“Hey Blakely. Hey Paige.”
“Hi!” we both say at the same time.
“How are you feeling?” Kai asks me.
“I’ll see you in class, B.”
I nod. “Better. Thanks for taking care of me. I hope I didn’t ruin your night.”
“You didn’t. I had a lot of fun with you.”
We both start walking toward my English class. “You did?” I smile. Kai is sweet for a seventeen-year-old. All the other guys I’ve dated have been douchebags and only cared about themselves.
“Of course.”
“Well, this is my class.”
“Do you want to have lunch together?”
“Yeah,” I say quietly, trying not to sound overly excited.
“Meet me at the front doors to the parking lot.” The bell rings. I look around and the halls are empty. We’re late again.
“Okay.”
I bite the bottom of my lip to stop my smile. Everyone is going to wonder why I’m smiling so big when I walk in. Every time someone is late to class, the entire class stares.
I walk in, slide into my seat next to Paige, and whisper, “Kai wants to take me out to lunch.”
We both squeal, and the whole class stares at us. I sink deeper into my seat when the teacher asks, “Are you two going to be a problem?”
“No,” we say in unison.
The teacher frowns and gets back to her lecture.
I’m waiting for Kai by the front door like he asked. I never noticed how many people leave for lunch. More and more students walk out as I wait.
“Blakely, are you ready?”
I turn around and see his bright-blue eyes gazing at me, causing butterflies in my stomach.
As we walk toward his car, we pass Allison, who is gawking at me.
What’s her problem?
“Where do you want to go?”
"Anywhere. I’m not picky.”
We approach the same black Honda Civic he picked me up in the other night. “Is this your car?”
“It’s my brother’s. When he doesn’t need it, he lets me use it sometimes.” He turns the car on and the bass starts bumping to the music he had on. “Sorry,” he says as he turns it down.
As we entered McDonald’s, the smell of the fries fill the air, making my stomach grumble. We order a twenty-pieceMcNugget value meal that comes with two medium fries and two medium drinks. Kai also orders an Oreo McFlurry.
“Have you ever dipped a chicken nugget in an Oreo McFlurry?”
I tilt my face up as I place a chicken nugget in my mouth. “No. Gross.”
