Searching for Nova by Kai Juniper

Author:Kai Juniper [Juniper, Kai]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

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Nova

“Some guy’s here looking for you,” Mara says, coming in the break room. “He looks familiar.”

“He was here on Halloween.” I go to the mirror and fix my hair. My shift just ended so my t-shirt is dirty and sweaty, and I smell like grease from the kitchen. I’m a mess, not just on the outside, but the inside too. My thoughts keep alternating between wanting to be friends with Easton and telling him to get lost.

“How do you know who I’m talking about?” Mara asks. “You haven’t even seen him.”

“It’s Easton. He’s here to give me a ride home. We’re friends.”

“Friends?” She slowly smiles. “What kind of friends?

“Not that kind.” I roll my eyes. “Why does your mind always go there?”

She laughs. “Because that guy is hot, and when I see a hot guy, my mind immediately goes to dark, dirty places.”

“Well, sorry to disappoint you but he’s just a friend. We knew each other as kids, but then he moved away. I didn’t know he lived here until he showed up on Halloween.”

“Does he have a girlfriend?”

“He did, but they broke up.”

“And he’s just here to give you a ride?”

“We’re supposed to go to dinner, but I’m gonna tell him I can’t go.”

“Why can’t you go?”

“Because I don’t want him thinking this is something it’s not.”

“Like what?” She walks up to me. “Does he want to go out with you?”

“No. We’re just friends. But we did—” I stop before I tell her about the kiss. I’ve been dying to tell someone, but haven’t. I’m still trying to figure out why we did it, and what it means.

“You what?” Mara’s eyes look all around my face, like she’s trying to read me. “You kissed him.”

She says it like it’s a fact. Mara is surprisingly good at reading people. Sometimes I think she can read minds.

“It wasn’t a big deal,” I say, going around her to get my backpack.

She comes up behind me. “If he kissed you, it means he doesn’t just see you as a friend.”

I turn to face her. “Mateo only sees me as a friend and we do a lot more than kiss.”

“Which is wrong.” She puts her hands on her hips. “You know he’s just using you, right?”

“I’m using him too,” I say, slinging my backpack over my shoulder.

“If you’re using Mateo for sex, you could do a lot better.” She motions to the diner. “That guy in there is a thousand times hotter than Mateo and I bet the sex would be better.”

Based on the kiss Easton gave me, I think she’s right. The sex would probably be amazing He wouldn’t even have to do much to be amazing. The sex I’ve had with Mateo and the other losers I’ve been with is so bad, it wouldn’t take much to impress me.

“I’m not having sex with Easton,” I say.

“Why? You just said he was single. And you and Mateo aren’t exclusive. Didn’t you say he had a date last night?”

“It was Saturday, and I don’t know if it was a date.

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