Something New by Jenny Rabe

Author:Jenny Rabe [Rabe, Jenny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798632345590
Published: 2020-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

When she woke up the next morning, her head throbbed from lack of sleep. She had to spend more time at the studio, but despite her long list of things to do before opening day, she arrived late and left early. She stopped at Gail’s house for advice about what to do so she could sleep.

“Hey, bright eyes,” Gail said when she opened the door.

Emilie forced a smile. “Hi.”

“You’re not so cheery today. What’s going on?”

“Let’s talk about it inside.” Emilie followed Gail into the sitting room. Instead of sitting on the couch opposite Gail, Emilie slumped in an armchair. Her legs hung off one arm of the chair, arms sprawled apart.

“That bad, huh?”

Emilie hid her face with one arm and moaned. She and Gail talked about boys when she was younger, but this was different. This was Dean. “I don’t know what to do.”

Gail laughed and moved Emilie’s arm away. Kneeling on the floor next to her, she took both of Emilie’s hands in hers. “That’s obvious. Why don’t you start at the beginning?”

“Yesterday, everything was going fine. Dean and I went on a whale watch and other than being seasick, it was the perfect evening. Dean and I connected. Halfway through the cruise, we had this... moment and he leaned down to kiss me.”

Gail’s mouth dropped open. Then she laughed, a deep throaty laugh that would embarrass any daughter in public. “You really like Dean, don’t you?”

Emilie blurted out the rest before she made any assumptions. “I pulled away. I’m not sure why? What if I move and we date long distance? What if we break up? Everything was perfect, but I was too nervous. I wanted to kiss him; I really did. But besides my obvious reasons, I’d just thrown up. Kissing him with that acid taste in my mouth made me want to…”

Gail raised a hand to stop her. “Too much information. First of all, let’s talk about you leaving. It’s not going to happen.”

Emilie cocked her head. “How can you be so sure? I can’t stand that house.”

Gail shooed her words away with her hand. “That’s not a good-enough reason to leave Dean. You can get a new place. Speaking of him, let’s deal with that. He’s your fiancé, remember? It’s not a bad thing to be caught kissing.” She playfully batted her eyes until Emilie cracked a smile.

“We’re not technically together.”

Gail held up her hands. “Why not? Why don’t you date him and even marry him? That boy is everything to you. He’s liked you since... It’s been so long, I can’t remember.”

Her words sucker punched Emilie. Even though she was sure he liked her, he’d never said the words. It made a difference. “Maybe he’s been like that recently, but we just reconnected. It’s been years. It’s hard for me to believe he’s had feelings for me all this time.”

“Believe it, girl.”

Emilie bit her lip. She was quickly running out of reasons why she couldn’t be with him. “Right now, he’s my safety net.

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