My Heart to Touch by S. B. Alexander

Author:S. B. Alexander [Alexander, S. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Wing Publishing
Published: 2018-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

I dared not look at Maiken. I hated that Coach had put me on the spot. I wasn’t the expert on all things basketball. Still, Maiken’s gaze was cemented straight ahead, and I couldn’t tell if he was shocked or disappointed by my advice. He probably thought I was siding with Chase when I was only speaking the truth about what I knew from hearing my brothers talk about the game.

The cold bit into my face as a snowflake landed on my nose. More freezing temperatures were predicted overnight, but I didn’t recall snow being in the forecast. Maybe if we had another snow day, I could go ice-skating. I was sure the lake behind the Maxwell house was frozen solid or close to it.

“I h-have to put a blanket on Apple.” I seriously had to find a way not to stutter around Maiken. Granted, I stuttered whenever I was nervous, but I was doing it more and more lately.

Maiken picked up the box of apples as he followed me in. The heat from one of the stand-up heaters radiated over me as we walked by.

I pointed at the table in between Apple’s stall and Oscar’s, her companion. “Can you set the box down there?” I disappeared into Apple’s stall and covered her.

Maiken watched with a blank expression, which was a far cry from the fear he’d shown in the barn the other day when he had been scared out of his mind. “Did you feed the horses already?”

“Carter did earlier. So are you going to play point guard?” I was dying to know what he thought about my input on the matter.

He leaned on the rail of the stall, comfortable and casual. “Do you think I should?”

I walked out of the stall. “It’s your decision.”

He straightened, his blue gaze searing me. “Or do you want Chase to play shooting guard?”

My stomach knotted. “W-Why.” I took a breath. “Never mind.” I didn’t know how to handle a jealous boy. I didn’t want to be snarky. Instead, I took his hand, a habit that was slowly forming when I was around him, which didn’t make any sense. I was nervous to speak around him but brave enough to take his hand. Boy, that was a contradiction. Yet I didn’t let go no matter how much my stomach churned. “Come on.”

Maiken’s calloused fingers swallowed my small hand. “I should go.” His protest was weak at best.

I tugged on his arm. “I want to show you something.”

He searched the barn, no doubt for Carter.

“Carter isn’t here,” I felt compelled to say. If Carter so much as showed up and started trouble, I would do something drastic like tattle on him to Momma. She could always get Carter to listen to reason. If she couldn’t, I had no hope of dating that year. The good news was that Carter was a senior, so he wouldn’t be around to scare off boys my junior or senior year.

His tight features loosened. “I have homework.”

I did too, but I would drop everything to hang out with Maiken.

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