Caught Up in You by Colee Firman

Author:Colee Firman [Firman, Colee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 23377551
Published: 2014-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

Myles

I was pissed at myself for letting things get out of hand with Brantley. The more I told myself to stay away, the closer I got to her. I’d been trying to tell her I was leaving for Japan on Saturday. Instead I’d ended up just rehashing what made me swear off getting involved with girls to begin with. The way she simply accepted what happened without judging made me want her even more.

Meeting her changed everything I thought I wanted. For the last year, I’d been anxious to get my passport back so I could go work overseas. Now that I had it, the last thing I wanted was to leave. Getting on that plane meant leaving Brantley behind. I didn’t know how I was going to do it.

Pete’s face popped up on one of the screens in front of me. “Did you check out those files I sent over?”

I nodded. “It’s a coding error—I’m working on it now.”

“You look like shit,” Pete said.

“Piss off.”

Pete watched me for a few moments. “Did the neighbor girl turn up?”

“Yes,” I said, keeping my focus on the other computer screen.

“I figured once you knew she wasn’t dead in a ditch somewhere you’d quit looking like you’re ready to put your fist through a wall.”

I looked over, regretting that I told Pete anything about Brantley. “I haven’t told her I’m leaving yet.”

“What happened to staying away from her?”

“I tried.” I went back to typing. “She’s hard to ignore.”

“This is new. You’ve never had a problem forgetting about a girl before,” he said, looking perplexed. “You’re actually into this chick.”

“It doesn’t matter. I’m leaving in three days with no clue when I’ll be home.”

Pete crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair. “So tell her what’s going on and figure out how to make it work while you’re gone.”

I thought about it for a few seconds and shook my head. “I can’t start something with her…”

“It sounds like you already have.”

“And I’m gonna put a stop to it,” I said, looking back at Pete. “She’s coming by tonight. I’m gonna tell her I’m leaving and nothing can happen between us.”

Just speaking the words out loud to Pete cut through me. Saying them to Brantley was going to kill me. I didn’t care about my own feelings—I deserved the pain for being too weak to stay away from her. What wrecked me was knowing how much it was going to hurt her.

“This girl,” Pete said, “Brantley—she’s the only girl I’ve ever seen you give a shit about. You sure about walking away from her?”

“Yes.”

“That seems like a stupid move, Franco.”

“Well, if I don’t quit this shit with her right now, I won’t get on that plane Saturday,” I said. “Is that what you want?”

Pete sighed. “I’m sorry, man. If I could stay longer to give you time to figure shit out with her I would. Ashlee’s just on my ass and—”

“It’s cool—honestly,” I said, trying to convince him—and myself that it didn’t matter. “You’ve put enough time in over there for me.

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