Page 13 of The Kissing Booth
He offered me a hand and I got to my feet too. The shirt I was wearing reached barely past my butt, so I felt extremely self-conscious.
‘Um, when did I change?’ I asked, plucking at the shirt and looking around. I saw my dress draped over a chair.
‘Oh, I came back up to check on you and you woke up, and then you started to take off your dress because you didn’t want to crease it, you said, so I found you a shirt to wear.’ He shrugged, and scratched the back of his neck briefly.
I blinked, my brain trying sluggishly to catch up. ‘So... you saw me... in my underwear...’Please say no, please say no, please—
His mouth twitched; he was trying so hard not to smirk. ‘Uh...’
‘Oh my God.’ I buried my face in my hands.
‘I averted my eyes, I swear.’
I laughed it off, saying, ‘Don’t worry about it,’ when truthfully, my pulse was roaring in my ears. Mr. Player averting his eyes? Likely story.
‘Lee’s downstairs cooking breakfast if you want any,’ he told me. His words tumbled out, as though he were trying to change the topic.
My stomach decided to growl in answer to him, making us both laugh. ‘Awesome.’
I headed downstairs, closing his bedroom door behind me. I let out a breath I didn’t know I’d been holding, and sagged against the door.
‘Oh my God,’ I breathed, talking to myself. I thought I was totally over Noah. But after those five minutes – with him in a towel and me in his shirt, and him falling on top of me... My heart just wouldn’t calm down!
It was ridiculous. I knew Noah never saw me as anything other than the annoying girl who was his brother’s best friend. To him, I was nothing more than that, I was certain.
But still...
I fell backward suddenly, the door behind me disappearing.
Flat on my back, I blinked up at Noah, now wearing a pair of boxer shorts.
I cracked up laughing. ‘You wear Superman boxers!’
He looked down at himself, as though he needed visual confirmation of this. I watched pink blossom over his cheeks, and all I could think was,I made Noah Flynn blush!
He was smirking like he didn’t care, then winked and said, ‘You know you find them irresistible, Shelly.’
Is it that obvious?
‘Oh yeah, right,’ I scoffed. ‘Sure I do.’
I pushed myself to my feet again and pulled the shirt down as far as it would go. Still grinning foolishly at the knowledge I’d made him blush, I headed downstairs to the kitchen.
‘Rochelle, Rochelle, Rochelle,’ Lee sighed when I collapsed onto a seat at the bar table. ‘What am I going to do with you, my stripping, skinny-dipping little friend?’
‘Make me some breakfast?’ I replied hopefully.
He laughed, and turned back to the stove, throwing some more bacon into the pan. ‘The things I do for you.’
Chapter 4
I SPENT MOSTof the day playingMario Kartwith Lee.
‘I’m actually pretty surprised Noah took care of me,’ I admitted to Lee.
He laughed. ‘You’re not the only one. I would’ve, if I’d been there. But I got kind of waylaid...’
‘Yeah, you told me about Veronica. Was there another girl you kissed, or just the one? You want to watch it – you’ll be turning out like your brother.’
