She was a bundle of contradictions. She was loud and confident in a group, yet quiet and sensitive on her own with him. She came across as cynical and experienced in the ways of the world, but really she was as innocent and naïve as a baby bird learning to fly. She merrily jumped without looking first, then seemed terrified by the drop.
He stopped in front of her. “Hi.”
“Hello, Jack. How nice to see you.” She sounded over-polite and strained, yet the hopefulness in her eyes was a kick to the gut. She still had feelings for him. Damn. How did he tell her to move on? Because, really, he didn’t want her to. And yet, he knew that was selfish. What a pig to want her to stay just as she was for a few years until maybe one day…
No, he wanted her to stop thinking about him and have a great time. But perhaps she could do it in a longer skirt so that other guys would stop looking at her legs!
“Sophie…” he started, and then paused having no idea what to say. “I think I should apologise again,” he said, finally.
A flash of anger darkened her expression, but she didn’t say anything.
He ran his hand through his hair. “I shouldn’t have taken advantage and kissed you like that.”
“You didn’t. I mean, I wanted you to do it.” She didn’t voice the thought that she still wanted him to.
She had sensed him before she had even seen him. It was like radar inside her when he was near. She had known he would be here today, but despite lying awake half the night coming up with clever things to say, now that he was here she could barely stop herself from throwing her arms around him and begging him to hold her once again.
“Are you seeing anyone?” Jack mentally slapped himself. Why on earth had he asked that?
She shook her head. “Are you?”
“Umm, yeah. Two or three girls at uni. Nothing serious, you know. I don’t want a steady girlfriend.” There, he’d said it. So why did he feel like it was the wrong thing?
“Do you still have my number?” Sophie couldn’t believe she had so little pride as to ask, but she had wondered every day for six long months.
“Yes, of course.”
“Then call me some time. Or text me. I’ve got to go. Goodbye, Jack.” She forced herself away and over to her parents’ car that had just pulled up. She didn’t look back. She leaned in the car window to kiss her mother and then climbed into the back seat.
They were about a mile down the road when her phone beeped.
I like your new hairstyle.
That was all it said. But she could hardly restrain herself from bursting into tears of happiness. She was sure it was Jack’s way of giving her his phone number. If he truly wanted to close the door on the two of them then he surely wouldn’t have done it. She reread it a hundred times on the long journey home. Now if only she could think up the perfect witty reply…
The End
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One kiss under the mistletoe changed everything…
Rose Falcon is staying at Boarding School over the Christmas holidays whilst her parents are working abroad. The only problem: Leo Flanagan is also staying and there’s some bad history between her family and his. But after he kisses her she can’t keep her distance from him. The attraction between them seems to be spiralling out of control. Can they keep their relationship a secret? Can they even make it work with so many obstacles? And what is the deal between Leo and the beautiful Diana? They would be better off staying away from each other - if they could just stop kissing!
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Books by Stella Wilkinson
The Flirting Games (Book One)
More Flirting Games (Book Two)
Further Flirting Games (Book Three)
The Flirting Games Trilogy (Books 1 - 3)
Good @ Games (Book Four)
Flirting with Friends (Book Five)
Best Frenemies (Book Six)
Boy Girl Games (Book Seven)
A Compass Court Christmas (Book Eight)
The Flirting Games Box Set (Books 1 - 8)
Magic & Mayhem Box Set (Books 1 - 3)
Halloween Magic & Mayhem (Book One)
Werewolf Magic & Mayhem (Book Two)
Solstice Magic & Mayhem (Book Three)
Demon Magic & Mayhem (Book Four)
Notice Me
A Christmas Gift
The Fake Valentine
A Summer Thing
All Hallows Eve
Four Seasons of Romance Box Set
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