Valentine's Day Collection (A Timeless Romance Anthology Book 19) by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: clean romance,
Publisher: Mirror Press
Published: 2017-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

NATE

Half way through Saturday night’s dance, I’d all but given up hope. I leaned against the wall, close to the water fountain and watched as couples danced under a sea of paper hearts and glittery streamers. Almost like a reflex, I looked for my swimmers, picking them out of the crowd. Were they behaving themselves? Acting responsibly? I’d been clear about how many laps they’d run at Monday’s practice if I caught any of them drinking. So far, the ones attending the dance hadn’t given me reason to worry. Bridget and Brett were maybe kissing a little too frequently, but I figured that fell outside my responsibilities as coach so I tried my best to ignore them.

I pulled out my phone to check for new notifications. Nothing. Not a call or text. Not even a shout out on Twitter. I’d given Kayla time to mull over my invitation, but she’d surprised me by not responding at all. It didn’t seem like her. To leave me hanging with no answer.

I’d texted her earlier that afternoon with a simple query. Are you in? Her lack of response was probably all the answer I needed. I sighed and shoved my phone back into my pocket. It was time to let her go.

“What a way to spend a Valentine’s Day, right?” Mike Shepherd leaned up against the wall beside me. Shep taught world history and coached the basketball team, and was generally pretty optimistic. Even about school dances.

“What’s got you down, Shep?” I asked.

“Ah, I don’t know. I forgot to do something for Angie for Valentine’s Day. And I forgot to tell her I had to be here tonight, so, yeah. She’s not too happy with me right now.”

I grimaced. “Ouch. You have a recovery plan yet?”

“I’ll figure it out, I guess. Take her out tomorrow, maybe. What about you? You got anybody special to go and see?”

I ran a hand across my chin and shrugged. “I thought maybe I…” I froze. Kayla stood at the door to the gym, her eyes scanning the room. “Sorry, Shep. I gotta go.”

When I was ten or so paces away, she saw me, a huge smile spreading out across her face.

I stopped right in front of her. “Hi.”

“Hi.”

She looked amazing. But then it’s not like that was hard for Kayla, a woman who managed to make a swim cap look good. All dressed up, with the hair and the dress and the heels, it was a lot to take in.

“I’m sorry I ignored your text earlier,” she said. “I just… I had this idea to surprise you. Some big Valentine’s Day gesture.”

“Yeah?”

“But then I remembered that you’re a faculty member chaperoning a dance full of your students and athletes, and it suddenly felt silly to think I could just waltz in here and find you without, I don’t know, making a scene.”

I grinned. “A reasonable worry.”

“I mean, my little sister is right over there.”

I held out my hand. “Want to go for a walk?”

Kayla nodded.

We skirted

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