Inside the Fire Book One in the Warden's Series by Heather Glidewell Read Free Book Online Page B

as he leaned his head on top of mine.
    “Nothing.” I grinned as the wind blew
through our hair.
    “You want to go to a movie?” He was asking
me out.
    “Sure.” My body went numb. He had asked me
out. Oh my God!
    We sat in the grass for a few minutes while
I day dreamed about our first date. It was about ten minutes in
when he suddenly started to lean towards stopping half way before
pulling himself erect and running his fingers through his brown
hair. He did the same thing a total of three times. I wasn’t sure
if he was attempting vertical sit-ups or trying to kiss me.
    "You know you are totally giving me a
complex here." I said dryly looking at him confused.
    “ I didn’t think it would
be this hard.” He muttered leaning forward his head in his
hands.
    He looked at me with those blue eyes. They
were sparkling, dazzling and very captivating.
    “You didn’t think what would be so hard?
Wierding me out? Because if it is you are doing an awesome job at
it.” I said fighting this inner urge to touch him.
    He let out a nervous laugh, “I haven’t met
someone in a very long time that I had any interest in. I just
didn’t realize it would be so hard to just...” I don’t know what
came over me I sat up leaned down and kissed him on his cheek.
    His eyes flew open and a smile spread across
his lips like I had just answered all his questions.
    ****
    I dropped him off at his house at about a
quarter after seven. He had kissed me on the cheek and got out of
the car hesitantly.
    “I had a great time.” He said as I walked
around to the driver’s side of my car.
    “I did too.” I grinned from ear to ear.
    “I can’t wait for Saturday.” He hugged me
briefly the coolness of his body calming the warmth in me.
    “I can’t either.” I smiled at him as he let
me go and turned to walk away.
    “Tomorrow in class then?” He looked at
me.
    “Of course.” I waved him on as I got in my
car.
    I watched him walk up the driveway and
disappear around the corner. Pulling my car from the side of the
road I drove home with a smile on my face.
    My mother was sitting in the living room
when I entered the house. She was reading one of her many books and
took no notice of me at first. I put my bag down on the table and
stretched.
    “Have fun?” She asked me looking up from her
chapter.
    “Yeah.” I smiled at her.
    “You are late. Next time it wouldn’t hurt to
send me a text message to let me know where you are.” She raised an
eyebrow and gave me a stern look.
    “Sorry mom. I wasn’t meaning to give you a
fright.” I winked at her and her face perked.
    “I think you are the last person I need to
worry about.” I always loved it when she went into mom mode.
    “True. Still though next time I will make
sure to be courteous.” I popped my knuckles.
    “Thank you. So who were you with?” She asked
the curiosity was starting to show.
    “Out.” I said vaguely.
    “With?” She pushed.
    “A boy.” I said glancing at her. “We don’t
have anything going on this weekend do we?”
    “Nope. Not that I know of at least.” I
glanced at her. She was reopening her book.
    “I’m going to go and do my homework now.” I
walked over to her and kissed her on the top of her head.
    “Make sure you do it right.” She instructed
pointing towards my room. “No TV till it’s done.”
    “Seriously mom? Where do you get this
stuff?” I groaned as I turned to leave the room.
    “What? The last I heard was that there was
no TV till the homework was done.” She looked like I was supposed
to know this.
    “What are you reading mom?” I asked as I
made my way back into the kitchen.
    “Nothing special.” She said smiling at me
before returning to her book.
    I left the kitchen and went into my room. I
threw my bag on my desk and walked over to my stereo. Turning on my
music I settled in for a few hours of Trig and my report on the
Federal Government. I was about half way through my math homework
when my phone buzzed.