Just My Luck by Elena A. Vedenova (rom com books to read txt) 📕

The following morning I had the world’s most killer headache! I could barely think straight, but all of a sudden mine and Tristan's conversation hit me. I remembered my promise to find Vlad as soon as I slept the alcohol off. So I went and took a really fast shower- brushing my teeth during my shower- out on my make up really quickly and got dressed in dark purple Seaside sweats and a white V-neck. I threw my now dry hair into a ponytail and rushed out my door… well as fast as I could thanks to my hangover.

I fast-walked downstairs and the smell of freshly roasted coffee slapped my face. I ran into the kitchen and shockingly no one was there. I poured myself some coffee and drank deeply, burning my tongue a little in the process. The shot of espresso did an amazing job of waking me up fully and reducing my hangover to only a teeny tiny headache that can easily be ignored.

I began my search for Vlad. I checked everywhere! His room, the pool, game room, all of the bathrooms, the basement, the attic, I even resorted myself into checking the guys’ rooms but he was nowhere to be found. Come to think of it, none of the guys were.

I went into the kitchen and cooked myself some late lunch considering it was already 1:30pm. The search for Vlad had taken over 4 hours. I got my food and went to eat in the living which is where the TV is. It’s also the closest place to the front door.

I turned on some Scooby Doo and started digging into my mac’n’cheese. I watched 3 different movies (all about 2 hours long) when I finally heard the front door open. I ran into the hall only to see Kayden standing in front of the closet putting his coat and shoes away. When he leaned down to put his shoes on the rack, I couldn’t help but think ‘nice ass!!’

When he finally got up (disrupting my view of his ass, I might add), he looked startled to see me standing there.
“Oh, hey” was his way of covering up his shock.

“Um…” was my brilliant response.

“So…”

“Do you know where Vlad is?”

“At the Usual’s most likely”

“The Usual’s? That is…?”

“Amanda. His usual distraction for when he’s upset.”

“Oh… eww… do you know when he will be back?”

“Hard to tell. He left early.”

“Where are all the other guys at?”

“Vlad isn’t the only one with a distraction”

“Eww… ok well why aren’t you with yours?”

“…I don’t have one.”

“So where were you?”

“Does it really matter?”

“Sure, when I searched the house I couldn’t find anyone.”

“I was out w- whoa! Hold up! Whole house? As in my room too?”

“…Yea… but don’t worry, I just peeked in to see if Vlad was in there or if I could find anyone that could help me find him.”

“Oh… ok… but don’t go into my room without my permission.”

“Kk. Are you hungry? I made some mac’n’cheese earlier.”

“How much earlier?”

“Lunch.”

“How about we go out to eat?”

“Sounds good. Where?”

“What are you hungry for?”

“A milkshake!”

“Really? A milkshake?”

“What’s wrong with wanting a milkshake?”

“I can practically hear you tummy rumbling from over here and you say that all you want is a milkshake”

“I never said that the milkshake was ALL I wanted.”

I noticed that he took a step closer as he said, “Well what do you want?”

“Uh… I uh… I want…” I trailed off as he took another step closer.

“What was that?” He actually smirked! Semi-cocky and sexy= my weakness.

“Fries!” I finally blurted out.

“McDonalds?”

“P-perfect.” I hoped I was the only one that noticed the stutter.

Kayden bent down to get his shoes off the rack again and once again, I got a hella nice view of his perfect ass through his faded blue jeans.

Next I bent down to get my shoes off the rack and I could feel his eye burning holes into my ass. I smirked and stuck my ass out a little more. After I found my shoes I got up all sexy-like, still feeling his gaze on me. My smirk got wider when I heard him swallow loudly.

“Ready?” I asked innocently when I noticed that he was still holding his shoes in his hand.

Kayden glared at me a little when he saw that I was trying my best not to laugh. He must have figured out that I was just messing with him.

Kayden and I got into the car and he drove us to the nearest McDonalds. I was paying super close attention to the road and the surroundings so I
wouldn’t get lost when I would get out of the house.

