Black as Ebony - Elizabeth Elias (best business books of all time txt) 📗

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Allen and I were on our way home from school its Wednesday Allen was driving. The radio is on and we and just talking he is asking all the normal questions favorite color. Black. Favorite movie. Vampirevill.
“If Vampirevill is your favorite movie then do you believe in vampires” he asks with a smirk
“Ya I guess so I mean anything is possible right”
“Hey off topic but your brother and I were talking and he said you looked a little down so I thought we could go do something this weekend you your brother and me”
“Ya I guess it sounds good to me this weekend then kk”
“So you and Nat (my brother) seem to be getting along good “
“Ya he’s cool but I could never go in to the military”
“That’s fine I couldn’t do it ether it’s his dream not ours right “
“Exactly that’s good for him I wish I knew what I was doing in life speaking of later he also said you would like to go ice skating up in the mountains that sound good”
“Oh he did he” I say a little pissed off.
“You shur you don’t sound like you want to”
“Ya it sounds great but when we get home I should show you something “
“Ok what I is it “
“you’ll see’ I say grimly
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Well it was time to come clean on why on the first day we met my back as hurting so bad and what I have putting to the side when he moved in.
“Ok so where are we going because this is a closet “
“well first this isn’t a closet that’s just what I said this is what me and Nat call the hall of fame the right is me it’s really just the old maid stairs when you get to the top just go to the right” we went up the spiral stairs Allen just marveled at all my metals and trophies and pictures with all my favorite figure skaters. (And yes I said figure skaters.)
“Wow well that’s well wow it’s just wow”
“Good but I’m not done yet” I go to my closet at the back of my closet there is a false back with a door invisible unless you look for it I open the door and there it is all my little outfits and ice skates and my bag and anything I need for ice skating
“Oh wow now step in to my world”
“Did you build this by yourself?”
“No Nat and I did it for my birthday”
“You wear all of these"
“Well I have worn all of them yes Thursdays after school when I’m not home I’m at the ice rink Saturday at 4 and Sunday evening”
“Wow that’s cool and the fact that you can tell me is amazing “
“Well you live here now and I can’t hide it forever and I care about you and I don’t want you to get the wrong idea”
“Thanks lovely”
“Go through that door and on the left is your room” I say handing him a skeleton key
“What’s this for”
“So you can open the door “
“Ya right duh”
“Don’t worry I won’t sneak up on you” I say with a snicker
Allen walked to his room closed the door I can hear him looking through things thank god only the back of his house was burned but it all kind of smells like smoke but that could be because he smokes, he must have lost everything in the accident in Japan.


ch.3 Date on thin ice
The weekend had come and I was having an ok week so far the only problem was Nat had gotten sick and he couldn’t come with Allen and I to the ice skating trip.
“Ok so witch ice ring are we going to up north” I ask Allen
“It’s a lake but I don’t know which one it is”
“And what time are we leaving at”
“How dose 8:30 sound”
“Well I’m going to bed see you in the morning “
“Good night love”
“Good night Allen”
I liked the way he talked to me like he was from England now that I think about it he didn’t move here to till 5 years after his parents had died I just chalked I up to he live in England and the slang sort of stuck.
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I woke early the next morning to get ready before 8:30 I had a hard time getting to bed because someone was making noise in the bathroom he seemed to be taking a long time on his hair (yes his hair I don’t even take that long but I have no need to I put my hair in to a bun out of habit he came out of the bathroom finally ready.
“Wow your hair is cool”
So that’s what was making so much noise last night dying his hair tips red and his roots black.
“You like it love”
“Ya it looks good” I say with a smile
“Good I did it just for you for today it will wash out”
“Well you know there my favoret. Colors “ I say with a giggle and a snort
“Ha-ha that’s cute”
“No its not” I say really embarrassed
“Yes it is” he says trying to tickle me
“No its not” I try to say between laughing and trying to breath and then it happen I squeaked and snorted and squeaked and I couldn’t help it he was tickling.
“Ha-ha you squeak too”
“Don’t laugh it’s not funny”
“I’m not laughing cause its funny I’m laughing because it’s cute” he says
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“Were almost there“ he says
“I see it up the road oh my god there’s a loge”
We spent the first hour at lunch the next three hours ice skating a second later the sun was going down and Allen was once again on his butt.
“Come on up you go” I say to him for a tenth time
We both scream in unison as we fall over and Allen is on top of me Allen just stays like that staring at my eyes.
“Allen my back is freezing
“Oh sorry love” he says as he pulls me up and raps his jacket around me and holds me to his chest he’s so warm. I just look at his eyes for a minute till we end up kissing just one small kiss that leaves me warm inside.
“You want to go inside ebony its getting dark and it’s snowing “
“Ya lets go I’m getting cold”


Ch.4 Hot chocolate kisses
We final make it inside and order two hot chocolates and we couldn’t fined two seats so we end up in the corner in one chair me sitting on Allen’s lap.
“Ok so you told me you’re secret so I’m going to tell you mine but you can’t tell anyone can you promise me that"
“Seal it with a kiss”
“Ok” he says with a kiss that leaves me breathless
“So what did you want to tell me?”
“It can wait till later” he comes in for another kiss
“Ok I-“I get cut off by a long deep kiss
“Excuse me “I hear behind me
“Yes” I say still looking at Allen’s eye in a sort of daze
“We’re snowed in so we’ll put you up for the night“says the woman again
“What” Allen and I say in unison
“Crap really” he says shocked
“That’s ok well take a room with two beds” Allen says
“I’m sorry sir we only have one room left and it only has one bed but it’s a king the couple over there said you could have it“ she says pointing to a gay couple in the corner
“Say that again I think I heard you wrong” I say to the woman
“Ebony its fine we’ll be fine I’ll sleep in the floor”
“No its fine we’ll share a bed” I get up to go to the restroom.
“Where are you going love?”
“The restroom be back is a sec”
“Ok i'll take care of this”
I’m in the restroom literally freaking out and all I hear is a knock on the door I get up to answer it “who is it” I say “it’s a friend...I guess” they say I open the door and it’s the gay couple “yes what do you want” I say to them “you ok I saw the expression on your face I hope we didn’t hurt you in any way”
“No I just I don’t know him well I've been with him for all of an hour as a couple it just seems to be going fast”
“Omg we thought you guys were together longer than that by the way I’m jay and he’s Ryan”
"Omg jay what did I just do”
“No its ok he has been living with me a and my family for like 2 weeks but I don’t know anything about him not that I think he ganna make a move or anything but you know”
When I come back to the lobby I see Allen arguing with the woman at the front desk
“Allen what wrong I thought we were good”
“That was before I saw the room love”
“What’s wrong with the room Allen?”
He hands me an old fashion key shaped like a heart at the end “how about you go see for yourself”
“Kay be right back” I say as I turn to Ryan and jay
“Now that I think about it I don’t know what room it is” I say to jay and Ryan then jay points out