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Friend Zone

E-BookEPUB0 - No protectionE-Book
255 Seiten
Englisch
Pink Bloom Presserschienen am27.02.2024
Alice fell in love with Jack the day she moved into her freshman dorm. Problem is, she's been stuck in the friend zone ever since. After another meaningless breakup, she's ready to confess her feelings to Jack.
Jack has mistaken friendship for love once before and has vowed never to do it again. A varsity sports player, he's determined to enjoy college with no strings attached.
Peter is Jack's best wingman. He enjoys his popularity as team captain and when he meets Alice, he's ready to steal her heart.
When Jack sees Alice and Peter together, jealousy hits him hard. But will he break his vow to never date a friend?mehr
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KlappentextAlice fell in love with Jack the day she moved into her freshman dorm. Problem is, she's been stuck in the friend zone ever since. After another meaningless breakup, she's ready to confess her feelings to Jack.
Jack has mistaken friendship for love once before and has vowed never to do it again. A varsity sports player, he's determined to enjoy college with no strings attached.
Peter is Jack's best wingman. He enjoys his popularity as team captain and when he meets Alice, he's ready to steal her heart.
When Jack sees Alice and Peter together, jealousy hits him hard. But will he break his vow to never date a friend?
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9780996556194
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandartE-Book
FormatEPUB
Format Hinweis0 - No protection
FormatFormat mit automatischem Seitenumbruch (reflowable)
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum27.02.2024
ReiheJust Friends
Reihen-Nr.2
Seiten255 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Artikel-Nr.13994620
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Genre9201

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Leseprobe

Two
Alice
Seven Months Ago

Jack had beaten her to the library. He was waiting inside the small reading room, head bent over his laptop, and a cute frown on his face. He hadn t spotted her yet, so Alice paused and studied him through the glass door.

Even seated, it was easy to tell Jack was tall; all basketball players had to be. Not to mention playing varsity sports gave him a lean, flat-muscled body all too visible under his tight t-shirt and faded jeans. Dark eyes and hair, high cheekbones, and a straight nose made her best friend dangerously gorgeous. And his mouth⦠it was made to keep girls awake at night, which unfortunately it did-too often.

As Alice leaned closer to the glass, a dark lock slipped out from behind her ear, startling her. She still wasn t used to being a brunette. What would Jack say? Would he like it? Only one way to find out. Alice grasped the door handle and her chest tightened. He would reject her. Telling Jack the truth now was a bad idea; she should wait. Yeah, definitely wait. Today was a regular work-on-your-group-project-and-not-tell-Jack-you-love-him kind of day.

Alice pushed the door open. Hey, she greeted Jack.

Hey, Ice. Jack looked up from behind his laptop. Whoa! His dark eyes widened in shock, and his gaze made Alice s stomach flip. What s up with the hair?

Change of style. She dropped her messenger bag on the floor and sat in the chair next to him. Ethan dumped me. Alice pretended the news was trivial as she set up her laptop on the table.

So you dyed your hair black? Jack tousled his fringe, perplexed.

It was a habit of his, one that made Alice want to run a hand through his soft curls every time he messed them around. The gesture exposed more of his biceps, too, making Alice wonder what kissing him would feel like if she were free to lock one hand in Jack s hair, pull his lips to hers, and wrap the other hand around the marble-like smoothness of his arm.

She mentally slapped away her hands, and said, I was tired of the fake blonde. Like it? Alice hoped the makeover would stir something in Jack, but he ignored her question point blank.

What happened with the dude? You ve been dating him for what⦠three, four months now?

Remember when I told you about the night of Georgiana s birthday party?

Your former sorority big sister?

A big sister is for life, even if she graduates and moves on to grad school. But, yes, her.

She s hot. Jack smirked. You should introduce me.

Can t do. She s in Paris with her boyfriend until next semester. Alice rolled her eyes, and Jack laughed.

So? What does Georgiana have to do with Ethan dumping you?

Well, he s her brother, for one-

Seriously? Jack made a mind-blown gesture.

Yeah. We were at that hip sushi restaurant downtown for Georgiana s birthday and Ethan ditched me at the table to go flirt with this other girl. But then he showed up at my place later and apologized, and I thought we were okay. It was business as usual-and then he ghosted me for a month straight.

That s awful.

Jack was clearly trying and failing to keep his lips from twitching. Ghosting was his favorite breakup strategy.

Alice ignored his distracting lips, and said, The radio silence was driving me mad, so last night I confronted him. He didn t even try to deny it.

The ghosting part, or that he s seeing someone else?

Either. Both, Alice admitted. At least he was honest.

Do we know the other woman?

No, but she s a grad student, too.

Hot?

