From Where I Watch You by Shannon Grogan

Author:Shannon Grogan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult Mystery
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2015-05-27T20:47:13+00:00

June: Thirteen-Year-Old Carrot’s

Summer Fun Before High School

When I get to the bottom of the basement stairs, I almost crash into Nick. He’s holding another beer. “Hey there! Where are you going?” He wraps his free arm around my back, rubbing up and down.

“Um, I’m really sleepy, from the pool, and babysitting last night. I think I better get to bed. Goodnight.” I yawn.

“Okay then.” He smiles down at me while he sets the beer down on the shelf next to him.

Nick wraps both arms around me and pulls me close. He squeezes me, lifting me so my feet aren’t even touching the ground and all I notice is how he smells a little more like beer than he did before. He kisses me again and it’s not as sweet as the first time. His mouth feels colder and he tastes like beer.

He pulls away and sticks his face under my chin, into my neck. I have to bite my lip not to giggle. “I’m going to stay until Kellen and Tad come back with my keys. Probably not a good idea to tell anyone about this, about what we’ve been doing okay?”

I nod. And he sets me down. Grabbing his beer, he goes and flops down on the loveseat.

I run up to my room, practically flying upstairs on these new feelings. I try to focus on the first kiss, not the last one. In my head I practice what I’m going to say to Gaby as I pick up the phone. Jen hasn’t even been kissed like that! Unless she’s holding out on us. When I scroll through the phone for Gaby’s number, I remember that I’m still pissed at them for how they treated me at the pool. I need to wait until tomorrow. For more impact. It’s not like I’ll ever forget.

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