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He sht His lips are temptation "Then we have a deal, Chelsea See you Monday"

Before I can say goodbye, he’s up and out of the chair, fleeing the room in a rush I can almost believe he was never there in the first place

Aled on for what felt like forever Friday, aftersure my paycheck was direct deposited into my account, I cruised to the bank and took out some cash, then texted Mom to reedily, her eyes wide, her ht over telve-packs to the house and we got high together, though really I only took one puff It bothersthat with her I’m to the point where I can’t stand it And I only suilt, or the weird looks Wade knows my relationship with my mom is twenty flavors of fked up, but Des doesn’t He thinks my life is sunshine and roses

Irritated with everything going down in ot her to leave pretty quickly and she ithout protest, happy because she was high as hell and had a pocket full of cash

I made aether all weekend when I wasn’t working, and considering lad to be working at all We drank beer, watched shittyin particular The usual I wanted to forget my troubles The fact that I wasn’t able to play in this weekend’s gah I tried to not worry about it Still, I was pissed when Wade was gone, playing without irls caht But I realized quickly that I didn’t want to deal with theh one sat onin my ear how hot I was and how much she wanted me I let her do it, my attention focused on the shit movie rather than her, and I know it pissed her off I wasn’t into her So she left me and went and sat on Wade’s lap

Pretty sure he scored with that one

I worked Saturday night The rush of the dinner crowd kept me busy, my brain occupied, which I needed My shift was till eleven but I stayed later, past ot so busy, and I helped out wherever I could The tips were extra good and I stashed the cash in a secret spot in hton to soive it all up to Mo aboutabout her, which is pointless Stupid Re her head on the table, fast asleep Her pink lips parted, her breathing even, looking like a dark-haired angel She’d been incredibly still, fascinating to watch, and doing soher like that felt like an incredibly inti a part of

And when I touched her? I don’t knohat made me do that Her brown hair looked like silk, and I wanted to see if it felt like silk, too

It did

When she stirred, I yanked ot burned No way did I want her knowing I had ers in her hair She’d probably freak out I don’t think she likes me much

I make her uncomfortable and sick asole that I a to see a reaction, needing to see her cheeks turn pink and her lids slide down so they were covering those too-blue eyes She has thick, dark eyelashes and a sprinkling of freckles, just like I thought

Never knew I had a thing for freckles, but I’ve coives?

When did knowing a girl ever matter to me before?

Sunday I didn’t do shit Slept in, lay around in bed until finally Wade asked if I wanted to order a pizza for dinner I agreed and pulled out the assignuy What I needed to do to catch up and get utter wasn’t that bad Answer short essay questions about books ere supposed to have read that I haven’t yet Or questions asking for our opinion on a certain topic--sined books for cheap and downloaded it on my phone

After I wolfed down half the da like I’d actually accoht of howned book, which I finally found underthrough the throng of students, anxious to reach the roo for me I’d put on jeans and a brand-new black T-shirt I picked up in a pack at Wal one of ot daht rain, and I wonder how long the decent weather will last before suood

I finally find the roo it, trepidation fillsher? She’s nothing Nobody She’s not even that attractive

Liar

Fine She’s cute But nothing special I don’t understand why I feel this way

Clutching the door handle, I push it open and walk inside She’s sitting at the sa away at the screen Texting someone, no doubt I wonder who

A friend, a familya guy and I sort of find it hard to iives off that untouchable vibe Chicks like that normally don’t interest me whatsoever Fine, you don’t want me to touch you, let alone look at you? No proble Chelsea make me want to touch her all over?

Focus, asshole

"Hey" Her soft voice breaks through aze to see she’s sh, I settle in the chair across froht next to her like last time I’d done that to rattle her before It had worked But not today Today I’ we need to act like she’s nh it, pulling out the three assigno" I hand thehtens as she takes the papers froe as she looks through theo to class?"

I nod It had been kind of hard, because I was behind in assignments and it was difficult to keep pace, but I pretended to keep up as well as I could "Went toclass, too"

"That’s the one class I’ on with you I’ve heard it’s your secret talent," she says, grabbing her phone so she can shove it into her backpack before she opens up my acadelances up to look atto look like an egotistical ass

She rolls her eyes "I’ed with pink, giving away her discoht back or callclass?" I et it out in the open and h this, the faster I can get rid of her and get on with nments They’re quick and should be easy for you" She handsassignments and the requirements they have before I turn them in

Great I need to actually create and keep a portfolio ofI’ up to do At this rate, I’et back on the football tealances up at me with startled wide eyes, her lips parted "Um, sure"