Falling for My Fling: The Prequel to the Falling Hard Small Town Romance Series by Dakota Davies

Author:Dakota Davies [Davies, Dakota]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Savage Creek Press
Published: 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00

15

Lori

I double check all the tie-downs on the Opti sailboats one last time before walking down the dock, the strengthening afternoon wind whipping stray hairs from my braid that bat my face. Our program director came to tell me that we’re going to have a storm. Sure enough, as I step onto solid ground, the first fat raindrop hits my face.

My phone chirps from my back pocket. My stomach drops.

“Hey mom,” I say. I’ve been meaning to call her back about my car, but, well…the Fourth of July kind of took all of my attention.

“I just have a minute before my next meeting,” she says in a rushed tone. “Jeff and I have been talking about the Volvo.”

I grimace. Why does Jeff have to weigh in on everything? “My friend Annika’s older brother can fix it,” I say, triumphant for solving this problem myself. “Nine hundred dollars.”

“Is he certified?”

I slip my free hand around my middle. “I don’t know. But Annika says he can fix it.”

“Let me talk to Jeff about it.”

I huff a sigh.

“How’s camp?” she asks.

I blink in surprise. She was against my left turn to come to Idaho. In the end, my dad talked her down from making me stay in Berkeley. “It’s great.”

“I hope you haven’t been too distracted to study,” she says in that warning tone.

My gut tightens. Distracted? Or having fun for once? I wish I could tell my mom about Caleb. I wish we had that kind of relationship. But somewhere along the way I stopped sharing things like that with her.

“Of course,” I say, making a mental note to review my plus-que-parfait tense in my free time tonight. If I want to test into French 201 at Stanford next semester, I can’t slack off.

“Gotta run, sweetie, love you,” she says.

A text buzzes my phone as I say goodbye.

Caleb. My skin tingles.

Despite his threat to come visit me at night, we haven’t seen each other since he tucked me into bed after the fair. I’ve had a staff meeting, he had to repair several boats, I had a sick camper and needed to stay with her, he pulled an all-nighter fighting a fire.

Caleb: Ready to play ball tomorrow?

Me: Can’t we make out instead? We only have five more weeks

He’s texted me every night—some of our banter getting downright steamy. It’s thrilling and sexy, but I still don’t know what we’re doing, exactly. Yes, we’ve made our little pact but I’m starting to feel a little out of control.

He keeps teasing me about our “deadline”—using it as an excuse to break any rule that stands in our way of spending time together.

Caleb: Making out is def on the agenda

A shiver races through me. Where are you taking me?

Caleb: I was thinking we’d start with a trip to the moon. Then maybe we’ll get you to Saturn.

Me: Saturn is 1.2 billion miles away

Caleb: And I’m going to enjoy every minute of that flight

I pause mid-step on my way up to the mess hall to laugh out loud.

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