Chapter Six ⢠Cupcake
I, Emmaline Jones, am jealous.
Slightly.
I'm sitting at lunch eyeing a spot near our table where Ryder is standing and talking to a girlâwho is obviously flirting with him. She keeps reaching her hand up to place it on his armâor any other part of his body she can get her hands onâbut he just moves away or politely brushes her hands off him.
That's why I'm only slightly jealous. It's clear that he doesn't want her hands on him, but she just won't take the damn hint.
As I look away from them, I lock eyes with a confused Amber. "What are you looking at?"
"Nothing," I lie.
"Are you sure? You looked kind of annoyed."
"Yeah, I just thought I saw Sean," I lie once again.
When she nods in understanding and doesn't say anything else, I immediately feel guilty.
It's been days since I found out that Sean was going to ask me out again, and to my utter disappointment, he still hasn't. I've been wearing all of my cutest clothes too, hoping that if I saw him he would be tempted, but I've only seen him once.
Somebody then lands in the seat next to mine, making me jump and lose my train of thought.
"Cupcake, Cupcake?" The voice besides me asks.
I smile and immediately hold out my hand. "Yes please."
It has now become a thing for Ryder to give me his cupcakes when he has them, which isn't all the time. I tried telling him no the second time he brought it for me, but he kept insisting that I take it. He also calls me cupcake now.
This time is isn't like the others though. Instead of placing it in my hand like he usually does, he moves it away when I try to reach for it. "You have to ask nicer than that, love."
"Huh? I said please."
"Sorry, that's not good enough."
"Then, what do you want me to do?"
"Kiss me."
"Ryder!" I exclaim in disbelief.
"Hm?" The look he gives makes me want to squirm under his gaze.
"I'm not gonna kiss you for a cupcake like some candy hooker."
"Candy hooker?" He throws his head back with a deep, sexy laugh. "You're so cute, Emma."
"Can I have the cupcake?"
"Are you going to kiss me?"
I scoff. "No."
"Then, no."
"Fine. Keep it." It was his cupcake anyways.
After a few moments of him saying nothing, his thumb and forefinger tilts my chin up until our lips almost touch. I feel his breath hitch in his throat. "I was joking, Angel." When I don't say anything in return, he continues huskily. "I want to kiss you everywhere, but only when you're willing and not at the price of a cupcake."
His sweet breath flows over me and seems to trail down my back, which gives me the urge to shiver. Goosebumps raise all over my body as I resist it.
He lets my chin go and finally places the cupcake in front of me. "Take it. It's yours."
"Really?" He nods. "Thank you." I usually ignore him when he says something sexual now. I figure if he's doing it to mess with me, getting no response will get him to stop.
I take a bite. "Where do you get these things anyways? They're amazing."
"Um, there's a bakery nearby that sells them."
"Really? The only bakery I know that's near here is like fifteen to twenty minutes away."
"Yep. That's the one."
"Wait, so you wake up earlier every morning just buy these?" He nods. "Well, I can see why. Do you eat yours on the way here or something?"
He clears his throat. "I've actually never tried one."
"What!? How is that even possible?"
"The first day I bought it and brought it to school with me, I gave it to you." He didn't sound like he regretted it, though.
"And you been giving them to me ever since," I say. "Does that mean you've been going there every morning just to buy them for me?"
"Pretty much."
"Ryder, I love them and they taste great, but you really don't have to do that for me."
"I don't mind."
"But I do. I feel horrible that you're waking up earlier just to buy me cupcakes. I feel like a candy hooker."
"Wouldn't that make me your sugar daddy?"
"Ryder, I'm not joking."
"Okay, okay," he's now looking at me with serious eyes,"they taste great, right?"
I nod.
"And you love them?"
I nod again.
"Then it's worth it."
I sigh, seeing that he's not giving in. "Fine, but you have to try it for me."
Before I can even think, he takes my hand in his and takes a bite of the cupcake straight from my hand. He also made a point of turning the uneaten side away from him so he could take a bite of the side that I already ate from. I stare at him in shock for a minute. When I said he had to try it, I meant the next time he bought it, not from the cupcake that I already ate half of.
"It's good isn't it?"
"Mhmm," he nods; "you're right, Cupcake, this tastes delicious."
He takes another bite, this time from the uneaten side. "But I have to say. . ." he pauses to give me a wicked look, "it tastes a lot sweeter from the side that you already put your mouth on."
"Stop trying to charm my pants off, Ryder."
"I'm not. " he turns serious.
"Then why didn't you just give it to me? Did you think I would actually kiss you for it?" The words itself sounded rude, but I wasn't upset, just curious.
"No," he shrugged; "but it was worth a shot."
I laugh at this and manage to eat a couple bites of my food until something catches my eye.
Or should I say someone.
Sean.
It occurs to me how strange it is that I've only seen him once since the day I heard he was asking about me. He's a senior, which is a grade above me, so it's not like he's in a bunch of my classes, but I usually see him at least once per day.
So far, it's been four days and I've seen a glimpse of him only once. It almost felt like he was avoiding me.
Deciding that I've spent enough time sitting around and waiting for him to approach me, I did the exact opposite and instead approached him.
"Hey Sean."
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Dedicated to: LittleLeo731 for being so kind! â¥
I know I said I would try to update more frequently and believe me I am, but life has decided to throw a bunch of crap my way as soon as I decided to post the first chapter of my book. I purposely waited until now around this time to start writing this book, because my schedule looked pretty clear, but now it's a mess. :(
Anyways, I have an official set date that I will be uploading every week (hopefully) and it is Friday. I might occasionally update twice in one week if I have the time but for now unfortunately, it'll be every Friday.
Thank you, my delicious cupcakes! â¥