Love, Lattes and Mutants by Sandra Cox

Author:Sandra Cox [Cox, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal, fantasy, Mutant, YA, NA, fun
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

The rest of the day passes uneventfully. I hate to admit it, but I’m upset Tyler hasn’t made more of an effort to seek me out. When the bell rings, I hurry to my truck. Tyler is leaning against the fender, ear buds in, listening to his iPod.

A smile of pleasure ripples across my face before I manage to get it under control. As if sensing my presence, Tyler looks up and smiles back, removing the ear buds.

“Hey.” He pushes off Beulah.

“Hey yourself.”

“Let’s go get a latte.” His hands run down my arms and cup my fingers.

For a moment, I’m oblivious to the other kids pouring into the parking lot, throwing curious looks our way.

A dark-haired sophomore with acne jostles my elbow. “Excuse me.” No doubt she’d been too busy staring at Tyler to pay attention to where she was going. But it’s enough to bring me back to my surroundings. I withdraw my hands.

“I’m not sure it’s such a good idea.” I begin moving back out of arms reach.

“You’re going to turn down a latte?” He raises his eyebrows in exaggerated disbelief. “Come on, I deserve to be rewarded. I followed your instructions to the letter. I haven’t seen you since first hour.” He leans forward and draws me toward him.

“Yeah, I can tell that’s a hardship.” Regretfully, I shrug off his hands.

“Hmm, if I lifted those glasses, would I find your eyes green?” he teases.

I lean away from him.

“Come on, Piper,” he urges. “Holly will be there, along with half the school. No one will think anything about it. And why should you care if they do?”

There it is again. That thinly-veiled demand for knowledge of my secret. Why can’t he let it be?

His glance goes from good-humored to edgy. Suddenly, I decide to give him this round and hope he’ll forget about my secrets.

“Let’s go.”

He looks startled. In that instant, I realize he hadn’t thought I’d go. “If you don’t want to…”

His eyes light and he gives me that crooked grin.

My heart ka-thumps.

He grabs my hand and we walk down the block. Since most of the crowd has cleared out, I don’t pull away immediately. It feels too right. I am such a goner.

“Piper,”

“Hmm?” I watch a stray cat skitter across the street out of harm’s way as a car goes barreling by.

“How were you able to save me during the storm?”

“What do you mean?” My muscles tighten and my gait becomes stiff. I’ve been dreading this question. When he didn’t ask in the beginning, I thought I was going to luck out. I should have known better.

“Why didn’t you drown out there?”

I glance at him from behind my glasses before looking quickly away. “Why didn’t you?”

“If you hadn’t rescued me, I’m sure I would have. How did you do it?”

“I’m a strong swimmer.” I trip on a crack in the sidewalk and blush with embarrassment. Outside of the water, grace is not my middle name.

“You’re on Olympian level then.”

I shrug.

“I want to understand,” he presses.

“What do you want me to say, I’ve got super powers?” I snap, pulling my hand away.

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