she had any intentions of holding on to her only friend these days then she needed tostart getting used to hearing things of that nature.“Okay,” he said pulling the second glove off.“But I wanna go with you tonight to get the tree.Ifthat’s okay with you.” He lifted his eyebrows playfully.“Never picked out my own tree either andsince I live there now, this will sort of be my Christmas tree too.I’ll even pay for it.”“No you will not.”“Why not?” He finished tying the strings on his gloves then threw them over his shoulder.“I’llgive you half then.I’m planning on decorating it too you know.I wanna get the most out of this.Whoknows where I’ll be next year.”Their eyes met.That last statement put a sudden damper in their conversation.They wereobviously both thinking the same thing.This arrangement wasn’t forever.Something she neverimagined would be so hard to take.For a split second, she thought about the possibility of telling himhe could stay for good if he didn’t want to go back to living in a garage.She didn’t mind having aroommate now.But she shook the thought away.The possibility of him inevitably being around otherwomen, bringing them back to his room even was something she knew now she wouldn’t be able tohandle.She’d have to cut her losses and be thankful her heart was still in one piece—hopefully—when it finally came time for him to leave.“You can come with me if you want.But you’re not paying for the tree.”Noah frowned but agreed, saying he’d be back for her workout once he put his things away.Veronica’s breakfast with Nellie hadn’t gone as planned.She was going to let Nellie in on howshe’d felt the night before when she heard about Rita but she felt so stupid she couldn’t do it.She hadabsolutely no right to feel angry, betrayed even, and it was embarrassing to admit she had.Sheblamed Thanksgiving.As much as she’d reminded herself repeatedly that she’d only be setting herselfup for the inevitable heartache if she got caught up with such a young guy Thanksgiving had been sowonderful.She’d felt a closeness she’d never felt with anyone else.She thought maybe, just maybehe’d felt it too.Then she found out the very next day he slept with someone.She sighed as she concentrated on stretching until she was interrupted by a sweaty guy holding ajump rope.She’d began to familiarize herself with most of the members but since there’d been somany new ones, there were lots she didn’t recognize.This guy was one of them.“Hello.” He waved at her.“My name is Edward.I’d shake your hand but mine is a little sweatyright now.”“Hi,” she said, and stopped stretching a bit curious.“I just started working out here a little over a week ago.I noticed you right away and have beenmeaning to introduce myself.”Veronica felt the nerves immediately.This guy looked around Noah’s age maybe a little olderbut then like Noah he was a big guy and that had completely thrown her off about Noah’s age.It’dbeen a long time since she’d had anyone hit on her.“You’re a little early today aren’t you?”He’d even noticed what time she worked out? Wow.He must’ve really been watching.“YeahI’m leaving early today so I thought I’d make up for it and got here early.I’m Veronica by the way.”She watched as Noah approached from behind Edward with that hard look he so often hadwhen they worked out.“Listen part of the reason I hadn’t approached you was because you’re always with that oneguy.Are you and him—”“Yeah, we are,” Noah said, getting a little too in Edward’s face.Edward backed up with a smirk.Veronica watched, her mouth dropping open.Abel and Giowalked toward them cautiously.Edward lifted his hands nodding but the smirk was still there.“I had a feeling that was the case.I’m glad I asked.No harm, no foul right? Can’t blame a guy for trying.” He turned and winked atVeronica.“Nice meeting you, Veronica.”Noah didn’t say another word [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.Unfortunately, he kept on.“With who?”She came up from her bent position and pulled her leg up from behind her holding her foot withher hand.“I have a date.” She grinned.Not surprisingly, his eyes opened wide.Of course he’d be shocked but he’d find out the truthsoon enough so she added with a shrug, “with a tree.”His shocked expression turned into a confused one.“A tree?”“Yeah,” she nodded smiling.“I’m getting my Christmas tree tonight.I wanna have enough timeto get home and decorate it tonight.Christmas is just around the corner.”Noah started working on removing his gloves again but his eyes remained on her.“Oh… byyourself?”She dropped her leg and picked up the other one.