Forbidden by Stephanie Brother

Author:Stephanie Brother [Brother, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Elijah

I listened to my friends chattering, feeling both relieved and anxious. Relieved, because they were talking so much they were covering for the fact that I barely said a thing about the movie. I couldn’t say what it was about if I tried. Sure, there were some explosions and fight scenes, but they bored me so much that I fell asleep, I wasn’t sure how much of the movie I watched. I was lucky because Sophia didn’t take a single glance at me throughout the whole movie to see just how bored I was, but she still caught me sleeping.

That right there was the basis of my anxiety. Also because Sophia was looking at me oddly instead of following the conversation. She should have wanted to, but maybe she was onto me.

Shit.

“Hey, guys!”

I looked around at Dana’s voice, feeling relieved again to see her and Logan, probably for the first time. She could distract Sophia.

“We were thinking of going out to eat before we head back,” Logan said. “Who wants to come with? Just a heads up, everyone better have their own cash, all right?”

There were some grumbles, but plenty of the guys went ahead and said they’d go. I looked down at Sophia, ready to say we’d be going along, but the blank look on her face made me still.

“I’m feeling a little tired,” she said, giving Dana and apologetic look. “I just wanna head back to the dorm if that’s okay.”

“I’ll take her back,” I said immediately. “We’ll see you guys later, okay?” I pulled out my wallet and tossed it to Logan after pulling my ID out. “Everything’s on me, just don’t go too crazy.”

Logan caught the wallet, looking at me in surprise. Then he seemed to get a clue, and he grinned, turning to our other friends, who’d gone quiet for the short exchange.

“Hey, guys, let’s go before he changes his mind!”

That got them to clear out quickly. Sophia looked up at me with an arched eyebrow.

“Was that okay?”

I shrugged. “They won’t make a dent in my wallet; they’re not that bad. And I’d rather stay with you,” I added honestly.

That seemed to mollify her a little, hopefully distracting her thoughts. We’d gotten close recently, but I didn’t think it was close enough for her to forgive me if I told her the truth about the whole dating site thing this early. I never wanted to have to admit to it if I didn’t have to. At the time, it seemed like such a good idea, and while it didn’t end in me pranking her, it did come out as something even better. But thinking back on it, I couldn’t help feeling guilty for prying into her privacy like that, then trying to use it against her.

I held her hand tightly all the way back to campus. There were no words between us, because I didn’t know what to say, and she was probably still thinking. I needed to stop that as quickly as possible.

Instead of taking her to her dorm, I dragged her toward my building.

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