Back to You by Annie Brewer Read Free Book Online

head on mine. I
hear a sigh escape his throat. I inhale his spicy scent, which
makes me dizzy. It’s intoxicating. We pull apart and he grabs my
hand, lost in his thoughts.
    “ Well, I’ll see you
tomorrow. You get in there and finish studying. Have a good night
Abby.” He drops my hand; a sad expression crosses his face as he
walks away without looking back, which is a good thing because I
probably would have run back to him. After he’s disappeared beyond
sight, I turn to go back in through my window. I didn’t really need
to study, considering I had mostly finished everything. It was a
cop out I’ll admit. I wasn’t ready to be around him when I’m
feeling this strongly. Not that tomorrow would be any
different.
    I sit on my bed and call Brooke.
    “ Hey, I was wondering how
it was going over there.”
    “ Hey, it’s fine. I had a
talk with my mom earlier. Sarah is at Haley’s and it seems she
won’t be home tonight. But that’s not why I called. Lucas came
over….”
    Silence.
    “ Brooke?” I look at the
phone, which shows the minutes going by. She didn’t hang up.
“Sorry, did I just hear you correctly?” I laugh and then let out a
loud sigh.
    “ Yeah, he came over. First
he threw a rock at my window; I thought I was hearing things. He
said he didn’t want to disturb anyone or for Sarah to think he came
over for her. We talked. It felt nice Brooke. Really nice.
Like…”
    “ No, don’t say it. Don’t
do that Abby. What are you going to do?” I wasn’t sure
myself.
    “ I don’t know. I just want
my friend back. I need him back, whether it’s just that or. Well,
never mind. I know I got myself in quite a predicament. But I want
to see how it goes. I don’t want it to be weird between us.” For a
minute I wonder if he’s going to continue to see Sarah or if he’s
going to break it off. He never said and I never asked.
    “ Abby? Are you there?” I
hear Brooke call back to me.
    “ Yea, sorry. I got lost in
my head for a minute.” I lie down on my pillow, clutching it to my
chest. I kick my shoes off and curl under my decorative
blanket.
    “ Well, I guess that’s good
that y’all made up. I know he means a lot to you. I kind of miss
him being around too.”
    “ Well, it might be
difficult to be around him when Brady is there. They don’t get
along. It really sucks because then, I have to choose who to leave
out. I hate being the bad guy.”
    “ I know, you always have
to exclude Lucas. Well, I’m glad things are somewhat working
out…for now. Hey I’ve gotta go, my mom needs me. See you at school
tomorrow?”
    “ Yep. Talk to ya later
Brookie. Love you.”
    “ Love you too Abby.
Night.” After hanging up, I put my phone on my bed and pass
out.
    “ Abby.”
    I am not sure how long I’d been sleeping but
I am suddenly woken up by a shake of my arm. I open my eyes and
can’t quite make out the culprit that has interrupted my dreamless
sleep. I open one eye and think I am dreaming as I see Lucas
standing over my bed and I blink a few times thinking he’d
disappear but he is still there-in my bedroom. “What the-“ I sit up
abruptly, giving myself a slight headache. I hold my head for a
minute and wince. I look down and notice I am still wearing my
clothes from that day. I look over at my clock which reads 1:30 am.
Damn, I crashed hard. I look over at Lucas in confusion. “What are
you doing here? And how did you get in my room?”
    He motions to the window and looks back at
me. He sits down on my bed across from me, our knees touching
sending electrical shockwaves through my body. I freeze and almost
forget to breathe. “I had to come back. I need to talk to you.” He
stands up and starts pacing back and forth from one side of my bed
to the other, running his hands through his hair. Then he stops
midway and looks at me with determination all over his face. “Look,
I came back to tell you. To say I….I” I can’t quite decipher the
fact that he is struggling with words.