Kissing in Cars (Kiss and Make Up #1)(16)

I process this information. "It's okay. I mean. Yeah, I was a little freaked out but...I survived." I feel like I'm stumbling over my words.

"Well...if you want me to beat the crap out of him for you, I will." He smiles and we both laugh.

"I can see the headlines now, 'Local guy gets butt kicked for acting like... a guy."

"Ah, come on Molly, we're not all complete *s."





WESTON


"You talk cute." (what I want to say when Molly is speaking) - Weston

As I'm saying the words 'We're not all complete *s' Molly's bright green eyes get real wide and she gives me this dubious stare like she doesn't believe a word coming out of my mouth. Which I guess makes sense, because sometimes even I don't believe a word coming out of my mouth.

We guys are kind of all *s.

It's not like it's a big secret. Even so, I'm not going to admit that out loud.

I stare at Molly for a few seconds.

I can't help it, I really can't: she's just so goddamn adorable. And as I wonder why she's single, she gets quiet and her cheeks start getting a little red. Her fork hovers over her plate, and I think she's about to say something in protest. Instead she shrugs, nodding slowly. "Yeah, okay. Maybe you're not."

Ah shit, she has freckles across her nose. The kind you want to lean in and kiss one by one.

How cute is that?

"You can't judge us all because one guys today treated you like shit. Right?"

"So you're saying you're not an *?" Molly tips her head and looks at me, and lazily starts to trail her fork around her plate, pushing noodles this way and that. She rests her chin in the palm of her other hand with a small smile on her face. I notice she has the shadow of a dimple in her right cheek. "All right. I believe you."





Chapter Seven





MOLLY


"Once I walked in on my brother belting out the words to a Hanna Montana song. The person who said 'No one looks stupid when they're having fun' was a liar. Charlie looked like an idiot." - Ella Beauchamp, Soccer teammate



"So really. What were you listening to?" Weston asks again.

"You're not just going to sit quietly and let me eat, are you?"

His response is to laugh out loud. The sound is crazy wonderful - low, rich and vibrating deep within his chest. His very...muscular...chest. I preen with the satisfaction that I've made this god-like teenager laugh, knowing it's because I've surprised him with my bluntness.

I huff a sigh for show before answering, and swallow my embarrassment. "You've probably never heard of it."

"Try me." He leans forward, flexes his biceps and slowly begins twirling some noodles around his fork... stabs a few vegetables... takes a large bite. A lock of hair falls in his eyes.

He doesn't bother brushing it away.

And yeah, I totally want to do it for him.

"You don't seem like the type of guy that enjoys romantic girly songs," I give him a sideways glance, eying him skeptically.

He considers this, than nods his head. "You would be correct. But now inquiring minds want to know - just what is on that iPod of yours Molly Wakefield."

Dear Lord, he's teasing me and I love it.

Love it, love it.

I love that he keeps saying my name - not just the way he's saying my name, but the simple fact that it's on his lips! I love the way his mouth moves when he's talking: his battered bottom lip slightly crooked when he smiles - and how his voice gets animated.

I suddenly find myself developing a titanic sized crush on him. It's instantaneous, like a bucket of cold reality that has just come crashing down on my head.

I clear my throat. "Okay, fine. But after I tell you let's eat. I'm starving and you're already one step ahead of me." I point to his half eaten plate of food with my fork; meanwhile, I've barely touched mine. I can tell he's amused, and wonder where all of this bravado on my part is coming from.

However, in this situation, it's best to play it cool.

With a guy like Weston McGrath - a guy who has groupies - the only females who are going to stand out are those who can resist him. Give him a challenge. Play hard to get.

Weston eyes up my food thoughtfully and points to my plate. "Just so you know, anything you don't eat by the time I'm done with my food, I'm going to try and steal." He says this very matter-of-factly.

"That's the best you've got? You're only going to try and steal it?" As these coy words are rolling off my tongue, my eyes drift. I notice that one of his bottom teeth is chipped and my eyes linger once again to that cut on his lip. It's swollen and there is dry blood in the corner of his mouth.

Without realizing it, my tongue darts out and I run it slowly over my bottom lip.

He studies me with his head cocked and doesn't say anything for a few heartbeats.

He shakes his head and blinks. "So....the song you were listening to..."

His persistence is irritating - and also incredibly adorable.

"I'm beginning to feel like this is a battle of wills." I set down my fork. "Fine you big baby. I'll tell you, but the song is old." I finger the tablecloth, and feel my face getting hot.