The First Time (A Time For Love Book 2) by Amelia Stone

Author:Amelia Stone [Stone, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00

I was good at a lot of things. I’d learned to read when I was three, and I’d written and illustrated my first book at the age of six. (It was about a javelina who loved basketball. I was a weird kid.) I’d graduated third in my high school class. I’d gone to all-county and all-state track meets in my senior year, placing second in all three events in which I’d competed. I’d made Phi Beta Kappa as an undergrad at ASU. I’d finished my master’s in only a year, even though my classes were in a language I didn’t speak fluently. I could change my own oil, fix a leaky faucet, and finish the New York Times Sunday crossword in under an hour – in pen. I even had a green thumb.

But on my first date with Jamy, I discovered one thing for which I did not have much talent. One might even go so far as to say I failed at it spectacularly. And right at that moment, I truly couldn’t care less.

“In your face, Whitfield!” Jamy hooted as she took her victory lap. Then she stopped abruptly, but only so she could do a celebratory dance in front of me, waving her arms and popping her hips, singing “We Are The Champions” in a robust, melodic alto. I grinned, loving this. I’d forgotten how competitive Jamy was.

“You are really, really bad at laser tag, Sammy,” she teased, once she’d finished her song. She grinned up at me, her round cheeks flushed and her green eyes happy.

“It was my first time playing,” I said defensively. But I wasn’t too mad. Jamy’d had a blast tonight, and that was all that really mattered. She’d eaten her fill of the best tacos in Arizona at Elmer’s, then soundly kicked my ass at laser tag. She’d been having so much fun, in fact, that she forgot to be anxious. She’d been relaxed and playful all night.

Score one for Sammy.

“Do you know what happened when I played laser tag for the first time?” she asked, her eyes shining mischievously.

I shook my head. “Tell me.”

“I took down the opposing team in three straight games. And I even beat the guy who ran the place.”

I raised an eyebrow, pretending that I didn’t believe her. “Really?” I teased. “I don’t know that I buy that.”

She squawked indignantly. “I did! He was hiding in the corner, picking off all the kids one by one. I caught him at it during the first game, but he tagged me before I could get him.” She rubbed her hands together, her smile downright devious. “And then, during the second game, I moved in for the kill. He didn’t even bother to play the third game, he was so embarrassed.”

I chuckled. “Sounds like you took him down hard.”

She nodded. “And it served him right. What kind of guy takes pleasure in beating a bunch of nine-year-old girls?”

I laughed. “The kind of guy who gets his ass kicked by a nine-year-old girl, obviously.

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