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Title: Accepted
Author: Coleen
Lahr
Genre: YA Romance
Ashley
Smith spent her life being shipped from one family member to the next. When
Ashley’s estranged father dies, she finally has the money to go to college and
the chance to find a place where she belongs.
Within days, Ashley has found the one thing she’s always longed for – a family. She may have even found love. There’s only one problem. Ashley likes Colin…a lot, but so does Randi, and everyone likes Randi. Randi’s approval is the single easiest way to belong. Falling in love with Randi’s crush is the single easiest way to find oneself on the outside for the next three years.
When Ashley arrived at college, she never dreamed she’d find this kind of happiness. Will she allow herself to hold on to this happiness, and Colin, or will her fear of losing her friends, the only friends she’s ever known, dictate her actions?
Book
Excerpts
Excerpt #1
As I sat next to Colin in
Organic Chemistry, I wondered if having classes together was actually a good
thing.
Unlike my first professor, the
Organic Chemistry professor comprehensively explained the syllabus, including
course requirements, objectives, policies and assignments. All things I was
sure were going to be important in the grand scheme of the course.
And I didn’t hear a word she said.
Once again, I was completely
distracted by the man sitting next to me.
We were in another massive classroom
dominated by stadium seating. We would, over the course of the semester, split
our time between this room and the chemistry lab. There were no spaces between
the seats, just a thin metal arm rest jutting out from the spot where the seat
backs met each other.
Every time Colin moved — to
grab his notebook, to turn off his cell phone, to turn the pages of the
syllabus we were reviewing — his body brushed some part of mine. By the time we
were on the third page of the syllabus, he had brushed me three times with his
arm and once with his leg.
And I was frozen.
Every time he touched me,
albeit accidentally, my stomach dropped, and my cheeks flamed. My entire face
was on fire within the first twenty minutes of class, and I couldn’t
concentrate on anything but the boy to my left. I was afraid to move even a
quarter of an inch for fear that I would inadvertently shift myself too far
away for his unintentional brushes.
To make matters worse, my mind,
which never wanders in class, began to drift away and I, the girl who rarely
loses focus on a task, drifted with it.
As I sat frozen in my seat,
waiting for the next time Colin brushed against me, I wondered what it would be
like if his brushes weren’t
accidental — if he was touching me on purpose…leaning his leg against mine
casually as he relaxed in his seat, running his fingers down my arms, holding
my hand in his, entwining our fingers together…
And as I imagined this, I felt
myself smiling, my fantasy becoming so detailed that I could actually feel his
warm hand, his long fingers, wrapping around my wrist. I could hear him saying
my name again and again, the concern in his voice growing each time he repeated
it…
Wait…what?
“Ashley? Ashley?”
Oh no. I looked over at him. His face was filled with concern. I
cringed.
“Sorry.” I smiled sheepishly.
“I’m just…” I closed my eyes and rubbed my face, which was on fire, in my hands.
“…You know, taking it all in. E-everything’s a little o-overwhelming,” I
stuttered. I hoped that being overwhelmed was a good excuse for acting like a
lunatic.
He smiled. “Don’t worry, Ash.
I’ll help you.” And as he stood, he put his hand under my elbow to help me up.
Thank goodness next class is in
the lab.
Excerpt 2
By the time we were halfway
through reviewing the second chapter, I was fully engrossed by the disparity
between the two sides of my body and had completely and utterly lost focus on
Organic Chemistry. All of my focus was on the parts of my body that pressed
against Colin. I only hoped Colin wouldn’t notice.
“You alright, Ash?”
And, of course, he did.
“Huh?” was my brilliant answer.
“Are you okay? You’re kind of out of
it.”
I needed an excuse. I didn’t think, "Oh,
I was just daydreaming about having your body pressed against mine," would
cut it.
“Oh, um, I’m sorry.” I shook my
head, trying to dispel the fog. “I was just trying to figure out where I was
going to sleep tonight. Becca went home, and I didn’t think to borrow her key.”
Awesome save, Ashley.
“Rookie mistake,” he joked and nudged
his shoulder into mine, pushing his body harder against my side. “I forget that
this is your first semester here. It’s strange. I feel like I’ve known you so
much longer than just a couple of months.”
Then, he turned his face to mine—it
was just a couple of inches away—and smiled warmly. I looked into his eyes, and
the heat that had been just in my right side spread through the rest of my
body.
Colin’s expression suddenly changed,
and he looked away.
“You could, you know, sleep in
here.” He shrugged.
He looked so nervous that I actually
smiled.
“I’d sleep in Brett’s bed, of
course.” He looked up at me and continued, more confident now. “I won’t try
anything funny.”
I don’t know how it slipped out, but
all of a sudden, I heard myself reply in a husky, flirtatious voice, “It’s not
the funny stuff that I’m worried about.” Then, I felt the corners of my mouth
tip up.
I had no idea where it came from. As
soon as the words came out, I knew I shouldn’t have opened my mouth, and now that
they were out there, I couldn’t take them back.
Suddenly, the entire atmosphere of
the room changed. The air was thicker somehow, and I was even more aware of Colin next to me, as if
that were possible.
Our eyes locked, and he leaned
toward me, closing the inches of space between us.
I knew he was going to kiss me. I
also knew I wasn’t going to stop him.
I closed my eyes and tilted my head
back, knowing this may be a bad idea and that it may change things—and not in a
good way—but also knowing that right then, at that second, and in that moment,
I couldn’t stop it.
And as I waited for Colin’s lips to
touch mine, I realized that there wasn’t anything either of us could do to stop
it. There wasn’t anything anyone
could do to stop it.
Author Bio
Coleen
writes young adult novels, loves running, rock music, the shore, daisies and
bread.
When Coleen's not plotting or writing her next book, she can be found making sandwiches in her family's restaurant, running (but mostly walking) Disney marathons, reading any book she can get her hands on and playing with her adorable kid. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, daughter, two dogs, cat and lizard.
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