“Uh-huh,” She smiled big trying to appearmore excited about it than she really was.The truth was she wasn’t looking forward to it.She’dalways had someone to go with her.Before her mom died, they went together and took forever to pickout the perfect one.When her mom got sick Nellie took her mothers place and Rick helped get it inher house.The thought of Noah accompanying her had crossed her mind but after last night, she wasn’tsure she should be spending so much time with him.Obviously, her feelings for him had grown waypast the friendship or even crush stage.She needed to back up and get a hold of the situation.Christmas would be rolling around soon and she was going to have to deal with him and Rita.“I can go with you.”She shook her head a little too hard and too quickly, so she caught herself and tried to be a littlemore subtle about it.“No that’s okay.You don’t have to.”His eyebrows pinched as he placed his glove under his arm and pulled his hand out.“Look,Roni about last night—”“Can we just forget about last night?” She shrugged.“They said the holidays would be tough myfirst year without my mom and I think it’s just been making me a little weird.”She hated using her mother as an excuse but telling him the truth, that hearing about him and Ritahad done such a number on her she’d tossed and turned all night was not an option.Ridiculous iswhat it was and if she had any intentions of holding on to her only friend these days then she needed tostart getting used to hearing things of that nature.“Okay,” he said pulling the second glove off.“But I wanna go with you tonight to get the tree.Ifthat’s okay with you.” He lifted his eyebrows playfully.“Never picked out my own tree either andsince I live there now, this will sort of be my Christmas tree too.I’ll even pay for it.”“No you will not.”“Why not?” He finished tying the strings on his gloves then threw them over his shoulder.“I’llgive you half then.I’m planning on decorating it too you know.I wanna get the most out of this.Whoknows where I’ll be next year.”Their eyes met.That last statement put a sudden damper in their conversation.They wereobviously both thinking the same thing.This arrangement wasn’t forever.Something she neverimagined would be so hard to take.For a split second, she thought about the possibility of telling himhe could stay for good if he didn’t want to go back to living in a garage.She didn’t mind having aroommate now.But she shook the thought away.The possibility of him inevitably being around otherwomen, bringing them back to his room even was something she knew now she wouldn’t be able tohandle.She’d have to cut her losses and be thankful her heart was still in one piece—hopefully—when it finally came time for him to leave.“You can come with me if you want.But you’re not paying for the tree.”Noah frowned but agreed, saying he’d be back for her workout once he put his things away.Veronica’s breakfast with Nellie hadn’t gone as planned.She was going to let Nellie in on howshe’d felt the night before when she heard about Rita but she felt so stupid she couldn’t do it.She hadabsolutely no right to feel angry, betrayed even, and it was embarrassing to admit she had.Sheblamed Thanksgiving.As much as she’d reminded herself repeatedly that she’d only be setting herselfup for the inevitable heartache if she got caught up with such a young guy Thanksgiving had been sowonderful.She’d felt a closeness she’d never felt with anyone else.She thought maybe, just maybehe’d felt it too.Then she found out the very next day he slept with someone.She sighed as she concentrated on stretching until she was interrupted by a sweaty guy holding ajump rope.She’d began to familiarize herself with most of the members but since there’d been somany new ones, there were lots she didn’t recognize.This guy was one of them.“Hello.” He waved at her.“My name is Edward.I’d shake your hand but mine is a little sweatyright now.”“Hi,” she said, and stopped stretching a bit curious.“I just started working out here a little over a week ago.I noticed you right away and have beenmeaning to introduce myself.”Veronica felt the nerves immediately.This guy looked around Noah’s age maybe a little olderbut then like Noah he was a big guy and that had completely thrown her off about Noah’s age.It’dbeen a long time since she’d had anyone hit on her.“You’re a little early today aren’t you?”He’d even noticed what time she worked out? Wow.He must’ve really been watching.“YeahI’m leaving early today so I thought I’d make up for it and got here early.I’m Veronica by the way.”She watched as Noah approached from behind Edward with that hard look he so often hadwhen they worked out.“Listen part of the reason I hadn’t approached you was because you’re always with that oneguy.Are you and him—”“Yeah, we are,” Noah said, getting a little too in Edward’s face.Edward backed up with a smirk.Veronica watched, her mouth dropping open.Abel and Giowalked toward them cautiously.Edward lifted his hands nodding but the smirk was still there.“I had a feeling that was the case.I’m glad I asked.No harm, no foul right? Can’t blame a guy for trying.” He turned and winked atVeronica.“Nice meeting you, Veronica.”Noah didn’t say another word [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]