While heartwarming and okay, a little tingly, that kind of perfect romance was an unobtainable ideal and made people expect that kind of thing out of real life. Why did all Christmas romances have to end happily? Jessica closed the overly sweet novella she’d just concluded. As she drove Sam to the train station, her heart kicked noticeably in her chest. Now if she could just make the next part of this work in her favor. Sam hurled her a look of terror, and Brooklyn grinned back wickedly.

“And I have a better idea, because who needs to pay cab fare? I’ll drive you to the station.” Sam’s eyes lit up and she made a circular gesture. All of Maine is waiting in anticipation.” “The really attractive woman you’re going to find a way to sit next to. Who’s going to check my crosswords for accuracy?”īrooklyn smiled and took a step toward her. “As much as I’d like to stay here and celebrate all of this awesomeness with you, I suppose I need to catch a cab before I miss my very lonely train home. That was the first piece of parental advice I’ve ever received, and I think it’d be wrong not to take it.” “Sometimes you gotta go through the brain freeze to get to the ice cream. “That’s what I was trying to tell you before you went all linebacker on me.” Brooklyn shook her head slowly as she reflected. “And where has this newfound courage come from?” And you know what? She didn’t want to look away anymore. It was like saying those words out loud three nights prior had punched this tiny little hole in the universe that only seemed to grow bigger and bigger as time went on until it was something she couldn’t look away from anymore. “In love.” What excited her was that she only grew more and more sure of that fact as the minutes unfolded. “In love, huh? I’d shove you again, but I’m all warm and fuzzy.”īrooklyn nodded. “Well, I’m glad I’m living up to your standards.”

“And how are you so awesomely evolved? This is my favorite Brooklyn in life right here.” “I don’t know where that came from, but I guess I did. You just called Cynthia your mom.” Sam shoved her hard, like you would a football player.īrooklyn laughed as she stumbled back.

Kiss the Girl by Melissa Brayden