I wrinkled my brow. Mason was the most gorgeous guy I knew. “Why’d you think that?”
He raised his eyebrows. “You said that.”
“Oh.”
“You said I was like a brother to you.”
In a way, it was true. I did kind of think of him as a brother. But only kind of. I mean, I’d lusted after him for the past year—totally craved him—I don’t think most girls crave their brothers. But the thing is, I’d known him forever. It made thinking of him as a guy seem strange. Still, strange or not, that’s how I thought of him now—totally.
“Well … you’re not my brother.”
“No. I know that.” Mason smirked, but then turned sober. “Look, I didn’t think I had a chance with you—I thought if I tried to be more than friends, you’d freak out.”
Everything he was saying—all of it—I’d longed to hear it forever, but now that it was actually happening, it was kind of scary.
I’d known Mason forever. It would be weird if we suddenly got together—not a bad weird though. A wonderful weird. The bad weird would be when we broke up. That would kill.
Mason took my hand, lacing his fingers through mine. “Look Summer, I’m not going to let you go back to just watching me—just being my bud. I mean, that’s lame. You’re a coward—take a chance.”
Hearing him say that was kind of brutal—mostly because it was true. I was a coward. But admitting I had feeling for him was too scary. I liked him too much.
“Summer,” he said, his voice tender, “we’re friends. It’s sort of scary to mess with that. It is—I know. But I think we’d be good together.” He licked his soft, pink lips—making them moist and shiny. Totally irresistible. It had my heart all aching and yearning.
Mason gave my hand a little squeeze. “Don’t you think we’d be good together?”
There were a million thoughts swirling in my head. I wasn’t his type. He liked blond Barbie dolls. Probably it wouldn’t work out. Probably I’d lose his friendship and my heart would get all mangled and broken and ripped to shreds.
But here he was, in the middle of the night, wanting to talk. He climbed up to my window and took my hand and was looking at me all hungry and yearning. He was so doing that action thing—his actions speaking louder than any words he could ever possibly say. Isn’t that what I wanted? What I craved?
Wasn’t it?
I swallowed and looked into his warm brown eyes—they seemed to be begging me to give him a chance, us a chance.
I swallowed again, taking a deep breath. Then I nodded. “Okay. I’ll take that chance.”
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UPDATE: The author’s novel, LOUDER THAN WORDS, is based off this short story. The novel can be found as a bonus story in the author’s new book, “The Hockey Player’s Heart” which also includes a novel about the Christian Hockey Team. (It has Griffin and Ally in it, and Summer and Mason as well—while they are in college. They play matchmaker for their goalie, Liam, and the girl he’s secretly loved since childhood, Tatum. Again, the book is called: “The Hockey Player’s Heart.” No book needs to be read before it.
Note: All of the author’s books are available in the unlimited program, if you have that. They are all also available for normal purchase as well.
The author’s books:
*Always You
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Always You is about Griffin and Ally.
The Hockey Player’s Heart is about Mason and Summer. (But Griffin is in the book as well.) The book also has another novel in it as well, about their teammate Liam. They are all in college in that novel.
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Note: there will be more Christian Hockey Team stories coming soon. The next one will be available by the time you read this. It is titled: The Hockey Player’s Heart. Look for it. (By “M. Anne Marks.”) No book needs to be read before or after that book.
Also available now by M. Anne Marks is the book: “Always You.” It has three novels about Ally and Griffin—Her Kiss; Griffin; and Griffin #2—all in one book.
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Books by M. Anne Marks:
The Hockey Player’s Heart
Always You
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