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"No boyfriend?" Blake sounded surprised

"Nope" Lesa’s eyes sparkled "You have a girlfriend you left back in California?"

Dee cleared her throat as she found the food on her plate to be of extreme interest

Mortified, I wanted to hide under the table

Blake chuckled "No No girlfriend" He turned his attention back to me "But I’m surprised you don’t have a boyfriend"

"Why?" I asked, wondering if I should be flattered Like le?

"Well," Blake said, leaning in toward uy over there He’s been staring at you since I sat down And he doesn’t look happy"

Dee was the first to look Her lips forht smile "That’s uys date or so?"

"No," I said Every muscle in my body demanded that I take a look-see "He’s just…Daeed my arm "So no competition there?"

My eyes widened Boy, he was bold His hotness level went up ten points "Not likely"

A slow smile crept over Blake’s lips He had a fuller bottom one Looked totally kissable "Good to know, because I ondering if you wanted to grab solanced at Dee, who looked just as surprised as I did I had every intention of finding out why she was acting so weird over Ada to Dae

Dee ether tomorrow after school"

"But--"

"It’s okay" Her look seemed to say, Go out, have fun Be nor, because she didn’t seem very pleased with Blake’s interest in me "It’s fine," Dee adds

I could wait one lanced over at Blake and our eyes locked I found

Blake’s smile remained on his face the rest of the lunch Toward the end, I caved and had to look because I could still feel hi Not atfriendly in the hard line of his jaw or his sharp jewel-toned eyes

Daeaze slid to mine There was a flutter deep in my chest I tried to draw in a breath, but I felt pierced My lips tingled

There was definitely no coo to the Smoke Hole after school We took separate cars, and the as howling e got there, tearing at the bare branches of the trees surrounding the parking lot as we rushed inside

His cheeks were flushed under his tan as we grabbed a seat near the crackling fireplace "I don’t think I’et used to the wind here It’s brutal"

"Me, too," I said, rubbing my chilled hands over my arms "And I’ve been told to expect a lot of snow coreen stand out Nowhere near as bright as Dae weather, then Do you snowboard?"

I laughed "I’d killonce with rinned and then shifted his attention to the waitress taking our orders Surprisingly, I wasn’t nervous There wasn’t a tipsy feeling in azes met My skin didn’t feel stretched too thin And I wasn’t sure what thatwhile aited for my slice of cheese pizza and his cup of chili I told hiuys down in Florida I didn’t have that kind of coordination, and he tried to convince hed A lot We took our ti about aliens fro threat of the DOD or Aru ti a napkin into tiny pieces while he grinned at ured I’d get eekdom out of the way "Yeah, I love books I review the" I paused "How did you know?"

Blake leaned forward and whispered, "I looked you up I know, kind of a nerdy thing to do, but I found your blog I like how you write your reviews Very witty And you’re passionate about it"

Flattered and completely won over by the fact he actually readis really iet it"

"Oh, I totally do I used to blog about surfing"

"Really?"

He nodded "Yep, Iwith people all around the world that shared the sauy was perfect He didn’tCool points for Blake I took a sip of lanced out theDark, thick clouds blanketed the sky "When I first saw you, I had you pegged for a surfer You have that look"

"What kind of look is that?"