Private Lives

Private Lives Chapter 11- Sweetheart, they're suspecting things.

Private Lives Chapter 11- 

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Abbie and William Desoto stood talking under the shade of a large tree.
"What's the deal with Old man Crane, over there?" William asked. He shifted his eyes to see Ichabod Crane just step up on the student's stage that stood in the middle of the campus's courtyard. It was used by the students of Columbus to rally and speak their minds on anything they like. 

"What do you mean?" Abbie asked. She looked up and followed Williams eyes to Crane on the student stage.

"He was just standing outside the English building, staring at us,"William answered."It was kind of weird."

"What. When?" Abbie turned to William. Her eyebrows lifted.

"Just before," William said." He stood with some tall sexy red head."

"How do you know he was looking at us?" Abbie answered."He was probably looking behind us"

William shook his head.

"No, he was definitely staring at us, Abbie,"William said. "He stared at you, in fact."

"Oh," Abbie moaned. Abbie lowered her eyes from William's questioning gaze.

"Is there something going on between you guys?" William asked. His one eyebrow raised.

Abbie glared up at him. She swallowed hard.

"Why do you say that?"Abbie asked.

William smirked. 

"I'm asking because he called out your name in the hall after the explosion," William answered.  "Also he stares at you when you're not looking. I've caught him doing it twice, now."

Abbie clucked her tongue in annoyance.

"I..I..we," Abbie sighed. "I.I..it's complicated, William."

William looked down at Abbie. His thin lips turned up into a smile.

"What makes it so complicated?" William chuckled.

"His soon-to-be-ex-wife,"Abbie answered."And Luke."

"And who's  Luke?" William chuckled.

"My boyfriend," Abbie replied.

"Do you love this Luke?" William asked.

"Not in the way I used to," Abbie answered.

William nodded. His eyes then lowered to look down at the patch of pale yellow dandelions below them. William bowed.

"I...i Wha..."  Abbie exclaimed. William bend down to pluck a dandelion between them. He then rose up again with it pinched in between his forefinger and thumb. He reached out and offered it to Abbie.

"Yeah?" He said."Poor Luke. For you."

"Oh, thank you," Abbie gasped. She took the dandelion from William and twirled it between two fingers, thoughtfully. The action made some of the dandelion's pale yellow petals blow away into the summer breeze. Abbie smiled.

William's gaze settled on her and he smiled at Abbie.

"All I'm saying is Old man Crane seems really into you,"William sighed."You should get rid of this Luke person you don't even love anymore, and get with Crane before he explodes and hurts me thinking I'm a threat!"