Page 64 of Rebel Heart
I stared at him for several silent seconds, and that silence was enough for Jamie to cut in. “Beau’s had a bit of a change of heart.”
Talon blinked in surprise. “What?”
After two weeks of traveling in this passenger van, I was ready to say that I’d had enough time of being around these guys. They might have been my best friends, but now that the attention was on me, I would have appreciated a bit of distance.
“Is Jamie being serious, Beau?” Vic pressed.
I opened my mouth to respond and wasn’t quite sure what to say, so I pressed my lips together and let out a breath.
“It’s the Westwood girl,” Jamie shared.
“What Westwood girl?”
Before Jamie could reveal any additional information about my personal life, I decided to speak up. “It’s Jules. Jules Westwood. She’s the girl I met at the bakery the day we went there.”
Vic seemed horrified by the news. “I thought she was just supposed to be a good time.”
I shrugged. “It started that way, and things changed for me.”
“So, you worked it out?” Jamie questioned me, his brows shooting up in surprise.
Talon was wearing a proud look, but he asked, “Worked what out?”
Holding my hands up in surrender, I said, “A lot has happened.” I went on to tell the guys about how things had gone down with Jules and where things had gotten to just before I left to do this demo tour with them. I ended, “At this point, I’m looking forward to getting back, because I want to talk to her and see if she wants to give it another shot.”
“That’s great, man. I’m really happy for you.”
I expected nothing less from Talon. “Thanks, but I still need to discuss all of this with her, so don’t go celebrating just yet.”
“I never thought I would’ve seen the day,” Vic muttered.
“You and me both,” I huffed. Even if I realized that this was something I needed to explore, there was still a big part of me that was terrified about it, that wasn’t sure it was the wisest idea.
It felt like I was about to jump into the deep end of the pool without knowing how to swim. But for the promise of Jules, strangely, I wasn’t afraid of drowning.
The van dropped us off at Jamie’s place, where we’d all met up the day we left. Having spent the lasttwo weeks with one another, none of us were interested in hanging around. We said a quick round of goodbyes, and before I knew it, I was on my way home.
My plan was to get back, grab a shower, and call Jules. I’d called her just about every night that I was away, and she knew I was coming home today. I wondered if she’d expect my call. With any luck, she’d be free tonight, and I’d be able to convince her to get together.
The trembling in my stomach was such a strange feeling. I hadn’t ever felt a level of nerves and anticipation and excitement about anything since the earlier days of my skateboarding career when I was competing in contests regularly.
Just as I pulled into my driveway and hit the button on the garage door opener, I noticed a car was already parked by the house.
It was her car, but Jules wasn’t inside it.
Confused, my brows pulled together, and I turned toward the garage. As I did, something caught my eye in the backyard.
Laying on her back in the middle of the trampoline while looking up at the sky was Jules.
She was here, waiting for me.
Could this have worked out any better?
My lips curved into a smile, and those nerves in my stomach only intensified. I turned off the car, and with a pounding heart, I forgot about everything else in the vehicle and made my way to the backyard.
The huge smile was still on my face as I made thatfinal approach, a wave of immense contentment at the sight of her washing over me. It was that feeling of peace that led me to believe this was precisely the right move.
“Do you have some superpower I don’t know about?”
