always right there?” I turned to leave.
“Molly, wait.”
I stopped and glanced back at him. He didn’t say anything for a moment. Then he gave me a half-smile and said, “Your hair looks awesome.”
I couldn’t tell if he was making fun of me or not, so I ducked my head and hurried away.
Tuesday
Tuesday
I arrived at ValuMart at exactly 12:00am on the following Tuesday morning. I checked my cell phone as I stepped through the sliding doors. Perfect. Right on time to be the first to get the new GoblinQuest .
“Welcome to ValuMart!” a cashier called to me.
How were these people so peppy even in the middle of the night?
The store was mostly empty this late on a weeknight. I knew I’d be a zombie in my classes later that day, but I didn’t care. GoblinQuest was worth it.
The fluorescent lights cast a greenish glow over the floors as I walked, my shoes softly squeaking. There it was, the GoblinQuest display full of new game packs. I couldn’t help the smile that spread across my face and my feet moved faster as I drew close.
My hand closed around a game. And so did another hand belonging to someone else. Startled, I followed the arm upward.
Into the blue eyes of Elliott Reiser.
“What are you doing here?” we both asked at the same time.
I refused to let go. He didn’t pull his hand back. We were locked there, scowling at each other, our fingers clenched around the same copy of the game.
“Don’t tell me you play GoblinQuest ,” I said, looking him up and down. He looked pressed and clean, even this late at night. I felt grungy next to him in my panda pajama pants and hot pink hoodie.
“Level sixty-five half-orc paladin,” he told me.
A gasp escaped my lips before I could hold it back. “I’m level sixty-two! How can you be above me?”
Elliott smirked. “Maybe I’m better than you.”
“Oh, no. I know you did not insult my gaming skills.”
Elliott tipped his head to the side. “I think I did. Now if you’ll let go, I’m going to home to play the new expansion pack and work on level sixty-six.”
I tightened my grip on the game. “This copy’s mine.”
“I saw it first.”
“I’ve been counting down the days until this release.”
“I’ve been counting down the seconds,” Elliott countered.
“I counted the nanoseconds!”
We stared at each other for a long moment.
The corner of Elliott’s mouth twitched. I couldn’t help it. The laugh bubbled out of me.
“Nanoseconds?” Elliott asked as he began to laugh too.
I sighed. “It’s been a long week.”
He released his grip on the game. “Tell you what. I’ll let you buy the first copy if you agree to go out with me on Friday.”
I blinked up at him. “Like, a date?”
“A date. Movies. Pizza. And if you’re lucky, I might even give you some tips on how to play GoblinQuest .”
I shook my head. “Oh, it is on. By Friday, my elf warrior will kick your butt.”
“So it’s a date then?” he asked.
I smiled as an excited tingle spread through me. “It’s a date.”
Thank you for reading One Week ! If you enjoyed this story, you may enjoy these other titles by Shana Norris in the Stolen Kiss Collection:
The Secrets Between You and Me (Turn the page to read an excerpt!)
The Boyfriend Thief
The Truth About Boys
The Stolen Kiss Collection can be read in any order!
Read a special excerpt of The Secrets Between You and Me
Read a special excerpt of The Secrets Between You and Me ,
the companion novel to The Boyfriend Thief , and the second book in Shana Norris’ Stolen Kiss collection!
Summary
4 wheels on a rusty truck
2 gray eyes
1 secret that could ruin everything…
All Hannah wanted was a summer break from being “perfect Hannah Cohen” and a chance to forget about the devastating family secret that could ruin her seemingly perfect life. So when she takes off for her eccentric aunt’s house in the mountains of North Carolina and everyone makes one big (wrong) assumption about her past,
“Molly, wait.”
I stopped and glanced back at him. He didn’t say anything for a moment. Then he gave me a half-smile and said, “Your hair looks awesome.”
I couldn’t tell if he was making fun of me or not, so I ducked my head and hurried away.
Tuesday
Tuesday
I arrived at ValuMart at exactly 12:00am on the following Tuesday morning. I checked my cell phone as I stepped through the sliding doors. Perfect. Right on time to be the first to get the new GoblinQuest .
“Welcome to ValuMart!” a cashier called to me.
How were these people so peppy even in the middle of the night?
The store was mostly empty this late on a weeknight. I knew I’d be a zombie in my classes later that day, but I didn’t care. GoblinQuest was worth it.
The fluorescent lights cast a greenish glow over the floors as I walked, my shoes softly squeaking. There it was, the GoblinQuest display full of new game packs. I couldn’t help the smile that spread across my face and my feet moved faster as I drew close.
My hand closed around a game. And so did another hand belonging to someone else. Startled, I followed the arm upward.
Into the blue eyes of Elliott Reiser.
“What are you doing here?” we both asked at the same time.
I refused to let go. He didn’t pull his hand back. We were locked there, scowling at each other, our fingers clenched around the same copy of the game.
“Don’t tell me you play GoblinQuest ,” I said, looking him up and down. He looked pressed and clean, even this late at night. I felt grungy next to him in my panda pajama pants and hot pink hoodie.
“Level sixty-five half-orc paladin,” he told me.
A gasp escaped my lips before I could hold it back. “I’m level sixty-two! How can you be above me?”
Elliott smirked. “Maybe I’m better than you.”
“Oh, no. I know you did not insult my gaming skills.”
Elliott tipped his head to the side. “I think I did. Now if you’ll let go, I’m going to home to play the new expansion pack and work on level sixty-six.”
I tightened my grip on the game. “This copy’s mine.”
“I saw it first.”
“I’ve been counting down the days until this release.”
“I’ve been counting down the seconds,” Elliott countered.
“I counted the nanoseconds!”
We stared at each other for a long moment.
The corner of Elliott’s mouth twitched. I couldn’t help it. The laugh bubbled out of me.
“Nanoseconds?” Elliott asked as he began to laugh too.
I sighed. “It’s been a long week.”
He released his grip on the game. “Tell you what. I’ll let you buy the first copy if you agree to go out with me on Friday.”
I blinked up at him. “Like, a date?”
“A date. Movies. Pizza. And if you’re lucky, I might even give you some tips on how to play GoblinQuest .”
I shook my head. “Oh, it is on. By Friday, my elf warrior will kick your butt.”
“So it’s a date then?” he asked.
I smiled as an excited tingle spread through me. “It’s a date.”
Thank you for reading One Week ! If you enjoyed this story, you may enjoy these other titles by Shana Norris in the Stolen Kiss Collection:
The Secrets Between You and Me (Turn the page to read an excerpt!)
The Boyfriend Thief
The Truth About Boys
The Stolen Kiss Collection can be read in any order!
Read a special excerpt of The Secrets Between You and Me
Read a special excerpt of The Secrets Between You and Me ,
the companion novel to The Boyfriend Thief , and the second book in Shana Norris’ Stolen Kiss collection!
Summary
4 wheels on a rusty truck
2 gray eyes
1 secret that could ruin everything…
All Hannah wanted was a summer break from being “perfect Hannah Cohen” and a chance to forget about the devastating family secret that could ruin her seemingly perfect life. So when she takes off for her eccentric aunt’s house in the mountains of North Carolina and everyone makes one big (wrong) assumption about her past,
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