1988: Need You Tonight (Love in the 80s: A New Adult Mix) by Rachel Higginson

Author:Rachel Higginson [Higginson, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: WaWa Productions
Published: 2016-09-30T04:00:00+00:00

The gravel road continued for five miles down the road before turning back to pavement. We drove by endless cornfields and rolling hills until finally civilization could be seen again.

And by civilization, I meant a gas station, a bar, the remains of a post office and a diner. These buildings belonged to some town, but even though I was relatively local, I had no idea which town.

Troy parked the station wagon at the edge of the lot where he would be the least likely to run over unsuspecting pedestrians and we all piled out.

“Have you been here before?” Gina asked Mikey. I could hear the skepticism in her voice.

This looked like the kind of place that served dog instead of beef on greasy plates that were never quite clean enough to eat off of.

“Sure,” he agreed. “This place is boss.”

Gina crossed her eyes at me. I bit down on my lip to keep from laughing. Of course, this wouldn’t just be an easy ride to Battle of the Bands. Of course, we’d have to go through all of this.

Griffiti’s was the most crucial haunt for all Wharing students. It was an eighteen and older club run by an old biker named Mad Dog that had lost his leg to some infection. He couldn’t ride anymore, so he opened a bar. When he couldn’t make enough money to pay the bills, he’d started carding and opened the doors to the younger, college crowd.

Wharing was only a thirty minute bus ride to Grafitti’s, but you had to have a ride home if you wanted to stay late. State College was thirty minutes in the opposite direction.

Mad Dog had no problem paying his bill these days.

College kids loved this place, Gina and me especially—although because of our lack of transportation, we didn’t get here as often. And we had never taken a detour to this dive.

Troy held the door for us and Mikey and Gina walked in first.

I wrinkled my nose, afraid of where this night was going. “You sure this place is legit?”

He smiled down at me. “I’ve been coming here my entire life.” He lifted up his white t-shirt in a brazen display of muscle and lean body. His abs flexed and I had to hold my hands behind my back to keep from tracing the lines. “You’ll be safe, Carmichael. There’s nothing to worry about.”

When I continued to stare at his abs, he dropped his shirt and nudged the underside of my chin with two of his fingers. I reluctantly lifted my gaze to his.

His eyes were warm, the deepest blue I’ve ever seen. “See something you like, Cass?”

The small tilt to his lips told me he was teasing me, but the rasping in his voice made my knees weak.

“I’m just hungry,” I whispered.

His head dipped down and his scent and body heat and overwhelming aura enveloped me. “Me too.”

“You guys gonna stand in the door all day or can we eat?” Mikey shouted from a vinyl booth against the window, breaking the spell that had captured us both.

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