Jessie Kasper (Before We Fractured #1) by Bradon Nave

Author:Bradon Nave [Nave, Bradon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00

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“You still haven’t told me where we’re going,” I said from the passenger seat of Kacey’s mother’s vehicle.

“It’s a surprise,” she replied. The vehicle smelled of delicious food. I wondered if she had stopped prior to picking me up and grabbed something for us to eat.

“’K,” I replied as I raised her hand to my mouth and kissed it. “I’m starving,” I muttered.

“Good. I got you,” she said while smiling.

“Did you grab food?”

“I cooked.”

“Really? That’s awesome. I wish I could cook.”

“You’d be surprised what you can do if you just try, Jess.”

I smiled. My grasp on her hand remained firm. “I think I got it figured out,” I said.

“Oh yeah?” she replied. The moonlight reflecting off her eyes and teeth was enticing.

“The park. A picnic in the park,” I said as she turned to me and smiled.

“Too lame?” she asked, scanning my face for approval.

“It’s perfect,” I replied as the vehicle approached the park. There were several lit streetlights aligning the front of the park in front of the tree line and sidewalk. “There’s quite a few picnic tables.”

“Oh, I brought a huge blanket so we can watch the stars, if that’s okay.”

“Sounds awesome, actually. What did you make us?”

“I baked chicken and rice and made a salad.”

“It smells fantastic,” I replied as Kacey parked next to the curb.

“Fantastic is the only thing I know how to cook,” she said as she removed the keys and turned to me. We took a moment to make out. She seemed wary of touching the back of my head, as if she were unaware if the fall had injured the area. “Help me unload,” she whispered as she pulled away.

She sat that last dish on the blanket I’d spread out over the soft earth. She looked at me and smiled, her breath barely visible as it ascended into the chilly evening sky. “C’mere,” I playfully said as I motioned her to me. I gently sat down, wincing slightly as my butt met the blanket.

“You okay?” she asked as she covered her smile.

“Yeah,” I replied as she sat down in front of me between my legs, her shoulders resting against my chest. Her hair smelled like some flower, or possibly some soap my mother used at one point. I liked the way it made me feel—happy and warm even though it was a little nippy out.

“So what’s with the stars?” I asked as I watched her gazing toward them.

“You don’t think they’re beautiful?”

“I do…but you really seem to like them.”

She leaned into me further, nudging her soft head into my cheek. “They never change. No matter what changes in my life, they never change.”

“Well, they do, we just can’t see—”

“I mean they aren’t affected the same way we are, Jessie. They’re constant. That star right there,” she said, pointing to God only knew which one, “that star will look the same when I’m forty, or even eighty. It looked the same five years ago.”

I took a second to not only take in what she’d said, but to recall five years prior.

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