Charity Moon

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Author: DeAnna Kinney
previous irritation with him, answered, “Sure, that’d be great. Here’s my number.” I grabbed his pen from behind his ear and wrote my number on the palm of his hand. “Pick me up at seven?”
     
    “Seven’s good,” he smiled, turning and leaving as quickly as he’d approached. Levi also turned and left, swiftly and abruptly, without saying another word to me. Okay, that was weird. I’m not quite sure that was the effect I was after.   
     
    “I still can’t believe you’re going on a date with Jeffrey Davis,” Ashley said as she thumbed through my closet. “I mean, he’s cute, don’t get me wrong, but I’m just surprised. He’s not really your type, and you haven’t gone out with anyone all year. Why now?”
     
    “Well, truth be told, I guess I was trying to agitate Levi, but it didn’t work, and now I’m kind of stuck.”
     
    “I thought you didn’t like Levi.”
     
    “I don’t.”
     
    “Of course you don’t.”
     
    “I just get a kick out of aggravating him, that’s all.”
     
    “It’s just as well. You’d have to wear an asbestos suit to touch him anyway.”
     
    “What?”
     
    “You know—‘cause ‘Lava-Hottie’s’ too hot to hold.”
     
    I stared at her for a moment before we both burst into shrilling laughter.
     
    “Hold the phone! This one’s perfect!” she squealed, pulling out a white button-down dress from my closet. “It’s very flattering on you, classy, yet not too sexy. After all, we don’t want to give Jeffrey the wrong impression. And don’t even think about wearing that old hoodie with it.” It was scary how well she knew me.
     
    It had been unseasonably warm for March, so a coat was unnecessary. Ashley suggested I wear my white flats so that I wouldn’t be taller than my date. Good advice. Personally, I would’ve preferred jeans, a blouse, and my boots, but in the end I listened to Ashley. For one thing, she has a great sense of style, not to mention she’s bossy.
     
    He picked me up promptly at seven, and in order to avoid him meeting Frank, I met him at the door. He took me to a fairly nice restaurant where he talked about himself the entire time. Not once did he ask about me. And when he wasn’t talking about himself he was staring at me inappropriately. The date was not what I hoped it would be, though it was what I had come to expect, and once again my opinion of men had not altered one bit.
     
    After dinner I had hoped he would just take me home, but he said he had something he needed to pick up at a friend’s house first. He drove a little ways past town before turning onto a barely visible dirt road leading into the forest. I instantly became uncomfortable. That’s what I get for trying to make some stupid guy I don’t even like jealous.
     
    “Um, Jeffrey what do you think you’re doing? This doesn’t look at all like someone’s house.”
     
    He didn’t answer, suddenly stopping the truck and killing the ignition. “I thought we could talk for a bit.”
     
    I didn’t like the way he said that.
     
    “Anything you have to say to me you can say under the light of my front porch. Now, please take me home.”
     
    “I have to be honest with you, Charity. You’re more appealing than any of the girls in our school. That’s why I chose you to go out with me. It could be the bad girl routine, but whatever it is, you’re quite sexy.”
     
    My mouth fell open in shock.
     
    “Oh come on, Charity, don’t act so surprised. It’s not like you’re oblivious to the affect you have on the opposite sex.” His eyes knitted together as he studied my expression. “Or are you?”
     
    “I want you to take me home now, Jeffrey!”
     
    “Where’s your sense of adventure?”
     
    “What do I look like—Luke Skywalker?! I don’t have a sense of adventure! Now take me home!”
     
    He sighed. “Okay, but I bought you dinner. I think I at least deserve a kiss.” He leaned over quickly and kissed me hard and eagerly. I
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