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Jonas and Brody. Clearly they were best friends, though I did find it strange that both of them moved to town together. Most families wouldn’t have made that sort of life change together. Although I could have it wrong. Maybe they were stepbrothers.
    “Thanks, Brody.” I started to unwrap the food. As much as I wanted to refuse it, my stomach wouldn’t let me. And seeing Jonas’ genuine concern gave me the final push. I didn’t know why, but I got the feeling that my initial knee jerk reaction was wrong, that Jonas perhaps wasn’t out to figure me out and move on. He showed a bit more interest, a bit more… feeling.
    “No problem.” Brody winked, scarfing down the last bite of his sandwich.
    “What class do you have next?” Jonas asked. His gaze seemed to penetrate me. I’d wanted to take a big bite of the sandwich, swallow fast to stop my stomach’s noises sooner, but couldn’t eat like the fat pig most thought I was when he was watching me so closely.
    “Art. You?” I tore off a moderate piece of the sandwich and ate it.
    “P.E. What about fourth period?”
    “English.”
    He smiled wide. “With Mrs. Clusky?” I nodded. “We’ll see you there then.”
    “You both have the same schedule?”
    “The alpha made sure of it,” Brody said.
    “He means my dad,” Jonas quickly amended his friend’s words.
    I wanted to dig deeper, but I didn’t want them digging into my life so I left it alone.
    We sat in amicable silence for a few minutes while I steadily ate my sandwich. Jonas and I kept stealing glances at each other, catching each other at times. There was something about him. I couldn’t put my finger on it.
    “What is there to do around this town?” he asked.
    “Not much really. You’d have to go to Gregory, the town over. They have a movie theatre and a small shopping mall.”
    “Is that what you do?” He watched me.
    I shook my head. “I don’t go out much.”
    “Why not?”
    That was a loaded question. There were so many ways I could answer that, but I didn’t. Instead, I just shrugged my shoulders and took another bite of the sandwich.
    “You’re good at avoiding questions.”
    “Where did you move from?” That seemed like a safe question, and deviation.
    “Chicago. Better weather and a heck of a lot more to do.”
    “I can imagine.” I’d never been, but had read about the ‘Windy City.’
    “What are your plans for college?”
    Damn. He was asking hard questions, questions that required an answer linked to my home life, answers that would reveal more than I ever wanted to.
    I gave him a wary look and shrugged my shoulders again.
    “I’m trying to get to know you better, Aura. You’re not exactly making that easy.”
    “Why?” When he raised his brows in questions, I continued. “I mean, why do you want to get to know me better?”
    He took a deep breath and crowded my space. He hovered inches from my lips. I found myself holding my breath. “Because I want to.” He kissed my cheek, the soft skin of his lips searing my flesh.
    A shiver ran down my spine, rocking me to my core. I knew my mouth was slightly ajar as I stared at him. I couldn’t seem to move, to pull myself together. Apparently he enjoyed my reaction though because he chuckled lightly and smirked. My heart felt like it was going to leap right out of my chest.
    I needed to get away from him. My original assessment was right. He was dangerous. He was going to be my downfall. I never thought I’d have that problem. I never thought I’d have to worry about a man reducing me to a whimpering, fumbling lump of sappy mush, but he did. Somehow, in this short amount of time, he wiggled through my usually solid defenses and had an affect on me.
    “I’ll, uh… I’ll see you later.” I shoved my book and half-eaten sandwich in my backpack and nearly jumped up.
    Concern wrinkled his forehead for a moment. “Um, okay. See ya.”
    “See ya, Aura.” Brody jutted his chin out in goodbye.
    I couldn’t escape