because I was enjoying flirting with Caleb.
“Oh, there you are!” She smiled at
me and she didn’t see Caleb at first. “Why are you hiding in the kitchen?”
“That’s my fault.” Caleb stood away
from the counter which was partially hidden by a wall and Kelly looked
surprised and then I saw it register that Caleb and I had been in there
together.
“Oh, sorry! I didn’t mean to
interrupt!” She started to back out of the kitchen and Caleb stopped her.
“No worries,” he looked straight at
me, “I was on my way out. Goodnight ladies.”
Caleb left but before he walked out
he glanced at me and gave me a quick wink that only I could see.
“Oh my gosh Emma! I had no idea you
knew Caleb Morgan!” Kelly eyes were bright with excitement.
“I don’t know him Kel, I just met
him tonight. Well, I didn’t actually meet him, because we never introduced
ourselves to each other, he just started talking to me.”
“Well, what did you guys talk
about?” Kelly was so interested in what had happened between us that you would
think that it was happening to her. Her enthusiasm about my life was one of
the many things I really loved about my friend, she was 100 percent in my
corner.
“Nothing really, because we were
only in here for a few minutes, but I do think that he was flirting with me.”
I tried to act like it was no big deal and that my insides were not doing
somersaults, but Kelly knew me pretty well so I’m sure she knew what this meant
for me. This was a whole new chapter of life for me because I never had anyone
who looked like him pay any sort of attention to me, it was pretty cool and at
the same time a little bit scary because I liked that mysterious, über sexy
thing he had going on, and I had no idea when I would see him again.
“Well, you could do a lot worse than
Caleb Morgan, that’s for sure.”
“Oh, it was nothing Kelly, we were
just chatting at a random party and I probably won’t ever see him again.
Anyway, enough about that, are you ready to go home? Because I have to admit I
am beat.”
“Sure, let me just say goodbye to a
couple of people and then we can go.”
When I got home, I lay in bed and
thought about my two run-ins with Caleb earlier that night. He was so good
looking and something about him was so intriguing, and I definitely wanted to
know more. I was getting carried away with my daydreams about him when I had to
catch myself and snap myself back into reality. The odds that I would ever see
him again were slim to none; I mean we didn’t even go to the same school so I
don’t know when I thought I would even see this guy. And then there was the
whole model thing, even though he was being flirtatious with me, there was no
way he could ever be really interested in someone like me, was there? I
decided it was best to just push him out of my head and try to get a good
night’s sleep because I’d had a really long day. I drifted off to sleep
feeling happy that I had moved to Chicago, flattered that a gorgeous guy had
noticed me, and ready for anything that would come my way in this next chapter
of my life.
CHAPTER FOUR
Portfolio school was nothing like I
had imagined. Everyone was super laid-back and we were constantly sharing
ideas and helping each other. I was used to a much more competitive environment
in college and this was a refreshing change. I had just finished my first week
there and I was walking into my last class of the day, so happy it was Friday.
This was the first time I would be going to this class because it was the only
class that was held just once a week. As I walked in I noticed that the room
was set up with a circular table so we would all be able to see each other, and
I liked this idea. I liked that we would be able to