I cannot believe this is happening. After so long of waiting to meet Jack, I finally am. He is supposed to be here in only five minutes. I am sitting outside, so nervous that he won't show, that I have a cigarette in my mouth and am making a mental note to pop in three Breath Savers before Jack gets here just in case one doesn't get rid of the taste of smoke in my mouth. My eyebrows are drawn together, for I am worried. Suck, inhale, and exhale. Oh, god, what if he doesn't show? For the love of god, Krista, calm down. He'll be here. Get rid of the cigarette in case he is a couple of minutes early.
With a sigh, I throw the cigarette at the driveway. It is rather odd that I have finally come clean with the fact that I have been smoking. My parents were mad five days ago when I turned 18 and they found out, but they couldn't do anything about it. I mean, I am 18 and can now smoke legally. Nothing to fear anymore.
From my perch on the torn lawn chair, my feet firmly placed on the porch, I grab my purse, keeping my eyes on the road without thinking. "Come on, Jack," I mumble as my hand hits something hard. Ignoring it, burying my fingers past it, I dig deeper until I nudge the green wrapper with the tip of my index finger. I scoop it out of my purse, pop three hard candies in my mouth, and crunch into the sweetness even though I know I'm supposed to suck on it until it has melted on my tongue, but I am much too impatient.
A black car nears my driveway. I leap out of my seat anxiously, my heart doing flips and a smile suddenly brightening my face. But the car passes by. I collapse back in my seat with a disappointed frown, the corners of my lips weighing a ton as my heart slows to its normal pace.
Another car slows down, this time pulling into my driveway. Gathering my backpack and purse, I practically run to the car, knowing I am about to be in the presence of a very sexy male and wondering how the heck I am going to react.
Opening the passenger's door and shoving the luggage in the floorboard, I glimpse the side of his face and nearly have a heart attack. Jack is a hundred times sexier in the flesh than he was on webcam. I feel my excitement for him arise and yearn to do something naughty with him, but I stifle it, get my ass in the car, and shut the door.