The Perks of Kissing You (Perks Book 3) by Stephanie Street

Author:Stephanie Street [Street, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Bailey

Jamie was acting weird. He said he didn’t want to talk about it, but how was I supposed to ignore the way he was behaving? Opening my door. Holding my hand. Looking at me with that look. I didn’t even know what that look meant, but it made me feel like I was his prey. I didn’t hate it. In fact, it made my heart beat ratchet up until my entire body thrummed.

We’d spent the whole weekend together and with Dallin. It had never been easy to hide my feelings for Jamie, but now, it was next to impossible. Things were different. In a way, I felt like my plan was already working, that maybe things were changing for Jamie, too.

I’d been tempted to change myself. I was suddenly critical of my clothes, wondering if I should convince my mom I needed some new outfits, something different than the t-shirts and jeans I usually wore. Maybe put on more makeup. Start doing my hair every day. But I cast that idea aside. If Jamie was ever going to love me, he was going to have to love me for who I was and not because I was trying to turn myself into a popular girl clone. If that’s what he wanted, there were more than a few girls waiting in the wings.

Which was why I decided that for our next kissing experiment, I would show up to Jamie’s just being me. I’d taken a shower before dinner and hadn’t done anything with my hair except run a brush through it. I didn’t want to deal with raccoon eyes in the morning, so I didn’t even bother with mascara.

And now, I stood at the threshold of Jamie’s basement in a pair of athletic shorts, a V-neck t-shirt, Jamie’s hoodie, and no makeup other than my strawberry lip balm.

Jamie answered the door dressed much like I was. His shorts were longer and he wasn’t wearing a sweatshirt, but I wasn’t complaining. The view of his t-shirt pulled snug over his muscles was one I was positive I’d never tire of.

I’d never tire of his smile, either.

“Come in.” He opened the door wide and stood aside to let me in. He’d been expecting me, but I still couldn’t just walk in.

The room was dim, the only light coming from his big screen tv which was paused on one of our favorite movies.

“I thought we could watch for a little bit.” Jamie gestured toward the television.

“Yeah, good idea.” And it was. I felt nervous and anxious. Watching a movie was normal, something we did together all the time. Scheduling kisses wasn’t.

He was prepared with water bottles and a bag of microwave popcorn. We both squeezed into the center of the couch and Jamie covered our legs with a blanket.

It felt different with just the two of us without Dallin. I had practically zero dating experience, but this felt like a date. I was aware of Jamie, but that wasn’t unusual. What threw me was how aware he was of me.

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