The Choice (The Choice Series Book 1) by Heather Gillette Page A

didn’t you tell me?”  
    She look ed back at me “No, no… I don’t, I mean he is nice and handsome.”
    “H a” turning to look at Grace in the back, “Did you know about this?”  She shook her head no. 
    “You think he’s handsom e. I knew you liked him.”  Giving her the I told you so look. 
    “Fine, I do like him but he is not interested in me .”
    W hile looking at Grace Amber begged, “Please don’t tell him.  I will be so embarrassed.”
    Grace quickly added, “I won’t say anything to him. Why do you think he doesn’t like you?” 
    Amber talk ed quickly, a nervous habit she had.  “Remember when I came here last year?”  Amber directed her question to me.  Without waiting for a response she continued, “Well we hung out that summer.  One day out at the lake, he kissed me.  It was amazing and I was so excited.  He was so sweet and kind.  The next day he came over and said that the kiss the night before was a mistake.  He then said that he wasn’t interested in me.  I was so embarrassed I left back home early.   We haven’t really spoken since that day.  So please don’t say anything.” 
    The melancholy in her eyes was heartbreaking.  I felt bad for bringing him up at all. 
    “I won’t say anything to him at all and if he can’t see what an amazing person you are it’s his loss.  You are down to earth, fun, outgoing and not to mention gorgeous.” 
    I liked Grace more and more every time I hung out with her.  I leaned across the seat and wrapped my arm around Amber’s shoulders and gave her a hug.  “Why didn’t you ever mention him before?” 
    “Well he was a part of the pack and I wasn’t allowed to discuss things within the pack.   You have no idea how hard it was not being able to share.  I am so glad you now know all about this.”  She waved her arms in the air emphasizing her point.  She leaned into me and nodded at Grace. 
    Pulling a way from her I said, “So that is why you came back early from summer break. Is he part of the reason you never dated anyone seriously? I mean come on you’re gorgeous and there were plenty of guys lined up.” 
    She smiled and blushed.  “Yeah, that was a lot of it.  Let’s not talk about it now, we’re here.” 
    A mber pulled sunshine over to the curb and parked.  We all hopped out and I smelled sandalwood.  Jason , I thought looking around but not seeing anyone. 
    I can tell Amber is still uncomfortable and embarrassed about Ryan so I blurted out, “I almost kissed Jason.” 
    “Wha t?” they both blurted out at the same time. 
    “You know the night that Jeremy took me I almost kissed Jaso n.”
    “Wo w!” Amber said. 
    “Okay now you have to explain.” 
    “It’s hard to explain.  One moment I was trying to get away from Jeremy.  The next Jason was protecting me and fixing my wounds.  Then out of the blue I was overwhelmed with the feeling of calmness.  It felt like it was coming from Jason and I was drawn to him .  Well now you know but I don’t want to talk about it.  I want to enjoy today.  No worries, no serious choices to make, just shopping.” 
    Amber bump ed my hip with hers and smiled.  I know she knows I shared all that for her benefit.  So she wouldn’t be embarrassed about what happened between her and Ryan. 
    While shopping I bought a new pair of jeans.   Amber found a new hot pink ruffle swimming suit.  Grace found some bracelets and earrings.  After we exhausted ourselves we ate at a little sandwich Shoppe.  I had the club sandwich and it was so… good.  The slices of avocado were fresh and delicious.  After eating we decided to go and watch a movie. We couldn’t decide what genre to see so we played Rock, paper, scissors for it.  Rock was romantic, paper was comedy and scissors was thriller.  Of course scissors won which meant we were going to watch a scary movie.  I had a love hate relationships with scary movies.  I loved getting scared but I