The Outer Edge of Heaven by Jaclyn M. Hawkes

Author:Jaclyn M. Hawkes
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
Publisher: Spirit Dance Books
Published: 2011-09-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Charlie reached up and adjusted the tiny fan above her seat on the plane and then turned out the light that shone down on her. It was a little before nine p.m. Connecticut time and although she had managed to make it clear onto the plane without that dreaded discussion with her mother, she was still tired and discouraged.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes as the plane began to taxi toward the runway, wondering if she’d honestly be able to sleep during this long flight across the country. All afternoon and evening she’d been trying to figure out just what had happened there on the beach between her and Luke when she fell to make him look at her the way he had and then sigh and turn away. It was as if the fun and the friendship had offended him. He had pulled away from her so hard afterward that she was positively lost.

As they were loading into the cars, she had asked him out right if she had done something to offend him and although the look he had given her was almost soul searching, a moment later he had simply shaken his head, assured her she had done nothing and sighed again as he climbed in behind the wheel.

Then Chase and Tuckett had climbed in with them so she wasn’t even able to ask him about it as they drove back into Waterbury to catch their plane. He’d been polite and helpful and kind, like he always was, but she could just about swear he’d decided something about her that subtly held their easy friendship at bay. It wasn’t even anything she could put her finger on. It was simply a silent, invisible door he had shut on his smile toward her.

Now, seated beside him on the plane, she wondered if he’d even speak to her on the long flight home. As the plane lifted off, she swallowed the lump in her throat, determined not to cry in front of him again, even though that’s what she felt like doing. Feeling the tears well up behind her closed eyelids, she willed herself to think of something else to counteract her discouragement. This had to be a culmination of the other things going on in her life right now with a few hormones thrown in for good measure, but regardless of what was causing it, she really didn’t want to cry right now.

Without opening her eyes, she reached up and brushed away the one tear that overflowed and escaped, then turned her head toward Fo’s side so her emotions wouldn’t be so apparent to Luke.

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Fo Eldridge sat in the big air bus with his two best friends on the planet and wondered what in heaven’s name was going on in his world. Luke was a silent bear, and Charlie was sitting beside him quietly crying and hoping no one was noticing. What the heck had happened since he’d last seen them laughing and joking

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