ODDILY by Pohring Linda

Author:Pohring, Linda [Pohring, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-03-16T05:00:00+00:00

21

Once inside the dance, girl’s continued to check out Maxim with interest. Many of those curious eyes drifted to Oddily, still not recognizing her with her new look. She felt as ugly as usual so it didn’t matter much, one way or the other, who they thought she was.

As Oddily glanced around the room, her eyes locked with Paul’s. He danced with Kendall but his attention was on her. When she stared back at him, his warm brown eyes didn’t waver from her. Oddily squirmed, uncomfortable with the sudden interest. Was it possible she did look pretty wearing her new dress?

After the song had ended, Paul excused himself and headed in her direction. Oddily’s eyes grew wide with anticipation while he approached. She glanced up at Maxim to see whether he was aware of what was happening, but his face remained expressionless while he studied the crowd of students as if they were some type of science project.

“Hi Oddily.” Paul stood directly in front of her. “You look amazing!”

“Thank you.” She gave him a sweet smile after blushing from the compliment.

“Maxim, this is Paul, a good friend of my foster sister.”

Still busily inspecting the crowd, Maxim didn’t seem to hear her.

“Maxim?” He still didn’t respond.

“Hey,” Oddily touched his arm, laughing at him a little.

Maxim sensed Oddily’s gentle touch and glanced down at her, then to the guy standing in front of them.

“Hi, I’m Paul.” Paul stuck his hand out for a proper greeting.

“Yes…hello,” Maxim took the extended hand, chiding himself for his distraction. After all, if he intended on being Oddily’s date, he needed to pay attention and not stand around like a fool.

“Would you mind if I steal your girl away for the next dance?”

“You need to ask Oddily.”

Oddily tugged at Maxim’s arm and stared up into his face with pleading eyes. “I think I ought to, but I don’t know how to dance. What should I do?”

Maxim bent over and whispered in her ear. “Just move to the music.”

“But how?” she began to sound frantic.

“Try this.” Maxim shifted his body back and forth from one foot to the other with a little bounce, all the while trying to be inconspicuous. His silliness put a grin on her face.

Paul watched the two exchange an intimate moment and felt worse than ever for Oddily, knowing what was about to happen.

“It’s fine with me.” Oddily cleared her throat when her words came out sounding like a high pitched croak, and grinned nervously before stepping out onto the dance floor. She still thought of him as the hottest guy in school and experienced butterflies being so close to him; but the emotion was nothing compared to what Maxim did to her. Maxim made her heart beat so fast, she felt weak in the knees.

Oddily started to shift her weight from one leg to the other, just as Maxim had done, and it was easier than she thought. She frequently glanced over at him and became giddy with joy when he discreetly motioned for her to hold up her head instead of staring at her feet.

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