Page 128 of We Shouldn't Be Together
Kai sighs. “Then I don’t know what you want.”
I shrug. “Should we just wait until Monday to see each other at school?”
He latches onto my arms. “No, I don’t want that. That’s way too long to wait.”
I giggle at his eagerness. “We can still text.”
“Texting is such a downgrade after finally kissing you.”
I blush. “You’ve been thinking about kissing me?”
He sighs again, this time more heartfelt. “I’ve been dreaming about your lips.”
I can’t help it. I lean in, latch my arms around his neck, and suction my mouth to his. How is it possible that this boy makes me feel so giddy, delighted, and good about myself? Before last week, when I word-vomited all over himat the Chinese restaurant, he was one of my enemies. Yet, in that moment, he was intently listening to me and asking those words, “Who hurt you?”
With a gasp, I pull back from his lips. Cupping the sides of his face, I breathily ask, “What about tonight?”
“Huh?” he asks in a daze.
“What are you doing tonight?”
“No hard plans. Are you going back to the Jasmine Garden after Freddy’s game?”
I nod. “It is our after-football tradition. But I could ditch. I’ve done it before when the girls wanted to hang out.”
“Or I could suggest to my parents we make a return trip,” Kai replies. “Although, I bet my mom would be suspicious.”
“Why? You don’t like Chinese food?”
“No, I do. It’s just, last week I made a big deal about how we should have gotten pizza instead.”
“Mmm,” I purr. “Pizza sounds like a way better idea. But it’d never happen.”
“Why’s that?”
“For one, my parents are sticklers for routine around game day. Like a superstitious thing. But, most importantly, we’d have to deal with Amber’s wrath if Freddy doesn’t turn up at her restaurant tonight.” I sigh with a weak smile. “I don’t know how he found a Camila of his own.”
Kai deadpans me. “You’re worried about the reaction of another version of Camila? These girls aren’t worth your time. Actually, it sounds like you’d be doing your brother a favor if you got him away from her.”
“Yeah, probably. Plus, he keeps insisting they’re not together despite her clinginess.”
Kai’s grin slides to the left. “So, I’ll see you at Sal’s Pizzeria?”
I giggle and hook my pinky finger around his. “It’s a date.”
25
Ifinallygottokiss her.
And it was better than I’ve been imagining.
Touching her bra was a happy accident. Scout’s honor, it was an honest mistake. But, what can I say? I’m an adventurous guy.
Tabby texted Drew to find out if he was at home or not. She’d usually call Freddy, but he’d already be warming up at the football field for tonight’s game. She didn’t expect Drew to get back to her, considering their dad had taken away his driving privileges.
Drew told her to meet outside the strip mall near Cynthia’s Boutique. Unable to help it, we walk there hand-in-hand. Seriously, I can’t get enough of this girl. If it weren’t super awkward, I’d walk while hugging her against me.
Once we make it around to the boutique side of the mall, we spy Drew ahead and drop hands. I can tell by the way he tilts his head that he caught us.
