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“Well, that goes without saying.” I smile as Matt uses my words from last week.
Both of our eyes find my hand still on his chest, and I can feel my face getting hot. Pulling my hand away, I look at the ground, and I turn around to keep heading to class. “Thanks.”
“No need to thank me. You had that ass perfectly under control.” He pulls at my arm, making me stop. “But I wanted to apologize.”
“For what?”
Matt looks around nervously, before looking at me. “I was at the meeting for the nominations last week when your name came up.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah.” His eyes stay on me. “I was hoping they were going with their first choice. Then your name got thrown out, and I wanted to try and change their minds, but I already kind of fought to get a friend of a friend off the list for the guys. Then I thought …” He looks down at his feet. “Well, I had an idea, but you made it pretty clear you’re not interested in me, so I didn’t want to say it and end up in a bigger mess with you.”
“Matt.” I reach over, touching his arm. I was hoping after this weekend, being close to him wouldn’t make a hundred steamy thoughts run through my mind, but no such luck. As soon as my hand touches his arm his eyes meet mine again. “It’s not that I’m not interes—” Whoa, Izzy. Why don’t you just declare your undying love for the guy? “I mean, you’re not in a mess with me.”
“No?”
“No. If anything, you’re just in a mess with yourself.” I let out a soft laugh.
“Thanks.” He chuckles.
“What was the idea you were going to use?”
“Oh, well.” He hesitantly bites his lip. I wait patiently, secretly adoring how cute he looks as he gets nervous. Finally, he speaks up. “I thought about maybe saying we were going out.”
“Oh.” I don’t know why, but that catches me completely by surprise. And I can’t keep my lips from grinning at the thought of being a relationship with him.
“Yeah.” He scratches the back of his head. “But I didn’t. And I was hoping they would just revert back to their initial nomination, but they didn’t. So, sorry.”
“Don’t be.” I turn and start walking again. “My friend gave me an idea this morning. Someone else in this position, it’d be just like any other year. But I’m going to own it.”
“Own it?”
“Yeah. The girls wanted to nominate someone and basically make fun of them for being who they are. But I’m fine with who I am. And I’m going to prove it. Plus, my prom dress is going to kick ass. It’s about time someone put the student council a-holes in their place.” I freeze, slapping my hands to my mouth, looking at him with an apologetic look. “Sorry. I know you’re the president and everything.”
He runs his tongue over his teeth, a smile on his face. He leans in closer to my ear, and I’m frozen for an entirely different reason.
“Don’t be sorry. I love your honesty.” He leans even closer, and I feel his lips lightly brush my ear. Goosebumps climb over my arms. “And just so you know, you’ve got my vote.”
