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Suddenly, the door slammed to the stairwell just beyond our research room, and we jumped apart. Blaire touched her slightly swollen lips and realized where she was, who we were, and what we had just learned.
“I...I have to go,” she stammered, lifting her bag off the floor, trying to push the door instead of pulling in her haste to put distance between us. Blaire didn’t look back as she took off, leaving the door open behind her, and dashed up the stairs. I stood dumbfounded before I realized Mrs. Sanderson would have clocked her leaving by herself in a rush, and I did not want to be at the receiving end of that questioning. I quickly finished putting away all the film and binders Blaire had looked through and followed her path out of the library, all the while remembering what Blaire tasted like on my mouth.
Chapter 12.5
Blaire (11:18 p.m.): Okay, I know you’re still up because that new monster romance novel came out today, so I’m breaking my no Cole after 11:00 p.m. talk rule. I have to tell you something.
Charlotte (11:19 p.m.): Putting away the blue aliens gladly. I feel like this is going to be juicy.
Blaire (11:21 p.m.): So you know how we went to the Winterberry Glen library today? Well, what we found out was just awful for Holly Ridge, and I was upset, and he told me a story about a formative moment in his childhood, and then...well, we kissed.
Charlotte (11:22 p.m.): IN THE LIBRARY? OH MY GOD, BLAIRE! That’s been on your bucket list since you were fifteen. Thank goodness it wasn’t with Chuckie Mancine. Have you SEEN the latest on his embezzling drama?
Blaire (11:23 p.m.): Uh, C? Focus, please?
Charlotte (11:25 p.m.): Right, of course, sorry. Okay, so you shared a moment and then a MOMENT. How was the kiss? What happened next?
Blaire (11:25 p.m.): The kiss was...everything fifteen-year-old Blaire didn’t know to want because adult boys kiss so much better. But well then...I ran. *face palm emoji*
Charlotte (11:27 p.m.): Oh my god, you guys were made for each other. He ran first and now you’ve run away. Are you going to send him a meeting invitation series for virtual meetings now?
Blaire (11:29 p.m.): No! Definitely not. Then he’ll know it meant something. But I am going to take a page out of his book and pretend it never happened. We know he won’t bring it up, so that should be safe.
Charlotte (11:30 p.m.): So, it meant something, huh?
Blaire (11:31 p.m.): Nope. Nevermind. Definitely didn’t mean that. The Cole-talk ban is back in place. Night, C!
Charlotte (11:32 p.m.): *Jennifer Lawrence Yeah, okay.gif*
Charlotte (11:32 p.m.): Goodnight, B.
Austin (9:05 a.m.): So, Cole, anything you want to tell me about your day yesterday?
Cole: (9:23 a.m.): I tried a new smoothie recipe for breakfast? It wasn’t a hit.
Austin (9:25 a.m.): Of course it wasn’t, because you insist on putting spinach in every single smoothie you make. You’re setting yourself up for failure. But no, that’s not what I was talking about.
Cole: (9:27 a.m.): Then nope, the day was pretty uneventful. Why do you ask?
Austin: (9:29 a.m.): You lying liar who lies. I know that you went into the library with Ms. Greene, but Ms. Greene left alone, looking flushed and in a hurry. And you left five minutes later, looking dazed and yet scowly all at the same time.
Cole: (9:31 a.m.): Who was your date last night? Mike from the auto body shop? Or did you finally get Missy from the dog groomers to agree to go out with you?
Austin: (9:33 a.m.): I never reveal my sources, but it may or may not have been someone who is employed at a business with a great view of the library’s front door. Regardless. Did you do something dirty in the stacks?
Cole: (9:35 a.m.): What? No, we were in one of the research rooms with the microfiche machines.
Austin: (9:36 a.m.): But you DID do something dirty?!
Cole: (9:38 a.m.): I’m only telling you this because I know you’ll be relentless. Fine. We may have kissed.
Austin: (9:39 a.m.): It’s about damn time. I was starting to think your dick might explode before you ever touched her.
Cole: (9:41 a.m.): My dick’s fine, thanks. And she might have kissed me? She definitely kissed me back.
Cole: (9:43 a.m.): I don’t know, it all happened so fast. And then she ran away, so I’m not expecting any repeats. Which is for the best, because the state explicitly forbids a romantic relationship between us and I want this job.
Austin: (9:45 a.m.): She ran away this time? The irony. So, that bad at kissing, huh?
