High School Heartbreak by Sherri Renee

Author:Sherri Renee [Renee, Sherri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

“Whoa!” I let out a squeal and flew towards the path out of control. My arms flailed like a windmill, and I scampered down the sloping ground, trying to keep from falling. Before I could regain control of my feet I tripped over a string of Christmas lights running through the shrubs and tumbled out into the path.

And smack dab into Jace’s broad back.

I pushed Jace a full step forward before slowing. Jules let out a little yelp of surprise and they both spun to face me with wide eyes. I jumped back a foot. My cheeks flamed, and I felt like my heart was going to burst from my chest. I covered my mouth with both hands.

That did not just happen.

Please let this be one of those terrible nightmares that feels so real, but all of a sudden you wake up and everything is just fine. I waited for just a second, but I didn’t wake up.

I wanted to curl up into a ball and disappear. How could I ever explain what I was doing without making it look like I’d been spying on them? Or worse, pushing Jace away from Jules because I was jealous.

Oh, my goodness. That’s exactly what it looked like I was doing. My cheeks flamed hotter. I wouldn’t have been surprised to see steam rising around me as my heat collided with the cold air.

For the first and only time in my life, I wished we had quicksand. Or earthquakes. Anything that could swallow me up and make me disappear so I didn’t have to face Jace and try to explain what just happened.

“Oh, Michelle! Hi!” Jules said as soon as she saw it was me. “What are you doing out here?”

I gave her a weak smile.

“Michelle?” Jace said at almost the same time, looking around. “Are you okay? Where’d you come from?”

He looked so good dressed in fitted jeans and a Forest Ridge letter jacket. In the dim light, I studied his face looking for bruises or cuts from his earlier fight. I didn’t see anything other than the slight shadow near his eye from Danny elbowing him at the game.

I wanted to talk to him. Apologize again. Anything just to be near him, but then I remembered Jules was there and was possibly his new girlfriend. I tore my gaze from Jace and glanced at the tree that had betrayed me, trying to think of something better than, “I was hiding and spying on you, but I didn’t mean to so it’s probably not as creepy as it sounds.”

“I’m so sorry,” I mumbled, staring at Jace in horror. “I lost my footing.” I looked at my feet before darting desperate looks around the garden, searching for a logical sounding excuse for why I’d basically pounced on him. My heart pounded as they both stared curiously.

I had to come up with a reason for lurking in the bushes that had nothing to do with them. “I thought the two-tiered fountain was over there somewhere,” I waved a hand vaguely towards the tree, “and went to look for it.

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