Out of Her League (Love & Other Disasters Book 2) by Jennifer Dawson

Author:Jennifer Dawson [Dawson, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jennifer Dawson Publishing
Published: 2017-04-13T18:30:00+00:00

Tessa

“So what have you been up to?” Ashley asks as we are wandering through the women’s department at Bloomingdales.

I shrug, ducking my head to hide my secret smile. I don’t want to share what is going on with Xavier with anyone, not even my best friend. Because it’s mine, and part of me believes if I talk, he’ll disappear into thin air. Illogical, yes, but I’m not willing to jinx it. “Nothing much. Same old thing, really.”

Something about the tone of my voice seems to catch her attention, and she tilts her head at me, her long blonde hair swooping across her shoulder. Ashley is pretty, with a perfect body I’ve always envied. She’s smart, capable and successful with a great job, and fantastic clothes.

I’ve been best friends with her since our freshman year of high school, and have always been okay with the fact that I disappear into the background when she’s around. She’s a hard woman not to notice, and I have always been good with that.

But lately, I’m not sure if it’s Xavier exactly, or the way he makes me feel, but I’ve been getting looks. Ashley, who’s never had a problem getting a guy’s attention, has always claimed it was more about confidence than looks, and I’m starting to believe her.

The truth is, since that first night with Xavier, when that switch flipped on in me, I’ve been standing a bit taller.

Smiling more readily.

Paying attention in line at Starbucks, instead of burying my head in a book, and changes are happening. It wasn’t that I felt bad about myself before, because I didn’t, but it’s more that I felt doomed to contentment. Not like now, when I am ready for excitement.

It’s showing because I feel it, deep down in my bones, solid and sure.

Ashley narrows her eyes at me. “Are you sure?”

“Yeah, of course, what could be going on?” I keep my tone innocent and light. Not wanting to alert her.

“I don’t know, you seem different.” Ashley shifts through a rack of dresses, little black numbers I’d have deemed un-wearable a month ago.

Today, a dress catches my eye. It’s fun and flirty, strapless and form fitting through the waist before flaring at the hips and ending mid-thigh. It’s not something I’d dreamed of even trying on, because I’d never wanted to call attention to my chest and wore loose things to hide my curves. But every time I’m naked under Xavier’s hands, he skims his palm down the slope of my waist and says in an awe-filled voice, “Your waist is so tiny. So pretty.”

It’s made me question why I’m hiding. For the first time I’m starting to wonder what it would be like to show off.

I touch the fabric. It’s clingy with a touch of spandex. I like it. I want to go somewhere I can wear it. I want to know what it would look like on me.

“Nope. Nothing. Just school, and parents, and kids.” I bite my lip and start shuffling through the hangers until I locate my size.

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