Blame Me

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Elise

It would seem that after the events that occurred the night before, things would seem more different. Rather, it seemed like nothing had changed at all.

The sun had risen all the same, the tea tasted just as good as yesterday, and there were still people walking in the snow covered streets below our apartment. Just like any other day.

"Can you stop smiling?" Dani shot at me as she walked by the kitchen table where I was sitting, "It's starting to creep me out,"

Well, maybe that was one thing that did change. I couldn't wipe the smile of my face since Jace had kissed me. It was almost as though my lips had become their own and craved his touch as much as I did.

I stared down at my peanut butter covered toast, trying to hide my smile because I knew that it was useless to try to fight it. I tried so much the night before, but would only burst into a grin, the exact movements that he and I made replaying in my mind like a broken record. And I wasn't getting sick of it anytime soon.

"God, you are hopeless," Dani rolled her eyes as she plopped into the seat across from mine and stole my toast.

"Sorry," I apologized halfheartedly, staring at the picture of Dani and I as children on the wall absentmindedly.

"I talked to Mrs. Brown this morning," she told me as she took a bite of my food, "She told me to congratulate you on, and I quote, 'getting such a nice catch',"

I groaned, "I didn't know that like half of the building was watching Jace and I,"

"Would you have done it differently if you knew?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at me.

I thought about it, if I had known that every other person in the building was listening in on our conversation, would I have stopped Jace from kissing me? From saying those things?

"No," I told her firmly, "But I would have come in from the back door instead of the front," I grimaced, remembering what happened the night before.

When Jace and I had finally departed from each other, I had a goofy smile on my face and a huge spring in my step, and all I wanted to do was gush about what happened to Dani. But nope, that didn't happen because when I walked into the front doors of the apartment building there stood almost all of the building residences staring back at me. All the women hugged me and gushed about how cute the two of us were, while all the men ruffled my hair saying to watch out about how stupid men can be and to get them if I needed someone to get beat up.

Dani laughed, "What did you expect? These people are deprived from drama,"

I shook my head but didn't say anything, instead thought about tonight. As usual Jace and I texted the night before until I fell asleep in the middle of a reply, but he refused to answer any questions about the date. Which was tonight. Which had my heart pounding in my chest, and the urge to squeal with excitement erupt in me.

So, I did just that. I squealed.

"Holy shit!" Dani cried out, dropping her - my - toast, "I get you're excited but please tone down the girly-ness for my sake,"

I just grinned at Dani, "I'm going on a date,"

She gave me an incredulous look, "Yeah,"

"With Jace," I continued, my grin not reducing one bit.

"Oh my God, I did not sign up for this when I woke up," Dani groaned, dropping her head onto the table, her dark hair sprawling everywhere.

"You did when you stole my toast," I retorted, grabbing the said food and taking a bite of it.