Learning Curve by Rachel Spangler

Author:Rachel Spangler [Spangler, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9781602823914
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
Published: 2008-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

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Ash almost turned and walked the other way when she exited the shower stall and found Carrie bent over the sink trying to dry the underside of her unruly brown hair. She wore jeans that hugged her hips ever so slightly and a loose-fitting sweater that looked almost as soft as the hair she was fighting so hard to tame.

Carrie jumped slightly when she noticed Ash. She switched off the blow-dryer and ran her hand through her hair.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you,” Ash said.

“It’s okay.” Carrie examined her reflection in the mirror before giving in to a look of resignation. “There’s only so much I can do with it some days. Of course, being in the wilderness doesn’t help much.”

“You could have fooled me.” Ash took a step closer and made eye contact with Carrie via the mirror. She liked the reflection she saw, the two of them standing together over a bathroom sink. “I think you look great.”

Carrie rolled her eyes and faced Ash as if she was about to say something, but then she seemed to think better of it. Ash caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror and realized her white T-shirt and boxers had gotten damp from the steam and were looking rather translucent under the florescent lights. Carrie’s eyes flashed as they moved over her, and Ash couldn’t help but feel pleased that she was noticing her body. She fought to suppress a smile. Carrie just looked so damn kissable when she let down her guard, and it took all the restraint Ash had not to pull her close right then and there.

“Sleep well?” Carrie asked, putting away her toiletries as if she knew she’d been caught staring.

“Yes, I slept fine, thanks.”

In fact, Ash had slept horribly. There was nothing pleasant about sleeping in a small tent between two teenagers. The ground was hard and uneven, and it felt like she was lying directly on a baseball-sized rock. She couldn’t move, however, due to the way she was crammed into a sleeping bag with Erin’s elbow jabbing her on one side and Kevin snoring loudly on the other.

Then there was the fact that she was wearing pajamas. She hadn’t worn pajamas since she’d gotten her own place, and the sweatpants and T-shirt seemed to bunch up with every move she made. The entire situation was unbearably constricting. For an expert in avoiding actually sleeping with someone else, being at close quarters with two other people made for an excruciatingly long night. Ash wanted to think discomfort was the only cause of her broken sleep, but the other reason was standing in front of her, cheeks slightly pink.

“Well, I guess I’d better get back to the camp,” Carrie said.

Ash intended to play it cool, but the right words wouldn’t come. “Why don’t you wait and we’ll walk back together.”

As soon as she’d spoken, she felt foolish, as though this was high school and she’d just offered to carry a girl’s books. The expression on Carrie’s face was no help.

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