Loving a Man Who Forgot Me Novel Chapter 12
What? “He didn’t tell me he was coming over.” I scurried over to my bed and picked up my phone to see if I had missed a message. Nothing.
“Can you unzip me?” I asked Mom.
She pushed the door open wider and I gave her my back. She tugged the zipper down and said, “I’ll give you a few minutes before I send him up.”
“Thanks.” I wiggled the dress over my hips.
“Remember Abbs, door open.” Mom and Dad loved Abel, but they weren’t naïve.
I slid the dress back onto the hanger and tucked it away in my closet before hurriedly pulling on a pair of shorts and my Panther’s Cheer t-shirt. A few moments later there was the rapping of knuckles against my door.
“Come in!” I chirped and plopped down on the bed.
The door scraped over the carpet and I smiled. I couldn’t help it. Whenever he was around I wore a dopey grin. Colton and Addie were always teasing me.
“Hey you,” I said.
“Hey.” There was an energy, an excitement, radiating off him. He took two quick strides toward me and bent down and crushed his lips to mine.
“What was that for?” I asked breathlessly when he broke away.
“Because I love you, and I wanted to.”
“Carry on then.” I curled an arm around his neck and led his mouth back to mine. He stumbled and fell against me and we both crashed down to the mattress, laughing. He rolled to his side and swept my hair off my face. “I can see I’m not the only one in a good mood,” he grinned.
“I have good reason to be.” I sat up. “Mom and I found the perfect dress for prom. It’s so perfect. Wait ‘til you see me in it. It’s dark teal on top and it fades into a light aqua at the bottom, and it’s really tight. You’ll love it. I was thinking you could get a silver bow tie and cummerbund, or vest if you don’t want a cummerbund. Or silver suspenders. You’d be hot in suspenders.”
Abel grabbed my hand and I noticed he wasn’t smiling anymore. He looked nervous. “I actually wanted to talk to you about prom.”
“What is it?”
He took my hand and laced his fingers in mine. “A label exec my dad knows came by the house this morning. To see me. The label saw some of my videos online and they invited me to this huge showcase in New York in two weeks.”
“Prom weekend?”
He sat up with a grimace. “I know it sucks that it’s the same weekend, but this is a huge deal. There will be major recording artists, songwriters, producers, and all kinds of industry people there. It’s for new up and coming artists, and they don’t invite just anyone. Dad said just about every artist who gets invited comes away with a record deal. This is it, I just know it.”