A Life Unexpected: Holly Nather Book One (Holly Nather Series) Read Online Free

why I feel like I should be afraid of you.
    He looks at me intensely.
    Maybe it’s because you’re afraid of something happening you don’t expect. But I’m not someone you should fear. There are plenty of things to be afraid of, but I can assure you, I’m not one of them.
    Why me? What’s so special about me that you’re going to great lengths to get to know me?
    Because, I’ve watched you for a long time. You stand out compared to other girls. You’ve had my attention for a while now it just took me this long to work up the nerve to talk to you.
    I tap the pencil on the table.
    Damn. You could’ve fooled me. It seems like you’re cocky enough to have plenty of “nerve” to approach a girl. You showed up in my dorm, uninvited. You commited some sort of fraud by snooping in my personal file in admissions. I could have you arrested.
    I like you, Holly. Plain and simple. I’m just a persistant guy trying to date a beautiful girl who caught his attention.
    I smile at him. Maybe he’s right. Maybe my fear is just the unknown, a kink in my perfectly planned life. And I probably did recognize him if he went to my school and from seeing him around campus, without realizing it. He deserves a chance after all the trouble he’s gone through to meet me.
    “Okay,” I whisper. “One date and if it sucks, you leave me alone. Alright?”
    “Pick you up at seven?”
    I nod.
    He stands. “See you then.”

 

     
     
    I WAKE UP and moan in pain as I hold my head. I look around for my alarm clock to see what time it was. I didn’t see my alarm clock anywhere. Holy shit, where am I? I sit up and have no idea how I got on this couch, or how I got this blanket on me. I look down and see my phone. It’s been smashed into a million miniscule pieces. The only way I recognize it is by the color of my case. I see Luke in the kitchen, fixing a bowl of cereal.
    “Ummm, Luke?!” I start to panic. The last thing I remember is Luke taking me home after the movie.
    He sets the box of cereal down and hurries over to me. He touches my forehead and I cringe. “It’s bleeding again.”
    I touch the spot and feel a large knot and blood. Luke goes back to the kitchen and comes back with ice and paper towels. “What happened?” I blink my eyes; they’re sensitive to the light.
    “You don’t remember?”
    I cut my eyes at him.
    “That’s not good.”
    “Just tell me!” I yell and quickly regret it.
    “You were going up your stairs and you missed a step. You fell and Blayne found you passed out. She called an ambulance and told them to find a way to get in touch with me. She stayed here last night after you came home from the ER, and she left not too long ago to go to class. You broke your phone when you fell, that’s why it’s all smashed up. Are you sure you don’t remember? Because last night you were talking with the medics, nurses and doctor just fine. They said you’d have a goose egg on your head but other than that, you seemed fine.”
    “I don’t remember a thing except you dropping me off.”
    “Maybe I should take you back to the ER. They said—"
    “Yeah, that’d be a no. I’m sure my bill is already outrageous. I’ll be fine.”
    He furrows his eyebrows as he moves my hand with the ice in it up to my wound. He holds his hand on top of mine so I can’t move it. The ice makes it hurt worse.
    “That hurts,” I whisper.
    “Like hell, I know. But you need to leave it on there to help the swelling. Maybe the pain medicine they gave you is what has your memory so messed up.”
    “Pain medicine? That sounds nice.” I lay back down and he moves his hand so I can hold the ice myself.
    He chuckles. “They sent you home with some. I’ll go get some for you but you have to eat with it.”
    “I like Lucky Charms.”
    “Then Lucky Charms it is.” He smiles at me and leans down to kiss my hand. I’m in too much pain to over analyze the kiss.
    “Did Blayne call my parents?” I ask loud enough for him to hear,