Other Side Of Forever (Other Side Of Forever Series Book 1) by Shannon Eckrich

Author:Shannon Eckrich [Eckrich, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

My phone was ringing. Well, not really ringing, but more like conducting an orchestra of cheesy techno music because I was too cheap to buy and download any songs. I didn’t want to open my eyes. I was finally happy, alive, for the first time in my life. The warmth of Ethan’s body, molded around mine, gave me all the proof I needed to know that last night wasn’t a dream. The kiss we’d shared wasn’t only intense and heated with magic, it was also real. And so were the emotions attached to it. Not only had I opened up to him, which was extremely hard for me to do, but he also had given me a taste of the pain he had been hiding. It felt good knowing I wasn’t alone anymore.

I squeezed my eyelids tighter, wishing the phone would just blow up or something. Explode into a gazillion pieces. But that didn’t happen. It continued to beep beep bop, beep beep bop, like someone had pushed the demo button on a cheap keyboard. It had to stop.

I opened my eyes and gently eased myself from underneath the blanket and off the sofa, making as little movement as possible so I wouldn’t disturb Ethan. The wooden floorboards were cold beneath my feet. Shards of glass were scattered all over the floor. I didn’t have time to figure out where they had come from. I had to locate my phone. I stepped carefully over the maze of pointy triangles and sharp misshapen teeth until I made it to my bag on the floor. Scooping up my phone, I tiptoed into the kitchen.

“Hello.” The phone seesawed between my shoulder and my ear.

“Allie!” Erica’s voice was muffled through the receiver. “Where the hell are you?”

“Why, what’s wrong?” I asked, straightening my top.

“Jeez, I don’t know. It’s two in the afternoon, you’re not in school, and your car’s still in the parking lot. Oh, and did I forget to mention you never called me back last night?”

“Sorry. I was kinda busy,” I whispered, trying to keep my volume as low as possible.

“Busy? What could be more important than calling your best friend to tell her you were okay? I mean, you did leave with a boy you barely know. He could have been a serial killer or something.”

Her words made me want to laugh, but I held it in, fearing my outburst would wake Ethan. “I was just busy,” I explained as I walked through the kitchen, scouting for the back door.

Erica sighed. “Allie, come on. You’ve always told me everything. What’s going on?” Her words made me feel bad, guilty even, because I had never been able to tell her anything about my life. She wouldn’t understand. Her life was always so perfect and mine…well, it never felt perfect until last night.

I found the back door, and when I opened it, my breath caught in my throat.

“What’s wrong? Are you okay?” Erica shouted into the phone.

“Yeah…I’m fine,” I answered, surprised I could find my voice.

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