me, and I find myself losing focus on everything around me. Yeah, I just said his eyes twinkled. How dorky am I? Now, I’m talking to myself. Get it together, Ryanne. Looking down at the grass, I can feel a blush coming on. I’m so glad that no one can actually read my mind.
Tom mentioned that we’d trained enough for today, so I start walking toward the door. Oh wait! I turn around. “I forgot to clean up the yard.” Colton grabs my elbow as he walks past me and pulls me toward the door. “I need to pick up all the wood!” Instead of letting me go, he laughs and continues pulling me. His deep laugh almost causes me to stumble. Get a grip girl! Once inside the house, Tom hands me a water bottle. “That was an impressive trick you just did.”
I start giggling. “Magic trick.” I glance around the room. “I’m a mage-ician.” David is the only one that laughs with me. At everyone else’s strange expressions, I stop laughing. “Fine, you guys are lame.” Turning toward Tom, I tell him what everyone else already knows. “I didn’t like that. I’m afraid of heights, and I thought that I was stuck up there. I was about to have a panic attack.”
Tom chuckles and pats me on the back, “Well, it’s good to know what you can do. You never know when you’ll have to use it.”
“True, but I won’t like doing that if I ever have to. Well, I’m going to go change. I’ll be back in a minute.” I start to walk away, but Emma runs up to me.
“I’ll come with you.” She turns around and winks at someone. I thought it was David, but he’s talking with Logan.
“Who are you winking at?” I ask her. Colton is looking over at Tom while Liam and Larkin are talking. No one is looking at us.
“No one. Come on.”
“You winked at someone.”
“My eye twitched.” She starts dragging me out of the room. What is she keeping from me? I could read her mind…No, she must have a reason for not telling me. I trust Emma—if I should know, she’d tell me. Once inside the room, I grab one of the few shirts I stole from Liam and a pair of yoga shorts. Emma changes into a black camisole and running shorts.
“Oh come on, Ryanne.” I walk out of the room, ignoring her comment. While walking down the stairs, she yells, “At least tie up the shirt a little, it looks like you aren’t wearing any shorts. It’s way too big on you.” Emma runs up behind me and tries to tie the shirt back. I turn around and slap her hand away which makes her try harder.
Getting into a girly slap fight, I say, “Emma, it’s my pajamas. I really don’t care what it looks like or how it fits.”
She stops and crosses her arms across her chest. “Well you should care more.”
“Well, I don’t. You should just accept that I’m not gonna change.”
“Ugh, you stubborn little girl.”
“You tell her, Ryanne!” David says and sticks a hand out for a high-five. I smack his hand as I pass him and sit down on the couch next to Colton again.
“Hey, you’re supposed to be on my side,” Emma pouts while sitting down in his lap.
“I pick the winning side, honey.”
I look around the room and notice that Larkin isn’t sitting with us. “Where’s Larkin?”
“He’s picking up something for you,” Tom answers from the kitchen.
“Something for me?” He has my attention now.
“I wouldn’t get too excited, dear.” He laughs. “I got a call from Jane earlier saying that she shipped the dress she wants you to wear to the wedding on Saturday. Larkin’s going to get it since I gave her a fake address.”
“Oh.” I turn back around. “I’m scared now.” They laugh at my reaction. “It’s not funny. She’s like Emma. She’s going to get back at me for all those times I refused to wear ‘decent’ clothing.”
Larkin blinks into the room, holding a medium sized box. “I don’t want to open that.” I turn back around and face the TV. I know Jane’s style, so I’m not sure I want to see what is in that
Tom mentioned that we’d trained enough for today, so I start walking toward the door. Oh wait! I turn around. “I forgot to clean up the yard.” Colton grabs my elbow as he walks past me and pulls me toward the door. “I need to pick up all the wood!” Instead of letting me go, he laughs and continues pulling me. His deep laugh almost causes me to stumble. Get a grip girl! Once inside the house, Tom hands me a water bottle. “That was an impressive trick you just did.”
I start giggling. “Magic trick.” I glance around the room. “I’m a mage-ician.” David is the only one that laughs with me. At everyone else’s strange expressions, I stop laughing. “Fine, you guys are lame.” Turning toward Tom, I tell him what everyone else already knows. “I didn’t like that. I’m afraid of heights, and I thought that I was stuck up there. I was about to have a panic attack.”
Tom chuckles and pats me on the back, “Well, it’s good to know what you can do. You never know when you’ll have to use it.”
“True, but I won’t like doing that if I ever have to. Well, I’m going to go change. I’ll be back in a minute.” I start to walk away, but Emma runs up to me.
“I’ll come with you.” She turns around and winks at someone. I thought it was David, but he’s talking with Logan.
“Who are you winking at?” I ask her. Colton is looking over at Tom while Liam and Larkin are talking. No one is looking at us.
“No one. Come on.”
“You winked at someone.”
“My eye twitched.” She starts dragging me out of the room. What is she keeping from me? I could read her mind…No, she must have a reason for not telling me. I trust Emma—if I should know, she’d tell me. Once inside the room, I grab one of the few shirts I stole from Liam and a pair of yoga shorts. Emma changes into a black camisole and running shorts.
“Oh come on, Ryanne.” I walk out of the room, ignoring her comment. While walking down the stairs, she yells, “At least tie up the shirt a little, it looks like you aren’t wearing any shorts. It’s way too big on you.” Emma runs up behind me and tries to tie the shirt back. I turn around and slap her hand away which makes her try harder.
Getting into a girly slap fight, I say, “Emma, it’s my pajamas. I really don’t care what it looks like or how it fits.”
She stops and crosses her arms across her chest. “Well you should care more.”
“Well, I don’t. You should just accept that I’m not gonna change.”
“Ugh, you stubborn little girl.”
“You tell her, Ryanne!” David says and sticks a hand out for a high-five. I smack his hand as I pass him and sit down on the couch next to Colton again.
“Hey, you’re supposed to be on my side,” Emma pouts while sitting down in his lap.
“I pick the winning side, honey.”
I look around the room and notice that Larkin isn’t sitting with us. “Where’s Larkin?”
“He’s picking up something for you,” Tom answers from the kitchen.
“Something for me?” He has my attention now.
“I wouldn’t get too excited, dear.” He laughs. “I got a call from Jane earlier saying that she shipped the dress she wants you to wear to the wedding on Saturday. Larkin’s going to get it since I gave her a fake address.”
“Oh.” I turn back around. “I’m scared now.” They laugh at my reaction. “It’s not funny. She’s like Emma. She’s going to get back at me for all those times I refused to wear ‘decent’ clothing.”
Larkin blinks into the room, holding a medium sized box. “I don’t want to open that.” I turn back around and face the TV. I know Jane’s style, so I’m not sure I want to see what is in that
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