Elemental by Debbie Kump

Author:Debbie Kump
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, fantasy, young adult, teen, action and adventure
Publisher: World Castle Publishing, LLC

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

The next afternoon, Cameron and I passed the soccer ball back and forth in the front yard when Sully pulled up. An unexpected flutter filled my heart. He stepped from the car with a quick wave, making me freeze in my tracks, my face fixed in a quirky smile. Cam’s ball rolled past my feet. Blushing, I chased it down, and then kicked it back to Cam.

“Busy today?” Sully asked, intercepting my pass. He trapped the ball with the inside of his foot, before tapping it to Cam.

“Not too much,” I said, avoiding Sully’s face. “We’re almost done. Right, Cam?”

Cam’s lip turned up into a cute little smirk that he must’ve learned from Micah. “Next goal wins,” he giggled, then dribbled the ball, trying to scoot past Sully.

Sully maneuvered his body to block Cam, faking left then right, but letting Cam past at the very last second.

“Yay!” Cam exclaimed. He raised his arms in the air when the ball rolled between the pair of old tennis shoes that marked the goal.

“Nice one, bud,” Sully grinned, rustling Cam’s curly hair. Then suddenly, Sully blinked, as if noticing me for the first time. “Hey…your arm!”

I glanced down at my forearm, wrapped neatly with an Ace bandage. “Yeah. I got my cast off this morning. The doctor said I need to keep it in this for another week.” Which explained why I didn’t leave town a few hours ago, or so I told myself.

Sully made a poor attempt at hiding the disappointment written upon his face.

“What’s up?” I asked him.

“Oh,” he sighed in a very un-Sully-like way. “I just stopped by to see if you were up for some skim-boarding. But I guess it can wait until your arm’s all better.”

I almost agreed with him when I remembered his wounded face at the party after he saw Karli joined to Justin’s hip. Plus the timer in my head counted down the days until my full recovery…and my necessary departure. No more excuses, I reminded myself.

True, he graciously offered me a way out with no reservations. And deep down, I knew I should accept since my arm still needed time to heal and the doctor told me to take it easy.

But I couldn’t stop my pulse from quickening when Sully’s pale blue eyes held mine, waiting for my response. My heart leapt unexpectedly, realizing he came over today just to see me. So it didn’t come as a complete surprise when I found myself replying, “As long as I don’t fall on it, I should be okay. I’ll go grab a towel.”

“Sweet.” Sully’s smile broadened, brightening his entire face. “I can hang out here with Cam. See if he can beat me this time.”

Cam’s face wrinkled with determination as he dribbled the ball forward, trying to get past Sully again.

Walking through the house, I kicked myself for allowing my emotions to wield such control over my mind that my personal feelings prevailed over things like logic and reason. Why should I risk my

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