Free The Gravity of Love by Anne Thomas Page B

something worthwhile. And every day that
passed seemed to further prove that drastic changes needed to be made and they
wouldn't wait.
    Opening the door to her favorite Chinese
restaurant, she went to take a seat when she stopped in her tracks, seeing
something that took her back for a moment.
    Harrison and Candice were in a corner booth
at the other end of the restaurant. Instead of fleeing, her feet melted in to
the ground as she watched them laugh together, Candice's eyes shining bright,
her bright red lips parted in her joyous smile.
    Harrison had that good time grin on that
always made him look devilishly handsome and he knew it well too.
    Shaking her head, she walked back out of
the restaurant and towards home, no longer feeling very hungry as she ripped
out pages that told what was contained in her boring life.
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    "And I was wondering if you could tell
me what that means. What he feels about me."
    "Ah, I see. Don't want to know because
you're not dating him, right? I mean, it's not like you ever kissed him or will
ever, so yeah..."
    "I think we're doing amazing. It sure
feels like it. I just know he feels something really special for me. And I
think I do with him too. It feels like we're getting really close...really
serious, you know? Like this could really turn in to something down the road. I
think he's serious about it too. And I hope I'm right. I mean, that man got
some lips on him, doesn't he? And God...those eyes when he kisses you..."
    The pencil that was entwined around three
fingers snapped, the noise of the crack breaking the thick silence.
"Huh...how cliché of me." Molly groaned, chucking the two pencil
halves on to the counter.
    Candice's words kept grinding in to Molly's
mind, making her go insane. Was it really possible that Harrison could be
getting serious with some one?
    That had never happened before. He dated
for years for fun only. He wasn't one for commitment. What most people didn't
know about him was his great distrust to anyone. That the reason why he watched
every one like a hawk was because he was wary of a person turning their back to
mislead him. His faith in man or woman kind was null. It was an insecurity
he carried around and that he was forever embarrassed about. He does his best
to keep it well hidden, for only he to know, but it always shown to Molly.
Wasn't it because of those faithless feelings that he never grew serious about
any woman? Had he changed when she wasn't carefully watching? Had he grown as a
person while dating Candice?
    Could she really have an impact on him in
such a profound way? In a way that Molly never had been?
    Her teeth pierced her bottom lip, making
her hiss in sudden pain. She would hate to admit it and never would, but the
thought made her go wild. The thought that Candice Greybill was able to help
Harrison in his personal issues in any way that Molly herself had failed at.
    And Molly hated the thought. Hated the wild
feeling she got, the fury that welled inside. She had always had a bad temper,
but this seemed to becoming from somewhere other than where it usually did. It
didn't come from her mind, from her over active thoughts. No, it came from
somewhere lower, deeper. Somewhere that hurt more.
    "When did I lose you, Harrison? When
did I stop knowing who you are?" She whispered between clenched teeth as
she shut of the light and plopped hard on her bed.
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    Molly grabbed a tray and loaded a few
choice pieces of food on to it, then went to pay for it when she saw Harrison
near the check out. Suddenly she remembered why she didn't eat at the school
cafeteria when she's busy trying to avoid the Principal of the school.
    "Hey Radcliffe, come eat with
me." He called.
    Biting down on her tongue, she thought
fast. "I...I can't. I volunteered to work at the library today so I'll be
eating there. I'll see you later." She said