Black Rainbow (Rainbows 1)

“Why in the hell would I give up? I’m enjoying it, and so are you.”

“I am not.”

“Liar.”

I could feel his smirk over the phone.

“Come over. We can have dinner, watch a movie, and talk like grown-ups.”

I pinched my cheeks to keep from smiling.

“Like grown-ups?”

“Whenever we’re alone, I only have a few minutes, sometimes seconds. We never really have the chance to just talk, so instead, I

end up jumping you like some horny teenager. As fun as that is, I still would love to get to know you more.”

“If there’s anyone who knows me outside of my family, it’s you Levi. You need to stop digging, because you’re only going to find more things you hate about me than you like.”

Shit. It just spilled out of my mouth.

“I have to go,” I said, panicked that I had said too much.

Hanging up, I threw the phone to the other end of the couch, before placing my pillow over my face.

What’s wrong with me?

I could hear the phone ringing, but I couldn’t bring myself to answer it. Rolling onto my side, I watched the rain beat against the windows. I could feel my phone at my feet and I wanted to call him. Everything felt better when I was talking to him. I was just a chicken. Why couldn’t I be… more woman-like?

When my phone vibrated again I snatched it quickly.

“Hello?”

“Jeez, what’s the point of having a phone if you never answer it?” Selene hollered into my ear.

Pulling the phone away I understood what Levi meant. Ouch.

“Sorry, I thought you were someone else. Is everything okay? Is Grams ok—”

“Everyone’s fine. I just missed you. And I was wondering, can you come home for Christmas?”

“Selene I would—”

“It’s okay if you can’t. Seriously though, I just met someone—”

“Wait, what?” I squealed.

I jumped up suddenly, scaring Shadow off the chair.

“Selene? My baby sister? She met someone?”

“Hey, don’t make me sound like I’m emotionally stunted or something!” she chided.

“No. No.” I slowly sat back down. “I’m surprised, good surprised, and happy for you… as long as you’re okay.”

“I’m fine,” she said. “He’s good guy, Grams likes him. But she told him he has to get the stamp of approval from you, so that’s why I was calling, he’s been asking to meet you for weeks now.”

She’d left two months ago.