First Chances by Kant Komal

Author:Kant, Komal [Kant, Komal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-17T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Eddie

“What if she says no?” It was hard to keep the anxiety from my tone as I spoke into the phone.

I had gone to so much trouble to put this surprise together for Hadie, and now the possibility that she would think it was stupid was eating me up inside.

“Then I will ground her until she is 104,” Mr. Swinton said, his tone deadly serious.

I couldn’t help but chuckle at his words, but the uneasiness stirring in the pit of my stomach refused to fade.

“What if she says yes, but doesn’t like the surprise?” I asked, staring at my reflection in the mirror.

Yep, every worst case scenario was filling my head as we spoke. I really wanted to impress Hadie and make her smile, and there was no room for error. I’d never planned on having sex with her before our first date, so this was my grand romantic gesture.

“Then I’ll know my wife cheated on me,” Mr. Swinton responded smoothly, “because no child of mine could possibly hate what you’ve planned.”

“Peter!” I heard Mrs. Swinton’s cry of outrage in the background.

“It’s a figure of speech, Honey,” he said, consoling her. “But seriously, Eddie, if I was a seventeen-year-old girl and walked into that room, I would swoon and beg you to take me on the floor.”

“YOLO!” Mrs. Swinton cheered into the phone.

My chuckle turned into laughter at their attitudes. God, I loved the Swintons. If only my own family was as functional and hilarious as they were. If only Hailie could experience a life like this.

“You know, you guys are pretty cool,” I said, adjusting the purple tie around my neck.

Yes, a purple tie. You know, to match Hadie’s hair.

“Oh, I know, Eddie,” Mr. Swinton said in a serious tone. “Hashtag coolest parents ever.”

I almost choked on my laughter. “Wow, I have no words.”

After exchanging ‘byes’, I hung up the phone and slid it into the back pocket of my jeans. I was really lucky the Swintons were willing to help me out with this, because even though Hadie had admitted she liked me, I knew I still had to tread lightly around her.

It was obvious guilt ate her up whenever she tried to be happy and move on. That was why she hung out with Three—because logically there was no way a guy like him could give her what she wanted.

I wanted to be that guy. I had always wanted to be that guy. Not because Lincoln Bracks wanted me to be—it was because it was who I knew I wanted to be. You didn’t choose who you fell in love with; it just happened that way, and I happened to be in love with Hadie. There was nothing in this world that was going to change that.

Frowning at myself in the mirror, I decided that the tie made me look pretentious. I was already wearing a light blue, long-sleeved button up shirt, which was about as formal as I went. The tie was unnecessary.

As I pulled off the tie, the message tone on my phone went off.

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