Switch Hitter by Sara Ney

Author:Sara Ney [Ney, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Three Legacies, LLC
Published: 2018-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Amelia

I’m going to date the shit out of you.

That is not good, and now my pits are sweating.

Dante isn’t just eyeballing my salad like he hasn’t eaten in days; he’s staring at me the same way, like he’s trying to figure out what’s different about me all at the same time.

Lucy and I are night and day.

Most people still can’t tell the difference, including our parents, so Dante’s intensity is throwing me off like a curveball. It’s unexpected in the best possible way.

No one has ever been able to tell us apart.

Dash is the opposite of everything I was expecting.

It’s making me…

Jealous.

I’m jealous of my sister.

I knew he’d be handsome, but I didn’t realize he’d be serious, or intuitive. He’s direct and open, and the longer we sit here, the chattier he’s becoming.

I like it.

I like him.

I’m attracted to him, too, which is terrible, because Lucy, Lucy, Lucy.

Because I’m here to break up with him, not charm him into another date. Jesus, I’m so bad at this.

When the server brings our entrées, I feel Dante watching me, tracking the movements when I lift my knife. Cut a small piece of steak. Pop it in my mouth and chew.

I’m afraid to look him in the eye, so I stare at the wall behind him. The curtains. The older couple at the table behind us.

Cut another piece, take another bite.

It’s hard work ignoring him.

He’s big and intimidating and sexy.

His gray shirtsleeves are pushed up to his elbows, muscular forearms flexing when he cuts the meat on his plate.

“So what else do you do when you’re not studying fashion?” he enquires. “What do you do for fun?”

I try to channel my sister; these answers are easy. “I like listening to music.”

Oh God, that sounded so lame.

“Listening to music in your free time? What do you do, lie on the bed and stare up at the ceiling?”

A laugh escapes my lips. “Something like that. Um, let me think, what else do I like to do…”

Lucy likes: traveling. Shopping. Getting her nails done. Going for coffee with her sorority sisters.

It sounds so shallow, I’m embarrassed to let the words pass my lips. Shopping and nails and coffee? Ugh.

“I love the stars, and I do a lot of hiking.”

Lucy is going to kill me.

First I slip and start speaking Spanish, and now I’ve gone and told him I love astronomy. Lucy hates it outside, hates the wind and cold weather and snow.

If Dante takes her into the woods, she will throw a conniption fit.

“You know that set of bluffs you can hike to? The one past Coleman Hall?” There’s a road you can take that winds around a huge hill, up and up; once you reach a certain point, you can park your car and climb the rest of the way up to a scenic point that overlooks the entire city. “I like going up there when it’s overcast.”

Panoramic views so far, you can see into the next state.

“Hiking?”

I avoid his intense gaze by pushing a mushroom into the steak sauce on my plate then popping it into my mouth.

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