Tainted Love: A High School Bully Romance: A Pacific High Novel by Nichole Noel

Author:Nichole Noel [Noel, Nichole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

November passes in a ridiculous blur of school, work, and dealing with mom’s shit. As December starts, Michael and I finally go on that date. He actually canceled on me twice, so things kept getting pushed further and further back. I’m surprised when he texts and sets up the date because I figured it was just an elaborate way to ghost me, but apparently, he does want to go out.

So, we do and, well, it’s a little weird. He was really nice at the party, right? And, I guess it’s been about a month since Halloween, but on the date, he’s uninterested and distant. Like he’s here against his will, which is weird because he was the one who asked me out to begin with.

His questions are almost prying and it doesn’t really seem like he’s interested in asking them either, more like he feels like he has to. Which is so weird. Oh, and he asks a whole bunch of personal questions about my family and Connor. Tell me about your family. How do you know Connor? Were you two friends a long time ago? What is he to you now?

I’m not much of a drinker, but I wish I had something extra in this coffee because his questions and this date are starting to drive me nuts. Fortunately, we finish up with the round of twenty questions and head for ice cream. He’s a bit better at the shop. He actually pays for my ice cream—birthday cake and strawberry, double scoop in a waffle cone.

And he’s mostly human after we eat. I ask him a bit about his life—he has two sisters, a dog, doesn’t like school, wants to be a mechanic. And he pretends to be interested in my answers when I tell him about my life. After that, we had back to my house because I have to work in the evening and I need to get ready.

As we pull up to my house, I assume that’s it, so imagine my surprise when he asks if I’d like to go out again. I’m pretty shocked, so I end up agreeing, even though I didn’t really enjoy this date and can’t really see us going anywhere because I have no backbone, apparently.

“Okay, cool,” he says and seems to mean it. He leans forward and gives me a kiss on the cheek, which is also surprising and kind of sweet.

“Thanks for the ice cream,” I manage to say back. “See you at school, probably.”

“Yeah, see ya,” he says with a wave as I exit his car and head up the driveway to my house.

So strange. I thought the date was a complete train wreck, but maybe I just have expectations that are too high? He is just a teenager, after all, what was I expecting? Fireworks and romantic declarations?

Actually, I think I was expecting something like that… I think to myself. There was no spark, not like when I’m near…

Don’t think about it and don’t say it… I mentally chide myself.

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