Waiting at Hayden's by Riley Costello

Author:Riley Costello
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sullivan & Shea Publishing
Published: 2018-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

seventeen

THEN

“CAN I WALK you home, Charli?” Christopher asked.

It was midnight, and Charli, Christopher, and Rebecca had just finished up a study session at the library and were standing outside on the concrete steps under the bright security light.

“I’ll walk her home,” Rebecca said, coming to Charli’s rescue.

Charli mouthed a silent, “Thank you,” as she adjusted her heavy backpack.

Irritated, Christopher cracked his knuckles. “Well, if you walk her home, then who will walk you home?” he asked.

“We’ll both walk her home then,” Rebecca answered, rolling her eyes. Rebecca had told Christopher a number of times that Charli was hung up on someone from home and wasn’t interested in a relationship, but he still tried to get one-on-one time with her whenever he could.

There were times Charli did hang out with him alone. Because she liked to. She liked Christopher. When it was just the two of them, they had the most intense conversations about the kind of stuff that kept her awake at night. Last Friday, for instance, when they went to Big John’s Tavern, a dive bar downtown, for a couple of beers, they’d talked about how amazing it was to think that all human beings formed themselves from a single cell and how miraculous it was that they all could breathe, circulate their blood, and digest their food without even thinking about it. Wow!

She would have been fine kissing Christopher a couple of times. Or going out on a date with him. But she wasn’t ready to get seriously involved with anyone. In order for her arrangement with Jack to work, she’d decided she really needed to listen to her heart. Moving on at this point didn’t feel right.

“Well, maybe on Friday we can grab another drink,” Christopher said, clearly trying to play it cool as they started walking.

“Maybe,” Charli said, staring down at her feet. She’d decide later if she would actually go.

Rebecca fell into step beside her and whispered in her ear. “Do I need to say we have dinner plans?”

Charli smiled. “I’ll let you know.”

“What are you two talking about?” Christopher asked.

“Nothing,” they both said in unison and kept walking.

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