The Girlfriend's Secret by Kyle Autumn

Author:Kyle Autumn [Autumn, Kyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melts Hearts and Panties Press
Published: 2018-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Patti

“Honestly, I don’t care which movie we see,” I tell Zo for the fifth time, rolling my eyes. “You pick. Whatever you want.”

“You don’t have to be rude about it,” she mumbles under her breath as she unbuckles her seat belt.

As she gets out of the car, I say, “I’m not being rude, Zed.” Then I mumble, “I just really don’t care which fucking movie you choose,” to myself before opening my car door.

“You sure sound like it to me.” She throws her arms in the air. “Seriously, what’s been up with you tonight? You were fine earlier, but once we got to my parents’ house, it was…”

I tune her out as we approach the movie theater. Yes, I’ve been weird. All night, I’ve been thinking about the very thing that worries her to her core. And I understand it now. I don’t think it’s enough for me to break things off with her, but I certainly see where she’s coming from. This, however, doesn’t feel like the time to bring it up. Not on a first date. Can’t we be normal on our first date? For shit’s sake.

She’s still going on when I open the door for her, but as soon as I walk in, I find a familiar face in the line to buy movie tickets. Two of them, actually.

“Are you even listening to me?” Zo whines.

I grab her wrist and pull her back toward me.

“Ouch. What the heck, Patti?” She tugs out of my grip and rubs her wrist. Then she finally looks right at me.

I’m frozen in my spot, staring at the backs of Lyra’s and Blake’s heads. When Zo realizes I’m not moving or playing around, she follows my gaze. And gasps. But then she moves us out of the way of the doorway and takes a breath.

“We’re not doing anything abnormal, remember?” she says. “Friends go to the movies all the time.”

“Uh, yeah,” I spit out, “but you’re forgetting the part where we both told Lyra that we had dates tonight.”

Her eyes flash wide for a moment. She regains her composure and says, “Okay, fine. Maybe they were shitty and we both met up here.” One of her eyebrows rises, and then they both fall when she scrunches her forehead. “Hey. Wait a minute. Why am I being the logical one here?”

Under normal circumstances, I’d laugh at that. Because she has a point. I’m usually the one to think things through, not get ahead of myself. She’s the worrywart. The one who overthinks things to death. But, after everything that came up with her folks earlier and now this, we’ve switched places. And I don’t know how much more I can take tonight.

When I peek around her, Lyra and Blake are handing their tickets to the attendant. A few moments later, they’re out of sight. But what if they decide they want popcorn and have to come back out here? What if Lyra gets thirsty and sends Blake for something to drink and he runs into Zo while I’m in the bathroom?

My god.

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