A Summer Like No Other by Elodie Nowodazkij

Author:Elodie Nowodazkij [Nowodazkij, Elodie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult romance novella, young adult ballet fiction, young adult summer book, young adult summer love, young adult contemporary romance, summer reads 2015, high school love, teen romance novella
Publisher: Elodie Nowodazkij
Published: 2015-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18 - NICK

My father wanted me to come to some sort of meeting with him, some teleconference he’s having with partners from London. He doesn’t know what a day off is, and if he thinks we can forget our conversation and move on, he’s delusional.

I push open the door of the rehearsing room. Em’s already there, listening to her iPod playlist on the stereo—the one I made for her when we were hanging out during winter break. She’s dancing as if all movements mean the world to her, as if if she stops dancing she’s going to fall apart.

“That was amazing!” I tell her when the music stops.

“Whatever. It’s all bullshit.” She’s sweating and breathing hard.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. Everything is great, wonderful, splendid.”

But her voice is breaking.

I step closer to her, closer until I’m so close that I can touch her. One of my hands falls on her shoulder. She doesn’t stiffen like I thought she would. I tilt her head toward me with my other hand.

“What’s wrong?” I ask for the second time.

“Nothing,” she whispers and I’m about to call her on her bullshit, when her gaze focuses on my lips. The last time that happened we had the best make-out session of my life.

She wraps one hand behind my neck and whispers, “I remember yesterday, I told you I really, really like you.”

“Hmm. I remember,” I reply and then even though I know I shouldn’t be kissing her, there’s no way in hell I’m pushing her away. She’s too close, too intoxicating, too fucking sexy. When her lips brush mine, it’s like we’re both on fire. It’s like our lips have been waiting to meet again, waiting to be together again, never wanting to let go.

I’m hard instantly. And when she whispers my name, I get lost in the moment. I nudge her mouth open and kiss her like I always wanted to, with everything I’ve kept bottled up for the past year, like it could be our last kiss. It should be our last kiss, but I can’t get enough. My hands roam her back and then she’s against the mirror, and one of her leg wraps around my waist.

And I’m about to explode. She molds to my body so perfectly and I love the way she feels in my arms, like she belongs there.

But then, I remember my rules. I remember I’m not supposed to be kissing her. I remember my promises to Roberto. I remember she feels insecure and sad right now. I pull back gently.

She bites her lip—that’s what she does when she’s unsure. I kiss her one last time, a small peck, something to reassure her that I don’t regret kissing her. Because I don’t. But I’m not sure what to do.

She runs her hand down my back, slowly. Teasing and tender. But her voice sounds so tired when she says, “If you tell me you can’t kiss me because of my brother I’m going to kill you. I had a shitty day. And I can’t take one more rejection.

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