You Were Made For Me by Jenna Guillaume

Author:Jenna Guillaume
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Published: 2020-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Guy reclined on the lounge while I set myself up. This was the room with the best light in the house. I was kind of glad we weren’t in my bedroom, especially after what had just happened. It would have been too distracting.

Max curled up at Guy’s feet and sighed contentedly.

‘So. Should I be naked for this?’ Guy said, propping himself up on his elbow.

I nearly dropped my pencil. ‘What?’

He raised an eyebrow. ‘Is that not how artists work?’

I stared at the blank page in front of me. ‘That’s life drawing. Um. It’s okay. You won’t be naked in the mural.’ I could feel my face burning up. When I dared to glance at Guy I noticed that his lips were twitching, like he was trying not to smile. I narrowed my eyes. ‘On second thoughts, lose the shirt.’

He burst out laughing but sat up, unbuttoning his shirt and shrugging it off. I almost told him to stop. Almost.

He looked me in the eye as he dropped the shirt to the ground and, I swear, he flexed his pecs. ‘And the shorts?’

‘Hmmm?’ I was barely listening to what he was saying. The sight of his naked chest was . . . absorbing.

‘Should I lose them too?’

I shook my head, trying to focus. ‘Um, no. Keep them on. Definitely keep them on.’

Not that I hadn’t seen it all before. My face heated up again at the memory. ‘Let’s get started, shall we?’ I mumbled.

As I sketched a rough outline, I felt Guy staring at me, in a hot and intense way. My skin prickled.

‘When did you get into art?’ he asked.

‘When I was really young. Mum says I was drawn to it before I could even talk.’ I chuckled. ‘One time I got up before anyone else was out of bed and drew squiggles all over the house in permanent marker.’

‘Your parents allowed that?’

‘Ah, no. They did not. I don’t remember it, actually, but I don’t think they were too happy about it.’

Guy laughed. I began to relax.

‘I do remember a masterpiece I drew on the underside of my grandparents’ coffee table, though. I started it when I was only about five. I drew a house. Then a few years later I remembered it and went back to add to it. I turned it into an abstract drawing of a girl.’

‘Did your grandparents like it?’

I snorted. ‘They didn’t discover it until they were rearranging furniture years later. By then I was twelve. My mum got a phone call one day and all I could hear was the sound of my grandpa yelling down the line, and Mum just looked at me with horror. And I knew they had found it. I’d actually forgotten all about it until then.’ I was laughing now. ‘Mum tried to be mad but I know she thought it was pretty funny. “Guess we need to get you some bigger canvases,” she said.’

‘And now you’ll be doing this painting on your school?’

I sighed. ‘Yeah.’

Guy cocked his head. ‘You don’t sound too happy about it?’

I paused, biting my lip.

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