In the Moment Before by C.G. Coppola

Author:C.G. Coppola
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C.G. Coppola
Published: 2022-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

I’M OUTSIDE WITH HAILEY at the end of lunch.

Pretty much everyone is out here with us, either on the patio—standing or sitting at one of the few tables—or in the grass between the two buildings. I got to lunch late, so Hailey split her sandwich with me, and we’ve avoided the table of boys.

All I’ve heard since our class earlier is how Grayson and I are secretly dating. That is so not true; we’re only secretly hooking up, but I’m not going to correct anyone. And when I think about it, I wish that wasn’t true either, because I don’t like how it sounds. I don’t like how it makes me feel.

But we haven’t talked.

Not since yesterday, not since he said it was a mistake. After that, we’ve hooked up like we can’t help ourselves. I know I can’t. Every time Grayson touches me, I feel like I’m under a spell. Does he feel the same way? Like he can feel his entire body?

I want to talk to him, but now doesn’t seem like the right time. He’s out in the grass with Roger and the others, practicing backflips and aerial cartwheels. Today, his gymnastic moves are a bit more precise, like he wants to be seen.

Landing a flip, Grayson wipes his hands on the front of his jeans, scanning the area. He finds me and smiles.

I smile back.

“Think Cassie heard the rumor,” Hailey whispers, drawing me to the present. I turn to my best friend but her gaze is set on the grassy midsection. “She never approaches him at lunch.”

I follow her focus, finding the same girl with blue tipped hair from Grayson’s locker. She’s just as pretty as I remember, and I wonder if he would agree. “Who is she?”

“A junior. Apparently, she likes banging bully seniors and Grayson is last on her list.”

“How do you know?”

“Oh—people talk.”

That’s true.

Look at today. Grayson barely defended me. He said two things to Eric, and the entire school is buzzing with rumors over how long we’ve been dating, how often we’ve been screwing, if we’ve done it on school property, if we’re open to sharing. But I can’t even confirm anything because I don’t know what’s happening myself.

Grayson and I need to talk.

For real.

We have detention again later, but I don’t know if I can wait that long. I’ll pass him on the way to sixth period before the end of the day. Maybe we can talk then. I think about this as I watch Cassie move in, laughing as she squeezes his arm, feeling his bicep.

Something dark in me stirs.

“Robin, you alright?” Hailey asks. She follows my focus and then looks back at me. “She’s just flirting with him.”

“I don’t care.” But I do, and I can’t stop staring. It’s like I have to see how this plays out; I have to watch what he does with acute observation. But Grayson doesn’t disappoint. He looks at Cassie, almost bored with whatever she’s saying before finding me again.

He wiggles his brows.

He’s probably thinking about hooking up, but we need to talk first.

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