Page 40 of Shape Of My Heart
Chapter10
This morning seemedto be filled with all sorts of surprises. Both goodandbad.
Amy had thought about Josh all night, wondering how he was doing. She’d planned to go see him today, just to check in, but her plans changed when she heard noises coming from outside her apartment door very early in the morning. At first she didn’t know what was going on, then she looked through the peephole and saw Dom and his brother talking and heard everythingtheysaid.
Dom had said, “Let’s see if we can catch her with her clothes off today. I get to lookfirst.”
Then she watched him bend down by the door lock and peer through. All this time she’d been here she didn’t realize that you could see clearly through the keyhole. It was like a viewing parlor. She couldn’t have been more mortified at the thought that they’d been watching her get changed and had seen hernaked.
Not only did she feel uncomfortable there, she had the desperate urge to leave immediately. She left minutesafterthat.
She knew Josh would be surprised to see her and hoped that he wouldn’t be in one of his moods. What she didn’t expect was him choosing to spend his time with her over Allegra. That trulysurprisedher.
Now they walked side by side along the beach on their way to the surfing competition. It was Hilda that told her about it. Amy had never been to anything like that, and rarely ever got the chance to watch any form of sport, so saw it as a good idea with perfecttiming.
Josh didn’t say anything as they left the house. He just walked next to her, seeming deep in contemplation. He looked at her looking at him and a slight hint of a smile liftedhisface.
“Wait,” he said,stopping.
“Whatfor?”
“I’ve decided I really don’t like your hair like that. We have tochangeit.”
She shook her head. “There’s nothing wrong withmyhair.”
“Maybe not in Kansas, but this is California.” To her surprise he pulled her closer and started undoing the braids onherbuns.
“What are you doing?” She swatted hishandsaway.
“Making you look decent. You look like you have horns. Keep still,” he snapped. They must have lookedridiculous.
“What’s it going to look like when people see Josh Mancini unbraiding hair?” she teased,giggling.
He narrowed his eyes at her. “Princess, this is Malibu Beach, no one will care and there are far more well-known celebrities here than me. I’d be lucky if anyone evenrecognizesme.”
“I can do myownhair.”
“I would have believed you more yesterday. Keep still, damn it.” He held her in place and frowned, then resumed hishairdressing.
“So I’m supposed to stand here and allow my boss to fix my hair how he wants?” shehuffed.
“Yes, except that today I’m not your boss. I’m just Josh, and if you’re going to hang out with me on a Saturday you can’t looklikethat.”
She didn’t think she looked that bad, but then again she did leave in a hurry this morning. Amy stood still and allowed him to undo her hair. Once he had, he smoothed it to one side, allowing it to drift down to her stomach. It had a subtle wave to it and wasn’t half as curly as when she left it twisted up for hours, but itlookedokay.
She thought he would leave her alone now but he surprised her further by pulling her t-shirt out of her shorts. Again she swatted hishandsaway.
“Josh, what are you doing? You can’t try to get into my pants with everyone watching,” she retorted, looking at himwideeyed.
“Princess, if I was trying to get into your pants I would have been in well before now.” He smirked with a devilishly handsome grin that lit up his blue-green eyes. The grin turned saucier. “Also, are you saying I could try to get into your pants if no one was watching?” He looked down at hershorts.
“No, and stop with thecreepiness.”
“I told you, Italian blood flows through myveins.”
She wasn’t aware of that about Italians, but that could just be her. The way she figured it, he didn’t need any kind of blood to flow through him to make him like that. She also figured he wasn’t nearly as creepy as the men at her apartment. He was the lesser of two evils and honestly, if she hadn’t been worried about him she probably would have still ended up at his house. It was the only other place she had to go. Sadly, there was nowhere else she could go to hang out or relax. She supposed she could have met up with Hilda or Gabriella, but she didn’t want toimpose.
“Okay, so what were you doing, then?” She looked at himaskance.
