Stuck in the Moment by Tracie Puckett

Author:Tracie Puckett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: happily ever after, first kiss, clean romance, teen romance, ya romance

Chapter Seven

“I turn nineteen on Christmas Day.”

“No way!” I sat straighter. “You’re a Christmas baby, too?”

“Too?”

“Christmas Eve.” I raised my hand.

“No kidding?” Jasper asked, offering me the last brownie. I took it, hoping he’d forget that I’d already eaten the first two, but I couldn’t help myself. The man knew how to bake!

We’d been out there at least an hour now, weaving in and out of conversation and silent moments, each of us smiling and laughing, sharing small facts about ourselves just to appease our curious minds. “So who’s going to throw your eighteenth birthday party?”

“Oh, I doubt I’ll have one. You know how it is. Birthdays get lost in the mix during the holidays. People get busy, tend to forget.”

“I won’t forget,” he said. “Mental note: Ally Montgomery celebrates her eighteenth birthday on Christmas Eve. I’ll drop by with a cake.”

“I’ll hold you to that,” I said, a smile gracing my lips. Jasper leaned over, nudging me playfully with his shoulder, and once again I found my head drifting down to rest on it. “I’m glad you came to check on me.”

“Me too.”

“But we should get back,” I said, hating myself for suggesting the idea.

I could’ve stayed out there talking to him all night, but we’d been gone for so long already, and I could only imagine the wild theories and speculation bouncing between my friends.

Peeling myself away from him, I stood up, offering my hand to help him up off the ground. I doubted he’d even need the assistance, but a wave of giddiness swept through me when he took my hand and pulled himself up. Once standing, he made no attempt to pull his hand away from mine.

Silence settled between us again as I looked up at him, watching the subtle movements of his eyes as they traced my face. The corner of his mouth kicked up in an adorable grin, and I wanted so badly to know what was going through his mind

It was contagious; studying his lips had left a goofy smile plastered across mine, and I could feel my heart very much alive and well in my chest.

It was only around Jasper that I became so aware of my breath, and it excited me how alive I felt with him right then and there. I’d never felt anything like it before, and I was teetering on the edge of something beautiful and dangerous. I had to back away. I wasn’t allowed to feel like this.

“We should go,” I said again, and Jasper nodded, shaking off whatever it was that’d kept him staring. I couldn’t peel my eyes off him. He was beautiful—inside and out. Just absolutely remarkable.

“Right,” he said, finally pulling his hand away from mine.

We walked silently across the barn, and Jasper killed the lights on the way out. We heaved open the heavy door together, and the face that greeted us on the other side wasn’t a friendly one at all.

“Dad,” I whispered, staring blankly into my father’s cold eyes, the very ones that were deadlocked in Jasper’s direction.

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