Sixteen Kisses: A novella by Kelly Oram

Author:Kelly Oram [Oram, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: Bluefields
Published: 2016-06-21T06:00:00+00:00

No one teased me about the kisses in drama. They actually respected me for it. Ms. Schulenburg had been serious about looking for the differences in styles and techniques for stage kissing, and she’d gotten the class wrapped up in a whole discussion about it. Wyatt went for passion while Asher leaned on sensuality. The vote ended up being closer than I expected it would, but Asher still won in the end, and Ms. Schulenburg tried to make me promise to audition for the spring play. Yeah, that wasn’t happening.

Dissecting my kisses with the class hadn’t been as weird as I expected it, but I was still relieved when the bell rang. Selena sighed as we made our way into the hall. “I can’t believe that happened. Talk about a stroke of luck. I’m so jealous. I mean, who’s next?”

At this rate? It could be anyone. Nothing would surprise me now. “As long as it’s not Kolby, I don’t care.”

“Hey! I’m standing right here.”

I grinned at him. “I know.”

“Jerk.”

“Rejection builds character, Sanderson. You’ll thank me someday.”

I was still laughing as I entered my next class. Spanish 2 was not my favorite class, but at least I liked the company. Aki and Dominic were already there, saving me my normal seat: behind Aki and next to Dom. As I slid into my seat, and met the curious stare of the guy across the room, I finally realized I had a new predicament.

Jared had waited to take his foreign language credits, and was one of the few seniors only in Spanish 2. We’d ended up in the same class this year. It was the first and only one we’d ever had together. It had never been weird before. We smiled, said hi, and worked well together when grouped, but he had his friends and I had mine.

Today, things felt different. Were we friends now? Like, real, genuine friends? And, if we were, was I supposed to acknowledge that? We didn’t have assigned seats in class, just sort of assumed ones we’d all claimed at the beginning of the year. Was I supposed to go sit near him now? Or ask him to sit near me? Was I supposed to keep acting like nothing had changed? Or was I completely crazy, nothing actually had changed, and I was just reading into something that wasn’t there? Ugh, now my thoughts weren’t even making sense to me.

Not knowing what else to do, I smiled and waved across the room to acknowledge him. That must have been the right thing to do because his eyes lit up, and he got out of his seat. My heart jumped into my chest when he crossed the room and claimed the empty desk to my left. I was a nervous wreck inside, but I willed myself to act cool. I knew Aki and Dom were both watching us, analyzing this new development, and I didn’t want to give them anything to tease me about.

“Hey,” Jared said, as he got comfy in his new seat.

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