pizza,” Kate said, then tugged me toward the locker room. Dominic looked so forlorn, I balked. “He’ll live.”
But then I saw Debbie Damint headed for the girls’ locker room, her attention riveted toward Dominic, her girlfriends Linnie and Carissa in tow—a disaster just waiting to happen.
I must have looked livid because Kate glanced from me to the girls and said, “What’s up, Marissa?”
“Debbie turned Dominic into a toad a while back.”
Kate’s brows rose and she snapped her gaping mouth shut.
“I can’t make them forget they’ve seen him before. Though I sure wish I could,” I said, not sure of any options I might have, but I started walking toward Dominic.
He caught sight of the three witches who were now bearing down on him, his attention focused on them so much he didn’t know I was coming up behind him. Her lipstick as red as her hair, Carissa glanced in my direction and gave me a “what-do-you-want?” kind of look.
I ignored her and seized Dominic’s arm. Pulling him around, I smiled to see his eyes rounded in surprise. “I didn’t give you a parting kiss.”
I tried to ignore the audience of witches and concentrate on the kiss. Dominic jumped right in and helped me with a sexy, lingering, sizzling hot kiss and by the time we broke free, I was sure my cheeks were rose-red. Wow, what a kisser.
For a minute, I felt like I might swoon, and Dominic held my arm to keep me upright, then pressed his lips against my cheek and whispered, “You sure know how to send a guy to the moon, Marissa. See you in a little bit.”
Dominic winked at Kate, whose cheeks colored crimson and mouth hung slightly agape. I chanced a look at Debbie Damint and her friends. Carissa’s red brows were arched to her bangs, and her arms were crossed over her chest. Linnie tucked her dark hair behind her ear, but her eyes were still wide with surprise. Debbie Damint looked from me to Dominic, and I wondered if she was thinking she’d made one horrible mistake turning such a hunk into a toad.
As soon as I grabbed Kate’s arm and hurried her to the girls’ locker room while Dominic disappeared into the boys’ locker room, Debbie caught up with me. “Hey, what’s going on with this guy?”
I attempted to look like I didn’t know what she was talking about and lifted one shoulder in response.
She glanced back at her girlfriends, but both seemed tongue-tied.
“He’s not a warlock,” Debbie insisted.
“Oh?” I said, with a definite lift to my brows and voice.
“Yeah, he…I…we would have known.”
“Cloaking,” I lied. “He has a rare ability to cloak his gifts.” I gave her the most winsome smile, intimating I had captured the attention of a warlock extraordinaire. Which I had, so there on them.
Kate instantly joined in on the game. “Yeah,” she said dreamily, her hands pressed to her heart. “I would give anything to have a guy like that interested in me.”
I loved that she was really good at going along when she got the gist of a game in play.
Debbie glanced at her friends.
Linnie shrugged. “I don’t know. I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
Carissa sneered. “I don’t believe it.”
“Well, whatever. He’s new to school, and when we met at the Hamburger Spot…” I paused for effect, sighed deeply and continued, “…we just gravitated toward each other. Our fate was written in the stars. Good thing he hadn’t met any other witches first. Boy, was I ever lucky.”
“He didn’t even try to stop you,” Linnie said to Debbie.
“Stop what?” Kate asked, her eyes narrowing, pretending she didn’t know that Debbie and her friends had done something bad to Dominic.
“That’s what makes him the kind of guy he is,” I said, entering the locker room. “You know, the type who’d put up with people’s nonsense and not turn them into worms for being so mean-hearted.”
“What happened?” Kate asked, her voice rising in exasperation, playing her part perfectly, and
But then I saw Debbie Damint headed for the girls’ locker room, her attention riveted toward Dominic, her girlfriends Linnie and Carissa in tow—a disaster just waiting to happen.
I must have looked livid because Kate glanced from me to the girls and said, “What’s up, Marissa?”
“Debbie turned Dominic into a toad a while back.”
Kate’s brows rose and she snapped her gaping mouth shut.
“I can’t make them forget they’ve seen him before. Though I sure wish I could,” I said, not sure of any options I might have, but I started walking toward Dominic.
He caught sight of the three witches who were now bearing down on him, his attention focused on them so much he didn’t know I was coming up behind him. Her lipstick as red as her hair, Carissa glanced in my direction and gave me a “what-do-you-want?” kind of look.
I ignored her and seized Dominic’s arm. Pulling him around, I smiled to see his eyes rounded in surprise. “I didn’t give you a parting kiss.”
I tried to ignore the audience of witches and concentrate on the kiss. Dominic jumped right in and helped me with a sexy, lingering, sizzling hot kiss and by the time we broke free, I was sure my cheeks were rose-red. Wow, what a kisser.
For a minute, I felt like I might swoon, and Dominic held my arm to keep me upright, then pressed his lips against my cheek and whispered, “You sure know how to send a guy to the moon, Marissa. See you in a little bit.”
Dominic winked at Kate, whose cheeks colored crimson and mouth hung slightly agape. I chanced a look at Debbie Damint and her friends. Carissa’s red brows were arched to her bangs, and her arms were crossed over her chest. Linnie tucked her dark hair behind her ear, but her eyes were still wide with surprise. Debbie Damint looked from me to Dominic, and I wondered if she was thinking she’d made one horrible mistake turning such a hunk into a toad.
As soon as I grabbed Kate’s arm and hurried her to the girls’ locker room while Dominic disappeared into the boys’ locker room, Debbie caught up with me. “Hey, what’s going on with this guy?”
I attempted to look like I didn’t know what she was talking about and lifted one shoulder in response.
She glanced back at her girlfriends, but both seemed tongue-tied.
“He’s not a warlock,” Debbie insisted.
“Oh?” I said, with a definite lift to my brows and voice.
“Yeah, he…I…we would have known.”
“Cloaking,” I lied. “He has a rare ability to cloak his gifts.” I gave her the most winsome smile, intimating I had captured the attention of a warlock extraordinaire. Which I had, so there on them.
Kate instantly joined in on the game. “Yeah,” she said dreamily, her hands pressed to her heart. “I would give anything to have a guy like that interested in me.”
I loved that she was really good at going along when she got the gist of a game in play.
Debbie glanced at her friends.
Linnie shrugged. “I don’t know. I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
Carissa sneered. “I don’t believe it.”
“Well, whatever. He’s new to school, and when we met at the Hamburger Spot…” I paused for effect, sighed deeply and continued, “…we just gravitated toward each other. Our fate was written in the stars. Good thing he hadn’t met any other witches first. Boy, was I ever lucky.”
“He didn’t even try to stop you,” Linnie said to Debbie.
“Stop what?” Kate asked, her eyes narrowing, pretending she didn’t know that Debbie and her friends had done something bad to Dominic.
“That’s what makes him the kind of guy he is,” I said, entering the locker room. “You know, the type who’d put up with people’s nonsense and not turn them into worms for being so mean-hearted.”
“What happened?” Kate asked, her voice rising in exasperation, playing her part perfectly, and
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