Love's Destiny (Love Trilogy #2) by Tracey Smith Read Free Book Online

because you want to. I always have somewhere to be, something to study. Sometimes it’s exhausting. You’ll have to show me how to do nothing this summer.” She said wandering away from my CD’s and fiddling with my weight set.
    “You’ve come to the right person.”
    “Wow this is heavy!” she said trying to lift one of my barbells from the rack.
    “That’s kind of the point.” I laughed. It felt good to laugh.
    “You have a pool?” she asked excitedly looking out my window.
    “Do you have A.D.D. or something?” I joked.
    She seemed so interested as she explored my room and I knew my life was not really that interesting.
    “No!” she laughed “It’s just fun to be somewhere new. So do you swim?”
    “No.”
    “Why not?” she asked. “I’ve always wanted a pool!”
    I wondered why she didn’t just have her daddy buy her one.
    “I don’t know. I told you I don’t do much.”
    “Well do you have a suit?” she asked.
    “Well, yeah.” We weren’t that poor.
    “Then we are going swimming tomorrow!” she said and she looked so excited by the idea that I didn’t argue.
    She came over and plopped back down on the bed next to me.
    She stretched and yawned as she lay back against the pillows.
    “It’s pretty late.” I said, “I’m going to let you get some sleep.”
    “You sure you don’t want your bed?” she asked. “I really don’t mind sleeping on the couch.”
    “Naw, I don’t mind.” I told her.
    “Kay, guess I’ll see you in the morning.” She said as she snuggled under the covers.
    “Goodnight Destiny.” I said from the doorway.
    “Night.” She said, she sounded like she was nearly asleep already.
    The next morning when I woke up I could smell something fantastic. The wonderful smell lured me into the kitchen where I found Destiny and my mom. Dad was already gone of course.
    “Morning sleepy head.” Mom said more enthusiastically than usual. “Destiny made us breakfast, wasn’t that nice?”
    “It smells great.” I said rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.
    “You’ll have to give me some recipes Destiny.” My mom laughed. “I haven’t seen Tyler out of bed before noon on a Saturday in years!”
    “Aw Mom.” I mumbled, running my hand through my tangled hair.
    Destiny giggled as she set a plate on the table for me. I was still half asleep as I ate. I’d never been much of a morning person. Mom and Destiny talked quietly over coffee while I finished breakfast then I stumbled into the bathroom to shower.
    When I saw my reflection in the mirror I was mortified. No wonder Destiny was giggling, I looked ridiculous. My hair was matted down on one side and sticking straight up on the other. I still had red lines across one side of my face from being pressed against the seams of the couch cushions. I had never had to worry about how I looked in the morning before. I wasn’t exactly sure why I felt the need to worry about it now, but I decided I would definitely shower before breakfast from now on.
    Once I was clean and dressed and not so hideous I went back out to the living room and found Destiny waiting for me.
    “So are there any good music stores around here?” she asked practically bouncing on the couch as she spoke. She was definitely a morning person, this was going to take some getting used to.
    “Uh… yeah… there are a couple.” I said
    “Cool, let’s go.” She jumped off the couch and grabbed my hand.
    “Why?” I asked.
    “You’re going to help me pick out some new CD’s.” She told me pulling me towards the door.
    “Uh… okay.” I said still baffled by how anybody could be this hyper in the morning. I usually spent the first few hours of my morning staring at a television.
    “Aunt Claire, we’re going out for a little while.” Destiny called into the kitchen.
    “Okay, you kids have fun.” My mom called back.
    I was surprised she hadn’t asked where we were going. I supposed it was just because Destiny was with me, but then again I