Random Knigghts by Dennitra Lomax (crime books to read TXT) 📖

off guard, and I rushed to change the subject.
“Well, I’m not gonna take your car. I’ll just wait for Liam.”
“Why wait for him, when I can take you where you need to go right now.”
He pulled his keys out of his pocket, and pressed a button that made the car start. His smirk annoyed me because of how quickly he went from sweet to annoying. Typical bad boy syndrome.
“Very tempting, but I don’t think so.”
Even though I needed to get home, I wasn’t that desperate. I also didn’t trust him enough to ride with him for half an hour. Or was it, I didn’t trust myself with him?
“Seriously All’s, let me drive you.”
His smirk was gone, and his some what sweet voice replaced it. I would be insane to pass up the opportunity to make it home on time, and he noticed me contemplating.
“I know you gotta get home, so just let me take you. I’ll be good…” He teased.
“You better be,” I joked back, “but how do you know I’ve gotta get home?”
He looked at me with a face that said ’be serious’ and I couldn’t help but laugh.
“You’re sixteen, and female. So, I know you gotta get home at an appropriate time.”
“You are amazing.” I muttered, under my breath, as I walked toward his car.
After buckling up, and driving off, I realized we hadn’t told Liam we left.
“What about Liam?” I asked.
“What about him? He wont be waking up any time soon.”
Max smiled, slid a cd into the cd player and turned the volume up. His taste in music wasn’t bad, a little too heavy metal for my liking, but I dealt.
“You wouldn’t happen to have any songs on this disc that don’t involve the band screaming at the top of their lungs, do you?” I asked, sternly.
He tried to hide his smile, but failed, as did I.
“I’ll remember to make you a cd that has nothing on it but soft rock, for the next time you ride with me.”
Like clockwork, his smirk appeared. He was so obnoxious, it had a scent. I could smell his smirk a mile away, but ya gotta hand it to the guy, he was confident. His over-confidence intrigued me, seemed almost everything about Max intrigued me. Why was he so mysterious? Why did he feel he needed a bad boy image? I never wanted to ask someone so many questions in my life. I’ve also never wanted to get to know anyone so badly. When I looked out my window, I noticed everything was flying past quite quickly.
“Do you have a need for speed or something? Slow down.”
I was sort of joking, but not really. Max didn’t know that. He increased speed, and we were moving much faster than before. I grasped onto my seat, but I wasn’t afraid and I wasn’t sure why not. I peeked at Max, and he peeked at me. Our grins coincided with each other, and my heart rate increased. Guess this was how an adrenaline rush felt, I liked it. As we got closer to town, Max slowed the car to normal speed.
“You’re cool, All’s.” He replied.
I smiled, and my face grew hot from blushing.
“What make’s me cool?” I asked, flirtatiously.
“Well, aside from your smoldering hot looks, you’re cool ‘cuz you’re real. You’re genuine, sweet, witty, and you’re your own person. I like that.”
I didn’t know what to say, so I didn’t say anything. I just sat quietly, and directed him to my house. When we pulled in front of it, I was relieved to see nothing. No truck, no lights on inside, no sign of anyone being home. I was safe. I turned to thank Max, but instead what I got was his lips on mine. His lips were soft, and warm. The kiss was kind of rough, and I didn’t want to kiss him but I couldn’t bring myself to stop him. His lips seemed to coerce mine into moving, and before long I was kissing him back. The sensation I’d felt earlier returned, and my entire body became blazing hot. My body yearned to be closer to his but, considering the limited space, I settled for my hand in his tousled hair. His hands moved to either side of my face, and intensified the kiss. I wasn’t aware that two people could kiss as long as we did. Our kiss ended mostly because our lips were tired, at least I knew mine were.
“Wow.” He exclaimed, as he struggled to catch his breath.
I was also out of breath, but I quickly remembered that I needed to get inside before I was toast.
“I gotta go!” I replied, as I grabbed the door handle to leave.
Max grabbed my hand and slipped something into it, before kissing me goodbye. I looked at what he had given me, and shook my head as I attempted to give it back.
“Take it,” he whispered, “so you can call me or text me whenever ya want.”
“Max, I’m not gonna take your phone.” I exclaimed, still shaking my head.
“Yes you are, and it’s not my phone anymore. It’s yours.”
I wasn’t sure how he got me to agree, but he had. After he left, I couldn’t stop thinking about him. Until, I started to think about Liam. How could I do that to Liam? Why did I do that? Why didn’t I stop him? All of these questions ran through my head, and the guilt was overwhelming. Why? Why do I suddenly have TWO guys that are into me, when throughout my entire life I never even had ONE. This situation was so unfair, talk about random. Two random knights are on either side of me, and I brought it on myself. I could’ve easily told Max to shove off, but I didn’t, and look what happened. I guess the only solution, was to choose. Max or Liam, Liam or Max? I decided to make a pro and con list on both of them.

Liam
Pro’s: Sweet
Kind
Funny
Handsome
Good kisser
Smart

Con’s: Childish

I didn’t really have many con’s, but oh well.

MAX
Pro’s: Wicked Hot
Humorous
Intelligent
GREAT KISSER
Mysterious (not sure if it’s a pro or a con, but I like it)
Confident

Con’s: Super Obnoxious

Great, that didn’t help at all! They both have the same amount of pros as they do cons. So, maybe making a list doesn’t work for every situation. Sometimes, ya just gotta go with your gut. I felt a vibration, and realized it was the phone Max had given me. I picked it up, and it read, ’1 new text message from Max.’
“Hey, beautiful ” was all it said.
I went with my gut.
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Publication Date: 08-10-2011

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