Breathe

“What do you think you are doing in that car you little whore?” he yelled from across the yard.

Bethany froze in her seat as he approached the car. Then, the expression on her face instantly became blank. She unlocked the car door and started to walk across the yard completely unfazed as he spewed curse words at her... My hands gripped the steering wheel tightly as I pulled away from her house. Now, I knew who was hurting Bethany

Bethany is a girl with secrets to hide. Bethany's world consists of school and escaping her hellish home life. Her life is pretty bleak until Logan comes charging into it. He's the new kid in town and for some inexplicable reason, he is irresistibly drawn to her.

“Is this seat taken?”

I flashed my best grin. She wasn’t impressed.

“Look Logan, there are ten other tables you can sit at and I have a ton of make-up work to do,” she huffed.

Dismissing me, she looked back down at her book. I stood there for a good ten seconds, but she refused to acknowledge me. I was not going walk away from her so I cleared my throat and tried again,

“Bethany?”

She signed theatrically and tore her gaze away from her book to glare at me.

“If I promise to miss you, will you go away?”

Despite all her efforts to keep him away, Logan worms his way into her insane world.

He moved his hand up from my chin to cradle my face as he pulled me half onto his chest with his other arm. He anchored me to him tightly and tilted my face still closer to his. He gave me one more second to pull away before he closed the last inch between us. My first kiss was exquisitely gentle and sweet. Logan’s lips lingered on mine for several seconds before he drew just far enough away from me to put a couple of inches between us. I could feel his breath on my face. My eyes had adjusted to the darkness enough to make out his features. His eyes were locked onto mine, silently asking for permission to kiss me again.

She can't let him know just how bad it is at home, but Logan has his own secrets to hide. Can they learn to trust each other enough to take a chance on love? Or will they leave each other more broken than before they met?

This young adult coming of age novel has themes appropriate for ages 16 and up.