Yeah, she s hot. Alice swatted him playfully. You re not helpingâ¦

Jack waggled his eyebrows. Want me to seduce her for you?

Yeah. Just what I need. I doubt she s into college juniors.

You never know, Jack said, focusing on his laptop screen. With a few clicks of the mouse, he opened the 3D model of a complex molecule they had to design for their Organic Chemistry group assignment. Jack started to rotate the model but stopped to regard Alice with a suspicious air. Wait, is this girl⦠What s her name?

Rose.

How sweet, Jack said. Is she a brunette?

Alice s cheeks burned. Yep.

Hence the hair change?

No. Ethan made it clear I got a one-way ticket to the dumpster. Dark brown is actually my natural hair color. I ve decided I want to be truer to myself from now on. Starting with my hair, I guess. And my feelings for you.

If it s any consolation -Jack knocked twice on the table- Lori and I are over, too.

Alice shifted in her chair as a slow melting sensation started in her stomach. Jack s low voice did weird things to her. Especially when he was saying he was single. Alice had feared Lori would become a long-term problem. And now, poof, she was gone. Was it a sign she should talk to Jack today? And say what, I love you? Nah. Maybe a physical approach would be better with Jack. She should just grab his face and kiss that mouth. How would he react if I did? The thought made her cheeks flame red, and Alice decided to take it slow. She didn t have to kiss him right now. Better to hear about the breakup first.

Alice pursed her lips, schooling her face to appear concerned instead of elated as she spoke. Why? I thought your bio concentration was a keeper, what with all her talk of med school and her short skirts.

Jack snorted. Until she went from super fun to a clingy nightmare in the space of five dates.

I wasn t the only one who had a bad night, huh? Alice suppressed a satisfied smile. Her plan to make a move on Jack had just become much simpler.

Mine was horrible, trust me.

Worse than mine? At least you did the dumping. Jack hated confrontations, in particular with the girls he dated. Hence the ghosting. What happened? Lori a crier?

Jack scowled at her. It s not funny. She s a kidnapper. Batshit crazy.

A kidnapper? That was a new one. What did she do? Alice was genuinely curious at this point.

She picked me up after school because we had a date. Jack abandoned the 3D model and turned toward Alice. So I naively got into her car.

Wait-to dump her?

Yeah, my plan was to tell her and leave.

Wow, no ghosting?

Nah. He shook his head. I d run into her too often to pull that off. She s taking pre-med Chemistry, remember?

No, I d forgotten, Alice lied, and gestured for him to keep talking.

So I got into her car, and she drove away. I asked her if we could go talk somewhere quiet, and she told me I d just read her mind.

She was expecting the Sayonara speech?

No way. This is where my tale gets interesting. Jack grimaced as if in pain. I noticed she was heading out of town toward the middle of nowhere, so I asked her where we were going. A special place, she told me.

Oh gosh. Alice put a hand to her head. This story is about to get dreadful, isn t it?

In a second. The best part is coming. Jack winced. I tried to tell her I didn t have much time, and that we needed to talk. She ignored me and kept driving, insisting I had to see this place, no matter how many times I asked her to pull over.

But couldn t you have made it clear you didn t want to go?

Believe me, I did. At that point, I had two options: either keep sitting in the car or grab the wheel and make her pull over by force. Jack frowned at the memory. Lori literally kidnapped me.

How long were you in the car?

Close to an hour?

Alice let out a low whistle. Where to?

Here s the best part. Jack groaned. She took me to this scenic viewpoint on top of a hill and timed it so we would get there at sunset.

Alice almost felt sorry for Lori, except that her total fiasco served Alice s cause too well.

My day is improving, she said. Now I can cross myself off the most-humiliated-girl spot. What happened when she stopped the car?

I tried to speak first, but she wouldn t let me.

Of course not. Alice chuckled. What did she say?

She told me she was falling for me, that I was the only guy she d cared about in a while⦠Jack paused. Her speech ended with the L-word.

Oh gosh, poor girl. And that s when you told her?

Yep.

And what did she do?

Let me just say the one-hour drive back to the city was⦠awkward. Jack sing-songed awkward.

Well, at least she didn t leave you stranded on the hilltop. Alice s mouth trembled with the effort of not smiling. I would have.

Nah, Lori might still hope she can change my mind.

Alice s pulse sped up as she asked, Can she?

No way. If I had any doubts, yesterday s trip cleared them up for good. Jack made a gun with his fingers and shot himself in the head. Worst Friday night of my life.

Really? Alice couldn t hide her amusement.

He nodded. Really. Ice, why don t you turn on your laptop so we can get going. You can give me more grief later. Deal? Jack added a stomach-flipping wink.

Deal, Alice...
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