True Love and Magic Tricks by Cassie Mae Read Free Book Online Page B

It was…It was hot.
No air flow.”
    “ I’m sure that’s all it
was,” Ryan says.
    “ We’re going to the movies
tomorrow if you guys want to come.” Lexie says.
    Kaylee bites her lip and fidgets with
her hands. Her hair has come loose from her braids and is sticking
up. The pieces that aren’t sticking up are matted to her forehead,
yet she still is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever
seen.
    We’ve been out before. But now that
we’ve kissed I want to make it official. A girl like Kaylee
deserves a real date.
    “ Only if Kaylee agrees to
go,” I say, walking over to her and tucking a few of her golden
strands behind her ear.
    Her eyes widen, and she looks up at me
through her long lashes. “Of…of course.”
    “ Great. It’s a date
then.”
    “ A date?” she all but
squeals.
    I smile. “A date.”
    “ Oh. Oh! I have to go.”
Kaylee grabs Lexie’s hand and yanks her out the door.
    “ What the—” Lexie’s words
are lost in the hallway as Ryan and I just stare at each
other.
    “ What just happened?” I ask
completely dumbfounded, the taste of Kaylee’s strawberry gloss
still on my lips.
    “ Chicks man. They’re just
weird,” Ryan says, and we both plop down on my bed, shaking our
heads.
    “ Ry?” Lex sticks her head
back in the room and Ryan and I both look up.
    “ Yeah Lex?” Ryan
says.
    Before Lexie says anything Kaylee runs
back in, kisses me on the cheek and sputters, “Rain check on the
movie tonight,” then disappears again.
    “ We need a ride to Kaylee’s
house,” Lexie says.
    “ Is everything okay?” I
ask, afraid Kaylee realized who she just agreed to a date with and
bolted.
    “ Perfect. Kaylee just has
to get home for dinner. And apparently we have a lot of planning to
do too. Um. Yeah. Girl stuff. I mean did you see her nails? Ow
Kaylee!” Lex’s head goes back into the hallway, but we can still
hear her words. “What? Have you looked at them? All chips.” Lex’s
head pops back into the doorway. “Ready?”
    Ryan rolls his eyes and hops up from
the bed. “Catch you later, dude.”
    “ We’ll pick you up tomorrow
at seven,” Lexie says, and disappears again.
    I’m totally cool until I hear the
front door shut, and the thoughts of tomorrow fill my mind. I’m
going on a date. With Kaylee. What the heck am I thinking? I don’t
know how to go on a date. Not like I never had a date before, it’s
just none of those girls were my dream girl. Don’t get me wrong
they were all awesome in their own way, just not Kaylee.
    Everything about her is
over the top and perfect and this date needs to be exactly that. I
need help. I sit down at my desk and pull up Skype on my
laptop. Please be there.
    “ What’s going on?” Nick
says as his face pops on the screen. It’s six in the evening, and
he has no shirt on. Which means he’s either getting ready to head
out or a girl is sleeping on his bed. I hope it’s not the latter.
The last time that happened, it got a little awkward when the girl
woke up and flashed me.
    “ You alone?” I
ask.
    “ Yup.” Nick was always a
man of many words.
    “ So I kind of need your
advice.”
    “ Did you get the
herps?”
    “ What? No. Nothing like
that. I have a date.”
    Nick’s dark eyebrow rises. “Okay?
You’ve been out with girls before. You open the door for her. Don’t
offer to pay right away just in case she’s a feminist. Feel her out
before you go in for the goodnight kiss. What else do you need to
know?”
    “ This girl’s different. I
want to…you know. Wow her.”
    “ Little bro’s got it bad,
huh? Oh snap. This is the girl I had to call for you, isn’t
it?”
    “ I called her.”
    “ I hit the button. And be
real. You never would have. Okay, this is what you do. Girls like
flowers. Go pick some up at the Stop and Go. You’re not wearing
that are you?”
    I look down at my button up and
suspenders. “The date’s tomorrow so no. But I was going to wear
something similar and add a bow tie.”
    “