The Holiday Kiss by Maggie Dallen

Author:Maggie Dallen [Dallen, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Luke

The day just went from bad to worse. My mom’s plan to distract my brothers with pyramids failed in epic fashion. Now they weren’t just depressed and missing my dad, but they were also hungry, tired, sweaty, and cranky.

So was I.

Mom wasn’t doing so hot herself. All four of us dragged ourselves out of the rental car and the short walk to the hotel felt like miles.

My mom and I tried valiantly to keep things from falling even further into a vat of crap. I promised my brothers ice cold pops when we got back to the bungalow and Mom was reciting all the “fun” things we could do tonight, Christmas Eve. Her list faltered after “watch a Christmas movie.” It was all downhill after that. Sit outside and look at the stars wasn’t exactly a hit with the younger crowd, and sing Christmas carols around a bonfire got quizzical looks from all of us. Looks that clearly said, have you lost your mind?

Our situation got mildly less awful after we all piled into their bungalow and I got a movie going. I let Kevin pick this time.

Back to the Future…again. My brothers had never seen it before this trip and now they were obsessed.

This was all fine and good until Biff came onto the screen. Now, my nerdy new friend hadn’t outright called me Biff. No one had called me that but me, I supposed. But I still hated the sight of him. I’d managed to avoid thinking about certain aspects of my conversations with Maya while we were sightseeing. Granted, I hadn’t stopped thinking about her. If anything the mind-numbing tour guide’s barely audible commentary at the site made the perfect white noise for my runaway daydreams.

So no, I hadn’t stopped thinking about her once as this interminable day went on. That actually made it feel even more insufferable because I knew she was here, at the hotel, doing something without me.

It didn’t matter what she was doing without me, I just wanted to be doing it too.

Why? I didn’t know. I mean, I did know. I liked her. There was no denying it. She was a surprise hottie—I suddenly had a whole new appreciation for the term diamond in the rough. Take the turtleneck and harsh bun away, and the girl was a freakin’ ten.

But more than that, I liked being around her. I liked talking to her and trying to get past that hard shell of hers. Those moments when I teased a smile out of her were addictively satisfying. Better than a runner’s high, better than beer, better than making out with one of the girls I used to hook up with at school.

So yeah, my trek through living hell with my brothers helped me see the full extent of this new fascination.

I liked her. I liked Maya a lot.

And Maya?

Well, apparently she wasn’t so keen on me.

And that was why I didn’t have the patience to sit there and watch Biff be a bastard.

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