“I know this isn’t the best place,
and I understand if you tell me no, but if I don’t ask, it’s going to drive me
crazy. I was wondering if you feel anything weird around
me?” This sounded so strange, but I didn’t know how best to
articulate my question. I needed to know if it was only my
imagination.
Max looked me straight in the eye,
“Weird, like what?”
I felt the flush of embarrassment
on my cheeks as I asked quietly, “Like, chemistry, a little?”
Max stood still as a statue
staring at me sitting almost straight up in my bed. His smile
faded a little as he leaned into me and whispered, “You mean like this?” He
softly slid his hand behind my head, pulling my lips up to his.
Gentle at first, then increased intensity until I found that I had
wrapped both my arms around him, wires protruding from every direction, and my
entire body tingled. I grew lightheaded as he eased his face away
from mine. He gently lowered my head back to my pillow and moved
his hand to my face. Max traced my lips with his index
finger. After a few outlines of my lips, he responded quietly,
“Chemistry, huh? No, I hadn’t noticed.” His wide
smile reappeared with a vengeance.
My heart monitor went crazy, jumping well into
the 100s as an alarm blared to life as if to tell the world what had just
happened. Max reached over and pushed a button on the monitor and
the alarm muted instantly. As he leaned in for what I was sure was
going to be just as passionate as our first kiss, his pocket beeped.
Max stopped, rolled his eyes and
fished in his pocket, pulling out his blackberry. He looked at the
screen with disappointment in his eyes. “Hey, we just got a
call. I really have to go. Don’t get me wrong, I’m
all for continuing this conversation tomorrow, but I really can’t stay.”
“I’d like that, too,” unable to
say anything else.
He kissed my cheek, “I can’t wait
to tell Missy about tonight. Bye.” Max darted out
the door as he sprinted off to save someone’s life. The jealous
part of me hoped he was being called to help an old fat man.
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ReplyDeleteMeeting Destiny is a brilliant story that kept me in bed most of the day reading. I didn't want to put it down. Loved the path the story took and drank up everything it had to offer. And with an ending you won't see coming that leaves you utterly heartbroken, you will want to go ahead and get book 2 so you can dive right in to it. Kudos Straight for giving me a wonderful new series to obsess over.
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