The End Defines the Beginning : A Boarding School Coming of Age (Harlow Academy Series Book 1) by Sarah Appleby

Author:Sarah Appleby [Appleby, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paideia Publishing
Published: 2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

IT SEEMED AS though Pierce and Emily rolled up earlier and earlier on Sundays to chat before cycling club started. This week, they both sat on the lawn by the club meeting spot at 6:30am and it was a beautiful morning. The sun shined down, warming their cheeks.

They sat side by side with only about a foot between them, Emily noticed that they seemed to sit closer and closer to one another, but she wondered if it was just her imagination.

“Funny how we keep getting here first, huh? Guess you just have to see me?”

Pierce gently bumped her side with his, coy and flirty.

“Well, you’re showing up early, too,” she said, trying to keep up with his confidence.

“Yeah…” he went quiet for a minute and looked out over the lawn, “Well, little one, it just seems like since we like each other so much we should go to the Halloween Ball together.”

OMG!

She loved that his asking was telling, his confidence was so hot it made her blood boil. But she tried to play it cool.

“Is that you asking me?”

“Well, I’m not about to let you say ‘no,’” he said, inching closer to her, “I like you. You’re fun and we have a lot in common.”

Thank God she had on layers or he may have been able to see her heart pop out of her chest.

“Ok. I’ll go to the dance with you,” she said, smiling nervously as he was now closer to her than he had ever been before.

He moved even closer, very close. Emily could see every eyelash and smell his minty toothpaste. In fact he was all sort of amazing smells… cologne beckoned her to look at his neck where his tanned skin looked so touchable and soft. She wanted to nestle her cheek there and sniff in his manly perfume.

He raised his hand and gently pushed a tuft of hair behind her ear.

“I’m glad that’s settled,” he said.

Then he smoothed his hand from the top of he head to the back of it and pulled her closer. It was as if it was all in slow motion.

It was a gentle, closed mouth kiss. His lips were warm and soft. He rubbed her hair at the nape of her neck with his hand. A kiss for the big screen and a happy ending.

Pierce pulled back and smoothed her hair one more time as Emily tried to keep her cool. As if she kissed boys all the time.

“Well, this will be fun,” he said “I’m actually looking forward to it now. Should we match costumes? I think some people are going are doing that.”

Emily had goosebumps now. He wanted to go to the dance with her AND match costumes. Only couples matched costumes.

“Ok. As long as we are something scary,” she replied.

“You’re even cooler than I thought,” he said and winked at her.

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