A Fresh Start_A Young Adult Sweet Romance by Jillian Adams

Author:Jillian Adams [Adams, Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult sweet romance
Publisher: Sassy Women’s Fiction
Published: 2019-10-14T05:00:00+00:00

Soon. Let’s get together soon. I’ll send you the details. Jenny, I can’t wait to see you.

“I can’t wait to see you.” I read the words out loud as my mind buzzed again. It wasn’t the text I expected to receive from Chuck. I thought he would be angry with me. I thought he would demand information from me. I didn’t expect him to be excited to see me. As my heartbeat quickened, I had to wonder if I was excited to see him too.

I hurried into the courtyard as I heard the first warning bell echo. As I crossed it to my first class, I caught sight of Gabriel headed in the other direction. It occurred to me that he might have been waiting for me. I felt some disappointment as I realized getting distracted with Chuck’s text had cost me a few minutes of time with Gabriel.

As I settled into my first class, I heard a few whispers behind me.

“She’s already got her claws into a new guy.”

“Isn’t it ridiculous?”

“She doesn’t leave anybody untouched, I guess.”

“But he’s so new. He probably doesn’t even know what she might do to him.”

“Maybe he does, maybe that’s why he’s interested.”

I sank down in my chair. It didn’t take much imagination to realize they were talking about me.

The whispers followed me throughout the day.

At lunch, I hid out in the library instead of braving the cafeteria. I didn’t want to endure my friends’ pretending not to notice. I was lucky to have them, but they still couldn’t really understand what I was going through. When it came to this, I was alone.

I managed to keep a low profile until music class. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to avoid Gabriel there. I also didn’t want to. He was the one bright spot in my day. Maybe it was complicated, but at the end of the day, I still wanted to see him more than I wanted to avoid him.

As I settled in at the piano, I heard his voice near the door of the classroom.

“And I told you to drop it.” He raised his voice as he continued to speak. “If you don’t, I’ll make sure you do.”

“Relax, relax.” The other boy, Cooper, whom I remembered from the year before, held up his hands and laughed. “I didn’t know you were so sensitive.” He cast a wink in my direction, then continued off down the hall.

Gabriel met my eyes as he picked up his guitar.

“What was that about?” My chest tightened as I felt embarrassment building.

“Nothing.” He strummed his guitar.

“Gabe.”

“Just play.” He tipped his head toward the piano. “I’ve been waiting all day to hear you sing.”

I started to argue, but the melody his fingers created was enough to smooth down my nerves. I didn’t have to know. He didn’t have to tell me.

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