A Work in Progress (The Faith Series, #1) by Staci Stallings

Author:Staci Stallings
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult, NA romance, contemporary romance, Christian fiction, Christian Romance
Publisher: Staci Stallings
Published: 2015-02-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“So did you ask Gwen yet?” Eric asked without really wanting to know the answer. He had met up with Jeremy at their normal spot, but this conversation felt anything but normal. In fact, they hadn’t spoken since Eric had walked out of the Student Union just before Spring Break. So much had changed since then, and clearly telling the extent of all those changes was impossible. Jeremy had just finished the dramatic retelling of talking to Gwen’s father, who apparently was thrilled with the prospect of tying his daughter’s life to Jeremy’s. Eric couldn’t help but wonder if he would’ve been so thrilled had Eric been the one asking.

“Friday night. It’s our one year anniversary from when we started going together,” Jeremy said, and the sparkle in his voice was hard to miss. It made the inside of Eric’s heart pang. “I got the ring and everything.”

“The ring and everything.” Eric yanked the door open and held it for Jeremy. “Wow.”

“I just hope she says, ‘Yes’ you know?”

“Of course she’s going to say yes. Why wouldn’t she?”

“I wish I was so sure about that.”

“She’s going to say, ‘Yes.’ She’d be crazy not to.” Eric pulled the door to the classroom open and held it for Jeremy before following Jeremy up the steps to the third row. His heart fell when he realized porcupine hair was sitting in her original seat one row ahead. His mind flashed again to the scene at the Student Union. Somehow he had convinced himself her phone call on Sunday erased the possibility she was still upset. Then again he’d probably made things worse by his idiotic performance in that phone call.

Jeremy turned questioningly to him, indicating Rebecca with a nod.

“You go on. I’ll talk to her,” Eric said with a lift of his chin. He recalibrated his steps into her row. She never looked up on his long approach even when he stopped only a foot from her. “Is this seat taken?”

When she looked up, there was only submission in her gaze. “No.”

“Good.” He slid into the seat next to her with a glance back at Jeremy. It was clear Jeremy realized she hadn’t forgotten either. “So, you finished the paper?”

Her shoulders shifted slightly so part of her back was now to him. She was reading, but he couldn’t tell if that was for real or just a signal to leave her alone.

“I got mine done, believe it or not.” He held it out for her to see, but she didn’t so much as glance at it. “Okay.” His eyebrows lifted with understanding. He considered every other option, but none seemed real enough. Finally his head dipped to his chest. “Look, I’m sorry about the other night, about what I said. I really was glad you called.”

His attention snagged on the fact that Jeremy was right behind him listening to every word. Pursing his lips together, Eric fought to work through in his head how to get her to stop being furious, knowing Jeremy was right there recording every word for posterity.

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