Boy from the Woods (9781311684776) by Minkman Jen

Author:Minkman, Jen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, fantasy, paranormal, teens, fantasy contemporary
Publisher: Smashwords

9.

The next morning, Julia arrived at the bookstore too early, but Michael had still managed to beat her – he was already waiting at the entrance.

“Good morning!” She gingerly raised her hand in greeting. Did he expect her to kiss him, or was that too soon? Would she make a complete fool of herself if she did? “Wow, you’re early today.”

Michael shrugged. “Yeah, I woke up early and couldn’t go back to sleep anymore. I was restless.” He smiled at her. “You kept running through my mind.”

“Oh.” Julia smiled back shyly. “You kept running through mine, too. All evening, actually.” Lost in thought, she’d managed to burn two pans of rice while cooking before her mom had sent her away from the stove in despair.

His smile widened. “Really?”

Julia nodded. “Uh-huh. So, have you figured out what you want to do this afternoon?”

Michael shook his head. “No, not yet. I’ve just figured out what I want to do right now.” He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer. “This,” he added with a twinkle in his green eyes, pressing his lips to hers.

Julia closed her eyes and slipped her arms around his waist, kissing him like there was no tomorrow. Who cared if their colleagues caught them making out? She had longed for his touch since yesterday afternoon. “Can we go to the forest after work?” she mumbled against his lips between kisses. “I’d like that.”

Michael took a step backward. “We could,” he replied.

Julia cocked her head. He didn’t sound too eager.

He saw her puzzlement and sighed. “You know, I was looking forward to experiencing the city and the park together with you. I want to … put the accident behind me. Stay away from the woods for a while.”

“Of course!” Julia nodded in understanding. “So let’s go to the park. Shall we have a picnic there?”

“Sounds good. Let’s prepare a basket at my place. While I’m busy making our sandwiches, you can use the time to play the grand piano, because you promised you’d come and do that some day.”

“I will. As it so happens, I wrote a song yesterday, using your poem as lyrics.” Maybe she should tell Michael about Thorsten and her jam session on his lawn. Somehow, it felt like the right thing to do. Then again, it was best to leave that unexpected kiss out of her confession – there was such a thing as too much honesty. “The boy from across the street was playing his guitar in the yard and invited me to join him and contribute some lyrics. So I used your poem. Who knows, I might be able to figure out how to play it on the piano.”

Michael beamed at her. “That would be amazing. I’m happy you liked it so much.”

Just then, Martin showed up with a few rolled-up posters tucked under one arm. “Wow! Can I say early birds?” he greeted them. “Will you do me the honor of helping me by putting up the sale posters in the window?”

It didn’t take long for the rest of the team to arrive at the store.

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