Curvy Girls Can't Date Soldiers by Kelsie Stelting

Author:Kelsie Stelting
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kelsie Stelting Creative LLC

Twenty-Eight

Apollo

I kept hoping Nadira would agree to meet me before the month was up, but the entire weekend passed without her saying yes. Then Monday through Wednesday did too. I could tell my nerves and pacing were driving Josh nuts, but I didn’t know what else to do.

When I’d asked Nadira to meet me in person and heard the hesitation in her voice, I freaked. I practically begged her not to answer me yet, because I couldn’t take a no. Couldn’t face a day where there wasn’t a possibility for more between us.

“That’s it,” Josh said, getting up and dropping his controller on the couch. “Let’s go.”

I folded my arms across my chest, leaning against the wall. “Where? Why?”

“We’re crashing an art museum. Come on.”

He reached into his desk, took out his wallet, along with a baggie of plastic hooks, and shoved them in his pocket.

“We’re doing what?” I asked.

“It’ll be fun. Come on.”

Shaking my head, I grabbed a jacket and my wallet and followed him out the door. We got in his car, which had fuzzy pink dice hanging from the rearview mirror, and then he took off down the road.

“We’re not going to get in trouble, are we?” I asked, shifting uncomfortably in the duct-taped seat. Not only was I afraid of getting in trouble with the law, but the reprimand from my sergeant could be harsh.

“It’s innocent,” he said, rolling his eyes. “You worry too much.”

“You don’t worry enough,” I muttered.

“Hey, I have straight Cs. That spells passing.”

“Uh-huh.” I sighed, settling back in the cracked leather seat.

“It is. When I graduate college, no one’s going to ask to see my transcripts. They’ll just want the diploma. If that.”

Civilian life was different; I knew that. To the officer in charge of ROTC at Brentwood U, grades mattered. It could make the difference in rankings later on, opportunities for graduate studies, and more.

But if Josh said whatever we were doing was safe, I trusted him. Even if he played video games too much, he was a good friend, and he knew how important the military was to me.

I got out my phone as he drove and sent Nadira a text.

Apollo: Good luck at the meet today!

She texted me back almost instantly, which told me she was on the way there. She usually couldn’t text during school.

Nadira: Thanks! :) I hope we make it to state.

Apollo: You’re going to do great.

I couldn’t help but hope she made it to state and that I could go watch her. My little sister had done scholars’ bowl in high school, which I think was kind of the same thing. It was always fun to listen to the trivia and see if I had guessed it right before one of the competitors rang in.

My phone came out of my hand, and I said, “Hey!”

Josh had it and dropped it in the door pocket. “No obsessing about her.”

“Who?” I asked.

“You know who.” He glared at me. “Your pen pal can wait a few hours.”

I pressed my lips together and looked out the window, knowing Josh wasn’t going to budge.

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