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“Love you, my beautiful cupcake,” he shouts. I duck my head, blushing when people turn to stare. A few girls ooh and ahh, while the lads giggle, cheering him on.
I shake my head at him and blow him a kiss.
Men.
I’m nearly at the end of my shift and I feel worn out and tired. It’s been a long day. It feels like everyone who’s anyone has wanted to check out a book, or needed help finding one.
Tina, one of the library supervisors, walks up to me, glancing at her watch. “Allie, you’ve got just over an hour left of your shift, right?”
“Hi, Tina, and yes. Why?”
“Can you grab the boxes of books we just got in and start adding them into the system? I need to pop out for a minute and there’s only you and Alex here. He’s still putting away the books from the return cart.”
Biting my bottom lip, I nod. She turns and leaves, leaving me kicking myself.
CJ told me under no circumstances were I to lift anything heavy.
Now I can’t avoid it. Those boxes appear to be heavy, and there’s more than one.
Shit.
I head over to the counter, grateful when I find the room has quietened down and a lot of students have left.
I scan the room, trying to spot Alex, and find him near the geometry section. He glances up from the book he’s stamping, a wide smile spreading across his face.
“Hey, you okay? It’s been pretty busy in here today, huh?”
I force a laugh, shifting nervously on my feet. “It has. Um, Alex, can I ask a huge favour?”
He tilts his head up at the ceiling, groaning. “Please don’t ask me to take an online quiz again. I don’t need to know who my celebrity lookalike is.”
I grin at that. Good times. “I still can’t believe it came up as Harry Potter.”
He pouts sourly. “Not all of us can be Selena Gomez.”
“I think I look more like Jade from Little Mix. Hell, we even have the same fashion style.”
He eyes me up and down, realisation dawning on his face. “Oh, my God, you actually do. In that T-shirt and skirt, you’d only need to dye your hair purple and you’d be twins.”
I roll my eyes. “I’m not dying my hair purple,” I tell him, running my hand down my white T-shirt. On it, it says, Tinkerbell. I’m wearing it with my favourite purple skirt and white tennis shoes that have a Mini Mouse ears keyring attached to the shoelace. It’s one of my favourite outfits.
“Whatever,” he says, chuckling. “So, what did you want to ask me?”
“Can you help me with the new books we have in the back room, please?”
He stops putting the books on the shelf and turns to me. “I thought Tina asked you to do it. I still have to get these put away. My shift ends in twenty minutes.”
I feel guilty for asking, but I’m not willing to risk my baby’s life, and I know Alex will understand and help once I tell him.
I grab his hand and pull him into the aisle of books, heading towards the English books before stopping. I check to make sure no one is watching, before facing him.
“I need you to help me because I can’t lift those boxes.”
He grins. “You brought me over here to tell me you’re weak?”
I smack his arm lightly. “No. I’ve dragged you over here because…”
“Because?”
