All the Little Lights by Jamie McGuire

Author:Jamie McGuire [McGuire, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503902787
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-05-29T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Elliott

Sam and I sat two rows behind Catherine and Madison. It was so dark, I could barely see the silhouettes of their heads poking above the seat. At first the girls were looking out the window and at each other as they talked, and then I could tell when Catherine had nodded off, because her head was wobbling back and forth until she finally settled against Madison’s shoulder.

I felt half-frustrated, half-cheated. Catherine would have been much more comfortable sleeping on my shoulder.

“Hey,” Sam said, nudging my elbow. “You finished staring at her yet?”

I breathed out a laugh and shook my head. There was no point in denying it. Sam already knew I was stupid in love with that girl. The bus was driving painfully slow, and I was finding it more and more difficult to be so close to Catherine without being able to talk to her. School was bad enough. This was torture.

The raindrops flittering against the wind on the windows created glowing specks as they magnified the headlights of cars passing for seconds at a time. The windshield wipers swayed back and forth, and together with the hum of the engine and the road noise vibrating the dark bus, a soothing rhythm made it almost impossible to stay awake. Usually the bus was abuzz with celebration and energy on the way home from a won away game, but aside from a few deep voices murmuring somewhere in the back, it was eerily quiet.

“There’s a keg party at the dam,” Sam began, but I was already shaking my head. “C’mon, Elliott, why not? It’s the best way to get back at Presley and them, anyway. They were hoping Tatum would get some alone time with you, and they could spread another rumor. If we show up with the girls and they find out they rode all the way back with us on the bus? They’ll be livid,” he said, chuckling.

“Catherine has to get home.”

He elbowed me. “We can sneak her out.”

I looked out the window. “Nah, man. You don’t know what she goes through.”

“Her mom’s pretty strict, huh? Well, you can still go. With Madison and me there, at least the Brubitches can’t say you did something you didn’t.” When I shook my head again, Sam frowned. “Why? You haven’t been to a party since school started.”

“And I won’t. Not without her.”

“Then talk her into it. A little guilt trip never hurt no one.”

“I can’t do that, Sam. You don’t know how hard it was for me to win her trust back. I came here with no idea if she’d forgive me or not. I spent two years away from her, and I felt like I was going to suffocate right up until she spoke to me for the first time. We’re just getting back to where we were before I left. Maybe even better. I’m not ruining everything I’ve worked for over a party. It’s not more important to me than Catherine.”

“Is there anything that is? Football?”

“No.”

“Your camera?”

“Nope.

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