Hear Me Now by Melyssa Winchester

Author:Melyssa Winchester [Winchester, Melyssa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-06-12T00:00:00+00:00

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We’ve been holding hands since my attempt to leave when he yelled at me and it stayed that way the entire walk from the bathroom, up the stairs and straight to the door of my mom’s class. It’s only then when he changed things up and released my hand, walking straight through the door, knowing that because we were late, he was going to get in trouble.

My mom gave him a look when he walked in and it’s one I’ve seen her do loads of times before. She’s even done it with me, that’s how often she uses it. She rolls her eyes at him, as if walking in late is something she’d been expecting and it just proved her point about what a flake he is. It’s only when I walk in behind him that the entire dynamic of the room changes.

Her eyes raise in surprise and I know that she wants to ask me just what the hell I’m doing with Dillon. Being where she is right now, all the eyes trained on her, she can’t. It means I’m definitely in for a long talking to when she gets me out in the car later, but for now, not having to answer her look brings me a whole lot of happiness.

It’s none of this that surprises me though. Sure, I’d been surprised when he started walking with me to class because I thought it would be the last place he’d want to be after everything that happened, but past that, everything else was as normal as always. It’s what happened when we were both seated that changed everything.

Waiting until my mom’s back was turned back toward the board, he leaned over and tapped me on the shoulder, his hand laying out in front of him. One side of his mouth is raised in a smirk and as if knowing that what he’s doing makes absolutely no sense to me, his lips start moving and just like always, I’m completely locked on them.

“Hi. I’m Dillon.”

It takes a minute but putting together the way his hand is held out, now hanging across the space between our desks, and the way he just introduced himself, I see what he’s doing and despite not totally believing his words, I can’t help but smile at the attempt he’s making.

Reaching into my backpack and grabbing the pad of post it notes, I scribble my response. I could have easily spoken to him, but with the way my mom looked at me when I walked in and how sensitive I am to how she really feels about him, the last thing I want to do is call even more attention to it by speaking out loud for everyone to hear.

Holding up the paper with one hand and reaching the other out to meet his, I shake his hand and as I watch his eyes read my words, I’m comforted by the way the other side of his mouth raises until he’s full on smiling at me.

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