The Harder I Fall by Jessica Gibson

Author:Jessica Gibson [Gibson, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

I DREADED THE BEGINNING OF classes again. I’d enjoyed my time in New York with Levi’s family. He was over in my dorm room the night before the new semester started. We were watching movies and he was helping me unpack all of the new stuff his family had gotten me.

“Can we pretend that we’re still on vacation?” I sighed, hanging up the new coat Ruth had bought me on our last day together.

“What’s this? A Becca who doesn’t want to jump back into her crazy routine?” He laughed at me.

“I don’t mind my routine; in fact, I thrive on it. I just don’t want to study until all hours of the night anymore.”

“But you wouldn’t care if it was dancing until the wee hours of the morning?”

“No, I wouldn’t. My feet would probably hate me, though. As it is, we’re already not on speaking terms.” He looked at me with a weird look on his face. “What?”

“I just realized. I’ve never seen your bare feet before.”

“Yeah, I have a thing about people not seeing my feet.”

“Okay, pop those socks off,” he said.

“Not going to happen.”

“Is that a challenge?” He arched a brow and looked at me with a predatory expression on his face.

“You wouldn’t.”

“Try me.”

I ran and threw my boots on my feet so he would have a harder time getting to my bare skin. “Come here,” he said.

“Uh uh.” I stood up and made a break for the door.

“Go ahead and run, baby; I’m going to catch you.”

I got as far as the couch before he caught me and swung me up in the air. I shrieked as he swatted my butt. “Let’s see those toes.”

“Fine,” I giggled. “Let me down and I’ll show you.”

He lowered me to my feet and I sank to the couch to pull my boots off. “I don’t know what you’re expecting here. Dancer’s feet are not pretty. My toes are black and blue.”

“Just curious.” He shrugged.

I peeled my socks off and showed him. “See? Not pretty.”

“Does it hurt? When you dance on your toes?” he asked.

“Yeah, but in a good way. I’m kind of numb after the first few minutes. Are you satisfied now?”

“Yup, go ahead and put your socks on again if you want.”

After he left for the night, I went to sleep with a smile on my face, ready to face the new month. I was happier than I could remember being. January slipped by; it was already almost the end of the month. My busy routine had sucked me in again. The duo recital with Caroline took up a lot of my time, as did work and studying.

Levi and I had been dating for about three months, and he took me to a nice restaurant for dinner. Of course I was happy to go with him, but my mind was racing, thinking about all the things I needed to get done.

“Are you even paying attention to what I’m saying?” He looked at me.

“What? Yeah, sorry, I guess not. What did you say?” I smiled sheepishly at him.

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