Academically Yours (Best Friends Book Club, #1)

by Jennifer Chipman

Dedicated to anyone who has ever had a crush on their hot professor. I see you.

Real

Dreams. I couldn’t remember the last time I had felt like I had any. What was I searching for? What did I want in life? I didn’t know.

Sometimes it was exhausting, but it was my role in the group. The ringleader. Or maybe I was just the bossiest one out of all of us. That was my Leo personality coming out.

As a Leo I relate

I knew, that once I found the right person, I was going to be in it for the long haul. Once I met her, I was going to do whatever it took to keep her in my life, and make sure she knew that I was hers, forever. And she would be mine. Absolutely, unequivocally, mine. I was just waiting for her to walk into my life.

And for some reason, her small smile just did something to me. Because the pure and utter bliss on her face… It stuck with me.

She just seemed like… warmth. It felt like it oozed from her like she could be the light in any dark, bringing a place to life with just a smile.

Because at the other end of the room stood the most beautiful man I had ever seen. Not even exaggerating, he was gorgeous. I think my heart skipped a beat. Holy hell, he looked like he could have been a painting.

And for the first time in my life, I thought to myself, is this what it means for fate to exist?

I want this too

“I’d much prefer to meet the love of my life in more of a… Unique way.”

And when she had asked me how I wanted to meet someone, I almost said it. Just like this.

She carried herself as if the very world depended on her light, the warmth of her smile. Maybe it did.

“What’s on your mind?” Besides my future? You. The thought came faster than it should have.

And she blushed. I loved it when she did that, watching it spread over her freckled cheeks. Oh, God. I was totally obsessed with this girl, wasn’t I?

“I’ll always make time for you.” And damn if that statement didn’t make me feel all warm inside.

EEEEEEEEEE

I had to find a way to make her mine, really mine, and hold on tight. Because I wanted to keep her.

“You vex me,” Matthew said, and then he crashed his lips onto mine, once again giving in to the pull we felt between us. “You enchant me.” He placed a kiss on my lips. “I think you’ve placed a curse on me because all I want is you.”

“You make this place feel more like home, Noelle.” And I knew, right then and there… I was standing right on the edge of the cliff, so close to falling.

“Loving you is as natural to me as breathing. I swear, Noelle, you came into my life and wormed your way into my heart. I knew the first time I saw you that there was no one like you on this planet. No one else for me.” I wiped another tear from her cheek, but they kept coming. “No one but you, my sweet girl.”