The Perfect League by Maggie Dallen

Author:Maggie Dallen [Dallen, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Connor

I couldn’t get out of that parking lot fast enough. The whole world seemed to be staring at us. No, at Juliette.

I hated that. They could say what they wanted about me, but I didn’t want Juliette being stared at like an animal at the zoo because she was dating me. That was exactly what I didn’t want.

I was so focused on getting her out of there, on taking her someplace where we could be alone—it wasn’t until we were in the car and halfway home that I realized I’d absconded with the school’s beloved basketball star. When I looked over I saw that she was watching me with an amused look on her face, like she was trying not to laugh.

“Where are we headed?” she asked.

Just seeing that look made me smile. There was something about being around this girl that made me weirdly happy. There was no fighting it, not anymore. I mean, I’d tried to do what was best for her and had failed miserably.

Was it right to kiss her like that? In front of everyone? Probably not, but I hadn’t been able to stop myself. She’d been standing there looking so beautiful and saying those things…

Did she have any idea how impossible it was to hold out against those words? She’d said she liked me. She’d said it out loud like it was the most normal thing in the world to be so straightforward and honest.

It had been humbling—her honesty and the fact that she liked me. Me. This girl could have anyone. She should have anyone other than me. But she liked me.

I shifted in my seat as an unfamiliar feeling spread through me. A kind of happiness I’d never known before and that kind of scared the crap out of me.

Because it couldn’t last. This wouldn’t last. I knew that and that’s why I was a jackass. I’d pushed her away the other day to protect her, and myself, but one look at those big brown eyes and hearing her say she liked me and…I’d lost it.

I’d kissed her with everything I had. I hadn’t stopped to think about who might see or what she might think I meant. I’d just acted.

And now…well now I had to see this through.

I looked over at her. She deserved honesty. She deserved…aw hell, she deserved everything. Definitely more than I could give her.

But she was waiting for me to answer and I knew she wanted to talk. “My house okay?”

She nodded.

A little while later we’d bypassed my mom and sister and were back in my room—where this all began with a kiss.

Had it really only been twenty-four hours? That may have been the longest day of my life. I’d done nothing but think about that kiss ever since. I’d done nothing but debate my actions, rethink every word I’d spoken.

And at the end of it all, I was no closer to having anything figured out. I mean, that kiss had been amazing. She was amazing. I couldn’t deny it any longer—this had gone beyond a harmless crush.

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