Page 37 of One Little Kiss
Not like a friend.
More like he was thinking about kissing me.
“You going in?” Dominic points behind me. His eyes are nice. So kind, as he gestures for me to go ahead of him.
“I actually…” I glance over at Elijah who’s not smiling. He’s watching me, and what Addie said earlier won’t stop playing in my ears.Sometimes change is unavoidable…
My heart slams against my ribcage. I don’t want things to change.
I want us to go back to how things were. Before the stupid scavenger hunt kiss made things weird at the playground, before Brad and the almost kiss, and now all this talk of whoI’mgoing to kiss.
Without really thinking it through, I reach for my phone and flash Dominic a big smile. “Could you do me a favor?”
The stupid scavenger hunt kiss is driving me nuts, and I need to get it over with.
Like, yesterday.
I hand Elijah my phone, not meeting his eyes as I quickly ask Dominic, “You’re not participating in the scavenger hunt, right?”
“What? Uh, no.”
I grin even though my heart’s doing cartwheels and my face burns. Elijah is staring at me, I can feel it. “Then I have a kinda crazy favor to ask. Do you mind kissing me?”
I swear Elijah growls. It’s a sound I’ve only heard once before from him, and that was when he threatened Brad.
But Dominic’s laughing as he agrees, his cheeks going even redder, but he’s a good-natured guy and it’s clear he doesn’t mind doing me this favor.
I turn to Elijah with a cheesy grin. Hopefully it’s bright enough to hide the knots in my stomach and the fact I’m wrestling the urge to puke.
Not because I’m about to kiss Dominic, of course. He’s a really good-looking guy, but Elijah’s growl is still thrumming inside of me.
“Take the picture, okay?” My gaze brushes over Elijah’s but quickly darts away.
His eyes are dark and stormy but he lifts the phone just as Dominic leans down and gives me a short, sweet, closed-lip kiss for the camera.
The kiss is nice, but I feel…nothing. And for some reason, that annoys the crap out of me as I pull back to see Dominic’s handsome face grinning down at me.
“That good enough?” he asks.
No. Not nearly.
“Perfect!” I snatch the phone from Elijah. “Thanks, Dominic.”
I dart away from the gymnasium, picking up my pace until I’m doing some crazy speed-walking routine, and I’m totally out of breath by the time Elijah catches up with me.
TEN
Elijah
The gymnasium doorsshut behind me with a loud click as Dominic disappears into the fair, and that’s the only sound in this hallway.
Other than Noelle’s furious steps as she tries to get away from me.
Oh, and then there’s the bass drum effect that’s going on in my chest. My pounding heart is reverberating so freaking loudly I’m surprised my ribcage isn’t cracking open.
“What wasthat?” I call after Noelle.
She whips around to face me and looks almost as frantic as I feel. She recovers quickly though, a smile curving her lips as she shrugs. “What you wanted, right?”
