Blinded By Love - Rebecca K. (bill gates books recommendations .TXT) 📗

it. Is there?" I looked at the locket and said, "Yeah. It says, 'Fuck the world. They all suck.' He does engraving as a hobby. When he bought the bracelet he had an extra locket laying around so he put that on there and put a picture of him, me, and Jess in it at my party that their parents threw me..."

Just as I said this, almost as if on cue, I heard the tell tale tap of Jess coming down the sidewalk. She came into the gate and stopped for a minute. Before I could get the chance to say anything, I heard Sterling call out, "We're over here pencil girl!" She grinned and headed over. I stood up and disentagled my hand from his. He seemed to understand immediatly and stepped back a couple feet. She was talking before she reached us. "Hey guys! How'd it go?" We glanced at eachother. Before I had the chance to even think he was all ready half way through a sentence. "It was good. We ate, talked for a while. Decided we had some time to kill so we came down here and just sat." Damn. He was a good liar. 

I mumbled an agreenment and looked at him. This obviously was going to stay between us. Fine with me. We started gathering our things and headed back to my car. Suddenly without warning I felt something grab my head. It twined it's fingers through mine and squeezed. I looked down and saw one finger trace over the scar that was just barely covered up by my sleeve and before I could even do anything it had let go...

Chapter Five

 The second Jess and I were in her house she started firing questions at me. I answered them as quickly as I could, but not fast enough. Suddenly she was interrupted by my phone buzzing across the table. I looked down to see it was a message. Great. Probably my mom checking up on me. When I opened it though I was shocked to see Sterling's name.

"Hey. You busy tomorrow?" 

I had to read at least four more times before I looked up. "Oh. My. God... This is unbelievable. Like, this can't be happening right now."

"What? What happened? Did somebody die?" A concerned look came across her face and I just started laughing.

"No! Somebody, a boy more specifically, is actually being nice to me. Fucking insane!" I stopped when I suddenly heard the door slam. 

"Yo! You two in here? I brought company." I looked up just in time to see Jess's older brother and another boy walk past the window and come into the kitchen.

"Hey, guys. How's it goin'?" I had to do a double take at what I saw. Alex was holding hands with this kid. He must have finally found somebody. 

I noticed Jess hadn't answered, as she was trying to figure out who the other person was, so I said, "Pretty good. Got a compliment on the bracelet today. Who's your friend?" I nodded at the kid who looked up awkwardly. 

Alex leaned over and whispered in his ear. Whatever he said must have calmed the kid because he immediatly stepped closer to all three of us. "This is Dominique. Dominique, this is my little sister Jess and her friend, my adopted pain in the ass, Rachelle." I looked at him and stuck my tongue out. 

He just laughed and started towards the table. Seeing as he was still connected to Dominique he really had no choice but to drag him along with him. Almost immediatly Dominique tried to disengage himself.

"Dom, it's okay. Trust me. My sister's totally chill with this. And Rach, well, you'd have to spend some time around her. She's a very complex individual. And she doesn't like people. Might explain the lack of a relationship."

At those words I remembered the text. "Actually, if you don't mind, I'm going to step into the other room to talk to a possible relationship." 

He just looked at me in mock surprise and laughed. "Okay. You go ahead and do that. Dom, Jess, and I are all going to get acquainted." 

I just nodded and headed into the living room. Flipping my phone open, I dialed into my contacts list and immediatly found his name. I hit the call button and waited a second before it started ringing. Almost immediatly it was picked up.

"Hey. Figured it was you. So, what do you say?" Even though I had just talked to him not even an hour ago it was still a shock to hear his voice. I thought a second before I said, "I'm not doing anything. What did you have in mind?"

"Well, I'm still legal to drive in town. But, once we get outside of the limits I can't. How are you driving big trucks?" I thought he was joking at first, but I could tell by the tone of his voice that he was dead serious.

"I've never driven one... Why?" 

"Because. I was going to take out out mudding. It seemed like something you might appreciate."

I just started laughing. "Yeah. That'd be great. I'm going to be at Jess's so I'll just give you her address and you can come pick me up tomorrow at about noon."

"Great. You're going to be in for quite an adventure. Oh, make sure you bring an extra pair of clothes."

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Text: This book is entirely fictional. Any re-creation of this book will NOT be prohibited on any grounds.
Publication Date: 12-28-2012

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Dedication:
I'd like to dedicate this book to my awesome friend who is actually visually impaired. Without her I'd still be a shy girl with out any knowledge of how a visually impaired person operates in the community. You made my life a million times better in middle school and continue that every day. Thanks girly!