Back To You by Mastorakos Jessica

Author:Mastorakos, Jessica [Mastorakos, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-09-07T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Ellie

The ride back to base to pick up Olivia was a long and frustrating one. I was so excited to see Spencer again, but I also had this odd feeling of foreboding. The weekend had been amazing. I couldn’t believe how right it felt to be in Spencer’s arms. After being so close for so long, we just seemed to fit. But no matter how right everything had felt at the time, there was something eating away at me now.

I approached the gate and saw Spencer, Matt, and Olivia waiting for me. Pulling over and parking near them, I saw that Olivia was grinning widely, but Matt just looked uncomfortable. My eyes met Spencer’s through the windshield and that feeling of doubt spread. Something was wrong. I just knew it. I hadn’t spoken to him since I left on Sunday, but I knew that he wouldn’t have access to his phone once Liberty ended. Had something changed between then and now?

I pressed the button on my door to unlock the car so Olivia could put her bags in the back. Spencer was at my window, and I rolled it down. He narrowed his eyes at me with a slight smile. “You’re not getting out?”

Without replying, I unbuckled my seatbelt and opened the door, taking a deep breath. I wasn’t sure what I was bracing myself for. “Hey.”

“Hey, yourself.”

“How was graduation?”

“Boring.”

I tilted my head. “Sorry I missed it.”

Without another word, he closed the distance between us. His arms held me tight against him and he buried his face in my hair. He was breathing deeply, one hand just above my waistline and the other cupping the back of my neck. This hug wasn’t just a hug. He was saying goodbye. But was he saying goodbye because he’d be leaving for school? Or was he ending this?

I hoped that my eyes conveyed what I was feeling when he pulled back to look at me, but his answering expression was just another question. The sparks were still there, I could feel my heart pounding at the feel of him and it felt like my skin was on fire wherever it connected with his. His eyes were scalding as they searched my face, and I felt like there were a thousand things that we were both trying to say without actually speaking. In that moment, I don’t think I could have spoken if I tried.

***

“Ellie, are you going to tell me what’s going on?”

Olivia’s voice broke through my silent obsessing. We had gone almost the entire hour home from Camp Pendleton in silence. I couldn’t stop thinking about the unspoken tension between Spencer and me.

“You’re going to have to talk to me eventually, you know.”

I smiled sadly at her. “I think it’s over with Spencer.”

“Already?”

“Already.”

She frowned. “He was acting really strange after you left on Sunday. I didn’t see them on Monday, but after the graduation he still didn’t seem like himself. I honestly just thought it was because you weren’t able to be there.

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