Unlovable by Sherry Gammon Page B

You’re wasting your time,
they’ve locked the door.”
    I found the brass knob and jerked it
franticly. It wouldn’t budge. I was about to demand that they
unlock the door, when Seth’s fingers fell softly across my lips.
“Shhh, listen.” His warm breath caressed my cheek. “Can you hear
them? They’re right outside the door.”
    I pulled my mouth away from
his fingers. “I don’t hear a thing.” And I
really have to get out of here.
    “ They want to know if we’ve
kissed yet, especially Elise, she’s quite the romantic.” Seth was
clearly amused by our predicament. “We shouldn’t disappoint them,
they are young.” I felt his hands steal around my face, with his
mouth so close to mine I could almost taste him.
    “ Kiss me, Maggie.” He ran a
thumb slowly across my lips, and repeated, “Kiss me.” His lips were
a fraction from mine, his voice a mere whisper. I held my breath,
trying fruitlessly to control myself, only the desire was too
strong. No matter how hard I fought it, I wanted to kiss him. The
thought of feeling his warm mouth on mine again was
over-powering.
    I give up! I started leaning into him –
    “ Children, where are Mr.
Seth and Miss Maggie?” Mrs. Mathew’s voice disrupted my incoherent
thoughts. Seth immediately let go of my face as the kids ratted
each other out on the other side of the door.
    “ Elise and Noah locked ’em
in the closet ’cuz they wanted ’em to kiss.” Zane began tattling,
with several others chiming in.
    “ Oh my goodness! Where’s the
key?” A few seconds later, the lock rattled and the door flew open.
I was the first one out.
    “ Are you two alright?” We
both nodded. “Are you sure? Maggie, your face is quite red.” Seth’s
face lit up in a wide grin. Not a flirt.
HA !
    “ I’m fine, just a little
warm, that’s all,” I said, smoothing my hair.
    “ Children, you need to
apologize this minute, and if you ever do that again we will not
have the visiting teachers come back here.” The children quickly
apologized, as did Mrs. Mathews once more.
    “ Will you read to us?” asked
Zane.
    “ Our time is up. Sorry, we
have to go,” Seth said, disappointment filling their faces. “The
next time we come we’ll do some reading, okay?”
    “ If you hadn’t locked them
in the closet, we may have had time for a story.” Mrs. Mathews gave
Elise and her little group a stern look. Elise ran up to Seth,
whispering something to him.
    “ No, I did try though,” he
said. Knowing precisely what she had asked him, I stormed off to
wait at the car.
    “ That’s exactly what I was
talking about earlier.” I said as he crossed the parking lot behind
me.
    “ Sorry, you’ve lost me.” We
were driving out of the lot before I could compose myself enough to
speak without becoming angry.
    “ Before we went inside you
said girls misunderstand what you say.”
    “ True.”
    “ Kiss me?” I quoted him, my
voice dripping in sarcasm.
    “ Right this minute? I don’t
think it’s a good idea since I’m driving. Would you like me to pull
over, or can you wait till we’re back at school?” His twisted grin
was more than I could take.
    “ There, you did it again.
That’s flirting!” I folded my arms in triumph. “That’s why Hillary
thinks you two are an item.”
    “ Yes, that was flirting.
However, I want to kiss you. I don’t want to kiss her.”
    He wasn’t serious, was he? No, I
decided, just more of his flirting.
    “ How is Hillary supposed to
know you’re teasing when you talk to her like that?”
    “ I told you already, I don’t
flirt with her, I only flirt with you.” He looked at me without a
hint of a smile. Why was he saying these things?
    Because guys like him, only
play with girls like you . I could see
Hillary in the bathroom glaring at me in her condescending way as
she said those exact words yesterday.
    “ I know I’m not the type of
girl you like to date, so you can save your games for Hillary. I
won’t be used.” My voice