School’s finally out and Elijah wanted nothing more than for his band to play gigs at his father’s new Bar, and to continue to obsess over his school’s cheerleading captain, Stacey Dugan. Also, it was a break from his biology partner and Stacey’s best friend, Dakota, whom he can’t stand. But, what happens when Dakota announces that she will help Elijah win over Stacey, only in return to have Stacey forget about the boy across the street from Dakota, the one she wants? Going along with it, everything seemed perfectly normal. Expect for the fact that he was now pretending to date his enemy, and of course the second most popular girl at school, Dakota, and to top it off, she’s now working at his father’s bar for the summer. Elijah was determined to win Stacey as fast as he can, and forget about Dakota who’s nothing but a spoiled, rich girl who doesn’t know the first thing about being real. But, what if Elijah starts to know Dakota, and she isn’t anything like he expected? What happens when he realizes that maybe after all there is a real person behind Dakota’s hard exterior, and soon everything he used to think, and everything he used to know, is changed? Follow Elijah and Dakota through this summer, filled with fights, smiles, and possible kisses, in Oh, Dakota.
I feel the breath of air on the back of my neck. My limbs freeze and my breath catches in my throat. The male hands grab me by the hips. I can't move. His lips are by my ear, grazing the skin, his teeth tugging on my earlobe. His breath is hot on my skin, his lips moving down to my neck. My head tilts slightly. I shake my head. He doesn't have a weapon, I do. I turn in his grip, raising my bat. He catches the swing with one hand. He doesn't even flinch.
"I wouldn't do that baby." His voice is like velvet, filling up the room. His lips are back on my neck, his tongue trails over the skin. The voice, the lips, are familiar. "You might mess up my pretty face."
"Pretty face, my ass." I let the bat drop to the floor in-between the two of us. I should've known. "What are you doing here?"
"Besides scaring you shitless?"
"You didn't-"
"Don't lie, I saw what you did to those poor hangers."
***
It's a game of cat and dog. A game that's lasted four years. A game that expires in three short months.
It's a battle of wits, of sarcasm, of teasing one liners, of sloppy kisses that may lead to more but nothing passed physical.
It's a game with no rules.
And they seem to be breaking them all.
Thea Shaw and Ethan Michaels have a complicated relationship. One that neither wants to come to an end. But with college nearing and feelings developing what will come of their little game? He promises her one last summer of underage fun; parties, sunsets, long talks, sweet kisses, and no talk of college until it's time to leave. There are only two ways this summer can end. Either in each other's arms or the breaking of their hearts.
#4 in New Adult
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