Free Finding Obscurity by Emma Shade

was another knock on the door and I
checked the peephole before opening the door to Sam. He was standing there with
an astonished look on his face. He grinned after looking me up and down. “You
look stunning. What’s the occasion?”
    I shrugged
and he followed me into the kitchen, where I handed him the note from Ashton.
    He read
the note with his eyebrows practically to the ceiling before spinning me around
and trying to locate a tag on the back of the dress. “Holy bejeesus !
That dress had to cost a fortune. There isn’t even a label anywhere on this
thing. I told you he had a thing for you!”
    “Maybe. Do
you think I should go or return the dress?”
    “Um, yeah
you should go, dummy! He went out of his way to deliver a dress.” Sam chuckled.
“Aren’t you the least bit curious? I mean, come on, I bet he will have one hell
of a night planned for you.”
    “It’s
Sunday, Sam. Honestly, what could we do when most places are closed? You can’t
even buy alcohol on Sundays in Indiana.” I went back towards my bedroom to
change.
    Sam
followed me into my room, and when I pointed for him to leave, I got an eye
roll instead. He had a point. It wasn’t like he would be after my body and I
didn’t have the right equipment to attract Sam. He sat on my bed and started to
pet Jinx as I slowly pulled off the dress. “Do you like him?”
    “Who?” I
asked as I slipped on my jeans and a bright blue long sleeved T-shirt.
    “Silly
girl. Ashton. Who else would I be talking about?”
    For a minute
I was afraid he was going to say Blake, and I wasn’t sure what my answer would
have been. Carefully, I put the diamonds back in the box. “I don’t know, Sam.
Sure, he is very good looking, but I just have this feeling that I shouldn’t
date him. Something feels off about the whole thing.”
    One thing
is that there is no feeling at all from him to find out if he has any freaky
abilities. Another is that I haven’t dated anyone since high school and it made
me uneasy. Part of me did like him, even though I told myself not to. Then
there was Blake and the dream I had last night.
    “Girlfriend,
I know better.” He grinned.
    “Oh,
speaking of Ashton. I know you gave him my cell number. What were you thinking?
You could have told him I didn’t have a phone. Did you give him my address,
too?”
    His face
flamed with embarrassment. “I had no choice on the phone number and you know
it. Honestly, I have no clue how he got your address. Promise!”
    “I won’t
let you live down giving him my number, but I know you didn’t have any other
option.” I shook my head. “I had a weird dream last night.”
    “Oh? About
what?” he asked, inspecting a fingernail.
    “Blake.” I
sat on the bed next to him.
    “Blake?
Are you serious? Now that boy has something for you, too.”
    I heard a
deep voice coming from my living room and Sam winced. “Speak of the devil. I
forgot he was waiting in the car.”
    Blake
walked into my bedroom with a smile. “Are we having a party in here and I
wasn’t invited?”
    I looked
up at him and watched him look at the red dress hanging on the closet door. He
looked questioningly back at me.
    “When I
walked in Lily was wearing that magnificent dress. Talk about a shocker to see
her in formalwear, even if she did look absolutely fabulous. It was a gift, or
so she says.” Sam stood up and stretched. He must have read Blake’s weird
expression.
    Blake’s
eyes shot to mine. “A gift? From who?”
    I was
about to reply but Sam beat me to it. “From Ashton Ryder, of course. He sent
her the dress and invited her out tonight.”
    “Is that so?”
Blake asked me with his arms crossed. He looked pissed and I wasn’t sure how I
felt about that. It wasn’t his concern if I had a date. Blake was just mad that
it was with Ashton.
    My mind
strayed to the dream and my face flamed. I nodded. “Yes. He invited me out
tonight and got me the dress. It really isn’t your business if I want to go out
with