Joshua's Island (James Madison Series Book 1) by Patrick Hodges

Author:Patrick Hodges [Hodges, Patrick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creativia
Published: 2014-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

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The rain had finally let up by the time Eve and I boarded the bus. It had been almost impossible to concentrate on Mr. Taylor's lecture. I promised myself I would re-read the chapter that evening, but somehow I doubted I would be any more able to concentrate at home, either. We took our spot in the back, as usual. We wrapped our arms around each other, Eve put her head on my shoulder, and I leaned my head on top of hers. We closed our eyes as we sat there in silence, blissfully replaying the events of our very memorable day in our minds.

Girlfriend. I have a girlfriend. A beautiful girlfriend. Who loves me. I still couldn't believe that I wasn't having some wonderful dream and that any moment someone would come along and wake me from it.

“Oh my God, Joshua. You finally asked her, didn't you?”

Kelsey was in the next seat, grinning at us. I wondered how she could have known that, despite her amazing junior-detective skills, but after a moment I realized Eve and I were holding each other closer than we ever had before, and our body language was practically screaming it. Eve just smiled and nodded, eliciting a slight gasp from Kelsey.

For the second time that day, I said, “I hate that you girls can do that.” Eve laughed while Kelsey gave a puzzled look, not yet in on the joke.

Finally, Kelsey broke into a huge, metallic smile. It was weird and beautiful at the same time. “You guys,” she said. “That is so awesome!”

It dawned on me that Kelsey, having followed our story so intently, had likened our relationship to some kind of fairy-tale romance, and looking at it from her point of view, I realized she wasn't entirely wrong. A hero and heroine, alone and outnumbered, bravely trying to find love while being hounded by a gang of vicious ogres and their leader, the Dragon Queen. I chuckled. Kelsey had probably seen every Disney movie a hundred times. All that was missing was the dramatic music.

Eve lifted her head sleepily and said, “There's more,” and then resumed using my shoulder as her pillow.

Kelsey's eyes brightened. “More?”

Eve looked at me and nodded, which I took to mean go on, tell her. I looked at Kelsey and said softly, “We're in love.” And then, for emphasis, I planted a quick five-second kiss on Eve's lips. Kelsey's face went bright red.

“Wow,” she said after an awkward silence. Yeah, it was a fairy tale all right, and Kelsey was living it with us. She'd become our faithful sidekick.

Her smile faded, and she then became serious. “I've told my best friends about you …”

I looked at her curiously. “Best friends? How many do you have?”

“Not including you two?” She did some mental arithmetic. “Four,” she said after a moment.

“Didn't you just move here from Utah?” I asked.

“Colorado,” she corrected me. “Yeah, three months ago.”

Eve jumped on my train of thought. “And you already have four best friends?” she asked in disbelief.

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