I Spy

Ch13

“I got the ice!!” Blakely announced. Bella looked at her quickly.

“Great! It’s a little hot in here, I could use some ice!” She said and walked over to the bucket, her face hot with embarrassment.

“What was going on in here?” Blakely asked as she waggled her eyebrows at Bella.

“Nothing!” Bella answered as she stuck a piece of ice in her mouth. What had just happened was awkward, unnatural and weird for her. Luke holding her hand? It seemed so impossible to her. Sure they held hands before, but it was never like that. They had a different kind of presence.

Blakely looked to Luke, his face was beat red and he was embarrassed as well. “No, seriously. What’s going on?”

Luke looked straight at Bella and spoke. “ti mne nravish-sya!” He announced in a Russian accent.

“Whoa! You speak Russian?” Blakely asked with a huge smile. “That’s so cool! Bella do you speak Russian too!?”

Bella broke her silence. “vy dolzhny bytʹ moim drugom!”

“Whoa! So you can!”

“YA znayu, no-!” He started but she cut him off.

“no nichego ! Vy ne mozhete , kak ya!”

“Okay, what is going on here?”

“No ya delayu!” Luke said as Bella rolled her eyes.

“Prekrati, ty moy luchshiy drug!”

“Tochno! YA tvoy luchshiy drug! Chto mozhet bytʹ luchshe cheloveka , chtoby tebya lyublyu!?”

“Okay, can you two speak English!!?”

“Prekrati eto!” Bella shouted.

“Net!” Luke shouted back before he pressed his lips to hers.

Bella quickly shoved him back as Blakely took in a sharp gasp. Bella slapped him hard across the face.

“…Well…Guess I’ll never know what just happened, but I’ll just go and talk to the cute doorman.”

“Stay!” Bella demanded, her face hot from anger. That’s when the door slammed and Luke had walked out.

“What just happened?” Blakely asked, her hands up in defense.

Bella sighed and sat down on the bed. “He likes me.”

“So?”

“So! He’s my friend! Nothing more!”