From my current WIP Luke & the Christmas Decision (Book 1.5 in the Aubrey Christian Academy Series)
“You’re right. I’m cool.” I squeezed Andrea's hand
and smiled. Then I let her hand go and slid back in my seat. “You know California is great this time of year.
Sunny and bright and a whole lot warmer than Central NC.”
“Are you trying to
make me jealous?” She crossed her arms
pretending to be annoyed.
“No, I just thought
it might make you think about coming to California with me.”
“What?” Her head jutted back and her eyes widened.
“Yeah, its perfect.” Brilliance had suddenly come to me. It was rash and ridiculous.
Everything I usually avoided. “Didn’t you say you had an aunt or uncle in LA?”
“Cousins. Second
cousins of mom’s, but…”
“So, see if you can
stay with them. Maybe you can get a later flight in a few days. Then I can show
you all my favorite haunts. It’ll
be perfect.” I covered her hand
which had been lying flat on the table.
That’s when I noticed her facial expression. It wasn’t full of excitement with her green eyes lit up at the possibilities like when I offered to drive her to see her favorite pianist play in Charleston. She drew her hand away.
“Luke, I can’t. First of all Mom and Dad would never approve.
Remember my parents? The overprotective ones. You have maybe confused them with
some super cool parents.”
“I know I just
thought that maybe if you were visiting family they wouldn’t mind…”
“Luke, it’s not just my parents. I can’t go. It’s
what I wanted to tell you. I’m
going to be in this Christmas Eve concert in Richmond. It’s a pretty big deal. It’s a charity concert and some big names are going to
be there. It's a great honor that I was chosen out of my entire class.”
“Sure I get it. It’s important.”
“It is important. I
mean you’re important too.”
Now
she reached for my hand but I shifted further away and crossed my arms over my
chest. “It’s OK, Andrea. You
can’t come. I pretty
much knew you wouldn’t.”
"I
can't."
"You
can't."
"You
know I'm going to miss you," she smiled with a cute tilt to her head.
I
smiled back. "Not as much as I'll miss you. So, come on, tell me about
this concert."
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4 comments:
I have California cousins, too, on my daddy's side. Actually, I was born in Long Beach, but we moved to Texas before my first birthday. When I was growing up, we went back every year. Blessings!
Hi Caryl! I was born in Anaheim, CA but I went to college in Long Beach.
Ah! I just wanted to give Luke a hug at the end.
Good job handling the dialogue here!
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