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“Then drink up,” she urged me, pointing to my cup.
I made the rounds at the party, talking to all of my old friends I hadn’t seen in years. Despite not remembering Missy, I could recall everyone else there. It was great to see them and I felt bad I had fallen out of touch with everyone.
A few beers later I was feeling more relaxed and went to fill up my cup. When I was done, I turned around and ran right into JT, spilling beer all over him.
“Oh my god, I’m so sorry!” I exclaimed.
He smiled at me and laughed. “No worries.”
His voice was deep and sexy as hell. I stood there looking at him. “Sorry,” I muttered again and went to find Brittany to lament to her how humiliated I was. This was not the way to make a good first impression.
2
Jt
“Play It Again”
Icouldn’t stop staring at the girl with dark blonde hair that had just arrived at the party. I had been in town for a few months now and hadn’t seen her yet. Mountain was a pretty small town where everyone knew everyone else, so I’m pretty sure I would have noticed her.
Her hair was piled high on the top of her head; I wondered how long it would be if she took it down. Her black tank top and jean shorts hugged her every curve and her legs seemed to go on for miles. I bet they would look good wrapped around my waist. From the way she ignored the way all the guys were looking at her, I bet if I said something like that to her she would smack me.
I walked over to Chase, another guy at the party and one of the first ones to befriend me when I moved to town with my dad. He was talking to some other guys and I nudged him with my elbow. “Hey, Chase, who’s that girl?” I nodded towards her. She was laughing and her smile made my knees weak.
“Who?” He turned to me and looked around to see who I was referring to.
“That blonde over there in the black tank top,” I said, trying not to point. She already caught me looking at her.
“Oh, Kara!” He said with a grin. “She’s hot, isn’t she?”
I smiled in agreement but didn’t say anything. I was trying to play it cool. “She’s ok.”
He rolled his eyes. “Ok, my ass.”
“Her name is Kara?” I asked, trying to figure out how I could get him to tell me more without being obvious I was interested.
“Yes. Her grandparents live here. They own that little diner, Moe’s.”
I loved that place and Dad and I ate there all the time. Neither of us could cook worth a damn.
“I haven’t noticed her,” I shrugged.
“She just got here a couple of days ago. She lives in Madison but she’s here for the summer to help at the diner since her grandpa had knee replacement surgery.”
“So she’s just here for the summer?” I asked and took a drink of my beer, glancing over at her over the rim of my glass. “Does she have a boyfriend?”
“I don’t think so. I’m not sure. From what I’ve heard, she doesn’t have a boyfriend, but I haven’t seen her in probably seven or eight years.” He looked over at her. “She was cute when we were kids, but she’s gotten fucking hot. Maybe I should go talk to her and ask her out.” He left me before I had a chance to ask any more questions. Damn, there goes my chance. Chase seemed to have a way with the ladies; every time I saw him he had a different one on his arm. It bothered me he would use her that way.
I watched him walk over to her and my shoulders slumped when she greeted him with a hug. I chugged the rest of my beer and went to get a new one. A few girls smiled and said hi to me as I walked by them, but I wasn’t interested in any of them.
It wasn’t that I didn’t like girls and I certainly had my fair share of dates, but I was never interested in much more. I didn’t believe in love; my dad still pined for my mom even after she left us years ago and he was miserable. I made a vow I was never going to let a female do that to me.
I kept to myself for the most part, watching everyone around me. I made small talk with a few people and continued to watch Kara. I almost laughed out loud when I noticed the way she brushed off Chase. I loved that she was immune to his charms.
I thought about heading home but the guys would never let me hear the end of it. It had been a long week at the shop and I had to get up to work tomorrow. It was only Dad and I and we were fortunate enough that business was good. Dad bought the shop from a friend of his. I think he was hoping if we moved from our home town, he would finally forget about Mom. I doubted it, but I wasn’t going to let him do this alone and didn’t have anything keeping me in Athlestane anyway.
The sun was about to set and I had a good buzz going. I went over to the keg to get a beer and my heart started to pound when I saw her filling her cup. There was no one else around and this was my chance to introduce myself.
I came up behind her and opened my mouth to say something when she turned around suddenly. She ran into me, spilling some beer over the front of my shirt. She looked at me horrified, but all I could do was laugh. “No worries.”
