Page 98 of Ghost of a Chance
Being in love didn’t mean their lives would magically blend together.Would she even want that?
That had never been her.She liked her silence and her space and doing things her own way.It didn’t seem like Jasper’s preference either.
Love wasn’t the end, but the beginning of a new phase.
She had the cupcake wrapped up in a box.No one was expecting her to have a plan for the future a few hours after Jasper told her he loved her.But that part of her that had moved so much as a child, the one that craved a home, wanted it.
Wanted something more.Star Warsmarathons, late-night writing sessions, and what if this psychic thing didn’t go away after they freed the ghost from the book?
“You good?”
“Yeah.Got everything up online.Is the book really coming along?”Gia asked as they walked back to the car.“I thought you said it had stalled.”
“Yeah, being here has helped me write.Also the whole haunted textbook saga gave me new ideas.Like what if Eva’s powers weren’t working.How would she solve the case without her ghost friends?”
“Love that.Keeps the character fresh,” Gia said.“So…”
Gia was the closest friend she had but talking about being in love made her feel a little shy.“So?”
“You and Jasper?”
Her and Jasper.A little thrill went through her.They were a couple now.
She unlocked her car and Gia got into the passenger seat as Kirsty put the cupcake carefully in the back seat so it wouldn’t get crushed.This was the first birthday she was spending with him and she wanted it to be special.
“Are you pretending you didn’t hear me?”
“I heard you.I’m just not sure what to say.”
Gia laughed, a soft tinkling sound that made Kirsty smile as she started the car.Gia wasn’t going to push things.But if she wanted to talk she knew her friend was there.
“Girl.”
The way Gia spoke made Kirsty blush.“I know, right?We’re sort of seeing each other.”
“Naked?”
“Gia!”
“So yes.Great.I like him and you two are cute together,” Gia said.
They were, she thought.Jasper was a nice yin to her yang or whichever way that went.They fit together even though she wouldn’t have expected it after their night at the Dead Boys’ concert.
When they got back to the house there was a new car parked out front.The lights were on which did nothing to distract from the overall run-down slightly creepy vibe the house gave off.
“Who’s that?”Gia asked.
“Might be Jasper’s mom.It’s his birthday tomorrow and she’s here to celebrate,” Kirsty said.
“That why you got the cupcake?”
“Yeah.Maybe we should leave them alone,” Kirsty said.Loving Jasper was still too new to want to meet his mom.That should be something that happens much later in the relationship.
“No way.I mean the way Jasper talks about her I want to meet her,” Gia said.“I know you do too.”
“You don’t know that.”
Gia wasn’t wrong.Kirsty was curious about Jasper’s mom.She wanted to know more about the man she loved and how he’d grown up.Of course, she would hate it if her own mom were here.Her mom never knew when to keep things to herself.
