Break Through by Amber Garza

Author:Amber Garza [Garza, Amber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-06-20T23:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

My feet didn’t hit the ground for days. I floated, my head in the clouds, my feet skimming the surface of the earth. I’d always dreamt of being a kite, of being one with the sky, and it seemed I’d finally gotten my wish. Ever since my kiss with Carter, that was precisely what had happened to me. I couldn’t stop thinking about the way his lips felt on mine, how his fingers felt in my hair. The next two nights I hardly slept at all. I lay in bed conjuring up the feel of him, the smell of him, the sound of his voice.

Whenever I closed my eyes I saw Carter, as if there were a picture of him taped to my eyelids. I didn’t dream of Kurt and his house of horrors, or of Eve and our friendship, or even of flowers.

I dreamt of Carter.

Of his hands, his lips, his touch, the beating of his heart. When I awoke his musky scent lingered on my pillow as if my thoughts truly had the power to bring him here.

The day after our last interview Carter called to tell me he’d turned everything in. After that I hadn’t heard from him in two days. But I was too high from our last encounter to let it bother me. I was still skating on the fumes of our passionate kiss. And in all honesty, it was nice to have something new consuming my thoughts; something happy, something hopeful.

It was midnight, and there was a rap on the door to the guesthouse. I hadn’t been asleep, but I knew my parents were. So I sat up in bed, goosebumps rising on my skin. It’s not like it was a common thing to have a visitor show up at the guesthouse in my backyard.

“Aspen?” Carter whispered harshly. “It’s me. Carter.”

As if I needed him to clarify what his name was. Like I had so many guys clamoring to spend time with me I’d need him to identify himself. In fact, I chastised myself for not assuming it was him in the first place. I mean, who else could it have been?

“Coming.” I threw off my covers and hopped out of bed. Catching my reflection in the mirror on the wall, I cringed. My hair was a mess, my eyes watery and red. Swiftly I smoothed my hair down with my hand and blinked my eyes a few times. I wasn’t sure it helped at all, but I didn’t have time to do anything else. I flung open the door to find Carter standing in the doorway wearing a large smile.

God, I had missed him. I didn’t realize how much until he swept me up into his arms. His lips grazed the side of my face as his arms pulled me close.

“I’m sorry I didn’t come by sooner. My dad is back in the hospital. That’s where I came from.”

“Oh, Carter.” I rested my palm on his chest and peered up at him, my hair falling over my eyes.

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