Shift by Ginger Scott

Author:Ginger Scott [Scott, Ginger]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little Miss Write, LLC
Published: 2021-06-22T18:30:00+00:00

13

Bailey thinks I’m nuts. Maybe I am. I’ve been an emotional wreck since my birthday, since Dustin gave me that stupid chime and I got this idea that maybe we’re some great destined couple, like the fantasy that plays out in my head. It’s only gotten worse as I’ve let my guard down and allowed him to completely consume me. I thought I was doing the same to him, but I guess that was just me being a silly girl.

The chime isn’t stupid. I take that thought back, Universe.

I thought I would be okay with the secrecy. It felt necessary to protect what was so new, and my brother has this way of spoiling things for me. But this isn’t new at all. The way I feel about Dustin is something that’s aged within me, grown to be a part of me. I don’t think I would even know how to look at another guy and get the same tingles across my skin. Michael Bosa, for all his frustrating jock-headedness, is a really good-looking guy. He’s hot in that all-American boy way—the typical way that most of the other girls at our school and in this town seem to go nuts over. Tall with muscular arms he puts on display with his ripped-up T-shirts. He’s had the same buzzed haircut since he was eleven, and he’s grown into the military vibe of it, chiseled where chisels are supposed to be and tanned skin fit for a male model. And though he depends on me to be his academic lifeline, I know in my gut that all I’d have to do is flirt just a little. I could have Michael Bosa. Become Mrs. Bosa. Have little Bosa babies.

But that’s not who my stupid heart beats for!

I thought Dustin was starting to see me differently, the way I see him. But that’s only in private. I get that we were hiding our relationship from Tommy, but that’s over now. My brother knows; Dustin heard him last night. There’s nothing to hide, and I thought maybe today we could wake up and show the rest of the world the little bit of wonderful we found. But how practical is that? I can’t pretend my parents aren’t going to have the same cautionary advice.

I pace across my room and rip the biggest purple heart from my wall, tearing it in half, leaving an ugly ball of tape and half a heart in its wake.

“Okay, that’s a bit dramatic,” Bailey teases, glancing at me in the mirror as she works to pull her hair back into the strict fashion her mother prefers. From what she knows, this is all about prom and my brother having a date and me not.

“What do you know?” I throw back. Her brows lower, and I feel bad the moment my words hit her ears.

“I’m sorry,” I say, and she waves me off, turning her attention back to her hair. I know she’s hurt, though, so I step in behind her and take over brushing her hair.

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