“Everett! Who was at the-“Lucas’s freckled face paled as he glided into the foyer where we stood. His panicked eyes darted from me to Jonah, finally resting on my figure with confusion.
“Go to your room, Lucas!” My stoic voice cracked in my attempt to keep calm. He opened his mouth in protest, though thinking better of it; he turned and ran up the steps. A door slammed a moment later. I turned back to the dark-haired boy standing on my doorstep. The smirk was still plain on his features as he spoke.
“Hey there, Himalayas,” His velvety voice swirled around my brain like fog, bringing back the amusing memory of how the inside joke was started.
“Waitress, can I get my check?” My head snapped towards the caller, a dark-haired boy whom I had been serving for the past hour. I slid off the bar-style stool I was sitting at, and crossed the quaint coffee café. I had been lucky, I knew that much, to score the summer job. Despite the fact that it was temporary and only paid minimum wage, it would pay for the car I so desperately needed for my junior year. No way would I be walking three miles every morning while I have a license. Only a true idiot would do that.
I slipped the boy’s bill across the table, taking in his attractive features. His short, almost black inched over his broad forehead. Startlingly blue eyes poked out behind a frame of dark, thick lashes, the intensity of them deepened. Though sitting, he was probably a good three inches taller than my own five six.
“You know, I didn’t happen to catch your name?” His voice rose in the end, the simple statement turning into a question.
“That’s because I didn’t tell you it,” though I meant the words to come out plain, they came with a teasing tone. I could feel a smile starting to prick at the corners of my chapped lips.
“Then, I believe I get myself a free pie!” With a grin on his lips, he pointed to a small sign on the table. Sure enough, it said that if a server does not introduce themselves, the customer gets a free desert. I sighed, and bit back a couple of swears that threatened to tumble from my mouth.
“I’ll go get that then,” I muttered, turning to do just that. I cursed myself mentally, how could I be so thoughtless? That stupid apple pie was coming from my check. Suddenly, I felt an arm clasp around my wrist, pulling me back to the table. I glanced at him in confusion.
“No need to. Just come sit with me,” A genuine smile came across his face as he pulled out the chair beside him. Well, I don’t have anything else to do, the diner’s slow today. I sat down slowly in the seat. “So, about that name…” He voice drawled out. I smirked, but shook my head. His eyebrow’s shot up.
“You first,” I clarified. “I gotta know you’re legit.” He chuckled, and took my hand dramatically.
“I, my dear waitress friend, am indeed quite legit,” a strange accent disfigured the word. “Anyway, I’m Jonah Kinsthy, new senior at the high school. I moved here quite a few days ago now.” He hand still rested on mine, though I didn’t pull away.
“Senior? Oh good, I’ll be a junior. I’m Everett Way,” Surprisingly, a flirtatious touch was added to my other innocent tone.
“Like the Himalaya’s?” He asked, incredulous. I choked on a laugh.
“What?” The word was shaky as I tried to hold back chuckles.
“Isn’t mount Everest in the Himalaya’s? So if your names really Everest…”
“No! Everett!” Laughter tumbled my mouth uncontrollably now, the sound shaking my thin limbs. A small blush crossed his cheeks.
“Oh, well. I’m just going to have to call you Himalaya then from now on,” He smirked as I nodded a shaky okay, my body still wracked from the laughter.
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Anywhere But Here
Romance{{What if the choice was between to love or to hate?}} Everett Way lives in the perfect town, or what seems like it anyway. For her though, it's hell. After her father was murdered a year ago, which left her at seventeen to care for her eleven year...
