Page 18 of Tainted Romance

‘Yeah, lucky them.’Her tone was low in my mind.

Only now did I realize she was the only person in the classroom sitting by themselves. Everyone else was paired up. Allie, however, was sitting by herself. Actually, come to think of it, she always sat by herself, apart from in the one class Blake was in.

‘You would hate it, working with someone, having to be nice,’I pointed out.

‘Yeah, you’re right.’Allie pulled her hair back and turned to look at me.

There was a trace of a smile on her face. Seeing her face finally after all day picturing it and thinking about it made me realize I shouldn’t be sitting here. I should be next to her.

I glanced at Ebony. She had put her headphones in and had a serious look on her face. She wouldn’t even know I wasn’t there until class finished.

I picked up my ripped textbook, which had more missing papers than actual papers. Taylor and I been scrunching them up as balls trying to get them in the teacher's bin. It was that which led to Mr. Burts saying Taylor and I were too disruptive to be in the same class.

I slumped down in the seat next to Allie. Her eyes were wide with fright, and she looked mortified.

“Don’t over think it, sweetheart.” I winked at her, hiding my nerves with confidence. It would help if she stopped staring at me like I had grown two heads or something. Come on, Allie, act cool before you draw attention to us.

She gulped. “I, um, don’t know what to say.”

“It’s my good looks, isn’t it? Makes you forget what you’re thinking,” I flirted with her.

She rolled her eyes, the shock of me sitting next to her finally wearing off. “Sure, that must be it.”

“So, where are you up to?” I looked at the blank piece of paper in front of her. “Or should I say, when do you plan on starting?”

“I wasn’t planning on it.” She smiled at me.

“Slacker, aren’t you?”

I reached out for the piece of paper, my hand just brushing hers. She was quick to pull away from my touch. Soon she wouldn’t be pulling away because I wouldn’t be letting her. I could feel a primal need to protect her and to have her.

I knew what was causing it - my wolf. The only thing that made me feel normal about it is I knew her wolf would be going wild inside her too.

“People are staring,” she hissed.

“So.” I shrugged it off, even though right now I was going against everything I stood for. “Come on, Allie, focus.” I snapped my fingers in her face to get her attention and pointed to the blank piece of paper in front of her.

Her hand was shaking as she reached for the pencil and began to read the question. I didn’t know how I was going to be able to focus on the work when she looked so damn alluring.

Gulping, I ran a hand through my hair. Allie was going to kill me or the very least my reputation.

Chapter Seven

“You’re kidding me, right?” Taylor closed his locker, looking at me with a stunned expression.

I hadn’t expected him to even care, let alone be shocked by it. “It’s only a camp for a couple of days.” I shrugged my shoulders, trying to downplay it. “It gets me out of my assessments, so why not go?”

“Because you are going to be stuck with the same people all weekend!” Taylor looked mortified at the idea. “Well, good on you, buddy, you have fun with that.” He slapped me on the shoulder, looking at me like I was a doomed man.

“Whatever,” I grumbled, closing my locker door and following him up the hall with my bag slung over my shoulder. “What are you doing tonight?”

“You mean, what are we doing tonight.” He shot me a side smirk.

“Ok then, I’ll bite. What are we doing tonight?” We walked out into the parking lot, which was filled with students.

“Double dating, don’t worry, you can thank me later.” He winked, and if anyone overheard our conversation, I was worried what impression they would get.

“With who?”

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