Khalida laughed at the hurt, surprised look that rolled across Vega’s face.
“What can I say? Whatever his name is, his hotness conquered that minor detail.”
“You think he is a hottie. I think he is a weirdo. He stares at your chest. I bet he can’t even tell you what color of eyes you have.”
Crossing the parking lot, Vega was the first to notice Luke’s new lime green Camaro with black racing stripes parked next to Khalida’s pitifully dirty black Pontiac G6.
“Looks like you have a visitor, Khal,” Vega tilted her head in Luke’s direction to give Khalida heads up, “I’ll give you a call later, Babes.”
Khalida could hear the amusement in Vega’s voice, “At least he’s hot,” she sing-songed as she walked away.
Before walking over to him, Khalida closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Lucas .
He was her weakness, always had been.
Walking towards her car, she noticed Luke leaning against her car. If Khalida didn’t know any better, she would have sworn he looked nervous, but this was Luke she was talking about. There was no chance of that.
He thinks too highly of himself.
Shrugging off those thoughts and trying to keep herself calm, she couldn’t help but notice how he kept running his hand through his curly jet black hair the closer she came, fiddling with a small charm that hung off his necklace.
Get a grip. Don’t get sucked into all his glory. Glory? Ok, maybe not glory but get it together. You don’t want to be putty in his hands do you?
Clearing her throat, she spoke with more confidence than she felt.
“Lucas?”
“Hey, Khally,” he was the only one who ever called her by that name.
“What are your plans for tonight?” he asked as soft as his deep voice allowed.
“Oh, you know the usual, popping a mac’n’cheese dinner in the microwave and watching a movie,” she laughed nervously at how pathetic her night sounded.
“What’s so funny?” he looked at her with his piercing blue eyes. Her heart stopped the moment his eyes met hers.
“Oh, um, it’s just that my evening sounds so horrible. I should have at least lied so I wouldn’t sound so pathetic.” When she looked in his eyes, her stomach tingled and she struggled to control her hurried breathing.
Seriously…Can I be anymore pathetic?
Luke laughed as he hung his head, “I know when you’re lying, Khally, and that is one thing that I love about you, your honesty, no matter how pathetic it sounds. Anyway. I’ll pick you up at eight o’clock. Will that give you time to finish your mac’n’cheese?” he said, showing his perfect smile and beaming white teeth. His smile made him look innocent, like a little school boy with his first crush, “We are having a kick-back at the docks down by my place,” Luke stood and began walking to his car. Reaching the car, he opened the door and looked back at Khalida with a smile, completely unaware of the excitement being sent through her body. He said nothing as he waited for Khalida to get into her car and leave.
“But I thought you were going to call?”
“I changed my mind,” cutting of any excuse forming in her mind.
Backing up her car, she took one last glance back at Luke, offering him an uncontrollable smile through the rearview mirror as he stood behind his opened car door.
Did I even try to tell him no? No, I just folded, turning right into the putty I didn’t want to be. Loser.
Driving home, Khalida raised the volume on the radio, blasting the latest hit from Breaking Benjamin, one of her favorites. She was well aware of the fact that she was only trying to drown out the ever present and sometimes disturbingly erotic thoughts of Luke that crept into her mind. She knew the thoughts that flowed through her mind, but she also knew that if there was a guy out there for her, it would be him. He was her first love, and the last time they broke
“What can I say? Whatever his name is, his hotness conquered that minor detail.”
“You think he is a hottie. I think he is a weirdo. He stares at your chest. I bet he can’t even tell you what color of eyes you have.”
Crossing the parking lot, Vega was the first to notice Luke’s new lime green Camaro with black racing stripes parked next to Khalida’s pitifully dirty black Pontiac G6.
“Looks like you have a visitor, Khal,” Vega tilted her head in Luke’s direction to give Khalida heads up, “I’ll give you a call later, Babes.”
Khalida could hear the amusement in Vega’s voice, “At least he’s hot,” she sing-songed as she walked away.
Before walking over to him, Khalida closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Lucas .
He was her weakness, always had been.
Walking towards her car, she noticed Luke leaning against her car. If Khalida didn’t know any better, she would have sworn he looked nervous, but this was Luke she was talking about. There was no chance of that.
He thinks too highly of himself.
Shrugging off those thoughts and trying to keep herself calm, she couldn’t help but notice how he kept running his hand through his curly jet black hair the closer she came, fiddling with a small charm that hung off his necklace.
Get a grip. Don’t get sucked into all his glory. Glory? Ok, maybe not glory but get it together. You don’t want to be putty in his hands do you?
Clearing her throat, she spoke with more confidence than she felt.
“Lucas?”
“Hey, Khally,” he was the only one who ever called her by that name.
“What are your plans for tonight?” he asked as soft as his deep voice allowed.
“Oh, you know the usual, popping a mac’n’cheese dinner in the microwave and watching a movie,” she laughed nervously at how pathetic her night sounded.
“What’s so funny?” he looked at her with his piercing blue eyes. Her heart stopped the moment his eyes met hers.
“Oh, um, it’s just that my evening sounds so horrible. I should have at least lied so I wouldn’t sound so pathetic.” When she looked in his eyes, her stomach tingled and she struggled to control her hurried breathing.
Seriously…Can I be anymore pathetic?
Luke laughed as he hung his head, “I know when you’re lying, Khally, and that is one thing that I love about you, your honesty, no matter how pathetic it sounds. Anyway. I’ll pick you up at eight o’clock. Will that give you time to finish your mac’n’cheese?” he said, showing his perfect smile and beaming white teeth. His smile made him look innocent, like a little school boy with his first crush, “We are having a kick-back at the docks down by my place,” Luke stood and began walking to his car. Reaching the car, he opened the door and looked back at Khalida with a smile, completely unaware of the excitement being sent through her body. He said nothing as he waited for Khalida to get into her car and leave.
“But I thought you were going to call?”
“I changed my mind,” cutting of any excuse forming in her mind.
Backing up her car, she took one last glance back at Luke, offering him an uncontrollable smile through the rearview mirror as he stood behind his opened car door.
Did I even try to tell him no? No, I just folded, turning right into the putty I didn’t want to be. Loser.
Driving home, Khalida raised the volume on the radio, blasting the latest hit from Breaking Benjamin, one of her favorites. She was well aware of the fact that she was only trying to drown out the ever present and sometimes disturbingly erotic thoughts of Luke that crept into her mind. She knew the thoughts that flowed through her mind, but she also knew that if there was a guy out there for her, it would be him. He was her first love, and the last time they broke
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