Our Secret (The Benson Brothers Book 1) by G.L. Snodgrass

Author:G.L. Snodgrass [Snodgrass, G.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Karla

After class, Jake shot me a quick smile then left. I was a little upset because he just assumed I would meet him out front. Of course he was right, but that was beside the point.

As I made my way against the grain of kids rushing for lunch, I wove and ducked to get outside. It was like fighting against a raging river but I finally made it. My heart raced as I opened the front door to the school and stepped out into a bright day. What was he up to? I wondered as a dozen different emotions ran through me.

Jake was waiting for me. He sat astride his motorcycle and raised an eyebrow.

“Here,” he said as he tossed me a pink motorcycle helmet.

I caught it and gave him a questioning glance.

“I picked it up this morning,” he said with a cocky grin. “That was why I left the house so early.”

All I could do was stare down at the helmet in my hand and then at the boy across from me. He had planned this. All morning I had been eating my insides out and he had planned this all along. Why couldn’t he have told me?

“Come on,” he said as he nodded to the seat behind him.

My stomach dropped and my mouth went dry. Leave school in the middle of the day. Was that even possible? What would my mother say? Or Aunt Kim. But those thoughts were immediately replaced by a delicious feeling of rebellion.

This was my life after all. Who knew that breaking the rules could be so much fun.

Pushing aside all the worries and questions, I slipped the helmet on and climbed up behind Jake. He shot me a quick smile over his shoulder and started the bike. This time he didn’t have to tell me to hang on. My arms instinctively wrapped themselves around him.

What was going on? I wondered. I thought we had decided to pretend nothing happened between us last night.

It’s just a ride, I told myself, not a marriage proposal. Get real. But that didn’t stop my mind from whirling around in a thousand different directions. Eventually, I put them aside and just enjoyed myself. Hanging on to Jake as he wove us through town and out onto a back road.

“Where are we going?” I yelled as we slowed down around a hairpin curve.

“You’ll see,” he yelled back.

I sighed and let myself become lost in the ride. The blue sky, green pine trees, and fresh air were exhilarating. The strong boy in front of me only made things even more perfect.

We rode like that for almost half an hour until Jake pulled over to a turnout. I had absolutely no idea where we were. Somewhere in the mountains outside of town.

“This way,” Jake said as he stepped off the bike.

We hung our helmets over the handlebars. Jake gave me a quick smile then took my hand and began to lead me down a trail between the trees. A deep pine smell mixed with moldy leaves and a cool breeze washed over me.

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