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Back First Comes Love
Chapters (92)
  1. First
  2. Love Connection
  3. Zero
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Three
  7. Four
  8. Five
  9. Six
  10. Seven
  11. Eight
  12. Nine
  13. Ten
  14. Eleven
  15. One Month Later
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Six Months Later
  21. Sixteen
  22. Seventeen
  23. Eighteen
  24. Nineteen
  25. Twenty
  26. Twenty-one
  27. Twenty-two
  28. Twenty-three
  29. Twenty-four
  30. Six Months Later
  31. Twenty-five
  32. Twenty-six
  33. Twenty-seven
  34. Twenty-eight
  35. Twenty-nine
  36. Thirty
  37. Thirty-one
  38. Thirty-two
  39. Thirty-three
  40. I Have Never
  41. One
  42. Two
  43. Three
  44. Four
  45. Five
  46. Six
  47. Seven
  48. Eight
  49. Nine
  50. Ten
  51. Eleven
  52. Twelve
  53. Thirteen
  54. Fourteen
  55. Fifteen
  56. Sixteen
  57. Seventeen
  58. Eighteen
  59. Nineteen
  60. Twenty
  61. Twenty-one
  62. Twenty-two
  63. A Christmas Date
  64. One
  65. Two
  66. Three
  67. Four
  68. Five
  69. Six
  70. Seven
  71. Eight
  72. Nine
  73. Ten
  74. Eleven
  75. Twelve
  76. Thirteen
  77. Fourteen
  78. Fifteen
  79. Sixteen
  80. Seventeen
  81. Eighteen
  82. Nineteen
  83. Twenty
  84. Twenty-one
  85. Twenty-two
  86. Note from the Author
  87. Sneak Peek – To the Stars and Back
  88. Two
  89. Three
  90. Four
  91. Also by Camilla Isley
  92. About the Author

Gemma placed a black top dangling from its hanger against her chest and stared at her reflection in the mirror. “Black top…” She paused to switch hanger. “Or pink one?”

Amelia, head resting on her hands while she lay on Gemma’s bed, scrunched her pretty face at her friend before providing an answer. “The black top makes you look more sophisticated.”

“I don’t care about sophistication. I want to know what top will get Jake to kiss me.”

“You think he’s going to kiss you tonight?”

“I thought he was going to kiss me the other night, but he didn’t. So what do I know?”

“But last week it wasn’t a real date. You just had a walk and sat on a blanket for a while.”

“And what’s more romantic than sitting by the river stargazing? I still don’t know why he didn’t kiss me. You think he likes me?”

“Of course he likes you. He wouldn’t have asked you on a real date otherwise.”

“You’re right, this is our official first date. I’m so nervous…”

“Why? I wish I were about to be kissed!” Amelia said, rolling on her back, her gaze lost on the ceiling, daydreaming.

“You would be if you’d agreed to go out with Teddy Parker.”

“I don’t like Teddy Parker. I want to date Brian.”

“But he’s dating Priscilla Walsh.”

“The hag! I hate her. But I’ve heard they might break up soon. I want my first kiss to be with Brian.”

“Okay, but let’s worry about my first kiss for now. Pink or black?”

“Mmm… pink. It makes you less intimidating, more approachable. Utterly kissable.”

Gemma put the black V-neck back in the wardrobe and pulled the pink crop top over her head. It left the hint of her belly button visible above the waistband of her high waist jeans.

“I’m pulling my hair up.” Gemma used a matching pink band to tie her hair. “Strawberry lipstick. Aaand… I’m ready to be kissed.” She turned toward Amelia, who jumped off the bed squealing and crushed her in a bone-tight hug.

“You have to go now,” Gemma said. “Before Jake gets here.”

“I’m stealing my dad’s pager. Page me when you get back. I’ll sneak out and come back here so you can tell me everything.”

“I will.”

Gemma waited in her room for the bell to ring. She had to keep drying the sweat from her palms on her jeans. What if Jake wanted to hold hands? She couldn’t have sticky palms. She put an extra packet of tissues in her purse just in case. That’s when the doorbell rang. Gemma braced half her body against her room’s doorframe to listen to what was going on downstairs.