McDonalds was located in the middle of a plaza thingy that included a Best Western hotel, Safeway, a nail salon, Shari’s, Subway, a tanning salon, Hallmark, and a bunch of other little stores.

Kayden got out of the car at the same time that I did and we both walked into McDonalds. Close, but not quit touching.

When we reached the front counter to order, we were told that the milkshake machine was broken so I literally dragged Kayden out of there by his jacket, careful not to touch him.

Next, we walked into Shari’s. They gave us a private two seat table well away from the other people. I ordered my milkshake and fries; Kayden got some kind of pasta. After the waitress left, our table settled into an awkward silence.

“So…” I said in an attempt to break the silence.

“So… how do you like your new living arrangements?” Kayden asked.

“I like it… would have been better if I wasn’t the only girl, but I don’t care as long as I have my brother back. Well, had him back. I lost him again yesterday.”

“You didn't lose him. He will be back.”

“Yea but he will still hate me for what I did.”

“I don’t think so. You are his sister. Flesh and blood, right? He’ll come around.”

Just then our waitress came back with our food and we lapsed into another silence. We ate our food quietly and looked anywhere and everywhere but at each other.

There was a TV mounted to a wall above Kayden’s head so I trained my eyes on it. It was on some boring news channel but I kept watching it, not really paying attention to what I was watching.

Some weather repot was on and it said that a huge storm was heading towards our city. I dropped my fries and most likely my jaw as I stared at the weather lady. Kayden must have seen me reaction because he turned around and was watching TV too. After 5 minutes of staring at the screen,

Kayden beckoned our waitress with his hand and asked her to box our leftovers while my eyes were still glued to the screen.

“Here you go sir, and thanks for choosing Shari’s for your dining pleasures.” The waitress said to Kayden.

“Yea, we have to get home before the storm catches up to us.” Kayden said, getting ready to stand up.

“How far do you folks live?”

“About 10 miles away. Why?”

“I doubt you will make it home before the storm bites your ass, better find another place to wait for it to die down. I have some extra room in my bed
if you want to join big boy. You can always join me.” The waitress said and leaned over so that Kayden had a clear view of her cleavage.

“Thanks, but no. I don’t do skanks.”

The waitress scoffed as Kayden stood up, brushed past her, picked up the boxes, and nudged my elbow and successfully breaking my little trance.

When we got to the front counter to pay, I paid considering that Kayden’s arms were full of food and his wallet was in his back pocket. I was not about to reach for it!

As soon as we got outside, we got soaked through completely by the pelting rain. The slutty waitress was right; we wouldn’t make it home considering we couldn’t even make it to the car. We ran as fast as we could with the rain pounding out necks and backs considering we were hunched over.

We finally reached Best Western hotel and I stood by the fire place trying to absorb as much heat as I could, holding the boxed food while Kayden went to rent us a room for the night. By the looks of this place, it was booked! I was amazed when Kayden came back 10 minutes later with a room key card.

We took the elevator to the 5th floor and walked to room 510. During the elevator ride, Kayden explained that they were short on space and he couldn’t get us separate rooms. I assured him that it was alright.

Kayden walked into the room first and stopped short, causing me to almost run into his back.

“Fuuuuck.” I heard him mutter and peered around him. The room was actually pretty huge. A mini apartment. It had a small kitchen, I little dining room that was connected to the living room which had a nice soft-looking couch that I wanted to snuggle up on and a recliner. Directly across the couch, there was an old fashion looking electric fire place and on top of there was a flat screen TV. I followed Kayden’s gaze which led down a little hall which consisted of three doors. All of the doors were open so I could easily see what’s inside. The door on the left opened into a small closet. The door on the right led into a bathroom. The door in the middle opened to revile one bedroom. Then I saw why Kayden stopped dead in his tracks, on the other side of the door was one full sized bed. If one of us didn't take the couch, then this night would get even more awkward than it already has.