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.He d even had Marissa come downto the shop to lecture me aboutkissing her and leaving, and howI d probably hurt her more bydoing that.I wasn t sure if theywere right, but I sure as hell wasabout to find out.On one of the Sundays, I d heardall the girls talking in the kitchenabout flowers, and Harper had goneon about orange lilies being herfavorite.I d known I couldn t justget her some, but hearing her talkabout them never left my mind, andI d sketched up a large drawing offour orange lilies for her as a tattoo.She knew I had a tattoo for her, andI knew she wanted one, but Irefused to tell her what it wasunless she came to get it; and I mpretty sure the only reason shenever did was because Brandonwould have stopped her.It s justsuch a damn shame he s still inArizona right now.I hopped in mytruck and pulled out my phone.So.you ever going to comeget that tattoo?Princess: When are you free?Seriously?Princess: :) Make me anappointment.I ll be thereWe open at four today.Comein thenPrincess: Do I get to knowwhat it is first?You can see it when it s done.I m warning you now, it sgoing to take hours.Princess: Chase, I swear, ifyou put something I hate onmy body.I ll kill youI promise you ll love itPrincess: Don t make meregret thisSee you in a couple hoursPrincessHell.Yeah.I cranked the engine and took offfor the shop to start on the outlineso I d have everything ready by thetime she got there, and was almostdone when Brian came in. Thank the good Lord above.Chase has come to his senses andfinally gotten him some ass!My expression deadpanned as Ilooked up at him. Or maybe not. You would be correct with thelatter, I mumbled as I went back tothe outline. Then what was up with the goofygrin? Princess is coming in for hertattoo. Oh no shit? I gotta tell Riss!I snorted and looked back up tohim. Do you tell Marissaeverything?Brian took a massive bite of aburrito and looked at me funny, Uh.yeah.I just shook my head and wentback to the outline. Riss said this is huge, he saidaround another big bite,  and that itmeans she s either not that upsetwith you or wants to see what willhappen. That s nice, Bri. And Riss wants to know ifyou re gonna kiss her.I dropped the pen and looked up. Brian, I don t know man.I didn tthink she d agree to it in the firstplace; I don t know if she ll evenshow up.Tell Marissa if she wantsto be in on it so bad, she can comewatch. Brian took another bite,nodded, and started tapping on hisphone. No don t actually tell herthat! I don t want to freak Princessout! Which means you can t act likeyou know who she is, either.Iswear, she ll probably run awayscreaming if she sees you smiling ather the way you do when I talkabout her.She s gonna think you rea freak, Bri, so just be cool. I can be cool  he shrugged  I ll be so cool she ll be like man that guy s so fly, and she llleave your ass for me.I choked on my gum and had towait a couple minutes beforeresponding. Did you just say  flyin a thug voice? Shit, all you remissing is the grill, real O.G.overhere. I laughed and dodged theballed-up foil from the burrito hethrew at me. And leave me foryou? Please.Brian, you havemassive hair, look like you haven tshaved for days, and are covered intattoos and piercings.Like I said,she ll run away screaming. Psh, nah, you be trippin. You are so white.Leave mealone.I want to finish this beforeshe shows. You can bet your ass I m gonnabe texting Riss a play-by-play onceshe does!I just shook my head. As long asyou stay away, you can do whatyou want.Thirty minutes later, I was doneand sitting with Brian when myPrincess walked into the shop.Shewas in sweats and still looked morebeautiful than any other girl I dever seen. Holy shit, is that her? Brianasked, and I nodded as I stood up. Damn, I m gonna need to take astalker picture of her to send toMarissa; your girl is hot. You re so fucking dumb.Remember, stay invisible.You mayknow about her, but she doesn thave a clue about you. I walked tothe front and took what felt like myfirst real breath in days when shesmiled at me.I grabbed her handand led her back to my station. Ican t believe you actually came. I know.I m kind of freakingout.Shit. Then I m not going to do it,Princess.I ll do it whenever you reready.Her eyes went wide, and sheshook her head quickly. No, no.Iwant it today, but I m afraid it sgoing to hurt, and it s really hardnot knowing what it is.Can youplease just let me see it?Uh, no.That was the deal. I mnot going to lie to you and say itwon t hurt, but it s different foreveryone.Some people hateoutlines, some hate shading.Somepeople don t feel a thing, and somehate the entire process.I told you,you ll love what it is.But it s asurprise; I can t tell you.She bit her lip and looked aroundfor a few seconds before lookingback at me. I m trusting you withthis, Chase.I put a hand around the back ofher neck and pulled her close tome. I know, Harper, thank you. Ikissed her forehead and forcedmyself back to lean up against mycounter so I wouldn t press my lipsto hers. Where do you want it? Um.you said it was big,right? I just nodded [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]