Emily Calls It (The Emily Series) by Laura Albright

Author:Laura Albright. [Albright., Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Laura Albright
Published: 2012-09-02T05:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

Dinner with Graham

Getting ready for dinner with Graham was different than it had been before. With him, there was always the anticipation of seeing him, the comfort in the familiarity of him, and of course the passion and intensity that was part of being around him last year. But as I picked out clothes and pulled up my hair, none of those feelings overpowered me like they did before. Instead, I felt the longing ache I’d been feeling for months. I felt question after question troubling me…and I was afraid to ask any of them. My final struggle landed on truth. What could I truly believe? There was so much we needed to cover. The idea of just a date with him seemed impossible. Defeated, I dropped my shoes to my closet floor. Confusion seemed to be my middle name lately.

I heard a knock at the door. I quickly slipped shoes on and was at the door in a flash. He looked confident and fine—as he always did. The movement of the door moved the scent of him to me. It was delicious and I felt all my senses ignite.

He leaned in and cupped the side of my face with his hand. “Hi.” Before I could respond he kissed me on the neck. The touch of his lips felt soft, warm…and electric. There was so much for us to work out, but with his lips against my skin, I wanted to forget about it. He walked past me into the apartment. I shut the door behind us and paused to regain my composure.

“So.” He tossed his keys in the air and caught them in the same hand. “What do you want to do, beautiful?” Oh how I used to love that. Used to. I looked down at my feet.

“Emily?” He turned around and walked back to me. “What’s up? Don’t you want to go out?” The truth was, I didn’t know. I shrugged and my eyes started to well up. He sighed and brought me into his arms, holding me to him.

I rested my head against his chest, then remembered I didn’t answer him. I looked up. “No. I mean, yes.”

He kissed the top of my head then pulled away leaving his hands on my shoulders. “So which is it?” He smiled, but seemed annoyed by my indecisiveness. Probably because I wasn’t able to roll right back into our relationship as if nothing had happened.

“Um.” I pondered my options and moved to the couch. He followed. I wedged myself into the corner and sat with my legs crossed in front of me. He sat beside me.

I paused, thinking of several ways to start this conversation. It was a subject we had gone over, but I still wasn’t satisfied with how we left things. “You know when you walked me to class today?” He nodded looking perplexed. “Nicole and I have that class together.” I watched closely for his reaction…any reaction.

He took a deep breath but said nothing for a moment. “So, did she say something? Is that what’s bothering you?” he asked.

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